Tianming didn't really react, as he didn't know who Dugu Jin was. Were his disciples really that famous?

As he was thinking about it, Jian Lingchen and his four sisters dashed past him, leaving him far behind as he stood there. Based on the reaction from the Astral Formation, the pursuer was right ahead. Tianming looked up and saw seven Heaven Branch disciples coming his way. All of them were really powerful and fast, being samsarans. They ran so quickly that the ground cracked and shook.

"Li Tianming!" Jian Lingchen called out, only to grimace; Tianming was already surrounded.

"Lingchen, let's go! We can't afford to bother with him anymore! He would just have to stall them for us! He has Her Eminence's backing after all." Jian Nichang said.

"It won't do! We said we’d be allies! Running away by myself doesn't conform to my creed as a swordsman," Jian Lingchen said as he turned back.

"You idiot, you’re really making us mad!" The four girls looked at each other with a troubled expression....