A sentence was uttered, filled with severe and bloody harshness, that shook everyone's minds.
All major sects in Jianghu were extremely wary of disciples who completed their training and then defected with their astonishing skills, or who, having mastered martial arts, no longer obeyed their masters' teachings, and strict rules were in place for such cases.
Even the lofty seven great sects and four noble clans had specific methods and elders to deal with these disciples, known as the law-enforcing elders in the Disciplinary Institute, holding authority second only to the sect leader.
Nestled in the northwest, overlooking Jianghu, the Heavenly Dragon Institute's gate was situated above a river on iron chains, with steles half the height of a person forming one hundred and eight steps. The disciples within the institute held thick golden thread wooden sticks, standing on both sides. Defecting disciples had to walk from the mountaintop to the base, and they would be pardoned.
