These days, it was not just the Azure Tide Sect that was troubled. Several other sects were far from peaceful as well.
The Misty Immortal Sect had it worst, for what loomed over them was a split within the sect.
For three hundred years, the Misty Immortal Sect had been divided into two factions: Water Moon Peak and Spirit Moon Peak.
To explain why this internal division had become so severe, one had to start with the Misty Immortal Sect's sect master.
Three hundred years ago, the Misty Immortal Sect had appointed a new sect master, who had subsequently replaced every peak master.
This sect master was named Qiu Yinong. In his youth, he had possessed outstanding aptitude and exceptional talent. He had also been the designated successor to the Misty Immortal Sect's leadership, not to mention extraordinarily handsome.
The women who admired him had come in an endless stream, like crucian carp crossing a river.
Of course, one hand could not clap alone when it came to romance. Not every female cultivator had fallen in love with him at first sight. Ultimately, it all came down to how well Qiu Yinong knew how to flirt.
Love poems and tender words rolled off his tongue. He spared nothing female, which was how he had ended up with lovers scattered across the world. He had also led many women to mistakenly believe he loved them, when in truth he was merely a handsome rake whose honeyed tongue had become a habit.
Still, for all his philandering, Qiu Yinong knew exactly what he was doing. He knew what to say to whom, which women he must not touch, and which he could touch without suffering any ill consequences.
Calling him a born lover would not have been an exaggeration.
Strangest of all,