After Kong Yu was captured, I had Liu Li temporarily assume the position of vice sect master while I served as acting sect master. I also ordered all the elders and disciples in the sect to conduct self-examinations and reflect on the mistakes made this time, while placing all candidates selected for the Divine Throne under temporary restriction.
After striking someone with a stick, one naturally had to offer some comfort. I opened the treasured collection in the cave abode of the sect master of Wangxiang Qingmu Sea, rummaged through its contents, and quickly picked out some good things. I distributed them among the elders and elite disciples who had remained in the sect, putting it grandly as preparing defenses against the elders who had escaped Wangxiang Qingmu Sea.
Although everyone was deeply wary that the escaped elders might return to rescue Kong Yu, they practically forgot about it all after seeing the treasures. I also promoted Huo Chi to elder. Several disciples who had usually been suppressed by Kong Yu and the other elders were promoted alongside him, allowing the sect to gather twelve elders once more.
I also ordered Huo Chi to immediately lead the disciples beyond Wangxiang Qingmu Sea. Besides bringing Zhao Jian back to the sect, he was to recruit scattered immortals such as An Mi, the married couple Han Pan and his wife, as well as the scattered immortals in the surrounding area, to fill out the immortal sect. After all, as long as they had a place to cultivate, they would surely have made some progress.
Besides, I wasn't trying to fight and compete with other immortal sects anymore. What I lacked now were people to do the work.
After arranging all these matters, I finally led Pan Shu and the tightly bound Kong