"All right, this old man has said nearly everything that needed saying."
"Little girl Ling Rong has gone into seclusion, and this old man should go lend her a hand. From now on, I'll have to trouble you, little fellow, to look after the Ancient Immortal Sect."
"As for you, now that you are a Guest Elder of the Ancient Immortal Sect, you may do as you please within the sect."
As he spoke again, the weathered old man slowly rose to his feet, determination filling his eyes.
In his heart, he had already prepared himself to die after the empowerment.
Once he finished speaking, the weathered old man slowly walked out of the daoist temple's main hall, heading step by step toward the rear mountain.
His back looked desolate and forlorn, yet his footsteps were firmer and calmer than ever before.
Su Shi'er sat silently in the hall, watching the man's retreating figure, admiration glinting in his eyes.
For the sect's development, he was willing to face death openly. Such a person deserved respect.
Before long, the weathered old man had vanished from sight.
Meanwhile, from a cultivation cave in the daoist temple's rear mountain, an immense surge of energy suddenly erupted.
The force shot straight into the heavens, its vast might stirring the Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi within a hundred-mile radius into violent upheaval.
As the Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi shifted, the weathered old man's aura fell silent at an astonishing pace, until it finally dissipated completely and returned to nothingness.
"This senior sacrificed himself. I wonder what fate awaits his avatar."
"Still, I have heard that once one's cultivation reaches the Spirit Severing stage, any avatar they cultivate will possess its own consciousness. If it can one day break free, it should be able to