The Grandmaster's Protective Instinct

"A Sage emerged only once every eight hundred years. The time for the next Sage to appear was not far off."

"What we must do is hold this land at all costs until then."

The Right Chancellor spoke in a deep voice, settling the matter with a single blow and cutting through the arguments among the Hundred Schools in the hall.

"As for repairing the Myriad Ages Legacy Book, the sooner, the better."

The Household's projection nodded solemnly in agreement.

"As for the two sealed Outer Gods..."

"I will personally deliver them into confinement."

At those words, even the currents of energy flowing through the hall seemed to freeze.

Then the Right Chancellor made a startling revelation, slowly laying bare a secret that could shake the heavens.

"When Taiyi Xuanpin descended in years past, Bing Province fell into chaos, and its people suffered beyond endurance."

"The Hundred Schools brought all their reserves to bear, and the soldiers of all three armies fought with their lives on the line. Still, they could not stand against her."

"In the end, only His Majesty's personal intervention brought her down."

Everyone in the hall knew that part of the story.

What the Right Chancellor said next, however, was a secret none of them knew.

"The incarnation in which Taiyi Xuanpin descended was never completely erased from Great Qian's Heaven and Earth. She remains sealed in confinement."

"That is why Taiyi Xuanpin's lingering imprint in Bing Province is still so powerful."

"Under all heaven, I fear only His Majesty can keep these Outer-Heaven Fiends sealed for eternity." The Right Chancellor sighed softly.

At the mention of Emperor Gan, who had long dwelt deep within the palace, the leaders of the Hundred Schools fell silent as cold cicadas. Their reverence for him seemed to run to