Although his strength far exceeded Norris’s, if he were truly struck by the sword qi in this talisman, he had no confidence in taking it head-on.

Noticing the wariness in the man’s eyes, Cecilia felt a surge of joy.

She raised the sword talisman in her hand, wanting to use it to make Colin retreat in the face of difficulties.

"If Your Excellency leaves now, I can leave you a path of survival. Otherwise, if I crush this sword talisman, I fear Your Excellency’s fate will be the same as the previous person’s."

Colin was momentarily stunned, then suddenly burst into loud laughter.

"Little girl, if you didn’t threaten me, I would still be wary of the sword talisman in your hand. But your threat only exposes your bluff."

"If you truly had the confidence to severely injure me, you probably would have struck long ago."

"If my guess is correct, the power of your sword talisman is indeed astonishing, but it can only achieve the effect of catching someone off guard. If precautions are taken, its power will be greatly reduced."

Occupying a high position, Colin’s grasp of the human heart had long reached a state of crystal clarity.

Though his words sounded like a guess, he was already certain Cecilia was merely bluffing.

Circulating profound techniques, Colin immediately vanished from his spot. In the next moment, he appeared no more than three feet from Cecilia. She hurriedly crushed the sword talisman, but Colin was already on guard.

The sword qi within the talisman was indeed powerful, but Colin easily dodged it.

Colin reached out to capture Cecilia.

Suddenly, the hairs all over his body stood on end, looking outside the Sword Pavilion, his eyes filled with absolute terror, letting go of Cecilia, he frantically dodged to the side.

A heaven-shaking sword light seemed as if it would tear through the entire Heavens.

Descending from the sky with heaven-surpassing momentum, it cleaved the Sword Pavilion cleanly in two.

A trace of relief flashed in Colin’s eyes. If he had not dodged in time, that sword strike would have killed him.

Adam slowly descended from high in the sky into the Sword Pavilion, seeing Cecilia unharmed, a trace of relief finally appeared in his eyes.

"Young Master, why are you here?!"

Seeing Adam suddenly appear from the sky, Cecilia was momentarily stunned. Then a flash of pleasant surprise appeared in her eyes, and she hurriedly ran over to him.

"Cecilia, take Senior Desolate Sword and leave first. I will come find you shortly."

"Yes, Young Master."

Obeying his instructions, Cecilia led the heavily injured Desolate Sword away from the Sword Pavilion.

Standing to the side, Colin could only watch helplessly as Cecilia left, he did not dare make the slightest movement, all because of the seemingly harmless, scholarly-looking youth before him.

The person before him had clear eyes and looked extremely young, appearing no more than eighteen or nineteen years old.

But Colin certainly would not believe this was merely an ordinary youth. Based solely on that streak of sword qi, among the entire Silver Willow Imperial Family, those who could block it numbered only a handful.

Colin’s eyes were full of apprehension, he did not hesitate to bring out the Imperial Family as a threat. "Senior’s cultivation has reached the pinnacle of creation, arriving at the realm of returning to original simplicity, this junior is full of admiration!"

"But is Senior truly intent on becoming an enemy of my Silver Willow Imperial Family? We have profound foundations. It’s not as if we don’t have Imperial Ancestors with cultivation matching Senior’s."

"Even with Senior’s creation-reaching cultivation, you might not necessarily be a match for our Imperial Ancestors. Senior must think twice!"

He is treating me like some old monster! Adam laughed inwardly, he did not explain either, looking at Colin as if looking at a dead man.

Speaking to himself, he said, "I thought my methods were flawless and left no trace. How did your Silver Willow Imperial Family learn that Cecilia was hiding within the Sword Sect?"

A trace of astonishment flashed in Colin’s eyes. "So the deaths of those two descendants of the Ancient Ash Clan were Senior’s doing!"

Hearing Colin’s words, Adam’s heart filled with suspicion. "Since you didn’t know I was behind it, from where did you learn the whereabouts of the Innate Dao Body?"

"Reporting to Senior, the Thirteenth Elder of the Ash Clan determined from the residual sword charm that it was the work of a sword cultivator. In the entire capital, the only one with such Sword Dao strength was Desolate Sword."

Colin lowered his posture even further. "However, this junior will definitely not reveal Senior’s actions to the Ash Clan’s Elder. If I violate this oath, may heaven and earth destroy me." 𝓯𝓻𝒆𝙚𝒘𝓮𝙗𝓷𝒐𝓿𝙚𝒍.𝙘𝓸𝙢

The Ancient Ash Clan actually knows Cecilia’s hiding place too! A heavy look flashed in Adam’s eyes.

He remembered Desolate Sword once saying that these ancient clans were restricted by the rules of heaven and earth and could not appear in the Mysterious Yellow World, forced to remain inside their Mystic Realms.

Only when the Upheaval evolved to its peak, and the power of the rules in the Mysterious Yellow World assimilated the Dao Laws within the Mystic Realms, could those hidden within step into the Mysterious Yellow World free from the shackles of heaven and earth.

Now, the curtain of the Upheaval had already been drawn. It would take a few months at shortest, and a few years at longest, to evolve to its peak.

Cecilia’s tracks were already known by the Ash Ancient Clan. In the future, how could they possibly let her go?

After understanding the entire cause of the matter, Adam killed Colin with a single sword strike, then went to find Cecilia with a heavy heart.

...

"Senior Desolate Sword, swallow this drop of spiritual spring water. Your Dao injuries will take a significant turn for the better."

Desolate Sword was merely a Great Grandmaster, while that person of the Silver Willow Imperial Family was an existence who had stepped into the Mastering the Dao realm.

Surviving a direct hit from such an existence was already a stroke of immense luck, emerging unscathed was absolutely impossible.

This Divine Spring water contained a tremendous amount of life force, making it an excellent holy medicine for healing Dao injuries.