The Legendary Son-in-law of the Emperor Chapter 1715: 1712: Returning to the Sect
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“Lie Tian is my disciple.”
Ye Xuan declared this with calm composure.
Wuming Sword Sage's pupils shrank abruptly upon hearing those words. He fixed Ye Xuan with a stare of utter disbelief, blurting, “Impossible, the ancestor rose from obscurity, never had a master.”
Ye Xuan met Wuming Sword Sage's gaze steadily, replying without haste, “Because I once told him, not to mention anything about me to anyone.”
Shock seized Wuming Sword Sage. He stared at the youth before him, words failing him.
He couldn't fully accept Ye Xuan's claim, yet he grasped that the young man's background surpassed his wildest thoughts.
Ye Xuan turned his eyes away, stating coolly, “What’s been said has been said, meet your death.”
Wuming Sword Sage jolted in alarm, bitterness flooding him as he forced a wry smile. “Could you bring my corpse back to Zhongxuan Mountain?”
Ye Xuan's gaze remained cold and detached, his voice soft. “You don’t deserve it.”
A bitter laugh escaped Wuming Sword Sage.
Ye Xuan flicked his finger. Immortal Profound Power surged straight into Wuming Sword Sage’s Sea of Consciousness, shattering his Divine Soul instantly.
True Fire then erupted, reducing Wuming Sword Sage’s body to ashes.
The Great Sage Body held Heaven and Earth Laws deep within.
Particularly in the Heaven and Earth Great Sage Realm, the body became a limitless world packed with boundless treasures.
Leaving it intact would breed future chaos.
The notion of hauling the corpse to Emperor Immortal Sect for Tan Qingshan and others to exploit never crossed Ye Xuan’s mind.
He had declared that Wuming Sword Sage did not deserve to return to Zhongxuan Mountain.
Not even as remains.
Traitors lost that honor.
Forget excuses of coercion from back then.
With all of Emperor Immortal Sect’s elite forces seized away, why did others still stand resolute?
If they could hold fast, why did you, Wuming Sword Sage, turn traitor?
No justification washes away betrayal.
Sparing Wuming Sword Sage would betray those steadfast loyalists most cruelly.
“Speaking of which, those youngsters should all have come down by now.”
Ye Xuan murmured to himself.
Though Wuming Sword Sage had faked his return to the sect just to uncover Ye Xuan’s secrets, much of his intel held truth.
Wuming Sword Sage had noted that roughly thirty Emperor Immortal Sect holdouts in the Heavenly Domain would descend within half a year.
By now, they must have all arrived.
Harboring this thought, Ye Xuan wasted no time and vanished swiftly.
At that instant, Heaven and Earth Phenomena rocked the All Heavens and Myriads of Worlds.
Emperor General’s fall triggered universal mourning across Heaven and Earth.
Innumerable souls felt a profound, unexplained sorrow, akin to losing dear family.
Daozhou.
East Desolation South Domain.
Emperor Immortal Sect Ancestral Land.
Emperor Immortal Sect had risen to glory, yet the Ancestral Land stood preserved. Zhongxuan Mountain installed a Transmission Array there, letting both thrive side by side.
Following Ye Xuan’s commands, Ancestral Land and Zhongxuan Mountain disciples rotated periodically for trials.
Split across two sites, no divisions arose.
Emperor Ling Xiao’s demise struck Emperor Immortal Sect hard, casting disciples and elders into gloom.
Ye Xuan’s mother-in-law Jiang Jing felt it too.
Zhou Youwei’s companionship eased the pain, however.
The very moment Emperor Ling Xiao perished, Zhou Youwei sensed a disturbance and lifted her eyes to the heavens.
She likely inferred it was her husband Ye Xuan at work.
And indeed, Ye Xuan returned shortly after.
Spotting Ye Xuan, Jiang Jing caught on and withdrew, leaving the pair in privacy.
“Was it you?”
Zhou Youwei eyed her husband, eyes narrowing.
Ye Xuan nodded faintly, bypassing the matter. “A trip to Zhongxuan Mountain?”
Zhou Youwei moved closer, clasping Ye Xuan’s hand, head tilted. “What’s happening?”
Ye Xuan shared details of the Emperor Immortal Sect members descending from the Heavenly Domain.
“Let’s go, I was planning to see father.”
Zhou Youwei agreed with delight.
The couple departed.
Ye Xuan pierced the Void, ferrying Zhou Youwei to Zhongxuan Mountain.
His realm made inter-realm journeys trivial, let alone Void crossing in the East Desolation Domain.
Zhongxuan Mountain.
Foremost holy land amid East Desolate peaks.
Fierce Sun Heavenly Sect once claimed it, but Ye Xuan seized it back. He even assigned a Fierce Sun Heavenly Sect elder to watch over Zhongxuan Mountain.
An Ancient Divine Hou exceeding three million years in age, matching the Heavenly Dragon Dynasty’s longevity.
This Ancient Divine Hou typically lay dormant.
Today, though, it stirred awake.
It first detected Emperor Immortal Sect heavyweights arriving, one on par with its might.
Next, it perceived cosmic disturbances, deducing a Quasi-Emperor’s demise.
The moment the Ancient Divine Hou sensed that presence, the presence locked onto the Hou as well.
“Why is Fierce Sun Heavenly Sect’s Hou Ancestor at my Zhongxuan Mountain?”
Hong Ba, fresh from the Heavenly Domain descent, uttered this upon reaching Emperor Immortal Sect’s Zhongxuan Mountain.
Indeed.
Hong Ba served as the Emperor Immortal Sect patriarch who descended from the Heavenly Domain.
Moreover, he was the last Great Saint Realm powerhouse of Emperor Immortal Sect.
With him came eight Great Sage Realm experts, among them three Heaven and Earth Great Sages plus five more in Great Sage Realm.
Plus two dozen Great Venerate Realm and Supreme Realm powerhouses.
Emperor Immortal Sect’s collective might soared instantly to true Great Emperor Immortal Sect stature.
Zhou Zihuang, Lv Tiangang, and the rest beamed with joy, exiting seclusion to welcome them.
Wuming Sword Sage’s treachery had weighed heavily on their hearts.
Yet these returning veterans banished their woes in a flash.
“Old Patriarch should know, after you went to the Heavenly Domain ninety thousand years ago, Zhongxuan Mountain was lost, occupied by Fierce Sun Heavenly Sect, only reclaimed in recent years, and that Hou ancestor is now part of Emperor Immortal Sect, guarding Zhongxuan Mountain.”
Zhou Zihuang briefly recounted the saga to Hong Ba.
“What!?”
The revelation ignited fury among the Emperor Immortal Sect returnees.
“What is Fierce Sun Heavenly Sect? Back then, while we were at the sect, they came to worship, dare to make such moves, where are they now, I will destroy them at once!”
A fiery-tempered Great Sage Realm patriarch spat this out bluntly.
Zhou Zihuang flushed slightly, confessing plainly, “To be honest, Fierce Sun Heavenly Sect has long been removed.”
“Was there expert assistance?”
Hong Ba cut an imposing, robust figure. Over a million years old, yet his Essence Qi and Spirit brimmed with vigor, gaze keen as ever.
Zhou Zihuang denied it with a headshake. “All thanks to a disciple of our sect.”
“Oh?”
The powerhouses perked up: “A disciple of our sect?”
“Don’t fool the old man.”
Hong Ba snorted in disdain, eyes scanning Zhou Zihuang: “Back then, all our Supreme Realm and above powers were forcibly taken to the Heavenly Domain, those remaining in the lower realm had limited strength, couldn’t possibly do this.”
Lv Tiangang stepped forth then, declaring, “Old Patriarch should know, most of that era’s seniors have fallen, the person Zihuang spoke of is a later generation disciple.”
Astonishment silenced the crowd.
Could this be true!?