Xiao Hua came to a realization. After thinking for a moment, he said to Liu Yi and the others, "As your master, I remember saying before that you need not concern yourselves with seniority for now. Before I ascend, I will determine the order of your senior brothers. Now that the Ten Masters of the Sect of my Creation Sect are complete, it is time for you to arrange your seats as well!"
The moment Xiao Hua said this, all the disciples were startled. They had accompanied him for tens of thousands of years, and now that he had spoken these words, they all understood their source.
"Master..." All the disciples knelt, kowtowing as tears streamed from their eyes.
"Parting will come sooner or later..." Xiao Hua's eyes moistened as well. With a sweep of his sleeve, he helped everyone up and said, "I am merely giving you advance notice! Besides, I do not have much time left. I still wish to use this final time to resolve the crisis of the Three Great Continents..."
"Alas, Master..." Fu Zhiwen truly sighed, then kowtowed and said, "As far as this disciple knows, I did not understand it before, but now that my cultivation has risen and I have come to know more Confucian cultivators, I have learned that once many Confucian cultivators reach the peak of ninth-grade Yuan Force, they shut their doors to visitors, attune themselves to the will of Heaven, and prepare for every aspect of tribulation crossing! Yet you, Elder, are still running about for the path to survival of the countless living beings of the Three Great Continents. Look at the Sovereigns of the various teachings—the Immortal Emperor Gouchen, the Great Sun Tathagata World Honored One—what are they doing? What is more... you are not even a