Over a year had passed, and some matters within the sect had finally settled.
One after another, quite naturally, twelve people had announced they were entering seclusion. Fang Weimin, the first to do so, had already emerged.
Of those twelve, the only one to cause any ripples was Lu Duxing, Vice Sect Master of Jade Capital Mountain Peak. He announced a stirring of his Dao embryo and requested closed-door seclusion, resigning his position to devote himself to comprehending the Dao.
For a fourth-realm cultivator, such a stirring meant a change in the Nascent Soul Dao embryo. Whether that change was good or bad was hard to say. It might mean the embryo was unstable, or it might present an opportunity for Union with the Dao. No one could be certain.
A stirring of the Dao embryo was a serious matter. Naturally, the sect master agreed and told Lu Duxing to cultivate in seclusion without worry.
This left a Vice Sect Master's position vacant—and the particularly important position at Jade Capital Mountain Peak at that. Thus Shi Tongxuan, the former Vice Sect Master of Pure Yang Hall, who had also resigned earlier on account of a stirring Dao embryo, emerged from seclusion again. He temporarily took over as Vice Sect Master of Jade Capital Mountain Peak, assisted by You Weixu, peak master of Jade Void Peak.
The position of Vice Sect Master of Pure Yang Hall remained vacant, with the Vice Sect Master of Origin Yin Hall overseeing its affairs.
Apart from Lu Duxing, Golden Core cultivators made up more than half of the twelve. The highest-ranking among them was Pang Jingyu, deputy mountain master of White Tiger Mountain.
Naturally, Cheng Xinzhan could not have learned these things through his own inquiries. Sect Master Ji had suddenly come to Bright Governance