"If I can abandon my position as Mirror Moon Sect Master under your pressure today, Senior, I could also abandon the Heavenly Abyss Dao Sect's inheritance before another powerful expert in the future."
Chen Beiwu's expression remained unchanged, his tone as calm as ever, as though he could not sense the murderous intent Yuan deliberately released.
"Then it seems I can only seek a rogue cultivator with a clean background and no ties to any sect to inherit the Heavenly Abyss Dao Lineage," Yuan said with a faint, ambiguous smile.
Seeing Chen Zi'ang remain silent, Yuan shook his head slightly.
It was not that he looked down on rogue cultivators, but that even a prodigy without an inheritance or aptitude could never cross the outer reaches of the Heavenly Star Path and reach its depths safely.
The reason Chen Zi'ang had managed it, aside from the Battle-Devouring Demon Ape's assistance, had more to do with his own outrageously extraordinary fortune.
At least, before Chen Zi'ang appeared, Yuan had never imagined that a cultivator could activate the Heavenly Star Lamp and open the altar passage solely through the fortune surrounding him, without using a token of the Heavenly Abyss Dao Sect.
"Very well. Follow me."
Yuan stepped forward, heading toward the sect ruins.
The Battle-Devouring Demon Ape, Golden Egg, and the others all looked at Chen Beiwu, waiting for his decision.
Chen Beiwu remained vigilant, secretly circulating his divine sense to ensure he could activate the Ten Directions Gate at any moment, then followed Yuan.
"Hum!"
As they passed through the sect's main gate, countless streams of radiance swirled across the sky, forming a path of misty, glowing clouds.
Stepping onto the radiant path, Yuan glanced at Chen Beiwu. "Do you know the origins of the Heavenly Star Path?"
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