Xue Shaohua was indeed a powerhouse of the Southern Wilds' Righteous Path, and of the Heavenly Dao Alliance Camp.
Throughout his life, he had upheld justice in all his dealings, utterly at odds with the people of the Demon Alliance.
Yet in this world, righteousness and evil, immortals and demons, right and wrong, black and white could not be measured by a simple division into two extremes.
He belonged to the Heavenly Dao Alliance, but also to the Mystic Sun Sect, and naturally held different positions and interests from the other sects and clans.
Over these years, Fang Qianyuan had risen to prominence, and the Azure Cloud Sect had benefited from it.
Perhaps to the various factions, this was a wonderful development that brought honor to the entire Righteous Path. Overall, its benefits outweighed its drawbacks. Even veteran powerhouses such as Grand Elder Tian Heng of the Spirit Taming Sect were pleased to see such an outstanding junior rise.
But for him and the Mystic Sun Sect, none of this was so easy to stomach.
Although he was more than thirty years older than Fang Qianyuan, he had instead fallen behind on the Dao Path of a Heaven-Tier Powerhouse, becoming the lesser junior trailing in another's wake. Nor had the Mystic Sun Sect enjoyed the benefits of such a prodigious expert or achieved the growth it should have.
One could even say that the rise of Fang Qianyuan and the Azure Cloud Sect had been built upon the suppression of the Mystic Sun Sect. Both Great Sects were situated in the Southern Wilds, and although they belonged to the same righteous camp and had never gone to war directly, their recurring disputes over prestige and interests were truly beyond counting.
Now, after a mere twenty-odd years, the Mystic Sun Sect