John's words seemed to echo throughout the chamber, as it fell into a deafening silence. Swearing on the heavens, and ones on Dao Heart, was an incredibly serious thing. If one was telling the truth when they made such an oath, nothing negative would happen.
However, if one made such an oath to the heavens and themselves and were lying, a flaw in their Dao Heart would appear. The Dao Heart was the cultivators' entire being, their resolve, determination, and even involved the mysterious force of Karma.
When they lied on their Dao heart, a flaw would form. It was undetermined how big this flaw would be, or when it would appear during their cultivation journey, but a Dao Heart flaw would eventually affect their cultivation, making them unable to advance anymore. Such a thing was basically a death sentence to cultivators, who stove to raise their power above all else.
Everyone in the room could tell that John was a genius, and a genius would never allow such a flaw to appear in their Dao Heart. As such, no one doubted the veracity of his words anymore.
Even the Forbidden Alliance leader was at a loss for words upon hearing John's statement, as he no longer doubted its veracity. However, John's power was still far too weak to accomplish such a feat.
"With that, I'm sure everyone in the room has accepted this boy's claim that he was the one to destroy the Bloodfiend Sect," a soft voice sounded out.
All eyes turned towards the leader of the Honorable Alliance, who had just spoked out now. John's words had shielded the Thunderzen and the Heavenly Lightning Sect, as him destroying the sect was not breaking the ancient pact. Only someone above the Heaven Tribulation Realm doing such an act was a violation of the pact.
"However, there are two questions I would like to ask you," the woman said to John.
John remained silent as he waited for the woman's questions.
"First, while we no longer doubt your words, we do not understand how a youth in the Meridian Forging Realm could destroy a sect like the Bloodfiend Sect, which was guarded by powerful Elders and formations. How did you accomplish such a thing?"
John frowned as he heard this question, as the woman was basically asking for him to reveal if he had used a powerful secret to do such a thing, such as an ancient weapon or artifact. If he were to reveal such a thing, it would only further serve to put a larger target on his back.
'It seems like even the Honorable Alliance can't be fully trusted, as her asking such a question is clearly trying to probe into my secrets.'
Thunderzen and Lilian frowned at the question as well, but remained silent as it was John's decision on how to answer.
"Typical Honorable Alliance. Conniving and greedy," Lilian muttered under her breath, but loud enough for the woman to hear. The woman glanced at Lilian for a moment, her gaze going icy, before it turned back to normal and she once again looked at John.
John smiled slightly, as he knew Lilian's words were a warning to him to not reveal too much. She knew John would most likely not reveal anything, but just wanted to be certain.
John gazed at the woman with an indifferent expression as he replied to her question.
"I really don't think that concerns you," he replied bluntly, causing the woman to frown slightly. "I revealed that I was the one to destroy the sect. As for the methods I used to destroy it, you don't need to concern yourself with it."
His words slightly surprised everyone in the room, as he was quite hostile against both Alliance leaders. The Forbidden Alliance leader smirked slightly as he heard John direct his hostility towards the woman, who was a rival of his. Even their disciples were rivals, continuing their lifelong grudge.
While he too wanted to know the truth, he still enjoyed this moment of seeing her knocked down a peg.
The woman remained silent as she stared at John, who stood there calmly. It was clear that he was not going to reveal any secrets, no matter how hard she pressed. With Thunderzen in the room and acting as John's guardian, there was nothing she could do about it.
"Fine, then we'll move to the second question of mine," the woman continued as if nothing had happened. "You said the Bloodfiend Sect summoned a demon? Thuderzen has already revealed this to us, but we might as well ask you as well. Is this true?"
John nodded his head in confirmation at this question, and quickly went into details regarding what he had discovered in the Bloodfiend Sect, from the Mortal Sacrifices, to Allfiend activating it early due to John's mysterious methods of destroying the sect.
The woman's expression turned Ice as John detailed the cauldron, and her icy gaze shot towards the Forbidden Alliance leader.
"Your alliance gave the Bloofiend Sect the Cosmic Blood Cauldron?" she asked with an icy tone. "It seems as if your alliance had something to do with its summoning, and that it wasn't just the actions of Allfiend."
"I have no idea what you're talking about," the Forbidden Alliance leader replied calmly. The cauldron, which had a powerful artifact spirit within, retreated back to the Divine Martial Continent on its own after the Bloodfiend Sects destruction, leaving no evidence of its existence behind.
John's indifferent gaze shifted to the man, as his eyes turned slightly icy.
'It seems as though they truly did have a hand in everything that had happened. Why they targeted this continent is still a question though? Maybe the recent revealing of the ancient city and its potential secrets within caused the alliance to want dominion over this continent, so they could explore its secrets undisturbed. The demon was only the method for removing the other powers from the land, and then when everything was done, they could claim ignorance on how a demon was summoned. Although it's only speculation, it seems quite plausible.'
The Honorable Alliance head gazed at the man for a moment longer before diverting her gaze. Clearly she would obtain no information from him. Before she could speak up once more, a voice from the side of the Forbidden Alliance spoke up.
"Everyone here might believe this lie of his, but I don't buy it for a second," the youth from the alliance said as he took several steps forward.
John had embarrassed his master, causing anger to well up within him. He wanted to take John down a notch, and let him know his place as a lowly disciple from a backwater place.
John glanced at the boy with complete indifference as the youth walked up to him. He stopped when he was a few feet from John, and gazed at him with a mocking expression.
"Your cultivation is pathetically weak, only at the Mid Meridian Forging Realm, and yet you claim to have destroyed the Bloodfiend Sect? While the Bloodfiend Sect itself was pathetically weak as well, it's still far more than you could accomplish."
John gazed at the boy before him as if he were stupid.
"Who are you?" he asked, as if he was speaking to an idiot.
The boy frowned, and his figure suddenly blurred from John's vision as he appeared directly behind him, the dagger in his hand piercing directly towards John's neck.