Venerable Yu Xu stood with his hands behind his back on the outskirts of Sky Pillar Mountain.
Perhaps the younger disciples would cheer with joy over the repair and completion of the tribulation-crossing secret art, but Venerable Yu Xu would not. For many years, he had assisted Jiang Zhen in managing the sect. With Ancestor Fang above them, the two had kept an exceptionally low profile, yet they saw matters quite clearly. He knew that perfecting the tribulation-crossing secret art was indeed a great joy in the long run. Leaving aside the benefits to tribulation cultivators, at the very least, Empirical Branch disciples would no longer be confused about the road ahead in their future cultivation. The true meaning of "every step solid and real" could then be displayed to the fullest, allowing them to press forward with ever greater vigor.
Yet all of this had to rest upon the foundation of the sect's stability. If these two among the sect's foremost fighting forces, especially Ancestor Fang, suffered harm here, then the Li Chen Sect's road ahead would remain perilous and unpredictable, with little hope of accomplishing anything.
Venerable Yu Xu understood that before today's deduction, the two upstairs had not been at ease. Ancestor Fang was one thing; tempered by calamities great and small, his heart had become like iron and stone. But as for He Qing... frankly speaking, he was somewhat worried about her.
Outer Realm Heavenly Demons were best at exploiting weakness, especially fiends on the level of the Outer Domain Tribulation and the End Law Lord. Tangible defenses were almost wholly ineffective against them. Back in the day, the Shangqing Sect's three hundred and sixty layers of the Zhou Tian Star Dou Great Array had been so complete, yet before the demonic tribulation, they had been