Elder Yan disappeared. She probably feared Wang Mu would act presumptuously.
The atmosphere within the Sword Sect grew somewhat rigid, and everyone felt anxious about the challenges ahead. This had never happened before.
Every disciple of the Sword Sect had immense confidence and admiration for the Sect's Elder Yan. But after several months of continuous challenges to the Sect, while the admiration remained, their confidence was somewhat lacking.
In the Nine Provinces Cultivation World, powerful experts emerged in an endless stream, each generation surpassing the last. Every few hundred years, during the New Sect Ascension, one or two individuals would inevitably appear who were peerless in their era. How could those Ascension Experts who remained in the mortal realm, choosing not to undergo their tribulation and ascend, still maintain the awe-inspiring presence they once held?
Cultivation is like sailing against the current; if you don't advance, you will fall back.
