During the Qin Dynasty, he was in charge of the net.

For some reason, Li Ji felt a sense of déjà vu as he held the Broken Water Sword in his hand.

This is absurd.

He was certain that this was the first time he had ever come into contact with the Broken Water Sword.

Li Ji held the Broken Water Sword horizontally in front of his chest, carefully examining every part of the blade.

The hilt is neither too long nor too short, wrapped with dark gray anti-slip tassels, and the hilt is clamped with a piece of black iron pommel, which contains a sharp sword intent and seems to be able to emit invisible sword energy.

The sword guard is square, with the two tiny characters "断水" (cutting water) engraved on it. The characters are vigorous and sharp, penetrating three-tenths of an inch into the sword, and are difficult to notice without close inspection.

The sword's spine is straight and upright, with a thin, straight blood groove extending from the guard to the tip. On either side of the blood groove are two rows of extremely fine ancient seal script patterns.

The eight characters "Do not draw without rest, do not release without intention" mean that worldly grasping will inevitably backfire.

The blade is extremely thin, with jagged, cracked edges.

The sword tip is cone-shaped, where the cold light shines the brightest, the light is concentrated and does not disperse, and it is filled with a murderous aura.

Li Ji's gaze swept over every inch of the sword's texture, taking in the entirety of this rather peculiar Yue King's Eight Swords.

If he hadn't had this sword in his hand, he wouldn't have been a match for that blindfolded old man.

The blindfolded old man's sword was too fast.

If they were to meet in an open area, the outcome would be uncertain.

However, in such a confined space, the blindfolded old man's speed would be unstoppable.

The reason he was able to kill his opponent was largely due to the unique abilities granted to him by the Broken Water Sword.

Holding the Broken Water Sword in his hand, everything in his eyes slowed down considerably.

It was a very peculiar feeling; the whole world seemed like a slow-motion film to him.

And he was the one watching the movie.

However, gaining this ability does not come without a price.

Li Ji could feel that his eyes were very dry and sore.

It was as if he hadn't slept or closed his eyes for three days and three nights.

If there were outsiders present, they could see that the whites of Li Ji's eyes were now covered with dense blood vessels, making him look quite ferocious.

Just as Li Ji was reflecting on the changes brought about by that extraordinary battle,

The door to the sword niche opened.

The eyebrowless old man entered the sword niche and saw this scene.

In the narrow corner of the sword niche, an old man lay dead, his body split in two, his death quite gruesome.

A young man in black robes stood in the middle of the sword niche, his eyes bloodshot as he carefully examined a sword.

"What just happened here?" the eyebrowless old man asked, suppressing his anger.

Not long ago, or more precisely, shortly after the other party entered the sword niche, the entire sword prison underwent a strange change.

Numerous fierce swords began to clang and clash, and the thousands of intertwined chains within the Sword Prison began to sway incessantly.

Several of the sword niches even had their stone doors open automatically.

This strange scene shocked the eyebrowless old man.

He did not understand what had happened in the Sword Prison.

If the sword niche door opened without reason and the murderous sword inside ended up outside, it would be a huge dereliction of duty for him.

All these changes occurred after the second-class killer named Jian Qi entered.

He examined each of the opened sword niches one by one.

Fortunately, the murderous sword inside was still under their control.

It wasn't until Wumei arrived at the deepest part of the Sword Prison, in front of several sword niches, that they reached them.

The Sword Niche of Broken Water.

When he came in, he saw the rather strange scene from before.

What exactly happened here? Why were there other people besides that second-class killer?

Faced with the eyebrowless old man's questioning, Li Ji finally turned his gaze away from the Broken Water Sword.

"I killed him, took control of the Broken Water Sword, it's that simple."

Li Ji gave a brief explanation and then walked out of the sword niche.

"Wait, you can't leave yet."

The voice of the eyebrowless old man came from behind Li Ji.

Li Ji turned around, his eyes bloodshot, and asked, "Is there anything else, Lord Prison Chief?"

"You can leave, but the Broken Water Sword must remain."

The atmosphere in the sword niche froze the moment the eyebrowless old man uttered those words.

Li Ji's expression turned slightly cold as he asked, "What does the prison warden mean?"

"The rule of the Sword Prison is that only one person can take the sword, and only after gaining the sword's approval can one leave with the sword."

There is a second person besides you inside the Broken Water Sword Niche.

Therefore, you cannot simply leave with the Broken Water Sword now.

Li Ji chuckled upon hearing this: "So, the prison warden suspects I cheated and haven't yet gained the approval of the Broken Water Sword?"

"That's indeed the case. If you disagree, you can come back in six months to prove it."

"In that case, the prison warden may take this sword."

Li Ji grasped the blade of the Broken Water Sword and held it in mid-air.

The eyebrowless old man reached out and grasped the hilt of the Broken Water Sword.

The next instant, an invisible sword aura flew out from the hilt of the Broken Water Sword and pierced through the palm of the eyebrowless old man.

Fresh blood flowed out.

The old man without eyebrows's expression changed drastically. He withdrew his hand, his face grim, and said:

"You, Jian Qi, how dare you defy your superiors!"

If I don't take your life today, I'll break your arms and legs.

Let me make you understand that within the Net, respect for superiors and inferiors is inviolable!

Within the Luo Net, the head of the Sword Prison holds a status equivalent to the highest rank, while the old man without eyebrows possesses an even deeper and more profound background.

As soon as the eyebrowless old man finished speaking, a surge of malevolent energy, as black as ink, erupted around him.

The air pressure inside the sword niche suddenly plummeted, causing even the surrounding air to crackle slightly.

If it were an ordinary person of the second rank of the Killer class, they would only feel their whole body freeze under this invisible pressure, then be pinned to the spot, unable to move, and then have their limbs broken off like a lamb to the slaughter.

But Li Ji was almost unaffected.

He can see the air currents.

The next moment, Li Ji moved.

To be more precise, it was the Water-Severing Sword that moved.

It is extremely fast.

A flash of sword light.

The eyebrowless old man's hand, which was reaching for Li Ji, was still in mid-air when a line of blood appeared down the middle of his forehead.

The old man with no eyebrows bowed his head.

The next instant, the eyebrowless old man split in two from the top of his head to his groin and fell to the ground.

He couldn't understand it until his death.

Why was this sword strike so fast?

How dare someone with the second-highest rank of "kill" kill him, the head of the Sword Prison?

After killing the Sword Prison Chief, Li Ji's eyes became even more bloodshot.

But looking at the eyebrowless old man's corpse, Li Ji shook his head. This Sword Prison warden was too weak, almost no match for that blindfolded old man.

This is not worth the cost of cutting off the water supply.

Li Ji is gone.

Two more corpses were found in the Sword Prison: one was the prison chief, and the other was the strongest second-class killer from thirty-seven years ago.

When Li Ji met the leader of the Luo Wang organization and told him the cause of death of the blindfolded old man and the head of the Sword Prison, the leader of the Luo Wang organization remained calm.

The leader of the Net said that the prison chief of the Sword Prison was the one who was insubordinate and disrespectful.

Li Ji also understood that from this moment on, he had officially become a top-tier assassin, codenamed Duan Shui.

Moreover, he will be the next successor to the Lord of the Net.

The leader of the Net let him go, saying he would come back to find him in seven days.

In these seven days, Li Ji quickly experienced the various changes and treatments that come with becoming a first-class rank.

What Li Ji was unaware of was that a secret order had been distributed over the past seven days to the heads of the secret services of the seven kingdoms. The order contained the following:

"The Sword Master of the Broken Water Sword has taken his place, ranking first among the Heavenly Classes."

Seven days later, a massive promotion ceremony for the highest-ranking member of the Heavenly Realm will be held on the second level of the underground palace within the Luo Wang (Net of Heaven).