“You’re a figurehead?” Lu Yun paused, dazed by the declaration.

“Indeed, that I am,” Jian Zhuxian smiled with resignation. “What else should I be otherwise? Dead like Xianxian or Luxian? Heh, Juexian is lucky because there’s traces of you on him. That’s why he’s alive—so he can be bait. The Luminaries saw everything when Yun Zhongzi visited us a hundred years ago.”

Lu Yun remained silent; this was different from his expectations. Ingress Sword Island hadn’t changed allegiances, but surrendered.

“The Luminaries want sword dao and Ingress Sword Island represents all of the sword dao in the Hongmeng. That’s why they marched on us. Without a sequence expert in residence, my faction is nothing before the Luminaries,” murmured Jian Zhuxian as he tilted his head to the sky.

“Can’t you set foot into sequence yourself?” Lu Yun asked. In his eyes, Jian Zhuxian absolutely had the strength to.

“Set foot into sequence? What an easy thing to speak of. It’s been...