When Tianming returned from the Abyssal Battlefield, he headed to Number One Pavilion. Before he traveled far, however, Yi Xingyin called out to him from behind.

"What’s the matter, Palace Lord?"

"Fang Xingque is dead. What's going on?"

"Dead? Who did it?"

"You did."

"Me? Please don't joke around, Palace Lord. He was disqualified and the Deepstar Battle had just ended. I wouldn't even have had the time to go to kill him. Not to mention, I’ve already given him a lesson, so there's no need for that."

"That can't be right.... When I brought him out, there was a kind of sword-shaped pattern on his body that looked like a seal caused by your sword, isn't it?"

"That is the case."

"Those from the Sterling House of Fang claimed that the sword ki seal activated and killed Fang Xingque."

"It can't be. Were there any direct eyewitnesses?" Something like that was completely out of Tianming's expectations.

"That's... I don't know. The point is, he’s now...