The world out there is crazy, everything is always twisting, changing in a blink of an eye.

That was what the head disciple of the Heavenly Sword Sect, Fu Rong has always known.

However, reality is always more than what he expected.

"Regarding the matter of disappearing masters, they are all dead now. I was behind it all."

In an important meeting between Fu Rong, the head disciple of the Heavenly Sword Sect, in charge of running the day to day sect business, Lang Li, the Sect Master's sole inheriting disciple and the Sect Master himself, Zheng Jie, those words was dropped.

Immediately there was reactions in the audience.

Fu Rong stands up, thinking about the chaos that knowledge may cause, the Sect Master of the Heavenly Sword Sect openly eliminating the competition, it may lead to war.

"Why-"

At that moment, deep within the fake Lang Li consciousness, something was confirmed.

It was expected, after all the list of the masters who went missing was familiar to her. After all they were-

"They were Fallen Cultivators who have infiltrated the Nine Cloud Kingdom and took high position within court. They were protected from my eyes by the Jade wall of the Royal Court. However after the event a few month back, I already mark all of them for a list. They have to die."

Fallen cultivator.

They are those who fall under the influence of Devil Path Cultivators and are controlled by them. There was no prominent Devil Path Cultivator within the last millennia, it was as if all of them disappear after a certain level.

Only low level cultivators was found to be completely following the Devil Path, however it is said that if a prominent one was to emerge, they would threaten the entire world of cultivation.

And yet these fallen cultivators are all on a level of mastery unimaginable. They are not yet Devil Path cultivator, but it leads one to wonder

"Fallen Cultivators!? Who corrupted them?"

Fu Rong yells out, but then realizing his station, back down and looks apologetic.

At first he suspected his sect master of eliminating the competition, then he yells at him...

It's a good thing that the Sword Saint does not mind that much about such matter. He is more worried about his disciple personal life more.

There is even a big slogan in front of the sect

Entering the Heavenly Sword Sect, worldly love is left behind.

The disciples made it in joke because of the tendency of the Sect Master, but later after seeing it, Zheng Jie took it seriously and command it to be hanged in front of the sect.

It made it extremely hard to accept new disciples. The previous head disciple who has his cultivation dissolved and kicked out of the sect even become a famous figure in love stories during that time. He became a stay at home dad who cling on to his powerful wife, though he was more powerful than her before he seeks Zheng Jie's blessing to the marriage. He never complains but the Heavenly Sword Sect become famous within that time. It is a serious sect.

A serious sect full of loveless virgin that is.

The other sects never let the day to day disciple of the Heavenly Sword Sect live that down.

Even during such a serious situation, suddenly such ridiculous thought pop into his mind.

It was because they were relevant.

The last time the sect master announces himself to the world and release his soul, the sect caught a bunch of traitors within the sect itself.

However, all of them was repeating disturbing thing. Mostly the same thing

"If being heartless is what it takes to be an immortal, than perhaps in this life and the next, I don't wish to be an immortal at all."

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"The Heavenly Saint, Standing under the heaven, straight and firm. Karma returning, the Heavenly Saint turns into the Heavenly Devil"

It was disturbingly consistent, leading to Fu Rong deducing that this was an organized effort to undermined the Heavenly Sword Sect. However, no matter how much the disciples try to get the truth out of the traitors, none of them talk, and a few day later all of them die under mysterious circumstances.

It seems "love" was one of the vector that Devil attacked them with.

However is it even possible for Devil Path Cultivator to cultivate to that level?

"I'm not sure..." At that moment, Zheng Jie says

"I always thought it was that woman, however when I come within the Royal Court, it was not her. Nevertheless, sooner or later the mastermind has to emerge with all of the cultivators who has fallen under their influence dead."

At that moment, within the traitorous Lang Li's mind, another thing was confirmed.

The Heavenly Saint did not see through the Heavenly Queen.

Just like he did not see through the fake Lang Li within Lang Li's body, he did not see through the mastermind of the whole thing after all.

It was fate.

In this generation, the Heavenly Saint will go down.

And after that? ...there is no after. Zheng Jie's death is enough.

"In the coming time, the world will be chaotic, as one of the leading sect, the Heavenly Sword Sect has to uphold the peace and order of the Nine Cloud Kingdom during that time. The Nine Cloud Kingdom is the greatest dream of me and the Heavenly Emperor, as long as the Nine Cloud Kingdom stands, the future of the cultivation world will stand."

Hearing those words, Fu Rong has become enlightened, touched by how far ahead his sect master has already planned for the world, the man determined to work twice at hard. No three times.

"Yes Sect Master!"

Lang Li who was standing on the side was looking snidely.

If only it will be that easy.

At that moment, the Heavenly Saint was also standing on the side thinking

'If only it was that easy finding who is killing the masters. Whoever that Devil is, they are about to be in for a bad time.'

"Anyway, I will be await for next week, seeking the audience of the Free Travel Sect's sect master. You two will be in charge before I come back. Lang Li is still holding the sect master's sword, Fu Rong, you have to listen to her until I come back."

"Huh?"

Head disciple of the Heavenly Sword Sect, Fu Rong was surprised again by those words. Just like that? He just come back, now he is going out to play again?

Lang Li on the other hand was wracking her brain for answer.

'Free Travel sect? What does that small sect has to do with this? Is this Zheng Jie throwing distraction around? Could it be that there is something profound hidden within the Free Travel sect? Could it be that there is profound master hidden with in the Free Travel sect? Could that master be the one who went around assassinating all the fallen cultivators? No. Impossible, there exist no man within that sect that is that capable. Killing that many masters without even resistance. Could be nothing? Something from other realm? But what could the lower realm offer to someone like Zheng Jie?'

No matter how much she thinks, the false Lang Li could not come to an answer. It was not actually relate to the final confrontation between two sides anyway. Zheng Jie having personal business was the last thing she thought but dismiss it out of hand, thinking that it was too impossible. The man never leaves his home after all, how could he has any personal business especially with his personality.

The fake Lang Li keeps thinking without an answer.