397. Fire of Chaos

Thereafter, aside from cultivating at night, Zhou Cheng spent nearly all his days in the Scripture Repository Hall, searching for information on the Nine Cauldrons and studying the art of alchemy.

The matter of Zhou Cheng being invited to join the Immortal Hall did not spread, and everything in the Nine Cauldrons Immortal Sect remained calm and peaceful.

In the blink of an eye, ten days passed.

The day of Yu Kun's battle with Lin Yitao arrived.

Before the main hall of the Nine Cauldrons Immortal Sect stood an enormous plaza. At this moment, Yu Kun and Lin Yitao stood in its center, while the plaza's surroundings were packed densely with experts of the Nine Cauldrons Immortal Sect.

Lin Yitao looked at Yu Kun with a smug smile. "In consideration of your many years at the helm of the Nine Cauldrons Immortal Sect, so long as you voluntarily step down now, I can confer upon you the title of Grand Patriarch."

The Grand Patriarch was the foremost among all the ancestors of the Nine Cauldrons Immortal Sect.

This position had always remained vacant within the Nine Cauldrons Immortal Sect.

Yu Kun looked coldly at Lin Yitao. "In consideration of your many years of contribution to the Nine Cauldrons Immortal Sect, I won't kill you later."

Hearing this, Lin Yitao reacted as though he had heard the funniest joke. "You won't kill me? Do you think you're still the man you were a month ago?" His eyes turned cold as he pointed the longsword in his hand at Yu Kun. "Since you insist on remaining stubbornly blind, don't blame me for showing no mercy." The longsword in his hand swept out in an instant.

At once, thousands upon thousands of Sword Qi erupted. Their sheer power made the faces of the