Though I am Qingxu Daode, Qingxu Daode is not me?
What does that mean?
And how could someone from the Jade Void Gate become the leader of the Creation Dao? By all appearances, the Creation Dao belongs to Azure Wandering's line. Why would it let someone from the Jade Void Gate lead it? Is there some secret behind this, or have the legends got it wrong?
Chen Cuo sensed he had caught hold of something amid his doubts, but before he could think it through, the man who called himself Qingxu clapped his hands.
The singers and dancers all stopped. Even the patrons drinking in the tavern set down their cups, bowls, and chopsticks in unison, then knelt before Qingxu and Chen Cuo.
"Leave us. What we're about to discuss would bring disaster upon you even if you heard none of it, so long as you remained nearby. Best not get involved."
"Yes, sir!"
At his command, people who had appeared to have no connection to him answered as one. They turned together and left.
Even Chen Cuo grew wary at the sight. He had detected no ripple or fluctuation of Divine Ability around them. Qingxu had simply given an order, and everyone had obeyed, as though that were only natural.
No one would take a leader of a great sect lightly.
Chen Cuo was still wondering what stood before him: Qingxu's projection, an Incarnation, or perhaps... his true body?
"All living things obey me. That is only as it should be. After all, whatever else I may be, I hold the position of leader of the Creation Holy Church. Trace the lineage of all things in heaven and earth far enough, and each has at least a little of that Sage of Creation's blood." Qingxu abruptly changed tack. "You