At the Azure Cloud Sect headquarters, inside the Heavenly Observation Court, a middle-aged man in sumptuous purple robes sat facing south, his bearing dignified and composed.
Before him stood a sect disciple dressed as a white-robed disciplinary officer, eyes lowered as he respectfully waited for the man at the desk to finish reading a confidential letter.
This middle-aged man in sumptuous purple robes was none other than Sun Zhuo, the current sect master of the Azure Cloud Sect.
Over twenty years, the seas had not quite become mulberry fields, but many people and affairs had undergone tremendous changes.
For the great titans of the world and its various powers, the greatest event was undoubtedly the opening of the Heavenly Realm and the preparations to establish the Heavenly Court.
But for the Azure Cloud Sect members, especially those inner and outer disciples who had yet to advance to Earth Rank and gain a view of the world's wider landscape, Sun Zhuo's succession as sect master was the greatest event of all.
Sun Zhuo had spent decades building his reputation. He had served as merit officer elder of the sect's Merit Hall, then as an administrative elder, before transferring to the Heavenly Dao Alliance. From wind-catching envoy and shadow-capturing envoy to standard-bearer, Punishment Bureau, military adviser, deputy alliance leader, and alliance leader, he had risen step by step, soaring into the clouds, yet every step had been utterly solid.
When he returned to the sect ten years ago to succeed as sect master, it was what everyone had hoped for, as natural as water flowing into a channel.
He had even served as alliance leader of the Heavenly Dao Alliance and knew cultivators and experts from every corner of the world, including the mighty titans at the very top. With his connections,