At the same time, the sect master who was bearing the torrential sword intent also seemed to have noticed something unusual about this situation. He began to worry if something had happened. After all, he promised Senior Brother Feng Jue to make Lin Yun worthy of becoming their master’s disciple within one year. The only reason why he placed Lin Yun in the pit earlier was to force Lin Yun to bring out all his potential.

This was also the reason why he wanted Lin Yun to ascend the Sword Saint Mountain in the Heavenly Soul Realm. With Lin Yun’s cultivation, he knew that Lin Yun wouldn’t be able to go far, but he definitely would benefit greatly from it, which would make reaching the Empyrean Realm a lot easier. But if anything happened to Lin Yun, he would fail his objective.

It had been a century since his master took in a new disciple. Ever since he left the sect a century ago and slaughtered thousands of disciples from the Profound Sky Sect, his master hadn’t taken another disciple. It left a knot in his heart and in his master’s...