"Lie Yang, are you speaking the truth?"
The Lie Family's Grand Elder had already reached the Sword Venerable Realm. It had been over a century since the Lie Family had lost a powerhouse at the Sword Emperor Realm! Worse, that Sword Emperor had shown great promise of reaching the Sword Venerable Realm! And to have died in the Mortal World, of all places... it was a vicious slap across the Lie Family's face!
It wasn't that they couldn't afford to lose a Sword Emperor; it was that they couldn't afford the humiliation!
In their eyes, Lie Yang's actions were even more disgraceful! To think he would fall for a woman from the Mortal World! For nearly all the hidden families and sects, women... had only one purpose: to... continue the bloodline!
This was true even for a great clan like the Gongsun Family!
This was because within the great families and sects, very few women ever cultivated to a high level of power. This, in turn, led to a very practical problem.
