Above the East Sea, colossal waves surged skyward with majestic force. Sect Master Tongtian suddenly felt his thoughts clear and his Dao heart leap with joy. This was an entirely different kind of grandeur from Kunlun Mountains.
All things possessed their own momentum!
Kunlun Mountains was good, but it was too solemn and imposing. It did not quite suit his Great Dao of teaching without distinction. The East Sea, where a hundred rivers converged, was far more in line with the teachings of the Jie Sect!
"This place will do!"
Moved by a sudden inspiration, Sect Master Tongtian summoned the Qingping Sword and slashed it forward. An immortal island shaped like a colossal golden ao, spanning a million li, appeared before the many Jie Sect disciples.
Immortal flowers and jade-like herbs covered the island, while spiritual roots and strange trees stood everywhere. Its Innate Spiritual Qi was incredibly dense, and immortal mist coiled through the air. It was not much inferior to Kunlun Mountains.
"Let it be called Golden Ao Island!"
Sect Master Tongtian spoke casually, and the heavens immediately changed. A Sage's Words Followed by Law was no empty phrase; the Heavenly Dao promptly sent down boundless auspicious light.
Seeing this, Xuan Qing immediately bowed to Sect Master Tongtian in congratulations. "Congratulations, Master. The moment we arrived in the East Sea, an immortal island emerged in response to fate. It is only right that it become the dojo of our Jie Sect!"
It had to be said that a Sage's Fortune was truly extraordinary. He had searched the East Sea for several thousand years without finding Golden Ao Island, yet the instant Sect Master Tongtian arrived, the immortal island emerged in response to fate. It was clear just how deeply favored by the Heavenly Dao he was.
"Let's go!"
Greatly pleased, Sect Master Tongtian smiled. "From now on, this shall be the mountain gate of my Jie Sect!"
As he spoke, he descended from the clouds and waved a hand. The Shangqing Palace, which he had previously put away, transformed into a streak of light and landed at the center of Golden Ao Island.
Such a huge disturbance naturally alerted many great powers, with the East Sea Dragon Palace bearing the brunt of it.
The emergence of Golden Ao Island in the East Sea could not possibly escape the Dragon Clan's notice. Ao Guang, who had only recently inherited the position of East Sea Dragon King, immediately dispatched Dragon Clan elites to investigate.
Yet when they saw the overwhelming, sun-bright Saintly Dao Charm, not one of them dared step forward. They could only hurriedly send someone back to the Dragon Palace to report.
"Saint Tongtian?"
Ao Guang was greatly shocked upon hearing this. "He actually moved the Jie Sect's dojo to the East Sea?"
After questioning them in detail and learning that Sage Taiqing and Sage Primordial had not accompanied him, he understood that the Three Pure Ones had gone their separate ways!
"The future Primordial Wilderness will be an era of Sages. If the Dragon Clan wishes to remain secure in one corner, or even cleanse the Karma upon us, we must build good relations with the Sages!"
Ao Guang's thoughts stirred, and he could not help recalling the words his father, Ao Cang, the previous East Sea Dragon King, had spoken before his death.
"Prepare gifts!"
"We must prepare a grand gift!"
Ao Guang hurriedly ordered his subordinates to retrieve sufficiently valuable treasures from the treasury.
It was not as though they had never tried to befriend Sages before. After the Three Pure Ones attained Sagehood, True Person Huang Long entered the Chan Sect, while the Nine Dragon Agarwood Carriage was presented to Primordial Lord of Heaven. Both were displays of the Dragon Clan's desire to befriend Sages.
Unfortunately, although True Person Huang Long had been nurtured by heaven and earth and transformed from Dragon Veins, he had also been tainted by the Dragon Clan's Karma. Thus, Primordial Lord of Heaven did not value him highly within the Chan Sect.
As for the Jie Sect, because of Sect Master Tongtian's philosophy of teaching without distinction, quite a few Dragon Clan members had joined it. Yet none had the opportunity to become Personal disciples.
Now that Sect Master Tongtian had moved his dojo to the East Sea, this was undoubtedly an opportunity for the Dragon Clan to befriend him.
Thus, Ao Guang did not hesitate in the slightest.
"I object!"
However, because Ao Guang's seniority was too low, many old fossils of the Dragon Clan did not approve of him becoming the East Sea Dragon King. They immediately denounced his decision.
"Our Dragon Clan dominates the Four Seas and monopolizes the water fortune of heaven and earth. Why should we become those who curry favor with the powerful?"
"Ao Guang, you have disappointed me greatly!"
The speaker was Ao Guang's second uncle, one of the few conservatives within the Dragon Clan, and the blood brother of Ao Cang, the previous East Sea Dragon King—Ao Hong!
Ao Guang's expression turned extremely ugly. "Second Uncle, I am the East Sea Dragon King! Befriending Sages was also the decision of several Dragon Clan ancestors and my father!"
There were always people in this world who could not see the situation clearly, forever immersed in the glory of the past.
Ao Hong was one of them!
He had believed that, with his peak Great Golden Immortal cultivation, the Dragon Clan ancestors would allow him to become the new East Sea Dragon King after Ao Cang's death.
Yet he had never expected that Candle Dragon, Yinglong, and the others would not even consider him. Instead, they chose Ao Guang, whom he had always looked down upon, a man who had only barely broken through to the Great Golden Immortal realm!
Thus, he opposed Ao Guang at every turn.
Ao Guang did not indulge him either. Whenever anything happened, he directly invoked the names of the ancestors.
"Hmph!"
When Ao Hong heard Ao Guang using the ancestors to suppress him again, rage immediately rose in his chest. Yet he had nothing to say in response. He could only snort coldly at Ao Guang before leaving resentfully.
"Just you wait!"
Ao Hong remained unconvinced.
He believed that only under his leadership could the Dragon Clan possibly restore its former glory.
"Without a leader among the dragons, what can be done?"
Watching Ao Hong leave, Ao Guang could not help sighing. Ever since Ancestor Dragon fell and used his body to suppress the Returning Ruins, no one in the Dragon Clan had been able to command the entire clan!
Even the ancestors Candle Dragon, Yinglong, Shenlong, Azure Dragon, and Red Dragon held differing opinions. This had resulted in several factions emerging within the Dragon Clan.
Meanwhile, with a thought, Sect Master Tongtian renamed the Supreme Clarity Hall the Biyou Palace.
"This body resolves to sever Heavenly Secrets, ascending the twelve towers of Jade Capital. A single sword spans the skies and suppresses eternity; with a thought, stars shift and constellations move. Vast winds express my heart's ambitions; beneath blue seas and azure skies, I roam as I please!"
"Biyou Palace does sound better!"
Only upon reaching the mountaintop did one see the vast winds; only standing upon the plains did one understand the boundlessness of heaven and earth. Only amid the vast sea could one feel the freedom of letting out a cry beneath boundless skies and open waters.
Here in the East Sea, Sect Master Tongtian also felt that his Dao heart had become much more complete.
Watching his many disciples busily construct palaces and open cave abodes, he could not help giving a carefree smile. "This is the place best suited for the development of my Jie Sect!"
The East Sea was the place in the Primordial World with the greatest number of independent cultivators. All of this stemmed from East Prince Gong, who had once established the Immortal Court on Purple Mansion Continent!
Although East Prince Gong was later slain by Di Jun, the Immortal Court perished, and Purple Mansion Continent was shattered by Eastern Emperor Taiyi's Chaos Bell into countless immortal islands, this also made the East Sea a gathering place for independent cultivators.
Many people searched the sea, hoping to find the treasure vault of the Immortal Court.
Unfortunately, they found nothing!
After an unknown amount of time had passed, once the Jie Sect's dojo had been established, Sect Master Tongtian immediately declared in a resonant voice, "I, Tongtian, have reestablished the Jie Sect's dojo on Golden Ao Island in the East Sea. I teach without distinction. In three thousand years, I shall expound the Great Dao. All those with affinity may come!"
Empowered by the Power of the Heavenly Dao, his voice rang throughout the entire Primordial World. Countless independent cultivators were overjoyed and transformed into rainbows as they fled toward the East Sea.
For a time, Myriad Immortals came to court!
Xuan Qing, meanwhile, once again took on the responsibility of supervising the Jie Sect disciples. Without Primordial Lord of Heaven to restrain them, the nature of certain Jie Sect disciples had already begun to stir restlessly!
Back in Kunlun Mountains, most outer disciples of the Jie Sect knew that Primordial Lord of Heaven did not like them. They had always acted with great caution, afraid of offending a Sage.
But after arriving here, some of them felt that they could act as wantonly as they pleased!
Among them were Chang Er Ding Guang Xian, Qiu Shou Xian, and others of the Seven Attendant Immortals. Xuan Qing immediately employed thunderous measures, making an example of them to warn the other disciples.
Qiu Shou Xian's offense was not serious. He merely received ten bolts of heavenly lightning and was ordered to face the wall beneath Purple Fungus Cliff for a thousand years.
As for Chang Er Ding Guang Xian, Xuan Qing directly crippled all his cultivation and expelled him from the Jie Sect. He had waited a long time for this day!
Naturally, he knew that Chang Er Ding Guang Xian was a traitor. However, the man had always been cautious and meticulous, so Xuan Qing had never caught him violating the Jie Sect's rules.
Nor could he simply fabricate charges against him!
But now that the man had committed an offense of his own accord, Xuan Qing naturally would not let this heaven-sent opportunity slip away.
"Leave at once!"
Xuan Qing said coldly, "Do not ever again act under the name of a Jie Sect disciple! Otherwise, I will show you what it means to be worse off alive than dead!"
Of course, this was only a show for the many Jie Sect disciples.
Xuan Qing had always been cautious and unwilling to become entangled in karma. How could he possibly leave trouble behind for himself?
Not long after Chang Er Ding Guang Xian departed, Xuan Qing directly activated a secret art from King Pan's inheritance and, across a million li of empty space, cursed away his three souls and seven spirits!
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