"Who exactly are you?" Venerable Jing Yun asked, his voice low. Sharp as his tone was, he did not dare move so much as a finger.

Lu Changsheng stood with his hands clasped behind his back and smiled faintly. "Lu Changsheng of the Sacred Earth Heavenly Sect." 

Venerable Jing Yun's eyes went wide. "Lu Changsheng? Venerable Lu of Heavenly Sacred City, the one who killed Sword Venerable Chen Peng?" 

Lu Changsheng had risen to prominence with astonishing speed. His name had spread throughout the Sacred Earth after he publicly challenged and killed Sword Venerable Chen Peng. Although Chen Peng had not been as powerful as Venerable Jing Yun or Venerable Huo Yun, he had still been a Martial Venerable, a formidable figure who could dominate an entire region. Killing a man like that in open combat was enough to make Lu Changsheng famous. 

More astonishing still were the rumors that Lu Changsheng had condensed an immeasurable divine ability. Such divine abilities were considered almost legendary. Apart from a handful of peerless geniuses from the greatest sacred...