First Pursuit of Dao

Jiangbei, within a dense forest.

Lu Yang sat cross-legged, the Righteous Banner fluttering behind him. He had already recalled Peak Master of Heaven Mending and Chen Xin'an, reviewing the memories they had uncovered from Hongju.

"Hongju. This man truly was no ordinary figure."

At Foundation Establishment Perfection, he had remained alive for more than five thousand years. That experience alone had been enough to let him stumble upon many secrets over the long years.

Of course, Lu Yang had no interest in most of those secrets. Hongju's standing was limited, after all. Yet there were a very few secrets that surprised even him after learning of them. The least known among them was the tangled love and hatred between True Lord Flying Snow and True Lord Radiant Floating Truth.

"That was rather unexpected."

True Lord Radiant Floating Truth, the Sacred Sect's third True Lord. Judging from the contents of his honorific title, Lu Yang guessed that his Fruit Position was probably Great Stream Water.

The key lay in this man's cultivation.

"According to Hongju's memories, True Lord Radiant Floating Truth was an old-established True Lord of the Sacred Sect. He had already held his position before True Lord Flying Snow Ascended to Seek Gold."

"The two had conflicts even then."

"In the end, it was only under True Lord Splendid Silk Brocade's protection that True Lord Flying Snow emerged unharmed. Their positions did not reverse until after she Ascended to Seek Gold."

Yet that was where things became subtle.

"Five thousand years ago, when True Lord Flying Snow had just successfully Ascended to Seek Gold, True Lord Radiant Floating Truth's cultivation should still have been at the Early Golden Core stage."

"Then, a century later, Grand Preceptor of Dao Court attacked."

"The Sacred Sect stood on the brink of destruction."