Desperate Breakthrough

"Senior Brother Sect Master, what do you mean by this?" Elder Xia had not reacted at all. Why had the sect master's attitude changed so quickly? Could this Senior Fan be a hidden veteran powerhouse of the Vast Righteousness Sect?

Reverence filled Qu Yuanzhong's face as he looked at Elder Xia. "Junior Brother Xia, have you ever heard the name Fan Ji?"

"Fan Ji... Fan Ji..." Elder Xia lightly tapped his forehead, muttering to himself.

A flash of insight struck him, and he recalled an entry he had once seen in the sect's chronicle of major events.

"Great Abyss Calendar, Year 68: Haoran Dao Master Fan Ji achieved a breakthrough. The Abyss Martial Emperor, who had ascended the throne less than a year earlier, personally visited Haoran Dao to congratulate him."

Elder Xia looked dazed. Could it really be him? That was a figure from a hundred years ago. After this Dao Master left, Haoran Dao had been denounced as a cult by the Abyss Martial Emperor and wiped out by Great Abyss. The remaining Haoran Dao members who barely survived joined the Martial Alliance and established the Vast Righteousness Sect.

Now, the second-to-last Dao Master of Haoran Dao had returned?

He wondered what attitude he would have toward the present-day Great Abyss.

Seeing Elder Xia's expression, Qu Yuanzhong knew he had guessed Senior Fan's identity. Smiling, he said, "That's right. He is Fan Ji from a hundred years ago, the old Dao Master Fan."

According to the records, during Old Dao Master Fan's tenure, Haoran Dao's influence had expanded by nearly fifty percent. Among all the powers in the world, it had been the undisputed number one. That had been the most glorious era since Haoran Dao's founding.

Perhaps he had never expected Haoran Dao's glory to be so