Xu Qing had no idea if these people were at all connected to the old man he had just killed. Their clothing didn’t provide any clues. Whether it was the seven people rushing toward him, or the middle-aged man with the three palaces, he didn’t recognize any of them. That said, he didn’t get the sense that they were working with the old man. It seemed more like they had just been lying in wait for him here. Most likely, they had been waiting to make sure he didn’t have any dao protectors before finally making a move. To do that, they must have had a way to keep tabs on him. And only people from the coalition would be capable of getting information like that. Given his disguise, there was no way any outsider would know about his mission and destination.2

Did the Soaring Cloud Sword Sect sell information about me? he thought as he backed up.2

Though he was fast enough to keep distance between himself and the seven pursuers, there was no way he could move faster than someone in the three-palace level.0

“Think you can get away?” the three-palace cultivator said in a sinister voice. Then he moved so quickly Xu Qing could hardly track his movement. Bursting with killing intent, he appeared right in front of Xu Qing.0

In that moment of crisis, Xu Qing’s Violet-Heaven Supreme-Limitless Crown appeared, creating a protective power that formed a barrier between him and the three-palace cultivator....6