A World Strange at Every Turn

Shi Xuan and Mo Jingqiu stood shoulder to shoulder, the Immortal-Slaying Flying Dagger within their Primordial Spirits poised to strike. At the slightest sign that something was amiss, they would launch a surprise attack, manipulate time, and flee. Meanwhile, the two quietly watched and listened to this sudden development, puzzled by the Hunyuan Immortal Sect Master's attitude.

That calm, melodious voice rang out again, carrying an utterly decisive tone. "Why could she not be a disciple an Elder of our sect happened to take in outside? Why could she not belong to a branch of our sect's secret inheritance? Whether she is a Three Tribulation Heavenly Sovereign of my Hunyuan Immortal Sect is for me to decide!"

"Yan Qingying, I have cultivated for over sixty-five thousand years. I know every Heavenly Sovereign, from top to bottom, in your Hunyuan Sect's inheritance over these past tens of thousands of years. Your master and Grand-master once addressed me as Senior. Do not try to fob me off with excuses meant to fool children. Hmph! How could a disciple casually taken in outside directly inherit the Hunyuan Dao Proving Treasure Scripture? And if she belongs to a branch of secret inheritance, why did that branch never appear when your Hunyuan Immortal Sect faced danger several times over these past tens of thousands of years?"

The Five Elements Immortal Sect Master mercilessly cut off Yan Qingying's words. He seemed deeply dissatisfied that Mo Jingqiu had erased one realm from the Five Directions Immortal Banners, harboring a grudge in his heart.

Then he gave a cold laugh. "I fear that you, Yan Qingying, saw that your Hunyuan Sect has only one Heavenly Sovereign between the Second and Third Tribulations, worried that there would be no successors, and therefore recklessly wished to admit this woman of