Myth Beyond Heaven

The black figure felt the surrounding space twisting with a terrifying pressure. His heart turned cold instantly. He quickly took an escaping talisman out and shattered it without hesitation.

However, before the talisman took effect, he suddenly felt a sharp pain around his neck. The next second, he saw his own headless body falling to the ground. That was the last scene that came into his vision before his consciousness plunged into eternal darkness.

He didn't even know how the woman killed him, even in his death.

In the room, Yun Lintian frowned slightly when he discovered this movement. He didn't arrange for anyone to guard him. Who was that person?

As he was about to take a look, he suddenly found a woman in pristine white standing in the room, looking at him calmly.

Yun Lintian's first reaction was to prepare to fight, but he heard Hongyue's voice. "You're not her opponent. This woman has already reached this world's ceiling."

Hearing this, Yun Lintian immediately calmed down, but his mind spun rapidly, thinking of a way to get out of this predicament.

The woman, Qing Xiaoting, stared at Yun Lintian for a long while and asked. "Are you Lin Yun?"

Yun Lintian replied calmly. "I am."

"Take out the sword you got today." Qing Xiaoting said flatly.

Yun Lintian frowned deeply and asked. "Senior, are you here for the sword?"

Surprisingly, Qing Xiaoting shook her head. "I was the one who put the sword on auction. I am not shameless enough to rob a junior like you."

Yun Lintian nodded gently and took the sword out. "Here."

Qing Xiaoting opened her palm, and the sword immediately flew toward her. She took a look at it for a moment and muttered to herself. "It's indeed not something that belonged to this world."

She flicked her wrist slightly, sending the sword back to Yun Lintian.

Yun Lintian grabbed the sword and asked. "Senior, can I ask you about the Golden Mountain Ruin? I wonder if I can enter it?"

Qing Xiaoting replied flatly. "You can. However, I don't recommend you to go there. It's too dangerous with your current strength."

She paused for a moment and asked. "You are here for the Heavenly Sword?"

Yun Lintian replied truthfully. "Yes."

Qing Xiaoting's brows raised slightly. "I can see that you have never practiced any sword art before. Why do you want to go there?… Let me tell you clearly. You have to go through swordsmanship-related tests along the path toward the summit. From the past to the present, no one has successfully reached the top where the sword resided before."

Yun Lintian smiled and said. "Does it matter, Senior? Can you guarantee that I would certainly fail when I haven't tried it yet?"

Qing Xiaoting took a deep look at him and said slowly. "You're full of deceptions. Even your appearance and name are not real. A person who can't be upright will never achieve anything great in the sword's path. I advise you to give up and leave this place as soon as possible."

Yun Lintian's eyes narrowed slightly, and the smile on his face grew a little colder. "Can I treat it as you are threatening me?"

Qing Xiaoting shook her head. "If I wanted to kill you, you wouldn't have the chance to speak like this. I don't need to threaten you at all. I said this because I don't want you to go on the wrong path and waste your time with something that doesn't belong to you."

Yun Lintian chuckled coldly. "Listen, Senior. I respect you because you have no intention of harming me and even helped me take care of my enemy. However, it doesn't mean I must listen to what you said."

He took a sip of tea and said further unhurriedly. "My experience on the profound path is indeed too shallow, but one thing that I am certain of is that the profound path is endless. There are countless possibilities along the way. What Senior said out of your 'goodwill' is no different from creating a wall around me."

"Had I listened to you, my profound path will undoubtedly end here, and I will never be able to climb out of the wall you created."

He raised his head slightly to look straight at her and said word by word. "So, tell me. Are you sure you don't want me to walk on the wrong path?"

Qing Xiaoting's heart shook slightly upon hearing this. She wanted to refute it but found out that she couldn't.

Seeing this, Yun Lintian laughed gently. "Let me ask you something. Have you ever thought that you can't reach this world's pinnacle like you are currently?"

Qing Xiaoting thought for a moment and shook her head.

Yun Lintian curled his lips. "Then why did you think I'm not suitable to enter the sword path?"

Qing Xiaoting went silent immediately. She suddenly felt that her previous behavior was indeed too arrogant. No matter what, she had no right to stop anyone's pursuits. Let alone force them to leave.

She closed her eyes and deeply reflected on herself.

"Since when did you become so profound?" Hongyue sneered. She didn't believe this nonsense Yun Lintian spouted.

"Can't you let me pretend to be cool for a while?" Yun Lintian was speechless.

"But you're right. The profound path is endless. A practitioner should go against heaven. Otherwise, it would be meaningless." Hongyue said with a rare smile.

Yun Lintian said nothing. The moment he obtained the Land of Beyond Heaven, he already knew that he was on a heaven-defying path. Every step he took would make heaven jealous and try to suppress him.

Looked at the crimson heavenly tribulations back then, for example. It was obviously aimed at him instead of Huoyun Yurou, who went through the tribulation.

At this moment, Qing Xiaoting suddenly cupped her fists and said sincerely. "It is indeed my fault. I shouldn't have judged you with my narrowed vision. Please accept my apologies."

Yun Lintian looked at her and said nothing. As he said before, he respected Qing Xiaoting for having no ill intention toward him and nothing more than that.

"My name is Qing Xiaoting. I am Jian Feng's master and an honorable elder of the Heavenly Sword Palace. This is my token. Please accept it." Qing Xiaoting handed a sword-shaped token to him.

Yun Lintian calmly accepted it.

"The man earlier was sent by the Sun Clan." Qing Xiaoting said further, causing Yun Lintian to frown.