Nangong Zhidao saw that his fellow sect brothers had been dealt with and immediately turned around, pointing to Li Ping'an and loudly proclaimed to all the cultivators present:
"I, Nangong Zhidao, am doing this not because I have gone mad, nor for any other reason but to defeat the cultivator Li Ping'an of Mount Longhu righteously in front of you all!"
Group A's first place cultivator of the Kunlun Sect, He Zudao, Group C's first place and second senior brother of Hehuan Sect, Bai Yuewu, Eldest Senior Brother Zong of the Flame Cloud Sect, Jiao Chujun, Senior Sister Qiao Huilihui of the Heavenly Mist Sect, Senior Brother Taishi Bao of the Qingyun Sect, and Senior Brother Xianyu Shu Qinghai of the Immeasurable Sect all stared at him, puzzled, and said:
"Taoist Nangong, could it be that you hold a grudge against the cultivator Li Ping'an of Mount Longhu?"
"Indeed, I do!"
