At dawn on the ninth morning, back at the northern grand plaza at the foot of Supreme Sword Mountain, a solemn. White-bannered mourning stage had been erected overnight by order of Supreme Sword Sect Master Jian Jue , at Rank 5 Peak, Thunder-Clap Sect Master Lei Zhen , at Rank 5 Peak. Jade Lotus Sect Master Lian Hua , at Rank 5 Peak.
Convinced that Shadow-Elder Lei Ying , at Rank 5 Peak. His forty-nine Rank 5 High Night-Crow Assassins had effortlessly slaughtered Gu Changsheng’s family in their sleep at midnight and burned the flying courtyard to ash to cover their tracks. The three Sect Masters—along with a heavily bandaged, pig-trotter-handed Holy Son Chu Tian [Charm Halo: 12%]—stood at the front of the white stage.
Fifty thousand gathered sect disciples, merchants, and reporters!
Even Merchant Boss Qian Duoduo had been invited to bring his Sky-Border Chamber of Commerce live-broadcast mirrors to the plaza. Sect Master Jian Jue wanted the entire continent to hear the “tragic news” of Gu Changsheng’s sudden demise!
“My fellow cultivators of the Nine Continents!”
Supreme Sword Sect Master Jian Jue dabbed at his dry eyes with a white silk handkerchief, putting on a grief-stricken voice as he addressed the live broadcast mirrors:.


