Return

Originally, they had been the weaker side, with little chance of victory. But news of Chu Lu's relentless pursuit of demonic cultivators spread throughout the Nine Provinces, winning over a great many neutral parties. The situation changed in an instant, and those who believed Chu Lu was innocent won a sweeping victory.

Afterward, driven by all kinds of complicated emotions, these cultivators from various sects and schools gathered together and decided to establish a sect.

That sect was the Sacred Sect.

The Sacred Sect swiftly united the entire Righteous Path. After that, they came to the Magic Severing Array and waited day and night for the return of the leader in their hearts—Chu Lu.

"Something like that actually happened?" Luo Qingdie's face was full of shock.

Chu Lu, however, remained utterly calm. "It is indeed quite amazing, but it only proves my original point."

"Huh? What point?"

"As long as you kill everyone who hates you, all problems will naturally be solved."

Luo Qingdie: "..."

"Holy Lord." At that moment, the leading cultivator spoke.

"What is it?"

"Although we took it upon ourselves to regard you as our sect master, this was ultimately done without your permission, so... what do you think?"

The moment Luo Qingdie heard this, she immediately said, "Chu Lu, refuse. This sect feels so strange..."

"Don't make trouble. Didn't he just say it? This is now the only sect in the Righteous Path, and it was only just established. Without a backbone, who knows what it might turn into? We have to accept this."

"...All right."

Thus, Chu Lu looked at him and said, "Of course."

"Wonderful!" The cultivator was ecstatic. "I'll go prepare the succession ceremony at once!"

A week later, the Sacred Sect's sect master succession ceremony officially began.

They had devised a whole host of complicated ceremonial procedures.

Chu Lu showed no impatience. He dutifully completed every step of the process before finally sitting upon the resplendent, gold-and-jade sect leader's throne.

The people below gazed at him with worship in their eyes.

"Holy Lord, since you have just assumed the position, why not say a few words?" someone quietly suggested.

Chu Lu nodded. Looking down at the crowd, he said, "The sect has just been established. Rules are the most important thing. I will first lay down one rule here—the first rule of this sect."

He raised one finger. "Anyone who dares slander me shall be killed without mercy!"

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Mission completed.

The Group Leader may choose to return immediately or be forcibly returned in three days.

Mission rewards will be distributed after returning to the main world.

"Finally! The mission is completed at last." Chu Lu heaved a sigh of relief. He thought to himself that if this still did not count as completion, then he truly would have to carry out a major purge.

Luo Qingdie said, "Chu Lu, now that everything is over, can you give my body back to me?"

"Mm." Chu Lu nodded and dispelled the effect of the Soul Seizing Talisman.

A burst of white light erupted from Luo Qingdie's body, followed by a figure flying out from within her.

As the white light faded, Chu Lu and Luo Qingdie separated.

The two looked at each other, both finding the situation somewhat subtle.

For Luo Qingdie, it had been several months since she had returned to her body. Being able to feel her flesh and limbs again gave her a heavy, unfamiliar sense of discomfort.

As for Chu Lu, having lost the powerful Mahayana Stage cultivation, he felt strangely hollow and uncomfortable.

Still, the two quickly adjusted.

"Chu Lu, what do we do next? Are you going straight back, or will you spend these three days looking around and resting?" Luo Qingdie asked. "Come to think of it, you've been here for two months. You were either killing people or on your way to kill people. You haven't experienced any of the local flavor of our Nine Provinces at all."

Chu Lu looked at her with a strange expression. "What are you thinking? Of course these precious three days should be used to test cultivation methods."

"Huh? Oh! Right, right, right." Luo Qingdie suddenly remembered that.

Previously, Chu Lu had tried translating this world's cultivation methods on his own. Although he had succeeded in translating them, he had also discovered that cultivation methods from different worlds were entirely different systems. Whether both could be cultivated at the same time remained unknown.

It was simply that Chu Lu had still been in a body-seized state at the time, making it impossible for him to try.

Now that they had finally separated, naturally they could delay no longer.

Luo Qingdie also knew how important this was, so she immediately arranged the best cultivation chamber in the sect for Chu Lu and personally stood guard at his side.

Chu Lu opened that copy of the "Six Qi Palace Breaking Method" and read it carefully. He asked Luo Qingdie about every part he did not understand, and only after ensuring that he had thoroughly mastered it did he close his eyes and begin cultivating.

Two days later.

He opened his eyes.

Luo Qingdie asked curiously, "How did it go?"

Chu Lu shook his head. "Not at all! I suspect I don't even have any of those so-called hidden treasures of the human body inside me."

"Is that so? Then... should we try medicinal pills?" Luo Qingdie asked after thinking for a moment.

Chu Lu hesitated. Medicine used in the wrong place was no different from poison, but he could not resist the temptation. If it worked, then with Luo Qingdie's status, supplying him with however many pills he wanted would be no burden at all.

So he said, "I want to try. But considering I can't cultivate the techniques from your world, and my realm is low, let's start with some low-grade body-tempering pills."

"Alright."

A moment later, a bottle of pills called Spirit Origin Body Tempering Pills appeared in Chu Lu's hand.

Luo Qingdie explained from the side, "This is the most commonly used body-tempering pill in the Nine Provinces. It's refined from Spirit Leaf Grass, Green Wind Vine, Stone Marrow Fluid, and a small amount of Demonic Beast Core. Its effects are mild and it has no obvious side effects. It's generally used by cultivators who have just entered the path of immortality and have relatively frail bodies. Chu Lu, you should be fine after taking it."

"Mm." Chu Lu nodded, then picked one up and swallowed it.

"How is it?" Luo Qingdie asked nervously.

"Mm..." Chu Lu frowned, sensing the changes within his body. "It doesn't seem like anyth—ugh!"

"What's wrong!?" Luo Qingdie was startled.

"The latrine! I need to go to the latrine!"

A little while later, Chu Lu returned looking somewhat weak.

"Um... Chu Lu?" Luo Qingdie asked hesitantly.

"Don't ask. This one's useless too," Chu Lu said.

"Then should we try some other pills?" Luo Qingdie asked.

Chu Lu: "..."

After a moment of silence, he gritted his teeth and said, "Try!"

And so, by the third day, the two of them reached a conclusion.

Pills were useless too.

"Looks like all we can do is place our hopes on the mission rewards." Chu Lu sighed.

"I'm sorry. I couldn't help you," Luo Qingdie said guiltily.

"What does it have to do with you? What are you apologizing for?" Chu Lu waved a hand. "Anyway, I'm leaving first. Remember to upload the cultivation technique to the Chat Group."

"Mm."

Afterward, Chu Lu opened the Chat Group and chose to return to the main world.

A flash of white light filled his vision, and his body was seized by a powerful sensation of weightlessness.

When it all faded, he opened his eyes and found himself back in the wooden cabin of the Seven Profound Sect.

He was still seated in that Grand Tutor's chair, as if everything that had happened before had been nothing more than a dream.