Chapter 116

The next morning, Ding Jiuli, who had already packed her things, arrived at Ding Shuang’s door. She raised her hand and then lowered it. She wanted to say goodbye to Ding Shuang, but she didn’t know how to start.

“Jiuli, is something the matter?” Ding Shuang, who was inside the house, had already noticed Ding Jiuli coming to his door, and hesitated, not knowing what to do.

Ding Shuang originally planned to defeat Ding Jiuli before taking her down the mountain, but Ding Jiuli ended up forcing herself to leave the group by self-harm. Having lost, Ding Shuang had no choice but to agree to Ding Jiuli’s request to travel down the mountain. He planned to disguise himself and secretly follow her to protect her after she left.

“Big brother, I…I’m going down the mountain today.” Logically, Ding Jiuli should be in a good mood since she’ll be able to travel down the mountain soon, but for some reason, she’s very reluctant to leave.

“Go ahead, be careful. If you encounter any danger, run this way,” Ding Shuang replied calmly.

Hearing Ding Shuang’s response, Ding Jiuli felt another pang of pain in her heart. Taking a deep breath, she mustered her courage and asked, “Big brother, can you come down the mountain with me?”

Upon hearing Ding Jiuli’s question, Ding Shuang was taken aback for a moment, then replied, “Okay.”

“Huh? You agreed? Big brother, you actually agreed! I’m so happy! But big brother, aren’t you not allowed to leave this place?” Ding Jiuli had always thought that Ding Shuang was not allowed to leave.

“Don’t worry, things are settled here. I’ll feel more at ease if I accompany you on your travels.” Ding Shuang had successfully located her and could leave at any time, but Ding Jiuli interpreted it as her leaving out of concern for her.

“Then big brother, hurry up and pack your things, we’re leaving today!” Ding Jiuli didn’t know why Ding Shuang wanted to stay here, but since she had received Ding Shuang’s promise to accompany her down the mountain, she certainly didn’t want to miss such an opportunity.

“Let’s go, I don’t need to pack anything. Just bring the iron sword from the yard later.” Ding Shuang pushed open the door and looked at Ding Jiuli with a smile.

When Ding Jiuli saw Ding Shuang come out, she excitedly hugged him and said, “That’s great, big brother! Jiuli will stay here with you after we return from our travels.”

“Haha, okay.” Ding Shuang rubbed Ding Jiuli’s head. He didn’t tell Ding Jiuli that he didn’t need to come back and that he would leave this era after Ding Jiuli passed the Sun-Asking Test.

“Oh, right, big brother, this is for you.” Ding Jiuli released Ding Shuang and took out a wooden box from her storage necklace.

“What’s this?” Ding Shuang reached out and took the box, preparing to open it.

“This is a priceless treasure of Qushui Kingdom, left behind by Uncle Qingshan. He said I should find an opportunity to give it to my older brother. I forgot about it before, but I found it here last night while I was packing. Hehe.” Ding Jiuli looked at Ding Shuang somewhat embarrassedly.

“Since it’s a treasure of the Qushui Kingdom, you can keep it with you.” Ding Shuang handed the wooden box back to Ding Jiuli.

“No, no, no, Uncle said this thing must be given to you. Anyone who takes it will be killed.” Ding Jiuli took two steps back, shaking her head like a rattle drum, refusing to take the wooden box back no matter what.

“Huh? What is this thing?” Ding Shuang curiously opened the box, and a wave of heat rushed out, followed by a burst of intense energy from the wooden box.

If Ding Shuang hadn’t closed the lid quickly, both he and Ding Jiuli would have been burned by the heat. In that instant of opening, Ding Shuang glimpsed a ball of dark flame floating inside the box, just like the flames in a traditional Chinese ink painting.

“What kind of fire is this?” Ding Shuang was shocked. The ferocity of this flame far surpassed even Yao Lao’s Bone Spirit Cold Flame!

“Congratulations, host, you have discovered a celestial flame, or more accurately, a quasi-celestial flame.” The system’s voice rang in Ding Shuang’s mind.

“A quasi-immortal fire? Where does it rank on the list of strange fires?” Ding Shuang’s concept of fire was limited to the strange fires of the Dou Qi Continent.

“Host, you are insulting the Quasi-Immortal Flame. Even the Emperor Flame is far inferior to this Quasi-Immortal Flame.” The system’s voice even carried a hint of disdain.

“No wonder the Qi Huo Sect attacked the Qu Shui Kingdom. This thing will indeed bring disaster to most cultivators.” Ding Shuang muttered to himself, looking at the wooden box in front of him in shock. Ding Jiuli, who was standing in front of him, heard his words.

“Big brother, actually, the Qi Huo Sect didn’t know that the Qu Shui Kingdom had such a powerful immortal fire. They only knew that the national treasure of the Qu Shui Kingdom was a powerful flame. When our ancestors obtained this Danqing Immortal Fire, it wasn’t this powerful yet. It was because our ancestors nurtured it with the underground dragon vein that it was able to advance into an immortal fire. If the Qi Huo Sect hadn’t attacked the imperial city during the crucial period of the Danqing Immortal Fire’s advancement, the Qu Shui Kingdom wouldn’t have been destroyed.” Ding Jiuli’s voice grew softer and softer as she spoke, and two lines of clear tears flowed from her eyes.

“Don’t cry, Jiu Li, I will help you get revenge.” Ding Shuang reached out to wipe away Ding Jiu Li’s tears and comforted her gently.

“Thank you, thank you, big brother. I still hope that you won’t put yourself in danger. I can also take revenge.” Ding Jiuli suppressed her grief and stopped crying.

“Haha, you think you can do it yourself? You can’t even pass the Sun-Asking Test. Let’s talk about revenge when you pass the Moon-Asking Test.” Ding Shuang steered the conversation to Ding Jiuli’s cultivation.

Sure enough, Ding Jiuli instantly bristled upon hearing Ding Shuang’s sarcasm, angrily retorting, “Isn’t it all because big brother locked me up here? When we go out to travel, we’ll pass the Ascension Realm in three years at most!”

“Alright, I believe you’ll be fine. However, this Danqing Immortal Flame is indeed not suitable to carry around. If you don’t mind, could I absorb it? I don’t want to say any more high-sounding words, this fire is indeed helpful to me, and I’ve also developed a greedy desire for it.” During Ding Shuang’s conversation with Ding Jiuli, the system calculated and informed Ding Shuang that he could absorb the Danqing Immortal Flame through the Desire Fire Burning Heaven Technique.

“Big brother, this was originally meant for you. You passed on your cultivation techniques to me and my uncle, and we don’t know how to repay you. Besides, the Danqing Immortal Flame is just a disaster for us.” Ding Jiuli said to Ding Shuang with a smile, very happy to be able to give Ding Shuang something useful.

“Alright, we’ll have to postpone our descent from the mountain. It will take me at least seven days, and at most a month, to absorb the Danqing Immortal Fire. If you can’t wait, you can leave first, and I’ll come down the mountain to find you after I’ve finished absorbing the fire.” Ding Shuang planned to start absorbing the Danqing Immortal Fire today, to avoid any unforeseen complications.

“I can wait, I can wait. I’ll wait to go down the mountain with my big brother.” Ding Jiuli nodded repeatedly. She knew that Ding Shuang always kept his word. Since he had agreed to accompany her on her travels down the mountain, she didn’t mind waiting another month.

After instructing Ding Jiuli on some matters, Ding Shuang went deep into the mountains and found a cave to begin his seclusion. He was unsure of the limits of the Desire Fire Burning Heaven Technique, but the system calculated that the probability of successful absorption was around 70%, and failure would mean death.

After all, Ding Shuang can’t go back to the Dou Qi Continent now, so he can’t upgrade his Desire Fire Burning Heaven Technique. He has no choice but to take a gamble.

Three months later, a man and a woman were seen traveling together in the mountains where Ding Shuang was. The man’s expression was calm, but the woman looked displeased. These two were Ding Shuang and Ding Jiuli.

“Big brother, you promised to go down the mountain to travel after you came out of seclusion, but it’s been two and a half months and we’re still wandering around in this mountain range.” Ding Jiuli expressed her dissatisfaction to Ding Shuang.

Two and a half months ago, Ding Shuang successfully left the mountain, but she and Ding Jiuli have been wandering around this mountain range in order to find spiritual herbs. Ding Shuang transplanted all the spiritual herbs they found into the Dimensional Herb Garden.

“This is the last area. After we explore this place, we’ll leave. How about we head to the Desert Sea Kingdom first?” Ding Shuang’s search for medicinal herbs was a last resort, because the herbs in the Qushui Kingdom were all processed and couldn’t be grown in the Dimensional Herb Garden. So, he could only look for fresh herbs in this mountain range. It didn’t matter if they were a little old, as the Dimensional Herb Garden had an acceleration function.

After two and a half months of searching, Ding Shuang found most of the medicinal materials listed in the pharmacopoeia, as well as three kinds of low-grade natural treasures. However, he had never encountered most of the natural treasures before.

Ding Shuang’s current level has reached 251, which is a benefit he received from absorbing the Danqing Immortal Fire. At this time, his realm is equivalent to the late stage of the Nascent Soul stage, and he can easily fight against late-stage Fusion stage cultivators.

After exploring the last area of ​​the last mountain range and transplanting three kinds of spiritual herbs, Ding Shuang left the mountain range where he had lived for more than 30 years with Ding Jiuli.

The capital of the Mohai Kingdom was filled with a joyful atmosphere, as today marked the ascension of the new emperor, Sha Hongyuan.

The old emperor Sha Zhengping had been stuck at the peak of the Nascent Soul stage for nearly 100 years. Now he was preparing to go into seclusion to break through to the Fusion stage, so he passed the throne to his son, Crown Prince Sha Hongyuan.

In the cultivation world, there are almost no coups in the succession of imperial kingdoms. Before the old emperor goes into seclusion to die, he will pass the throne to one of his children, usually the one with the strongest strength.

The old emperor Sha Zhengping had a total of seventy-eight children. Of these, seven are confirmed dead, five are missing, thirty-six have joined various sects, and among the remaining thirty who stayed in the country, Sha Hongyuan is the strongest, at the early stage of the Nascent Soul realm.

After Ding Shuang and Ding Jiuli left the mountains and entered the Mo Hai Kingdom, they heard about the new emperor’s ascension to the throne.

Neither Ding Shuang nor Ding Jiuli had ever seen a coronation ceremony, and Ding Jiuli was particularly interested in it, so the two of them rushed to the capital of the Mohai Kingdom before the new emperor’s coronation ceremony.

The name “Mohai Kingdom” contains the characters “Mohai,” but this doesn’t mean that the kingdom is located in the desert. Rather, it means that there is a vast desert within the kingdom’s territory, which is rich in spirit crystals and is the kingdom’s main source of income.

With its vast reserves of spirit crystals, the Desert Sea Kingdom has become the largest kingdom under the jurisdiction of the Azure Sky Sect, and its influence has even penetrated into the Azure Sky Sect. As a result, many cultivators believe that it is not the Azure Sky Sect that governs the Desert Sea Kingdom, but rather the Desert Sea Kingdom that governs the Azure Sky Sect.

The two neighboring kingdoms of Mohai Kingdom are Xiwen Kingdom, a matriarchal kingdom, and Ding Jiuli’s home, the former Qushui Kingdom.

“I wonder how Qushui Kingdom is doing now?” Ding Shuang thought to himself. Although the capital was attacked by Qihuo Sect and the royal family in the capital was wiped out, there are still royal family members outside and royal family members in Tianqing Sect. It shouldn’t be a big problem for these people to take control of Qushui Kingdom again.

Ding Shuang and Ding Jiuli’s journey included a visit to Qushui Kingdom. However, Ding Jiuli did not intend to acknowledge her ancestry. After all, Shanwa had carried the royal treasures and escaped the encirclement with her in his arms, so everyone knew that the national treasures were with her. Acknowledging her ancestry would only cause trouble for Qushui Kingdom and herself.

The new emperor’s enthronement ceremony was about to begin. Ding Shuang led Ding Jiuli to the viewing area for cultivators, which was a pavilion twenty meters high. In the hall, which was several hundred square meters in size, only three young cultivators were sitting and watching.

“Haha, looks like there are still some free people out there.” Ding Jiuli said to Ding Shuang with a smile, and then found a nice spot to sit down.

As soon as Ding Shuang and Ding Jiuli sat down, maids immediately came forward to serve tea and snacks, and then stood not far away, ready to serve them at any time.

“After all, all the cultivators who have connections with the Mohai Kingdom are present at the coronation ceremony. Moreover, given the current status of the Mohai Kingdom, which cultivator within the jurisdiction of the Tianqing Sect wouldn’t want to be on good terms with the Mohai Kingdom? This place is just for passing rogue cultivators to observe the ceremony. It’s already quite good that there are five people here.” Ding Shuang transmitted his voice to Ding Jiuli and used his divine sense to scan the other three, judging their strength.

Ding Shuang was surprised to find that these three were not ordinary rogue cultivators; two were at the peak of the Golden Core stage, and one had even reached the late Nascent Soul stage. All three were men and were sitting at a square table, suggesting they were together.

The coronation ceremony lasted for two hours and was coming to an end. The ceremony consisted of worshipping heaven and earth, paying homage to ancestors, the old emperor’s abdication speech, the new emperor’s coronation declaration, a speech by the representative of the Tianqing Sect, and finally, the important guests presenting gifts.

The presentation of gifts by important guests was the most important part. The gifts from the delegations of various countries were very generous, with a dazzling array of rare and precious materials, and the aura they released lingered over the imperial city for a long time.

Seeing that Ding Shuang was so eager to go down and rob them all, the three people at the next table probably had the same idea, but unfortunately, the other side had more people than their own.

“Sigh, the Mohai Kingdom is indeed a superpower. Compared to it, the Qushui Kingdom is far inferior, like the difference between Xinghui and Yaoyang. There probably won’t be any Qushui Kingdom offering gifts this time, since Uncle Qingshan took all the royal treasures with him when he rescued me.” Ding Jiuli sighed as she looked at the various rare and precious materials in the distance.

“Uh, should we return the treasure on the way? We can just hand it over to any member of the royal family.” Ding Shuang was a little embarrassed at this moment, since the royal treasures were basically all in his infinite backpack.

“No need. My uncle trained him through his own abilities, why should I give him back?” Ding Jiuli’s voice instantly turned cold.

Regardless of who is currently in power in Qushui Kingdom, Ding Jiuli has little affection for them. What Shanwa didn’t tell Ding Shuang back then was written in a letter left for Ding Jiuli.

When Shanwa first received the news of the attack on the capital of Qushui Kingdom, he was inside the Tianqing Sect. He wasn’t the only one who received the news; other members of the royal family of Qushui Kingdom within the Tianqing Sect also received it.

Only Shanwa was willing to go to the rescue immediately; none of the other royal family members were willing to lend a helping hand.

Unlike the Mohai Kingdom, the Qushui Kingdom, apart from the royal family members who remained in the imperial kingdom, had all joined the Tianqing Sect. Although these people were not very strong, with the highest being only at the late Golden Core stage, there were still twenty-nine of them. If they attacked together, they might be able to defeat the Qihuo Sect.

Whether these people were afraid of losing their lives or had confidence in the palace’s formation, none of them came to the rescue. As a result, all the royal cultivators and retainers who remained in the country perished, with only Shanwa escaping to Ding Shuang’s place with Xiao Jiuli.

If a new emperor is to be established in Qushui Kingdom, he will not be chosen from among ordinary people. He will be one of the twenty-nine people who remain in Tianqing Sect. Why would Ding Jiuli have any good feelings towards the current royal family of Qushui Kingdom?

The final item in the offering ceremony was the congratulatory gift brought by the Azure Sky Sect. Several disciples of the Azure Sky Sect carried a huge stone slowly up from below the enthronement platform. One side of the stone was covered by a large red cloth, concealing the contents of the stone.

Neither the boulder nor the red cloth were magical artifacts; they were just ordinary mortal objects. The only difference was that the boulder was made of very sturdy material and had a faint aura of a formation on it.

“Congratulations on the ascension of the new emperor Sha Hongyuan of the Mohai Kingdom! The Tianqing Sect presents a map of the vast land!” A disciple of the Tianqing Sect who was moving the giant stone shouted loudly, and directed the others to carefully place the giant stone on one side of the coronation platform, with the side covered by a red cloth facing the audience.

“This stone was taken from Tianqing Peak of the Tianqing Sect. It is engraved with the current territory controlled by the Mohai Kingdom. May the Mohai Kingdom live forever!” After saying this, the Tianqing Sect disciple reached out and tore off the red cloth, revealing the contents on the boulder.

The mortals watching the ceremony knelt down in unison, shouting “Long live the king!” and wishing the Desert Sea Kingdom to live on forever!

Upon seeing the map on the boulder, Ding Jiuli trembled slightly, her eyes revealing an expression of disbelief.

“Jiuli, what’s wrong?” Ding Shuang asked Ding Jiuli telepathically. Seeing her like this, Ding Shuang had a bad feeling.

“No, it’s nothing. It’s just that the Kingdom of Qushui has been destroyed. The entire territory of the former Kingdom of Qushui was incorporated into the Kingdom of Mohai. But why has most of the territory of the former Kingdom of Qushui turned into a sea of ​​sand, including the former capital?” Ding Jiuli’s words were devoid of any sadness. She didn’t understand why the once beautiful and lush Kingdom of Qushui had become what it is today.

Ding Shuang stared intently at the boulder. There was a harmless small illusion array on the map. By actively entering the illusion array, one could see the lifelike mountains, rivers, and geographical features on the ground of the map.

Ding Shuang did not know where the capital of Qushui Kingdom was, but he knew its location in the direction of Mohai Kingdom. Looking in the direction of Qushui Kingdom, a vast expanse of sand dunes stretched for thousands of miles.

The environment of what should have been Qushui Kingdom was extremely harsh, far from the Qushui Kingdom that Ding Jiuli had described to him before, and even worse than a barren mountain and a treacherous river.

“I understand now. The reason why Qushui Kingdom has become like this is because Shanwa took away the Danqing Immortal Fire. The ancestors of Qushui Kingdom used the underground dragon vein to nurture the Danqing Immortal Fire and also suppressed the dense fire energy of this place, which made Qushui Kingdom suitable for mortals to live in. Now that the Danqing Immortal Fire has been lost, the underground fire energy has surged up, which is why Qushui Kingdom has become like this.” Ding Shuang has been studying formations for the past ten years, and after thinking for a moment, he guessed the reason for the current state of Qushui Kingdom.

“Yes, even if Uncle didn’t take the Danqing Immortal Flame with him, it would have been snatched away by the Qihuo Sect. It’s a good thing that the Mohai Kingdom has now ruled the Qushui Kingdom, after all, the Mohai Kingdom is a superpower.” Ding Jiuli was not sad about the destruction of the Qushui Kingdom. Her hatred was only directed at the Qihuo Sect, which had killed her parents and siblings.

“Alright, the coronation ceremony is over, let’s go.” Ding Shuang had a very bad feeling. The surrounding sects could deduce the original quality of the national treasures of Qushui Kingdom from its current state.

Even though the Danqing Immortal Flame has only recently advanced to a quasi-immortal flame, if we combine the current extent of the changes in the Qushui Kingdom’s territory with the nurturing formation left behind by the Qushui Kingdom back then, we can determine that the Qushui Kingdom’s national treasure was at least a flame close to a quasi-immortal flame.

I wonder how Shanwa is doing now? These days, it’s not just the Qihuo Sect that’s coveting the Danqing Immortal Flame; at least the Tianqing Sect and the Mohai Kingdom will send people to search for Shanwa’s whereabouts. It might even alarm the three upper sects, after all, a quasi-immortal flame is still an immortal flame in the cultivation world.

Just as Ding Shuang and Ding Jiuli got up to leave, a person came up the stairs of the pavilion, cupped his hands and said to everyone, “Seniors, there will be a cultivator exchange conference after the new emperor’s enthronement ceremony. On behalf of the new emperor and Tianqing Sect, I would like to invite you all to attend. The new emperor has prepared a gift for you seniors.”

This person was at the peak of the Foundation Establishment stage. He was very polite to everyone and, after inviting them, handed each of them a small porcelain bottle containing ten pills.

Ding Shuang scanned the pills in the bottle with his divine sense and was slightly surprised. Sha Hongyuan was really generous, giving everyone a low-grade B-level Spirit Recovery Pill, which could quickly restore true essence.

“Thank you for the gift from the new emperor. We are also very interested in the exchange meeting and are willing to participate.” The three people at the next table to Ding Shuang expressed their willingness to participate in the exchange meeting.

Ding Shuang was reluctant to go, after all, he had just deduced the current situation, and if Ding Jiuli’s identity were exposed, it would cause a great deal of trouble. Especially since the two of them were in the imperial city of the Mo Hai Kingdom, it was hard to say whether Ding Shuang, with his mediocre skills in formations, could even escape.

“Big brother, shall we join too? I think more interaction will help my cultivation.” Ding Jiuli pulled Ding Shuang’s hand and swayed it back and forth, using her coquettish charm, afraid that Ding Shuang would refuse.

“Alright, let’s go take a look.” Ding Shuang didn’t agree because Ding Jiuli was being coquettish, but because he also felt that Ding Jiuli should participate more in exchanges among cultivators.

Moreover, Ding Jiuli is currently a sword cultivator and has never practiced the royal family techniques of Qushui Kingdom or the Tianqing Sect techniques. You cannot tell Ding Jiuli’s background from her techniques.

As for her appearance, Ding Jiuli was only four years old when she was rescued by Shanwa. Now, at fourteen, she has changed drastically. In addition, her temperament has changed greatly due to years of sword cultivation. It is almost impossible to connect her with the four-year-old girl from back then.

Ding Shuang had seen portraits of Ding Jiuli’s parents. She saw some resemblance to her mother in their features, but she looked more like her father. However, there were too many people in the world who looked alike, and the Tianqing Sect and the Mohai Kingdom would never dare to offend the two sword cultivators just because they looked alike.

Seeing Ding Jiuli jump up excitedly, Ding Shuang smiled and transmitted his voice, “Jiuli, you must not reveal your identity later. Our identities are just that of rogue sword cultivators, nothing else.”

“Okay, I know, you’ve been saying that the whole way,” Ding Jiuli replied to Ding Shuang telepathically.

Since entering the Desert Sea Kingdom, Ding Shuang has been emphasizing to Ding Jiuli that the two of them are siblings from a sword cultivator family. Their family was destroyed, and they are traveling the world in search of a breakthrough before returning to seek revenge.

Ding Shuang had used this identity when communicating with the Pinyin Sect when she first arrived in this time and space. In Ding Shuang’s opinion, the story was full of loopholes, but the Pinyin Sect actually recognized it! This greatly puzzled Ding Shuang.

Later, during his conversation with the disciples of the Pinyin Sect, Ding Shuang vaguely sensed that they had misunderstood something. After learning about the strength levels of the various sects, Ding Shuang understood why the Pinyin Sect believed his fabricated identity. They thought Ding Shuang came from the Daojian Sect, one of the three upper sects.

Disciples of the three upper sects are not allowed to reveal their identities when they go down the mountain for training. Once they do, it means that their training has failed and they must be punished upon returning to their sect. The punishment is so terrible that none of the disciples of the three upper sects dare to reveal their identities.

Therefore, after the disciples of the three upper sects descend the mountain, they will fabricate all sorts of identities for themselves. You can say that I am from one of the three upper sects, but I will not admit it.

Even if the fabricated identity has many flaws, as long as the disciples of the three upper sects do not produce their sect disciple tokens, their identities will not be exposed.

Such strange rules should have led to many imposters, but in reality, very few people impersonate disciples of the three upper sects.

After all, the three upper sects have a rule that if a disciple of one of the three upper sects is captured or forced to produce a token, the sect to which the disciple belongs will receive a very generous reward.

If someone impersonates another, they will either be killed for failing to produce the token, or captured alive and sent to the three upper sects. The imposters captured and sent to the three upper sects will suffer even harsher punishments, until their souls are completely destroyed. The sect that captures the imposter will also receive a substantial reward.

Under such rules, disciples of the three upper sects are rarely captured alive or forced to hand over their tokens. After all, the disciples of the three upper sects are all exceptionally talented individuals, and it would be unwise to offend a genius for the sake of seemingly generous rewards.

After all, the growth rate of prodigies is very fast, and the retaliation comes quickly. Disciples who are captured or forced to hand over their tokens will be punished by the Dao but will not die. They will feel that they have been insulted and will work harder to cultivate, just waiting for the future to take revenge.

Of course, the revenge of the top three sects’ prodigies is not allowed to involve killing, but there are many kinds of revenge without killing. For example, encountering a prodigy from one of the top three sects in a secret realm and not only gaining nothing but also being robbed of everything.

Either a few prodigies will establish another sect near your sect to compete with you, vying for your people and resources, until they bring your sect down.

Therefore, the best way for various sects to obtain rewards is to capture those who are impersonating disciples of the three upper sects. In order to prevent wrongful arrests, they also have a set of evaluation criteria.

First, if you encounter a stranger with a highly suspicious identity, they will be flagged as a potential disciple of one of the three upper sects. Second, if their cultivation method is similar to that of the three upper sects, there’s a 30% chance they are a disciple of one of the three upper sects. Finally, if their strength is terrifying, capable of fighting opponents of higher levels, there’s a 70% chance they are a disciple of one of the three upper sects. Also, if someone meets all the above conditions and is a sword cultivator, there’s a 90% chance they are a disciple of the Dao Sword Sect, one of the three upper sects.

Furthermore, the three upper sects can prevent other sects from killing innocent people and claiming credit. There was once an instance where a second-class sect claimed to have captured someone impersonating a disciple of one of the three upper sects and sent him to the three upper sects.

The disciple also admitted to impersonating someone else, and a search of his soul memories revealed that he had committed crimes under the guise of a disciple of one of the three upper sects.

However, the three upper sects later discovered through some unknown means that this person’s memories had been altered since childhood, and he had always believed that he was a disciple of the three upper sects.

The three upper sects sent jade tablets to various sects. All sects remained silent about the contents of the jade tablets, but all accepted the evidence provided by the three upper sects.

Finally, the three sects joined forces and wiped out the Yi-class sect that had killed innocent people and claimed credit overnight. Even the disciples who were traveling outside could not escape.

From then on, sects that originally shared the same plans as this Class B sect immediately killed their pawns and acted as if nothing had ever happened.

Therefore, as long as Ding Shuang and Ding Jiuli do not admit that they come from the three upper sects, they are not considered to be impersonating disciples of the three upper sects. Moreover, with their strength, they can fight across a major realm within the territory of the Tianqing Sect without any problem. In addition, their identity as sword cultivators is a guarantee of safety.

The Azure Sky Sect and the Desert Sea Kingdom combined are small forces that don’t even reach the level of a second-tier sect. How dare they offend the prodigy of the Sword of Dao Sect?