Chapter 16

Jay’s eyes were as cold as millennia-old ice.

“So, you’re admitting to this?”

At this moment, beneath the Tianxu Terrace, the usually arrogant disciples of the Jade Pond Immortal Sect found their Sect Leader’s words to be perfectly reasonable. However, disciples from other sects and countless independent cultivators were visibly shaken, their expressions varied.

“Everyone, please don’t misunderstand Bixia.”

Seeing the situation, Zen Master Du’e quickly spoke to remedy it.

“We cultivate day and night, all in pursuit of glimpsing the Heavenly Dao. Yet, for a thousand years, no one in the Nine Provinces has ascended to great power. Bixia and the other Sect Leaders desire the Immeasurable Lotus Lamp to illuminate the path of inquiry for everyone.”

“Who knew Yunxi would be so stubborn, insisting on using the lamp to save mortals, disregarding the Great Dao. Only then did the Sect Leaders have no choice but to act against the Yun Family.”

“Zen Master, are you saying that the lives of cultivators are more important than those of mortals?”

Jay laughed heartily upon hearing this.

“What a fine principle of might makes right! What a robber’s logic! According to you, my master and those Peak Masters who died by my sword can only blame themselves for not being strong enough?”

“If I were to take your lives today, would it only be because you weren’t strong enough?”

“You have quite the audacity. Today, I’ll send you to join that ungrateful Yunxi!”

Bixia shouted angrily, the zither in her arms resonating with a single note.

This note was the signal. Zen Master Du’e began to manipulate his prayer beads, and the other Sect Leaders and Peak Masters simultaneously revealed their weapons.

-Not a single one dared to face Jay in a duel; from the start, they intended to attack him together.

Jay slowly drew his sword.

His sword, named Bu Gui, was a divine sword that recognized its master at the Kunlun Sword Pool.

Just as the great battle was about to commence, Jay suddenly turned his sword, and the Bu Gui Sword plunged fiercely into the Tianxu Terrace.

In an instant, the stone surface of the Tianxu Terrace erupted in golden light, intricate and precise runic patterns emerged from the tip of the Bu Gui Sword, rapidly spreading outward.