Arrival at the Sacred City

Central Sacred Domain, Sacred City.

Dragon Tiger Temple's branch monastery.

At this moment.

A seventy-year-old man with white brows hanging to his shoulders, clad in a cassock threaded with gold, held a nine-ringed staff as he chanted ancient scriptures in the courtyard.

Bang!

A figure stepped inside.

"Senior Brother Fangzhang!"

"What a joke. A worm from the lower realm dared challenge Lord Divine Master? Had Chu Jiang drunk himself senseless and come to the upper realm to throw a drunken fit?"

The newcomer had a face like carved jade, a dot of vermilion between his brows, and a faint compassionate smile that never left his face. He wore a snow-white cassock, with a string of human-bone beads hanging from his waist.

He held a wine gourd in hand, his face flushed with drink. He swayed with every step, with two beautiful women tucked in his arms.

They were Master Mingjing, Fangzhang of Dragon Tiger Temple, and Venerable Miaole of the Hall of Joy.

"Where did you get this news?"

"Wasn't Chu Jiang in the outside world? When did he enter the upper realm?"

Master Mingjing opened his eyes and stopped chanting. He said nothing about Venerable Miaole holding women on both sides; the Hall of Joy cultivated the Dual Cultivation Path and could break the precept against lust.

"Senior Brother Fangzhang, you never concern yourself with worldly affairs. The outside world has gone mad with the news—Chu Jiang intends to challenge Heavenly Decree Divine Master after the Three Lights Grand Origin Ceremony."

"As for how he got in, the people of the Gate of Stars probably smuggled him in. Otherwise, with his strength, forcing his way in would have been a dead end."

Venerable Miaole spoke disdainfully.

"Do not underestimate him. For him to unite the Human Race of the