The Struggle for the Divine Office

"Bold!"

"They actually dared to attack the Jade Emperor Temple!"

Hearing Shi Xuanming's words, several elders were all livid with rage.

As for Li Yan, he knew nothing about this suddenly appearing Earth Immortal.

This was hardly strange.

The Divine Land was vast, and extraordinary talents emerged one after another. Not all of them were willing to stir the winds and clouds or show their faces in public. The Orthodox Xuan Gate, in particular, placed even greater emphasis on seclusion.

Who knew how many eminent cultivators were hidden among the mountains, rivers, and great marshes?

Some devoted themselves wholeheartedly to cultivation but were unable to take that crucial step. Unwilling to fall into the netherworld, they chose instead to join a great Orthodox Xuan Gate sect, concealing their identities in the process.

Just as at Wudang and Qingcheng, Li Yan had sensed their presence, but out of consideration for their friendship and the agreement between the Living Underworld Messengers and the Orthodox Xuan Gate, he had pretended not to notice.

With the transformation of the Human Path, more Earth Immortals would inevitably begin to stir.

Suddenly, a flash of Spiritual Light passed through Li Yan's mind.

He remembered that when he had first entered the capital, he had discovered someone secretly intercepting and killing Living Underworld Messengers. Yet afterward, that person had vanished without a trace and never appeared again.

He had initially thought it was connected to the Pan Peach Gathering, but now it seemed they might have been two independent cases that had merely happened to overlap.

And the purpose behind hunting down the Living Underworld Messengers was to remove the shackles binding these Earth Immortals!

By then, who knew how many ambitious figures would emerge?

The name "Zhao Changsheng" surfaced in his mind once more.

Li Yan