Yuan Tiangang of Qingxiao Sword Sect

"Senior Brother Yuan, how many promising talents do you think we can recruit on this trip down the mountain?"

On a small mountain path, Junior Brother Liao Fan pressed his Senior Brother Yuan Tiangang with questions.

He desperately hoped the Sect would gain a brand-new Disciple; that way, he would no longer be the youngest Junior Brother.

"It's hard to say. After all, no one has met the Sect's requirements for years."

For several consecutive years, the Qingxiao Sword Sect had failed to recruit any new Disciples.

"Sigh, if this continues, our Sect won't have anyone to send to next year's Hundred Sword Competition..."

The so-called Hundred Sword Competition was a custom unique to the Reincarnation Sword Realm.

It was organized by the realm's number one Sect, the Sword Pavilion.

All Sects would send young Disciples to duel with swords to showcase their Sect's heritage.

Afterward, the Sword Pavilion would grant resource rewards based on each School's ranking in the Hundred Sword Competition.

Many years ago, the Qingxiao Sword Sect could still rely on their Eldest Senior Brother, Yuan Tiangang, to secure a spot in the top ten.

But as he aged and they lost Yuan Tiangang as their pillar of strength, the Qingxiao Sword Sect's ranking plummeted instantly.

Last year, they almost failed to even make it into the top hundred.

Because once one exceeds twenty, they are no longer considered part of the younger generation eligible for the Hundred Sword Competition.

Currently, the youngest in the Qingxiao Sword Sect, Liao Fan, had already reached twenty; once his birthday arrived next year, he would no longer meet the criteria for the Hundred Sword Competition.

"If you ask me, the Hundred Sword Competition should relax those rules a bit, like adjusting the younger generation limit to thirty years old..."

While Liao Fan was talking incessantly, Yuan Tiangang suddenly reached out and signaled him to be quiet.

Before Liao Fan could react, Yuan Tiangang immediately summoned his Flying Sword and flew off toward a certain spot.

"Hey, Senior Brother! Wait for me!"

Liao Fan shouted, likewise summoning his own Flying Sword in an attempt to keep up.

However, the gap in strength between them meant he could only watch as the other grew further and further away.

After all, Liao Fan was only in the Nirvana Realm, while Yuan Tiangang was already at the Star Realm cultivation level.

Even more terrifying was that the latter had already mastered a portion of Sword Intent.

Even in the entire Reincarnation Sword Realm, Geniuses who could comprehend a portion of Sword Intent before the age of thirty were as rare as phoenix feathers or unicorn horns.

The reason Yuan Tiangang accelerated so rapidly was that he sensed the aura of a Vicious Beast.

A Sword Cultivator's perception of different spiritual energies was naturally more sensitive than that of a normal Cultivator.

Flying at high speed on his sword, Yuan Tiangang seemed to catch the scent of blood in the air.

When he finally arrived at the scene, the massive Reincarnation Dragon Centipede stood tall in the center of Lin Family Village, surrounded by ordinary villagers whose lifespans had been sucked dry.

What shocked Yuan Tiangang even more was Su Ming, who stood with his back turned atop the head of the Reincarnation Dragon Centipede.

"Who are you!? Why are you controlling a Vicious Beast to commit such inhumane acts!"

Yuan Tiangang questioned Su Ming, and the sword casket on his back had already opened.

This was the reward he had received after winning the Hundred Sword Competition years ago—the big dipper sword casket.

Inside were seven Star Realm Flying Swords named after the seven stars of the Big Dipper.

Su Ming ignored Yuan Tiangang's shouting behind him and instead signaled Shen Ming to leave as quickly as possible.

Disturbing the Cultivators here was not an outcome he wanted to see.

Especially after he had just ordered Shen Ming to do such a thing and was discovered.

Seeing that the other party ignored him, Yuan Tiangang immediately sensed the entire Lin Family Village in an attempt to find survivors.

But he found nothing; he couldn't sense a single trace of life in the entire village.

Su Ming's order to Shen Ming was to kill the villagers tainted with the scent of firewood.

And the saying 'many people picking up firewood makes the flame high' was no empty phrase.

In the matter of preparing to burn Lin Zhaodi to death, every single villager in Lin Family Village had contributed their part.

Therefore, Shen Ming had slaughtered the entire Lin Family Village.

"Beast! A dignified Cultivator actually laying hands on ordinary people!"

"Tianshu, Tianxuan!"

At Yuan Tiangang's roar, two Flying Swords flew out from the sword casket, turning into two streams of light containing Killing Intent that charged toward Su Ming.

However, under the protection of Shen Ming, these two Flying Swords would not affect Su Ming at all.

"Tianji, Tianquan!" Yuan Tiangang gritted his teeth and summoned another two Flying Swords from the sword casket.

His current cultivation was at the second level of the Star Realm; combined with that incomplete Sword Intent, controlling four Flying Swords from the big dipper sword casket was already his limit.

Today, no matter what, he would slay Su Ming and the Vicious Beast he controlled on the spot.

If such an Evil Cultivator were allowed to leave, he feared there would be endless trouble later.

The siege of the four Flying Swords caused a slight lapse in Shen Ming's defense.

And with a Sword Cultivator's keen perception, Yuan Tiangang caught this.

But that slight lapse was like a heavenly chasm to him; unless he could summon the fifth sword, he would absolutely be unable to break through Shen Ming's defense to harm Su Ming.

Sensing this, Yuan Tiangang steeled his heart, and blood flowed from his seven orifices.

He decided to forcibly control the fifth sword to emerge from the casket.

In his perception, Su Ming was merely a Nirvana Realm Cultivator; as long as he could get this fifth sword out, the other party would undoubtedly die.

"Yuheng!"

The fifth sword emerged from the casket.

Although he could only manage one strike in his current state, it was enough for him to penetrate Shen Ming's defense.

The Flying Sword, carrying fierce Sword Qi, entered from a blind spot Shen Ming couldn't defend, aiming straight for Su Ming's head.

But the expected scene of decapitation did not occur; instead, the Yuheng sword was knocked away by a massive counter-shock force, which then transferred to Yuan Tiangang's body.

Already supporting himself by gritting his teeth, his mind was wounded by the counter-shock, and he couldn't even control the original four Flying Swords.

"Is this a Sword Cultivator of the Reincarnation Sword Realm?"

Su Ming finally turned his head, though unfortunately, he couldn't see what Yuan Tiangang looked like at that moment.

However, Yuan Tiangang saw the eyes-closed Su Ming and the peacefully sleeping Lin Zhaodi in his arms.

The moment he saw the other's profile, Yuan Tiangang immediately realized why a Beast Taming Cultivator capable of controlling a Star Realm Yao Beast would come to such a remote village.

"Put her down..." Yuan Tiangang let out a silent roar, but he was now powerless to release even a single sword strike.

"Master, that Sword Cultivator has lost his ability to fight. Should I finish him off?" Shen Ming spoke at this moment.

It was feeling remorseful for failing to protect Su Ming earlier.

If Su Ming hadn't had the heaven-reaching pagoda protecting him, Yuan Tiangang would have succeeded.

"How old is he? What do you think of his strength?" Su Ming suddenly asked.

"He should be no more than twenty-five. Having a first-level Star Realm cultivation at this age is unheard of on the Qianyuan Continent. More importantly, he has mastered a portion of Sword Intent. If he were at the third level of the Star Realm, he might be able to kill me..." Shen Ming replied warily.

"So that's how it is... Let him go, we're leaving," Su Ming replied.

It wasn't that he was being some kind of saint and wanted to spare a life, but rather he knew that such an existence must be the core of some Sect.

Once he killed this Disciple, he would surely be wanted by the Sect he belonged to.

He had just arrived and didn't want to draw attention so soon.

After all, once discovered, he would inevitably attract the attention of destiny.

This wasn't the Qianyuan Continent; the destiny of this world was connected to the destiny of the outside world. Exposure would be a huge threat to him.

Under Yuan Tiangang's powerless gaze, Shen Ming took Su Ming and completely vanished from his sight, and his vision went black as he fainted.

When Su Ming had walked far enough, he finally heard a familiar voice.

[Congratulations to the Host for changing the fate of this world's Chosen One of Destiny and connecting to the current world's destiny. Now seizing destiny points.]

[Acquired 200,000 destiny points. The Qianyuan Continent destiny points have been converted to Reincarnation Sword Realm destiny points at a certain ratio. Please check, Host.]