Xuantian Dao Sect

Lingzhou, a vast mountain range, boasts over a hundred towering peaks that seem to pierce the clouds, with white clouds hanging low as if within reach, and White Crane soaring about, displaying an ethereal and otherworldly atmosphere.

"You Province, well, that's the general situation. They've asked us for help. What should we say this time?"

Inside the main hall of the main peak, there was a secret letter on the table. It was sent by the Blood Dragon Banner Team from You Province. Several Daoist priests dressed in Daoist robes were sitting in the hall talking.

"The Tao is inactive; it does not contend with worldly affairs."

"Keep your mind calm and untainted by worldly affairs."

The horizontal inscription reads, "A Mind as Still as Water." This couplet has hung at the mountain gate for over ten thousand years. We do not participate in court disputes, we stay away from worldly affairs, and only pursue the Dao.

"Exactly! What does it have to do with the affairs of the Dagan Imperial Clan Xuantian Dao Sect? Why should we care!"

"We're supposed to be Dagan shots, after all. With all the forces making moves, why shouldn't our Xuantian Dao Sect go?"

"This secret letter is just fooling those forces below. If they don't take action, they're afraid the Imperial Clan will come after them later. Do you think my Xuantian Dao Sect is afraid of the Chu family?"

"Dagan the Chu Imperial Clan, our Xuantian Dao Sect, the Three Demon Mountain, and the Li Family are all involved in this appeal. Apart from their own Imperial Clan, only the Li Family is likely to participate, as they are on the same side."

"They were able to deliver the letter, and we saw that the messenger was able to leave the Xuan Tian Mountains. Our Dao Sect has already done a great job. If this had happened at the Three Demon Mountain, we would have slaughtered the Imperial Clan's dogs long ago."

"Quiet."

The sect master of the Xuantian Dao Sect Jing Zhonglai and uttered a single sentence, which gradually quieted everyone present. The Jing Zhonglai at the elders present and affirmed.

"The thirty-six Heavenly Peaks and seventy-two Earthly Peaks of the Cloud Sea are all in motion; each lineage must send manpower to aid You Province."

"Sect Master, why? Our Dao Sect never participates in such matters. Why have you made such a decision this time?"

"That's right! Sect Master, Vice Sect Leader True Person Yuan Ling is correct. How can you alone decide this matter?"

After the Jing Zhonglai the intention to rush to the aid of You Province, the first person to stand up and oppose it was True Person Yuan Ling, one of the two deputy sect leaders. Xuantian Dao Sect has always been at odds with the Imperial Clan.

This situation has occurred before over the past few thousand years. Logically speaking, they have always been spectators. Why did they intervene this time?

"Even if it is the sect leader, our Dao Sect cultivates the Dao and nourishes the mind. When did we start meddling in these matters? If you are so arbitrary, even if this matter is taken to the ancestor, we cannot let it go so easily."

Looking at the crowd below expressing their objections, even after years of self-cultivation, Jing Zhonglai couldn't help but feel speechless. Being a sect leader is no easy task!

The Xuantian Dao Sect is not a place where one person makes decisions. Each branch has powerful figures behind it, and even the sect leader cannot make decisions with a single word. Moreover, the sect leader is mainly responsible for handling the sect's trivial matters, and people will seek out the sect leader when they encounter any problems.

This person says you're biased, that person says you're protecting your own, only guarding your own family, and you always have to call on the patriarch to uphold justice.

If his Master and several senior uncles hadn't spoken to him like that at the beginning, almost to the point of kneeling and begging him, how could he, Jing Zhonglai, have become the sect leader?

Being an elder is more comfortable than being the sect leader. Just like these examples, it's the rule of the Xuantian Dao Sect for ten thousand years: if there's a problem, go to the sect leader; if the sect leader doesn't handle it well, go to the sect leader; if you're not satisfied, go to the sect leader. Whether there's a problem or not, it's always the sect leader.

Fortunately, the deadline is in ten years. Jing Zhonglai could only console himself with this thought: in ten years he would be free.

This is the Xuantian Dao Sect. Unlike other forces, where the sect leader has such power and authority, the sect leader in the Xuantian Dao Sect has some power, but that's only to make it easier for them to do odd jobs for the sect. The position of sect leader is the kind that even a dog wouldn't bother to look at if it were thrown on the ground.

But this time is different. Your objections are ineffective. Jing Zhonglai with a smile, stood up, raised his right hand, a bolt of lightning flashed from his fingertip, and shouted.

"Enough! Such behavior is unbecoming of someone in the main hall of my Dao Sect."

Seeing that the sect leader had lost his temper, everyone immediately fell silent. Jing Zhonglai was the most powerful and youngest sect leader in the history of the Xuantian Dao Sect.

At the Peak Ascension Realm, one is no more than a hundred years old. Those before him were all old men whose cultivation had reached its limit and who would not make any further progress in their lives. Only those who chose to become sect leaders would do so. Sometimes, no one wanted to be the sect leader in office, so they would recommend someone who had risen from the Manifestation Realm.

I don't know why all the patriarchs agreed to let this Jing Zhonglai the sect leader. With his talent, he could have entered the Secret Realm to comprehend it long ago. He's Heavenly Realm Seed! It's such a waste to leave such a talented person out there.

It's not that no one has offered their opinions on this matter to the patriarch, but nothing has come of it. Such a talented individual deserves a better future; this is the opinion of the elders regarding the Jing Zhonglai.

Seeing that everyone had quieted down, Jing Zhonglai spoke with full confidence.

"This matter is irrefutable; it has been decided, and the Ancestor has agreed. Not only will each of your branches contribute personnel, but I, the Sect Master, will also personally lead the team, and the Ancestor will accompany us, intervening if necessary."

Upon hearing the words from the Jing Zhonglai, the elders below exchanged glances, all somewhat puzzled.

Each of their lineages also has a Celestial Realm Ancestor behind them.

Which ancestor made such a decision?

"Sect Master, may I ask which patriarch gave the order?"

The deputy sect leader True Person Yuan Ling, then asked.

Looking at everyone in the Jing Zhonglai, he waved his hand to straighten his Daoist robe, smiled faintly, and said leisurely.

"According to the decree of Old Ancestor Liyue, all branches must send personnel to aid You Province, with the sect leader personally leading the teams. There must be no mistakes."

After a pause, as if remembering something, Jing Zhonglai said something else.

"Oh! By the way, Old Ancestor Liyue also said that if any lineage has any objections, they can go to her. If they feel that she can't mobilize the Xuantian Dao Sect with just a few words, she can also take out the Xuantian Sword and let everyone think about it again."

Upon hearing this, the expressions of the main branch elders shifted, some showing surprise, others a sense of gravity.

Shouldn't that person be in retreat at [Pure Bamboo]?

When did it come out?

If they don't go, won't the blame for their actions fall on them?

This is no ordinary Celestial Phenomenon Realm cultivator!

They want to take the Xuantian Sword? Doesn't that cost them their lives?

Although the Xuantian Sword cannot compare to the sect's most prized artifact, the Yin Yang Five Thunder Plate, it is still a Divine Weapon, nurtured for millennia and revered throughout the ages. Below the level of divine artifacts, it is absolutely the most lethal weapon.

Of course, the most important thing is the name Xuantian, which is the sword of his Daoist ancestor. Back then, the Xuantian Ancestor used the Xuantian Sword to build the vast Xuantian Dao Sect with his Daoist magic and swordsmanship.

Although the founder obtained the divine artifact [Yin Yang Five Thunder Plate] in his later years, securing the greatest foundation for the Daoist sect, within the sect, the symbol of the Xuantian Sword holds unparalleled significance.

The Xuantian Dao Sect didn't exist because of that divine artifact. Relying solely on the Xuantian Nine Swords, the Yin Yang Lightning Method, and the various Daoist arts they've created over the past ten thousand years, the Xuantian Dao Sect remains the Xuantian Dao Sect. Every disciple of the sect is the same; they fear no one.

The elders exchanged glances, already having formed their thoughts, and then replied.

"I will obey the decree."

Upon hearing this, Jing Zhonglai seemed to straighten his back, and a smile involuntarily crept onto his lips. This was the demeanor expected of the sect leader of the top-tier Xuantian Dao Sect.