"You mean I should establish my own sect lineage and seize its title?"
By now, Fang Qianyuan was a great figure who had weathered mighty winds and waves. At these words, he merely smiled faintly and gestured for him to continue.
Venerable Azure, however, said solemnly, "I am not joking."
Venerable White looked at him with some surprise, but judging by Venerable Azure's expression, he truly did not seem to be joking.
Her expression suddenly grew grave, and she murmured to herself, "I should have realized sooner. Senior Azure, you are, after all, a member of the Supreme Heaven Sect!"
This sudden remark seemed somewhat baffling in the circumstances, but Fang Qianyuan instantly understood what she had left unsaid.
This Venerable Azure truly brimmed with ambition!
Though the Supreme Heaven and Heavenly Realms Two Sects were collectively known as the Two Sects, and had repeatedly split and reunited throughout their tangled history, they were ultimately two lineages founded on entirely different ideals.
Their respective ideals represented the two poles of all things in the world: one upheld the sole supremacy of Supreme Heaven, while the other upheld shared rule over the Heavenly Realms. In the end, however, they had arrived at a unity of opposites, becoming difficult to distinguish.
As far as Fang Qianyuan knew, Venerable Azure had indeed come from the Supreme Heaven Sect, and belonged to its conservative faction, which upheld the ancient lineage and followed the original doctrines.
He did not actually like Heavenly Realms Sect Members, nor did he agree with the notion of everyone like dragons. All he cared about was whether the sect's upper ranks could find a path to immortality and imperishability, and whether he and his companions could fulfill their long-cherished wishes.
Precisely for that reason, once he realized he could not