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"This..."

Lu Dengxian was caught off guard by Liu Jingtao's angry shout and didn't react for a moment.

But when the Supreme Elder inquired, he dared not refuse to answer.

He then quickly recounted the conflict between himself and Lin Xiao, the killing of Elder Yang Kan, and the death of Elder Tan Qingquan, explaining how the situation had escalated to an irreconcilable point.

As he continued to describe, Liu Jingtao's anger grew increasingly intense. After he explained the reasons why troops had been sent to invade Chi Province Gu Jinlai, the Supreme Elder was furious. "Lu Dengxian, we entrusted the Purgatory Sect to you, and this is how you handle the sect's affairs?"

When the Primordial Spirit is enraged, its powerful divine sense even stirs up the mountains and forests.

Many birds and animals in the mountains seemed startled and scattered in panic. A large number of birds took flight, chirping and flying away into the distance.

"Elder, please calm down."

Lu Dengxian hadn't expected the Supreme Elder to react so strongly, and hurriedly said, "This is the third time in Gu Jinlai our Purgatory Sect has been humiliated..."

"Do you know how important a Heavenly Lord is to our Purgatory Sect at this time?!"

Before Lu could finish his idle chatter, Liu Jingtao angrily interrupted him, "The most important core element of the Divine Sword Tournament is the recognition of the Heavenly Sword as a master. Whoever gains the recognition of the Heavenly Sword will become the leader of the next ten sects and be respected by the other nine sects. And when it comes to gaining the recognition of the Heavenly Sword as a master, who can compare to a Heavenly Monarch?!"

Lu Dengxian's expression changed.

He didn't even consider that.

After all, in his subconscious, the Heavenly Sword was too far removed from him.

But as Liu Jingtao said, Gu Jinlai, the probability of a Heavenly Lord recognizing the Heavenly Sword as his master is more than ten times higher than that of anyone else!

If the Heavenly Sword falls into the hands of their Purgatory Sect...

"Do you know that, in order to increase the chances of being recognized, Zhao Fengyu, the Supreme Elder, risked his cultivation to regress and specifically switched to the Heavenly Master Lineage?! And you, on the contrary, our Purgatory Sect clearly has a Celestial Lord, who should have a great chance of gaining the Heavenly Sword's recognition, yet you insist on driving him away and even want me to kill such a Celestial Lord who could have been won over?!"

Liu Jingtao roared in fury, "Lu Dengxian, are you even fit to be the sect leader?! If not, replace him with someone else!"

"Elder..."

Lu Dengxian's heart skipped a beat, and he was about to explain.

But Liu Jingtao didn't give him a chance to explain at all, and said sternly, "That junior named Lin Xiao harmed a fellow elder. Now that the evidence is conclusive, why are you still protecting him? Are the rules of my Purgatory Sect, which have been established for countless years, just a piece of waste paper in your eyes?"

"Supreme Lord... I... I know what to do."

"Every wrong has its perpetrator, and every debt its debtor. Since Gu Jinlai wants Lin Xiao, then give Lin Xiao to him. I don't care what methods you use next, our Purgatory Sect must reconcile with this Gu Jinlai. I'll give you six months. After six months, he must regain his loyalty to our Purgatory Sect."

Liu Jingtao looked at Lu Dengxian and said coldly, "Don't tell me you can't do it. He joined our Purgatory Sect when he was young and has been in the sect for more than fifty years. Although there is a gap between him and our Purgatory Sect now, it is still too short a time. As long as you can make up for these gaps, I don't believe that you can't bring him back to the Purgatory Sect with more than fifty years of feelings, teachings and ways of thinking."

"I understand. I'll go and give Elder Gu an explanation right away."

Lu Dengxian immediately replied.

He quickly stood up and hurried down the mountain.

Heavenly Lord!

He actually overlooked this crucial point.

He has been a celestial ruler Gu Jinlai!

After more than a hundred years of turmoil, the number of Heavenly Lords in the entire Great Qian world is probably less than a handful, and of those few, they are basically concentrated in the Great Qian royal family.

Ten sects of magic?

At least he had never heard of any sect having a Heavenly Ruler.

In this situation, if the Purgatory Sect can send Gu Jinlai, who is a Heavenly Lord, to the next Divine Sword Tournament, the probability of obtaining the Heavenly Sword's recognition as its master will increase more than tenfold.

Compared to the development prospects that the Heavenly Sword Sect can gain, what is a mere deputy sect master?

What does it matter if one loses face for a moment?

Moreover, as long as he is willing to humble himself and reintegrate the Gu Jinlai into the Purgatory Sect system, the Purgatory Sect can eventually gain a powerful ally between a Spirit Transformation Grandmaster and Primordial Spirit True Lord. Wouldn't this tangible benefit be much better than losing face?

"Someone come here."

As soon as he descended the mountain, Lu Dengxian immediately ordered his disciple, "Summon Lü Zhenbei to capture Lin Xiao. I will personally escort him to Linfeng City."

He then added, "Send a message to the border of Chi Province as quickly as possible: Our Purgatory Sect's Gold-Robed Elder ... no, he's our Purgatory Sect's Red-Robed Elder, who Gu Jinlai soon be promoted to the Elder Council and become a high-ranking member of the newly promoted elders. No one is allowed to offend him. At the same time, tell Elder Gu that we understand the injustices he has suffered and ask him to have confidence in Lu Dengxian and in the Purgatory Sect. We will give him a satisfactory answer."

His disciple was bewildered by Lu Dengxian's hurried words.

They didn't react for a moment.

The sect leader went up the mountain not to ask the Supreme Elder to deal with Gu Jinlai.

How...

After this trip, not only must we ignore the fact that he has invaded Chi Province with his troops Gu Jinlai, but we must also do our best to keep him in check, reward him, and even plan to make him a sect elder so that he can truly enter the decision-making level of the Purgatory Sect.

"Master, are you sure you're not mistaken? We..."

"Obey orders!"

Lu Dengxian shouted, then abruptly flung his hand away. "Forget it, I'll personally capture Lin Xiao and hand him over to Elder Gu for judgment."

After saying that, he strode quickly towards the courtyard where Lin Xiao was.

The faster he traveled, the clearer his mind became.

If the Purgatory Sect backs down on this matter concerning the Gu Jinlai, it will indeed lose face, but Tan Qingquan is already dead.

People should always look forward.

Instead of spending a lot of money to hunt down Gu Jinlai after Tan Qingquan has already died, why not just accept him back into the Purgatory Sect?

Once Gu Jinlai returns to the Purgatory Sect, the Purgatory Sect will gain not only a powerful general, tens of thousands of troops, five cities, and a favorable situation in Star Province.

Isn't this far more profitable than annihilating Gu Jinlai?

Moreover, what Liu Jingtao said is correct.

Gu Jinlai, they all entered the Purgatory Sect from a young age, essentially becoming figures cultivated by the Purgatory Sect itself.

If it weren't for Lin Xiao's aggressive pressure, relying on his power as the deputy sect leader, how could things have escalated to this point Gu Jinlai and the Purgatory Sect?

If he can severely punish Lin Xiao, then based on his more than fifty years of friendship with the Purgatory Sect, how could he not reconcile with him?

With this in mind, he couldn't help but move even faster.

Soon, Lin Xiao's courtyard appeared before him.

At this moment, Lin Xiao seemed to have just made preparations, gathered all his equipment, and planned to go to Linfeng City to provide assistance based on the needs of his sect.

Sensing the presence of Sect Master Lu Dengxian, he immediately stepped forward, his face beaming with smiles, and said, "Sect Master, I wonder if the Supreme Elder would be willing to come out..."

"Lin Xiao!"

Lu Dengxian let out a sharp cry, "You've committed a crime!"

The next moment, the flying sword pierced the air.

The sharp sword light, accompanied by a thunderous roar, slammed into Lin Xiao, instantly stunning the vice sect master.

"Sect Master, we're on the same side..."

Lin Xiao's expression changed drastically, and he tried his best to resist.

Even with his peak Spirit Refining level, how could he possibly withstand Lu Dengxian's flying sword attack?

With a surge of sword light, the flying sword instantly broke through Lin Xiao's defenses and struck his body.

Even though Lu Dengxian didn't defend to the death, the violent Sword Qi contained in the flying sword still made him spit out blood and fly backward.

"One of our own?"

Before Lin Xiao could react to the violent attack, Lu Dengxian had already sealed off all the True Qi in his body.

At the same time, he heard the sect leader's pronouncement.

"As the vice sect leader of the Purgatory Sect, you have abused your power to bully the elders of the sect time and time again, and even colluded with outsiders to harm your fellow disciples. Our Purgatory Sect has no one like you! Today, I, Lu Dengxian, as the sect leader, will remove you from your position as vice sect leader, capture you alive, and hand you over to Elder Gu for judgment!"

"Ancient Elder!? Elder!?"

Lin Xiao, whose internal Qi and Blood were in disarray, seemed to have guessed something after hearing what Lu Dengxian said!

Sects...

They backed down!?

The Purgatory Sect, one of the Ten Great Demon Sects, actually backed down under the coercion of the Gu Jinlai.

And the sign of yielding...

He, the deputy sect leader, was personally captured by the sect leader and handed over to Gu Jinlai disposal.

Having figured this out, Lin Xiao's face turned ashen.

The situation in the Purgatory Sect was full of twists and turns, but Gu Jinlai, who was located on the border of Chi Province, was unaware of it.

At this moment, he was rushing towards Linfeng City at full speed.

To defend against potential attacks from Spirit Transformation cultivators or even Primordial Spirit True Lord, he brought not only two close-in weapon models for this operation, but also a total of four close-in weapon models that had been fully trained.

Aside from one unit left in Baihe City to be managed by Gu Chifeng, and another in Lingxiao City to be operated by Gu Luochen, he brought all of these weapons that could be interwoven into a firepower network to counter Spirit Transformation cultivators.

However, he knew in his heart that the Primordial Spirit True Lord was different from the Spirit Transformation Grand Cultivator.

What can truly threaten the Primordial Spirit True Lord are the three Heavenly Sword hypersonic missiles behind him.

He hung the three missiles on the mechanical Tyrannosaurus Rex Gua, like three sharp swords piercing the sky.

It seems eager to engage with this world...

To compete with the Primordial Spirit True Lord who stands at the very peak south of the Milky Way.

"Master, Linfeng City is just ahead."

Gu Jinlai, his eldest disciple Su Nanxing, has been by his side.

As he spoke, he added, "We have already penetrated 160 li into Chi Province."

"Um."

Gu Jinlai calmly replied, then waved his hand. "Let the soldiers in the rear rest. We'll wait from here on out."

Su Nanxing knew that his master was waiting for the reaction from the Purgatory Sect.

The core of this great battle lies with the Spirit Transformation Realm elders of the Purgatory Sect, both Gu Jinlai, and even...

True Lord of the Primordial Spirit Realm!

Not only were they waiting, but many spies from other forces who had been keeping an eye on the movements of the Purgatory Sect Gu Jinlai were also waiting.

The outcome of this battle will directly impact the future landscape of Star Province.