On the Longevity Sect's side, Crimson Sacred Palace's Dao Soldier [Wondrous Fire True Source] followed close behind. It was a crimson-gold glass lamp, within which flowed the 'World-Purifying Sin-Burning Wondrous Fire' inherited from the Longevity Sect.
Crimson Sacred Palace had originated from a Lingxiao within the Longevity Sect. That Heavenly Venerable had grasped the essence of the 'Ever-Burning Wondrous Fire' from the foundational Dao Scripture [Scripture of Great Eternity, Longevity, Everlight, and True Illumination], specialized in that single path, then struck out on his own and established a branch of the Heavenly Sect.
Their relationship was much like that between Tianji Mountain's Lingxiao Dao Soldier, 'Three-Origin Heavenly Evolution Divine-Light Yankui,' which followed beside the Ten Directions Shenzong, and the sect itself. Both had split from a Heavenly Sect, though they differed slightly from the 'Tianyi Demonic Sect' nearby.
[Heh, old Qingdu, did you miss me?]
The Tianyi Divine Sect's Cult Leader, [Supreme Truth Daoist Xuanyi], arrived with the Dao Soldier [Celestial Star Survey Map]. He threw back his head in laughter, while Daoist Qingdu met his gaze indifferently. [I don't have time to bicker with you today. Or are you still going to 'guess at Huangtian's intentions' when facing visitors from another world?]
[Hahaha! Since I'm here, and since I wanted to be here, that means Huangtian surely permits it.]
Daoist Xuanyi looked somewhat younger than Daoist Qingdu, yet his expression was more weary. Still, he loved to laugh. [Today, my sect's Holy Son has displayed his skills splendidly. I'm delighted, so I won't play with you.]
[Just don't get in the way.]
Daoist Qingdu could not even be bothered to waste another word. Naturally, he knew who Xuanyi's so-called Holy Son was, but such a one-sided claim was simply laughable—if that counted, then he could say An Jing was