At long last, the Fan Household had escaped its down-and-out state and become a member of a new Immortal Sect. Of course, although this place was now the Taixian Immortal Sect, it had been built on the foundation of the Jadeite Immortal Sect. After so many years, the Jadeite Immortal Sect was practically penniless—certainly incomparable to the Fan Household, but truly pitifully weak compared with the other realms.
Looking at the current Taixian Immortal Sect, where the disciples of the original sect made up less than thirty percent of the total, I understood the situation.
The Great Elder, Tian Tao, introduced the circumstances with a bitter smile. "After our sect's last competition, we suffered nine consecutive defeats in nine matches, and quite a few disciples left. Otherwise, we originally still had plenty of..."
"Enough about that for now. See if you can challenge them to another match. We'll reclaim, one by one, all the defeats the Jadeite Immortal Sect has suffered over the years," I said.
"This... I'm afraid, Sect Master, you don't know how things work here. In a sect challenge, we have to send out nine immortals in total, divided into three levels. Each level has three immortals: the Pure Dao Realm, the Chaos Realm, and the Dao Tribulation Realm. Winning three out of five in each level counts as winning that level, and only after winning two levels can we be considered to have defeated the other side. Some say this competition is unfair, but there's no helping it. After all, the higher authorities want to test whether a sect has successors, as well as potential and strength, don't they?" Tian Tao hurriedly explained.
"Three levels, with three disciples in each? What a hassle." I was startled. I hadn't expected the Six Paths Immortal Land to have