The sun rose in the east, and Heaven Momentum Mountain gradually grew lively.
After breakfast, Li Qingxian walked with several Fate Arts Masters he knew toward the Heaven-Praying Hall plaza at the foot of the mountain.
"First place this time should be Duan Tianji again. To be honest, I don't really want Heaven's Mandate Sect to gain the upper hand."
"What can we do? Heaven's Mandate Sect's thousands of years of inheritance and accumulation didn't fall from the sky. Though they can be excessive at times, they're generally all right. This Duan Tianji seems decent enough."
"True. Neither arrogant in victory nor discouraged in defeat, unlike certain people who bully others by relying on power—swaggering when they win and biting like mad when they lose. Still, some Heaven's Mandate Sect disciples have truly gone mad lately. Have you heard?"
"Of course. They've been picking fights everywhere, making such a racket that chickens flew and dogs jumped. They wanted to cover it up, but their own loose tongues leaked the news. They say Heaven's Mandate Sect's inheritance was leaked, and their Dao Transmission Discs have been like frogs riding wild dogs, screeching and yelping every day."
"Haha, I heard that too. It killed me. Later, there were rumors that the three missing Heaven's Mandate Sect elders encountered something Eerie for no apparent reason while tracking down the leaked inheritance."
"Then they'd kicked an iron plate."
"They still haven't found anything? It's been over a month, hasn't it?"
"Yes. All the major sects are baffled. If an ordinary sect's inheritance leaks, there's really nothing much they can do. But if the inheritance of the foremost Fate Sect leaks and they can't find the source, that's a heaven-shattering disaster. It means Heaven's Mandate Sect's Fate Arts have been cracked."
"From what they're saying,