After losing to Yan Ming Fan Mo's pride had hit rock bottom, he was already considering Yan Ming as his equal opponent even if it was just subtly. He returned to his courtyard and ordered his assistant, a knight by the name Xue Feng. "I need all forty members of my squad gathered at the plaza before noon, we'll be moving over to Bi Jie across the realm's barrier." He said with a stern voice, he had stayed on Fu Jin for a while and was already getting annoyed staying there, he had finally found a good reason to leave after so long. 'Time for those lazy bones assigned to my squad to gear up.' he said with a grin, the spar with Yan Ming gave him the drive he had longed for for a very long time. "That kid holds more than meets the eye, but if anything the one thing I'm sure of is the fact that he's not just an average cultivator from the mortal realm, he has traits of an infernal demon but can use the light element, even space and wood element along with his insanely high affinity

Sheng Bao ZhenAt the peak of the bastion's hallway, Tang Zhan stood atop the elevated platform in the grand hall, rows of holograms were projected before him displaying the leaders of the divine feather clan."Tang Zhan, my godson Sheng Long was sent to Sheng Bao Zhen for training and you watched him get killed right beneath your watch? And you have the guts to inform me that you are unable to trace the cause of his death, what do you take the divine feather clan for?!" Tang Zhan took in a deep breath with closed eyes then reopened them "First point, I was unaware of the Divine feather clan prodigy coming over to Sheng Bao Zhen neither was I notified therefore the bastion legally has no reason or duty to protect the divine feather clan's prodigy.""But you knew he participated didn't you? Did we have to officially send a message before you get even the simplest of orders?" Another figure screamed out in anger."The bastion listens only to her greatness, the sovereign Tian Yi, I resp

"Origin? What is that?" Qing Chun asked to which Yan Ming simply shrugged off and flew away from the connecting rift towards the camp stationed beside it.Because of the dangers beyond the barrier a group of knights from the bastion would be stationed beyond the rift to guard it and explore outside for resources, other cultivators could also explore beyond the barrier if they wished but would have to pay a fine to the bastion in return.Fan Mo and his cohorts were supposed to join the defence team a while later but he had forced them to come over even earlier than they were supposed to.Unlike the other cultivators Yan Ming and Qing Chun had no need to pay fees to cross the border and return as he was already a captain and a part of the bastion."About those Tao Yi, if they were really as dangerous as you described then why haven't I ever heard of them?" Qing Chun asked with scrunched brows."Because no one ever bothered to, because no one wanted you to know about it, about what lies

"Grandmaster Tang Zhan!" Tian Tang rushed into the chamber, his face filled with urgency as he called out for Tang Zhan who was standing at the edge with his arms crossed behind his back. Tang Zhan slowly opened his mouth and said "Another knight is dead? The same way?" "Yes grandmaster, how did you know?" Tian Tang wondered in shock. "They started off by Killing a prodigy of the divine feather clan, I don't know what exactly the purpose of that was for but it's also to draw unwanted attention to Sheng Bao Zhen, they definitely won't stop at that. Unless we catch the culprit behind this all, be it the dark clan or someone else or another faction there won't be an end to this." Tang Zhan said in a cold voice which didn't seem bothered about the news. "So you already expected this to happen?" "Yes, they'll act again once it's time, it's your duty to catch them when they do and if they have any evil intentions aside from that I'll deal with it, anyone caught involved in this scand

The incident immediately attracted Fan Mo's attention, he flew over to save Qing Chun only to be blocked by a sword gleam sweeping over the space ahead of him."Step back." "What are you doing?!" Fan Mo screamed out in rage and shock, he couldn't believe Yan Ming would ever dare to toss Qing Chun onto a star surface teeming with billions of Tao Yi, a single second of delay and she might already be torn to pieces!"Step. Back." Yan Ming said, each word giving off a threatening stance and vibe, preventing Fan Mo from taking another step further.He clenched his fists, veins popping from his forehead as he thought 'Yes, I don't like her neither have I fallen in love with her, I simply tagged along because I was curious about him and trying my chances if she would switch over to my side but this, I can't accept this she's just a fledgling, a very talented one at that so why kill her?' "Talent without efficiency is of no use, her body and affinities are strong, learning abilities are top