Make the Immortal Sect Great Again

At this moment, the world fell into utter silence.

The muffled thunder vanished. Or rather, to Xianfu’s ears, Daoist Master Xuanxiao Yingyuan’s voice had become much clearer.

This was not because Xianfu’s cultivation or Dao attainments had improved. It was entirely because Daoist Master Xuanxiao Yingyuan had to suppress his own profound mysteries and actively retract his aura just to communicate with him. In this moment, the lofty True Person had no choice but to bow his head and lock eyes with someone he considered a mere ant.

”That entity told you.”

”On your own, you have no way of knowing the marvels of destiny protecting one’s karmic achievements.”

Daoist Master Xuanxiao Yingyuan’s tone was utterly certain. In fact, he spoke the title of Primordial Sovereign Mingdu Xuanyi without the slightest hesitation.

But Xianfu could not hear it.

Because of the water qi’s concealment, even if an entity who knew the truth spoke it aloud, it would simply be replaced by meaningless words by the time it reached a lower cultivator’s ears.

That did not matter, though.

Because Xianfu was well aware that these secrets regarding karmic achievements, along with the certainty of his own inevitable death, all stemmed from the machinations of a supreme entity.But so what?

”That exalted being and I are simply taking what we need,” Xianfu said calmly. ”No matter what, you want me dead, True Person, while that exalted being wants me alive.”

”What do you want?”

Daoist Master Xuanxiao Yingyuan’s voice grew colder.

Hearing this, Xianfu suddenly smiled. ”This lower cultivator seeks nothing else. I only hope to enter your direct lineage, True Person, so you might value me a little more.”

”Direct lineage? You?”

Daoist Master Xuanxiao Yingyuan burst into icy laughter. ”A mere string of characters, a dog tag hung on a Corpse Dissolution Immortal. You gain a little sentience and think you can enter my direct lineage?”

”Do you think this is the Brahma Nation?”

His words brimmed with utter contempt for Xianfu.

The third true transmission? The Immortal Gate had spanned countless ages, producing true transmissions generation after generation. If there had not been a million third true transmissions, there had been at least hundreds of thousands. He was not worth mentioning.

Of course, more importantly, Daoist Master Xuanxiao Yingyuan believed the situation was still under control. After all, the Heavenly Frost Cave Abode was hidden, preventing the Heavenly Yin Metal from emerging. Daoist Master Hanguang Danyang was the one taking the loss, not him. If Xianfu refused to ascend with the entire dynasty, then he would personally force it to happen!

In an instant, a mighty force crashed down!

The national destiny of Great Shun!

Inside the Eight Trigrams Furnace, only this could help channel external power. Right now, Daoist Master Xuanxiao Yingyuan intended to use it to forcibly control Xianfu!

This was also why he had not worried about Xianfu rebelling. He had planted a failsafe within Great Shun’s national destiny long ago, ensuring he could seize control of the situation at the critical moment.

Xianfu, whose demand had just been rejected, let out a leisurely sigh. ”Is that so...”

As his voice faded, his aura shifted.

Almost simultaneously, Daoist Master Xuanxiao Yingyuan, who was just about to seize control of Great Shun’s national destiny and force the dynasty’s ascension, felt a sudden resistance.

”Hm?”

This was not right. What went wrong?

Lightning illuminated the world. The True Person’s gaze swept over Xianfu’s body, finally catching a subtle connection trailing off toward a distant figure.

Wang Ping!

At this moment, Wang Ping’s face was also written with surprise, but it shifted into intense admiration a second later. ”Excellent, excellent! Senior Brother Xianfu truly has immense courage!”

Following his gaze, the identity and karmic achievements of the Great Rebellion—which Wang Ping had just severed and shed using water qi—had not dissipated into the world or collapsed. Instead, they were moving from Wang Ping to Xianfu, sliding right along the connection between them!

Xianfu’s decree!

Only now did Wang Ping understand why Xianfu had previously emphasized waiting until he encountered water before destroying the decree Xianfu had given him.

”It was all for this moment.”

Under the decree, Wang Ping was the minister and Xianfu was the sovereign lord. A minister’s possessions naturally belonged to the sovereign. It was the perfect method to transfer the identity and karmic achievements of the Great Rebellion!

”One man’s poison is another man’s honey.”

Xianfu’s eyes shone brightly.

Unlike Wang Ping, he cultivated the human-yang wood, the Profound Firmament Governance-Bestowing Talisman-Wielding Qi. It was an imperial qi, meant to establish a celestial dynasty and reign as the supreme sovereign of the mortal realm.

And since he was meant to be the master of a celestial dynasty, the supreme sovereign of the mortal realm, he naturally had to align himself with the most glorious celestial empire in history. The identity and karmic achievements of the Great Rebellion were actually perfect for him. They would vastly amplify his imperial presence, offering immense benefits to his future Qi Refining and even his pursuit of the True Person realm!

”You want the identity of the Great Rebellion? Just you?”

Daoist Master Xuanxiao Yingyuan’s voice rang out again. ”Relying on a single human-yang wood decree to inherit the Great Rebellion’s imagery is far from enough!”

”Have you forgotten, True Person?”

Xianfu chuckled softly. ”I played no small part in purging the Heavenly Yin Metal just now, and I also contributed to extinguishing the Earth Yang Fire.”

Did they really think he had done that out of the goodness of his heart?

This was an exact recreation of the Great Rebellion’s Purging the Stale Qi of the Six Heavens!

With this karma in place, the identity and karmic achievements of the Great Rebellion—which might have otherwise rejected him slightly—would only favor him now that they had lost Wang Ping!

In the Cosmic Deep Space.

In a corner just outside the Eight Trigrams Furnace, Mingyou and Tianxing sat cross-legged, leisurely observing this drastic upheaval.

”Incredible, truly incredible.”

Mingyou clicked his tongue in wonder. ”Using Xianfu as a chess piece... the supreme entity orchestrating this most likely hails from the water qi lineage. Exalted beings from other lineages are not this devious.”

But right then, Tianxing suddenly frowned and said in a deep voice, ”No, it is missing something... Mingyou, you did too good a job when you used wood qi to steal his lifespan earlier. The identity and karmic achievements of the Great Rebellion are still clinging to your good disciple. They have not completely detached from him to accept Xianfu’s pull.”

In other words, the severance was not complete enough.

Or rather, as its former host, Wang Ping was just too appealing. The Great Rebellion’s identity could not forget him, leaving it indifferent toward a newcomer like Xianfu.

”Relax, nothing will go wrong.” Mingyou clapped his hands with a calm expression. ”How could those supreme entities miscalculate a detail like this?”

There was definitely another backup plan to make the Great Rebellion’s identity forget Wang Ping completely.

Thinking of this, Mingyou subconsciously placed himself in the mastermind’s shoes, considering what methods could force such a change.

In theory, it was very difficult.

After all, when he used wood qi to steal lifespan, he had practically welded the Great Rebellion’s identity onto Wang Ping. Achieving a complete severance was almost impossible...

”...Hm?”

A second later, Mingyou abruptly stood up and muttered, ”No way, right?”

Soon, a rippling light emerging from the unseen void confirmed his suspicion. Within those ripples, a blazing bolt of lightning suddenly burst forth!

”Boom!”

Seeing that Xianfu’s reception of the Great Rebellion’s identity was not going smoothly, Daoist Master Xuanxiao Yingyuan had not even had time to sigh in relief before he sensed another drastic change in the thunder.

He turned around.

At the same time, Daoist Master Hanguang Danyang—who had been monitoring the shifting situation all along—could not help but sigh in awe from within the rosy clouds, ”What an excellent move...”

Looking over, a person stood out starkly.

A figure towering above the lightning slowly rose from the water qi, shedding all murky hues. His aura flared brightly, proclaiming his existence to the world.

Heavenly Yang Wood, Thunder Sound Universal Transformation Azure Thunder Qi.

”...Kunyun, he is not dead?”

In an instant, Daoist Master Xuanxiao Yingyuan realized the catastrophic upheaval Kunyun’s ”resurrection” would cause. He whipped his gaze back toward Xianfu.

Sure enough, with Kunyun’s appearance, the Great Rebellion’s identity and karmic achievements—which had been welded to Wang Ping by the lifespan theft and had stubbornly clung to him despite the severance—trembled violently. As if realizing they had been ”deceived,” they completely abandoned their final lingering attachment to Wang Ping.

Thus, they shifted to Xianfu!

”Are you kidding me...”

Daoist Master Xuanxiao Yingyuan pushed his profound mysteries to their absolute limits, trying to beat them to the punch. He aimed to interrupt Xianfu’s reception through Great Shun’s national destiny and stop all of this from happening.

But right at that moment.

”Break!”

Without needing a reminder from Xianfu, Wang Ping seized the perfect opportunity. Channeling his divine sense, he directly shattered Xianfu’s decree deep within his sea of consciousness with a resounding crash!

The instant he became a ”rebellious minister,” the connected national destiny of Great Shun instantly plummeted into turmoil. This simultaneously accelerated Xianfu’s absorption of the Great Rebellion’s identity.

Everything happened at the exact right moment.

Just as Mingyou had thought, the layout crafted by that Water Qi True Monarch was flawless down to the smallest detail. There was not a single error; everything was executed to absolute perfection!

A second later, the national destiny of Great Shun collapsed spectacularly!

After all, it was directly backstabbed by Wang Ping turning into a ”rebellious minister,” and then struck by the crushing weight of the Great Rebellion’s identity and karmic achievements. At the critical moment, Xianfu even formed a hand seal of profound mystery.

Then, his voice boomed out in a grand proclamation: ”Since ancient times, monarchs who receive the mandate have always had clear proof. We were originally an immortal cultivator, graced by Heaven’s favor and carrying the hearts of the people. Today, as the Great Rebellion of the previous dynasty finds the divine artifact difficult to hold, the Heavenly Dao dictates change. Thus, a clear edict is issued, abdicating the throne to Us. Having declined repeatedly to no avail, We now ascend the heavenly throne as the world renews and a new era begins, establishing the era name as Great Gan.”

”Respect this!”

As he finished speaking, the national destiny originally belonging to Great Shun completely broke down, before immediately restructuring and changing flags. It was replaced by the identity and karmic achievements of the Great Rebellion.

”Ah!”

Suddenly, a miserable scream echoed from deep within the Immortal Gate’s Gongshun Grotto-Heaven. It was Dashun Taizu, this Corpse Dissolution Immortal howling in sheer agony.

Yet at this moment, no one cared about his pain anymore.

”The overall situation is completely different now!”

Wang Ping suddenly realized the truth: Xianfu taking on the Great Rebellion’s karmic achievements and identity was, strictly speaking, better for Daoist Master Hanguang Danyang than if he had kept them himself.

”Because Xianfu himself is a sovereign lord.”

If Daoist Master Hanguang Danyang wanted to heavily damage the Great Rebellion’s imagery through Wang Ping, he would need to do a lot of maneuvering. But through Xianfu, all he had to do was kill him!

But to Daoist Master Xuanxiao Yingyuan, Xianfu now bore the Great Rebellion’s imagery, and his imperial qi was incredibly immense. He was already the only candidate who could guide human-yang wood back into the world’s order. How could he possibly let Daoist Master Hanguang Danyang kill him? If Xianfu really died, how would the wood qi path continue?

Thinking of this, Wang Ping almost could not stop himself from cheering for Xianfu.

”What a brilliant move to force his hand!”

He was forcing Daoist Master Xuanxiao Yingyuan to support him and fall out with Daoist Master Hanguang Danyang. Otherwise, he could forget about continuing the wood qi path.

It was naked blackmail!

The deadliest part was that by changing the era name to Great Gan, the national destiny had fallen completely under Xianfu’s control. Daoist Master Xuanxiao Yingyuan had lost his means of interference.

Xianfu finally had autonomy!

At this moment, Xianfu once again looked up at the sky. Shrouded in the identity and karmic achievements of the Great Rebellion, an indescribable majesty now rested between his brows.

”True Person,” he said softly, a faint smile on his lips. ”And now? Can I enter your direct lineage?”