The huge palace at the top of the Heaven's Sword Sect's Celestial Peak had stood for a very long time, at least more than two hundred years. It was indeed the Heaven's Sword Sect's main altar in the past. However, twenty years ago, when Di Xiaozhen turned seventeen, she turned this place into her personal temporary residence, where she could live, cultivate, and so on.
Di Xiaozhen's father, Di Heming, was the current Sect Leader of the Sky Sword Sect. He only had one daughter, and he had gotten his daughter at an old age. Moreover, Di Xiaozhen's aptitude was the most outstanding among his descendants. Therefore, Di Heming regarded her as the apple of his eye. He treated her like the apple of his eye and doted on her ever since she was a child. He would do anything she asked for.
The reason why Di Xiaozhen was able to reach the fourth stage of Qi Refinement realm at the age of 19 and successfully transcend the tribulation was because Di Heming had used all the cultivation resources in the Heaven's Sword Sect to help her. Be it spirit herbs, elixirs, secret manuals, weapons, or treasures, he had given her whatever she wanted. No matter what they were, the rest of the Heaven's Sword Sect would only be given to her after she picked the leftovers.
Therefore, twenty years ago, when Di Xiaozhen, who had already grown up, had suggested taking over the Heavenly Sword Sect's main altar, Di Heming had agreed without hesitation.
Di Heming stood his ground and moved the headquarters of the Sky Sword Sect to the top of the Earth Peak. He gave the palace to his daughter, as well as the control of the entire Sky Sword Sect.
From then on, Di Heming took the initiative to step back and persuaded most of the Elders and Protectors of the Sky Sword Sect to fully support his daughter.
Of course, there were people who were not convinced by Di Heming's actions. However, those people would only end up with one thing — death without a burial place, and the forces they belonged to would be uprooted.
To put it bluntly, it was actually a cruel power struggle. Those who complied would prosper, and those who disobeyed would die!
From then on, the Sky Sword Sect completely belonged to the Di Family.
Of course, Di Heming had his own reasons for doing so, and he had won the support of most people in the Sky Sword Sect, because he had also paid a huge price.
The price was none other than his only daughter, Di Xiaozhen.
Different from the ancient martial arts world of Hua Xia, the Heaven's Sword Sect was a Cultivation Sect. However, their position in the Hua Xia Cultivation World could only be considered at the bottom. They could not be compared to sects like Kunlun and Shu Mountain. They could not even be compared to the Zhongnan Mountains that people in the secular world could easily find.
Located in the northwest of China, the Sky Sword Sect had little contact with the outside world. However, as a sect, it had to develop and grow. Therefore, Di Heming had to look for opportunities.
Originally, the Spirit Qi on Earth had been exhausted, and the Heaven's Sword Sect's chances were slim. They could only try their best to maintain their awkward status and pass it down from generation to generation. However, forty years ago, after that earth-shattering event in Huaxia, Di Heming finally realized that their chance had come.
Ten years later, the Ling Family had entered the Kunlun Sect.
Especially after the Ling Family entered the Kunlun Sect. Ten years later, the Kunlun Sect spread the news that no cultivation sect was allowed to recruit the Ling Family as disciples.
The Sky Sword Sect was located in Mount Tianshan, which was separated from the Kunlun Mountain by the Tarim Basin. Naturally, Di Heming had received the order immediately.
This caused Di Heming, who had been desperately searching for an opportunity, to go wild with joy. In any case, the Heavenly Sword Sect had nothing to do with the Ling Family in the first place. Thus, he didn't need to do anything about the order to not accept any members of the Ling Family as disciples.
That year, Di Xiaozhen had already been born. She was already seven years old.
Therefore, Di Heming had a vague idea. He deliberately trained his daughter with all his might.
Another six years passed, and the Kunlun Sect announced that all Cultivation Sects were to kill any Cultivator they saw from the Ling Family. Kunlun would reward them handsomely.
Naturally, Di Heming agreed to the order without hesitation. The reason was the same. No Cultivator from the Ling Family had appeared at that time, so he agreed to the order first. He wanted the Sky Sword Sect to completely lean towards the Kunlun Sect.
However, although the two orders were issued from the Kunlun Sect, the messengers who came to the Sky Sword Sect had nothing to do with the Kunlun Sect. They were just some rogue cultivators from the Kunlun Mountain.
That year, Di Xiaozhen was thirteen years old. Under Di Heming's wholehearted training, she had already opened her divine sense and entered the Qi Refinement Stage.
There was no time to lose. Therefore, Di Heming made a prompt decision to marry a reclusive family in Huaxia, which was located in the Kunlun Mountain. He personally betrothed his daughter to Ning Tianya of the Ning Family.
This was because the Ning Family was an ancient martial arts family. They lived in seclusion not far from the Kunlun Sword Sect. Moreover, they had a good relationship with the Kunlun Sword Sect. Di Heming wanted to establish a connection with the Kunlun Mountain, the Kunlun Sword Sect, and the Kunlun Sect behind the Kunlun Sword Sect.
The Ning Clan was an ancient martial arts clan, while the Heaven's Sword Sect was a cultivation sect. Speaking of which, the Sect Master of the Heaven's Sword Sect was willing to marry his daughter into the Ning Clan, which was considered a marriage of lower status. Hence, the Clan Master of the Ning Clan did not hesitate too much and immediately agreed to this matter.
This was the price Di Heming had to pay in order to develop the Sky Sword Sect.
Di Xiaozhen had been spoiled since she was young. Moreover, she was only thirteen years old at the time. Therefore, she did not really care about this marriage. This was because she had already made it clear to her father that the marriage was fine. However, when the time came, she would decide whether she wanted to marry or not. Everything depended on her mood.
However, Di Xiaozhen knew about this, but Ning Tianya did not.
Another four years passed. Di Xiaozhen was seventeen years old. She was already at the third stage of the Qi Refinement Stage. Once she broke through to the fourth stage of the Qi Refinement Stage and completed the Heavenly Tribulation, she would meet Ning Tianya and personally decide whether she wanted to marry or not.
One could imagine the temperament of a person who had grown up in such an environment. She had developed an autocratic personality from a young age. Di Xiaozhen did not want to leave the Sky Sword Sect. She had already made it clear that even if she got married, she wanted Ning Tianya to live with her in the Sky Sword Sect. In other words, she wanted Ning Tianya to marry into the Di Family and the Sky Sword Sect.
Therefore, at that time, she had proposed to turn the entire Sky Palace in the Sky Peak into her personal residence for her to live in after the marriage.
Di Heming had long had this intention, so he had naturally agreed. At the same time, he had also used this matter to carry out a great purge within the Sky Sword Sect, completely turning the Sky Sword Sect into the Di Family's world.
Another year later, the Kunlun Sword Sect had issued the third order against the Ling Family. The Kunlun Sword Sect had led the orthodox and evil sects of the ancient martial arts world to attack the Ling Family and almost annihilate the entire Ling Family.
This was the case that had happened in the Ling Family 20 years ago.
It was also that year that the 20-year-old Ning Tianya had achieved some success in his cultivation. He had left the mountain to travel and met Qin Qiuyue of the Qin Family. The two of them had fallen in love at first sight. Ning Tianya had brought Qin Qiuyue back to the Ning Family, and that was when the Qin Family case had happened.
Di Xiaozhen and Ning Tianya had already arranged a marriage. Originally, she had wanted to marry Ning Tianya, but it was up to her. However, when she heard that Ning Tianya had brought Qin Qiuyue back to the Ning Family, she was instantly enraged. She had led the people from the Sky Sword Sect to attack the Ning Family. Out of jealousy, she had severely injured Qin Qiuyue and forced Ning Tianya to marry her on the spot.
The Sky Sword Sect was powerful, and Di Xiaozhen had a high cultivation level. She had lived a luxurious life since she was young. She could give up on Ning Tianya, but she would not allow anyone to snatch him from her!
This was especially so for Di Xiaozhen, who had been praised as the number one beauty of the Sky Sword Sect since young. When she saw Qin Qiuyue, who was even more beautiful than her, her jealousy and anger were unimaginable.
That year, Ning Tianya was 20, Qin Qiuyue was 19, and Di Xiaozhen was 18.
After that, everyone's fate changed drastically. Ning Tianya married Di Xiaozhen and entered the Sky Sword Sect. Qin Qiuyue returned to the Qin Family and was forced by Di Xiaozhen to sever all ties with the Qin Family. She went to Jiangnan Province's Qingshui City and was pregnant for ten months before giving birth to Ning Lingyu and picking up Ling Yun.
It was also from that time onwards that Di Xiaozhen had taken control of the Sky Sword Sect. It was only when she brought people to attack the Qin Family and set the so-called Eighteen Year Promise with the Qin Family that her temperament had completely changed.
This was because her husband, the person that Ning Tianya truly loved, was not her, but Qin Qiuyue.
It could be said that marriage was the only setback that Di Xiaozhen had experienced since she was young. Jealousy and anger, coupled with her supreme power in the Sky Sword Sect, caused her to gradually lose her nature.
She did not love Ning Tianya at all. Instead, she treated him like a plaything. She did whatever she wanted and humiliated him wantonly. This was especially so after she gave birth to Marquis Di. Although he was indeed her and Ning Tianya's son, she did not allow him to follow Ning Tianya's surname. Instead, she gave him the surname Di!
When Marquis Di was a year old, Di Xiaozhen's behavior became even worse. She did not know where she got her hands on a pair of fists. From then on, she was like Empress Wu Zetian. She had other men by her side. In her own palace, she did all sorts of things!
In Jiangnan Province's Qingshui City, Qin Qiuyue endured hardship for 18 years.
In the Sky Sword Sect, Ning Tianya endured humiliation for 18 years. Not to mention others, even his own son did not even bother to call him father!
However, for the sake of Qin Qiuyue, for the child that Qin Qiuyue might give birth to, for the Eighteen Year Promise between the Qin Family and the Ning Family, Ning Tianya had no choice but to endure.
There was no other way. The difference in their cultivation levels was too great. If he did not bear it, not only the Qin Family, but his own family, the Ning Family, would also suffer!
This was because in the past 19 years, the Sky Sword Sect had successfully established a relationship with the Kunlun Sword Sect through the Ning Family. They also got to know the two Immortal Masters of Kunlun, Zhang Kunlun and Li Kunlun!
In the eyes of the Sky Sword Sect, the Ning Family no longer had any use. They had become dispensable.
The past was unbearable!
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