The Secret of All Living Beings - Thanks to "Cloud Palace Ah" for the Alliance Leader Reward!

Something was terribly wrong.

Daoist Xuanlu watched events unfold, vaguely feeling that his good fortune was probably gone. He knew Qi Lin'er was important, but he had not expected him to be this important—important enough that Daoist Cangsheng would use the East Sea Cosmic Wheel and lower himself to kill someone.

Even his own son could not possibly warrant this much!

After the great battle ended and everyone dispersed, Yang Shenlong returned to Mirage Tower Mountain and came before Daoist Xuanlu once more.

"Was this the outcome Martial Uncle Xuanlu wanted?" Yang Shenlong asked.

"I did not expect it to come to this," Daoist Xuanlu admitted frankly.

"Weren't you trying to use this to provoke a war between Penglai and Shushan? You succeeded." Yang Shenlong directly exposed his intentions.

Within the Penglai Supreme Sect, quite a few people were dissatisfied with the current state of affairs. They believed that, having stood as the foremost immortal sect in the human world for so many years, Penglai should expand its influence across the land of the Nine Provinces.

Back when Shushan had been the foremost immortal sect, it possessed multiple Heavenly Origin powerhouses, divine beasts, divine artifacts... Its splendor was beyond compare. Even Penglai today found it difficult to catch up.

There were no shortage of ambitious people in the Penglai Supreme Sect, all wishing to reach that incomparably lofty height rather than remain confined to one corner of the East Sea as they were now.

Yet there were different paths among them. Some believed they should gradually nibble away at their targets, drawing the great powers of the Nine Provinces under their banner bit by bit as they had before. Some believed they should be more direct and simply wage war against the Heavenly King Sect. Others believed the Yu Dynasty