He, The Great Xian Li, got tired just after defeating a normal opponent.
"No! This could not continue. Could it be that My Blade is really...."
But he quickly discarded the idea of it. His Blade had spent a whole century with him. Moreover, it was given to him by his Master. His Master wouldn't do anything like this to his disciple, right?
His mind raced with thousands of thoughts. But he quickly regained his composure and calmed himself down. He could not let himself to overthink.
Then, He continued with his practice.
...
The Sun Boar Sect.
The Sect was in a state of fury. After all, Their Leader was humiliated like this. They could not just let it go.
The reason behind this exaggerated expression was the exaggerated story of their Sect Leader. He told that he was humiliated because he did not win an 'unfair' spar.
The Sect was now getting ready to go to war against the one who defeated their leader 'unfairly'.
What they didn't knew was that the one who defeated their leader was none other than the one everyone believed o be The Greatest Of All Time!
The Uncrowned Ruler of The Immortal Realm, Xian Li!
"Who dares to humiliate the Sect Master?! I will break him into pieces and chew them"
"Have Patience because we are going to do that soon."
"Yes! He will kneel before The Sect Master and beg for his life."
One of the sane mined person present asked.
"Umm... But Who exactly are we going to battle against?"
"Why does it even matter? Whoever goes against Our Great Sun Boar Sect will have a fate worse than death even if it is The Martial Sect"
"But I heard that Sect Master had recently gone to have a spar with that person"
"You... mean The Holder Of The Celestial Blade?"
"Yes."
"No! It must be rumours. Why would Sect Master go to spar with him. He was already at the peak of Immortality when he apeeared the least time. No one is his match and The Sect Master naturally know it.
"Yeah! Why would Sect Maste provoke that monster."
"It must be fake rumours"
...
The Martial Sect.
The Sect Master was surrounded by The Core Elders of the Sect. They were all curious about the spar.
They wanted to know if Xian Li was really weakened. If this was true, then who knew how much benefits they could reap by defeating him.
"Sect Master tell us about him"
"Is he really weakened?"
The Sect Master raised his hand indicating to stop talking. Soon, Everyone stopped talking. There was something weird about the silence. Then, The Sect Master slowly spoke,
"I did not spar with him. The Sect Master of The Sun Boar did and...."
"Did he win?"
One of the Elders asked. But the Sect Master let out a sigh and shook his head.
"No. He did not win But.."
The faces of The Elders which were disappointed got a new light of hope after hearing the word ''but'.
"..But There seemed something wrong with him and his sword. He could not utilise it properly. Or rather the sword did not let him. It wanted more spiritual power to use the same move."
The faces of the Elder lit up.
"Looks like our dawn is near and his dusk even closer"