No one had expected this.
After Jiang Fan voluntarily confessed and exposed his own weakness, Daoist Xuanji of Heavenly Divination Palace, who had spoken little all along, would actually make such a startling decision.
Heavenly Divination Palace, a fourth-tier sect that had been openly and covertly slighted by the others, actually possessed such courage, willing to make a deal that everyone else saw as a guaranteed loss.
Faced with everyone's astonishment, Daoist Xuanji remained calm.
"Jiang Fan, I now formally represent Heavenly Divination Palace in extending an invitation to you!"
"Heavenly Divination Palace is willing to accept you as a formal disciple!"
"Although your injuries prevent us from granting you the treatment and title of a true disciple, all cultivation techniques, scriptures, resources, Secret Realms, and everything else within Heavenly Divination Palace will be open to you!"
"Furthermore, the sect will do everything in its power to find a way to restore your foundation of cultivation!"
"We Cultivators contend with heaven for our lives. Of the fifty paths of the Great Dao, heaven leaves forty-nine; in the end, there is still a sliver of hope!"
"Even if... even if heaven truly refuses to favor us in the end, and there truly is no way to restore it, you will still be a disciple recognized by Heavenly Divination Palace."
"As long as you remain in the sect, you will be under Heavenly Divination Palace's protection!"
His words were sincere and heartfelt. He made no empty promises, yet every word struck Jiang Fan's heart, leaving him unable to calm down for a long while.
He had already prepared for the worst, even ready to continue onward alone.
Yet at the very end of his rope, he had received acceptance and goodwill from a strange sect.
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