"Oh, oh..."
The three Abyss Clan elders finally "came to their senses," lowered their heads slightly, and hurriedly stepped aside.
There was no longer any need to consult Yuan Gumo!
At this moment, how could Lord Gumo spare any thought for such matters? If he failed to mend his Dao Heart soon, even his Dao Path might grow dim and lightless...
In their eyes, Li Qingyun now stood like a lofty mountain, awe-inspiring and untouchable.
This young man's cultivation was truly enough to shake the ancient and dazzle the present, overturning every known understanding!
Perhaps our main branch truly needed to change how it dealt with this young man—perhaps even make an exception and admit him into the main branch.
"Yuan Yiping is rather well-matched with him..."
The three elders were not alone in thinking so. More than a hundred Abyss Clan Hua Xuan cultivators watched the figure in azure robes, seeming to bear a divine radiance rarely seen in all eternity, stroll gracefully into the passageway. Similar thoughts rose in many hearts.
The main branch had always possessed an unwritten custom known as "bringing the worthy home."
So-called "bringing the worthy home" meant that when an exceptional "talent" emerged from a collateral branch, the main branch could extend an olive branch, remove their collateral surname, and grant them the surname "Yuan."
For instance, Abyss Guardian Hairy Corpse Yuan Mian had entered the main branch in precisely this manner.
Yuan Mian, originally named Yuan Weinmian, had been a senior figure of the Wei clan. Yet after suffering an accident in the Great Burial Pit, he had, through a twist of fate, become a white-haired monster. Stranger still, he had retained his divine soul and consciousness. His cultivation stood above the Hua Xuan Realm but below Quasi-Saint.
The main branch "cherished