You cannot compel Heavenly Kirin Change by deceit, unless you truly intend to kill him in the next breath.
The bindings on the sword-wielding wrist had all loosened, and the sleeves danced like butterflies and flames. It is said that on that day, when the young man shattered the Heavenly Kirin Change with one sword on the Winter Sword Platform, his sleeves seemed lit by the wind. Few saw the details of that strike, and even within the palace walls, the tale sounds distant.
Now it unfolds again in the Qiongju Garden.
Surely it wasn't meticulously planned, nor was it a narrow victory. If I could defeat you once on the Winter Sword Platform, I can defeat you a second time anywhere else.
Li Zhi's face showed emotional fluctuation for the first time. He looked somewhat puzzled, yet intrigued at Pei Ye, touching the warm blood on his neck as if unfamiliar with this bodily fluid.
Just before the sword on his neck could exert force, he said, "I give it to you."
