Winds and Clouds Surge Across Xianjing Continent

Xuanming Sword Sect.

As a first-rate force in Xianjing Continent with a Venerable overseeing it, without the Four Extremes Twelve Gates suppressing them within the continent, their influence had steadily grown with time, gradually gaining enough weight to shake the continent's situation.

That was precisely why this Sword Master Ceremony was so important.

If it were merely a transfer of authority between the old and new Sword Masters, they could have simply closed their doors and handled it themselves. There was no need to announce every last detail to the world, like the succession of imperial power throughout Great Sheng's history, to demonstrate fairness.

The reason they had broadly invited all sides to the ceremony, even specifically sending two invitations to the Nine Luminaries Division at Jade Mountain, was self-evident—

They wanted nothing more than to pave a road to fame for Zhou Qingyan, the woman known as the Lord of Ten Thousand Swords!

Just imagine it: when the new Sword Master of the Xuanming Sword Sect triggered heavenly phenomena beneath the gaze of the masses, her talent crushing all her peers, and even the Retainer Generals under the Governor of Xianjing were left dimmed in comparison—what kind of scene would that be?

It would undoubtedly greatly elevate the Xuanming Sword Sect's voice within the continent, bringing its prestige close to that of the Great Sheng Governor who presided over an entire continent!

By then, even the Four Extremes Twelve Gates would likely take notice of them and extend a hand in alliance.

The Sword Sect's Old Ancestor understood the deeper meaning all too well.

Governor Cao Ming might also have seen through the matter as clearly as fire, but fortunately, the Sword Sect had always acted without leaving behind evidence of wrongdoing. Even the Xianjing Nine Luminaries Division could