Shen Mo's fingertips flashed with sword light. He cleaved open the barriers of time and space and drew Yue Luan out from the river of time and space.
Yue Luan had risen from a precarious existence to the pinnacle of the Ghostly Charm Realm largely thanks to the opportunities Shen Mo had bestowed upon her. Moreover, if not for the Demon Slayer Sword qi Shen Mo had left behind, the Ghostly Charm Ghost Emperor would have devoured her when she attained the Formless Realm and attempted to ascend to the Immortal Realm. As she herself had said, even nine lives and nine lifetimes would be insufficient to repay such grace.
Now that Shen Mo had offered to take her into his sect, Yue Luan was naturally filled with yearning.
However, the Ghostly Charm World placed great importance on sects and lineages. Having grown up in this world, she had inevitably been deeply influenced by it. Since she had already acknowledged Zheng Xuansu as her master, joining Shen Mo's sect as well seemed rather like climbing the dragon and clinging to the phoenix, betraying her former master and sect.
Shen Mo did not care about this. He directly sent her into the river of time and space to seek Zheng Xuansu's opinion in the past.
"This disciple is willing to enter Master's sect and seek the supreme Great Dao!"
Yue Luan awoke from her daze and once again performed a grand bow toward Shen Mo, except this time, she was paying the respects of a disciple.
After being sent into the past, she saw her younger self, as well as Zheng Xuansu at death's door. At that time, Zheng Xuansu had been gravely wounded in a battle against vicious ghosts. She had exhausted Myoqing Temple's assets and incurred a massive debt