Sects Gather Tribulation

"Brother truly has to thank Junior Brother this time," Daoist Lingguan said joyfully after hearing this.

"I bear the orthodoxy of Mount Lao Sect, and of late I have sensed that my own tribulations are grave.

"I have been worrying over this very matter. Now that I have obtained this method from Junior Brother, it is like sweet dew after a long drought."

Ling Qing could not help but feel puzzled. He immediately asked, "Why is that?

"Could establishing a sect and spreading its teachings actually increase one's tribulations?"

"As the head of a sect, one must bear the responsibility of guiding the sect's followers. Thus, whatever the disciples of the sect do—

"—be it good or evil—must also fall upon the sect leader," Daoist Lingguan explained. "This is the duty of a sect leader to suppress the sect's fortune.

"If one is a sect leader who remains untouched by all pursuits and unyielding through ten thousand tribulations, then naturally there is nothing to fear.

"But I am currently at the time of crossing tribulation. One misstep, and tribulations will coil around me.

"Fortunately—

"—apart from the fact that our Mount Lao Sect has gained more members, causing somewhat more tribulations to gather—

"—it has not added too many tribulations to me.

"On the contrary, because all my fellow brothers and sisters have done many good deeds and accumulated much merit in the past, our Mount Lao Sect's Dao is pure and its virtue esteemed.

"That greatly lessened the tribulations that would otherwise have worsened."

"So there is such a principle!" Ling Qing was rather astonished for a moment.

He then asked, "Then when Senior Brother transformed demons into Dao in the Dao-Demon Instance and established the Heaven-Reaching Dao Sect—

"—and when Senior Brother Tian established Bamboo Mountain Sect in