Great Bamboo Peak, back mountain

Great Bamboo Peak, back mountain.

Ye Changfeng had no idea about Xiao Yicai's baffling self-confidence.

Of course.

Even if he did know,

he probably wouldn't care too much.

If anything, he'd have to thank Xiao Yicai for drawing the fire away from him.

Now,

the Heavenly Curtain had revealed all sorts of information about the future.

The Demonic Sect was probably already getting impatient.

Perhaps...

it wouldn't be long

before the Demonic Sect made a major move.

And as the Qingyun Sect's next headmaster, Xiao Yicai would undoubtedly become the Demonic Sect's primary target.

Wasn't he drawing the fire away from Ye Changfeng?

He definitely deserved a heartfelt thank-you!

Ye Changfeng raised an eyebrow slightly.

He looked up at the Heavenly Curtain in the sky, a little surprised. "Pacifying Demon True Lord? Sounds pretty impressive..."

As for what his future self would do,

Ye Changfeng wasn't particularly concerned.

He'd deal with the future when it came.

For now, he just needed to live in the present.

Having come to this world,

Ye Changfeng didn't have any especially strong attachments. He figured he'd just pursue immortality, find a few Dao companions, and enjoy life. Simple as that...

What?

You think he's too greedy?

Tsk, tsk, tsk!

Only children had to choose!

Adults took everything!

Just think about it—sweet, soft Naiqi, the foxy big sister Bai, and the charming, gentle Milk Bottle.

With beauties like these right in front of you,

could you choose?

No way!

And if you couldn't choose,

why not have them all?

"Tsk."

Ye Changfeng raised an eyebrow slightly and thought, I wonder how many Dao companions my future self ended up finding?

One or two wouldn't be too few.

Three or four would be even better.

Of course,

the future could wait until it came.

"Rumble—"

At the same time,

the evaluation on the Heavenly Curtain changed once again.

The previous evaluation vanished, replaced by a brand-new one.

[He—]

[As the first person throughout the ages to gather all five volumes of the Heavenly Books, he saw through the Secret of Immortality in a single stroke, created the true path of cultivating immortality, and comprehended the true way to eternal life!]

[He—]

[In hardship, he cultivated himself; in prosperity, he brought benefit to all under heaven!]

[After comprehending the true path of cultivating immortality, he chose not to keep it to himself. Instead, he spread the teachings throughout the world, ushering in an age of cultivation and earning the title bestowed by cultivators everywhere—Ancestor of the Immortal Path!]

Countless words of praise appeared on the Heavenly Curtain.

Every single one was deeply stirring.

At this moment,

everyone under heaven understood.

The Qingyun Sect's next headmaster was a person of great vision.

Nothing else needed to be said.

The mere act of spreading the teachings throughout the world

was enough to prove his vision.

In the Cultivation World of today...

which sect didn't keep its cultivation methods under wraps?

After all, those methods were the lifeblood of their sects!

An act like the one on the Heavenly Curtain—"spreading the teachings throughout the world"—

was almost unheard of in the Divine Land today.

Every sect was fiercely protective of its own teachings.

"Rumble—"

The evaluation on the Heavenly Curtain seemed to be nearing its end.

Though it revealed certain things,

it didn't reveal everything.

It still left some things unsaid.

[Final Evaluation:]

[He—was a true Earthly Immortal, the Chosen One of a new era, and the greatest person throughout the ages!!!]

"Rumble!"

At this moment,

everyone's eyes widened.

The words "Earthly Immortal"

revealed his cultivation level.

And "the greatest person throughout the ages"

also revealed his extraordinary brilliance.

Now,

everyone was wondering who he was.

Some believed he was Xiao Yicai, while others were certain he couldn't possibly be Xiao Yicai.

Heaven-Reaching Peak, Yuqing Hall.

The Seven Peaks' Masters looked at the final evaluation on the Heavenly Curtain and fell silent for a long time. It wasn't that they didn't know what to say; they were all wondering—

Who would the next headmaster be?!

"An Earthly Immortal..."

Shang Zhengliang, Head of Chaoyang Peak, remarked with a sigh, "I wonder what level of cultivation one must reach to be called an Earthly Immortal?!"

Immortal. Immortal.

That one word, "Immortal,"

made the gulf between them perfectly clear.

"Could it be a realm beyond Supreme Purity?"

Daoist Tianyun, Head of Luoxia Peak, guessed.

"Beyond Supreme Purity?"

At that,

the Heads' eyes flickered slightly.

They hadn't even reached the Supreme Purity Realm yet.

How could they talk about what lay beyond it?

"Alas."

The Heads sighed one after another.

Only Daoist Cangsong's eyes flickered faintly.

His gaze remained fixed on the scene on the Heavenly Curtain.

At last, he silently lowered his head.

If everything on the Heavenly Curtain was true,

then... did that mean his plot would ultimately fail?

At the thought,

Daoist Cangsong's eyes flickered slightly.

"Senior Brother Wan..."

"It's all because I was useless."

He murmured silently to himself.

Heaven-Reaching Peak, back mountain.

Ancestor Shrine.

This was a forbidden place of the Qingyun Sect.

Without the permission of the sect leader, True Lord Daoxuan, no one was allowed to set foot inside—not even the Heads of the various peaks...

"Swish!"

A broom swept lightly.

The dead leaves beneath a tree were gathered into a pile.

An old man dressed in hemp clothes looked silently up at the sky. He watched all the information on the Heavenly Curtain, his eyes devoid of emotion, like a withered tree or cold ashes...

"Swish!"

Wan Jianyi's eyes flickered slightly.

Only after his gaze met the eyes of the Green-robed Figure on the Heavenly Curtain did something stir within him...

"Number One Sword Immortal Under Heaven?"

"Interesting!"

Wan Jianyi murmured softly.

The only thing that could still interest him in this life was probably the sword...

After all,

his life had been an utter failure.

On the surface, he seemed dazzling and peerless, but in truth, his life had been shrouded in darkness.

Why say that?

His romantic history alone was proof!

Wan Jianyi had once liked Su Ru of Little Bamboo Peak. To win a smile from the beauty, he'd stormed off in a rage and seized the Nine Heavens Divine Weapon, the Ink Snow Divine Sword, from Hundred Poisons Son of the Myriad Poisons Sect. And what happened next...

Su Ru ended up in Tian Buyi's arms.

Later,

during their journey to the Barbaric Holy Hall,

he'd stupidly lifted You Ji's veil.

In the end, she'd cut off one of his arms.

He'd paid for it in blood.

He eventually had his arm reattached,

but—

that still couldn't hide the fact that his life had been a failure.

And there was more.

Three hundred years ago,

the Demonic Sect launched an attack on the Qingyun Sect.

The previous sect leader, Tiancheng Zi, had risked using his Shangqing cultivation to draw out the Zhu Xian Sword in order to protect Qingyun. Though he had ultimately driven back the enemy

and dealt the Demonic Sect a devastating blow...

he had also gone mad from cultivation deviation.

Wan Jianyi and Daoxuan had no choice but to kill their master.

In the end,

Wan Jianyi took the blame.

For the rest of his life, he could only live like a "dead man" in this little Ancestor Shrine.

Failure!

His life had been an utter failure!

On the surface, he seemed dazzling and brilliant, but in truth, he'd never succeeded at a single thing. The only thing he could take pride in...

Perhaps it was his mastery of the Ghost-Slaying God True Art.

"Sigh."

Wan Jianyi looked at the information on the Heavenly Curtain.

He sighed softly. In the end, he decided not to meddle. After all, he was already dead. If the sky fell, that fellow Daoxuan could hold it up...

What did it have to do with him?

Of course.

That was what Wan Jianyi said.

But his body was honest enough: he still looked toward the images on the Heavenly Curtain,