Chapter 107: The battle for supremacy is about to unfold

【"Let's give our daughter a name."】

【Ye Xue stroked the child's forehead, much gentler than before.】

【You gazed at this extraordinary child.】

【Born in such a world, she will experience wave after wave of turmoil; her life is destined to be accompanied by hardship.】

【You and Ye Xue are about to participate in the struggle for the Chaos Immortal Treasure; the odds of returning safely are minuscule.】

【In the past, you and Ye Xue have discussed this issue many times.】

【You even considered giving up contending for the Chaos Immortal Treasure.】

【In the end, you and Ye Xue agreed that giving up the contention was putting the cart before the horse.】

【In a great era, contention is necessary!】

【If you do not contend for the foremost in the world, perhaps you will be forever trampled underfoot; having come this far, you have no reason to give up.】

【Entrusting the child to the Ziwei Star Domain is an excellent choice.】

【In the end, you named the child Lin Qingfan.】

【This commemorates the clear-minded days you and Ye Xue spent in the Mortal Dust, and also hopes the child can maintain a pure heart amidst the turmoil of the Mortal Dust.】

【Another year passed.】

【Little Qingfan gradually grew up, learning to call father and mother.】

【The dragon horns protruding from her head had a divine charm, and her dragon tail had grown, swaying all day long.】

【The demon eye between her brows was sealed by you.】

【The power of the demonic path is too extreme; you do not want the child to come into contact with it too early.】

【The child's cultivation talent is extremely strong; at just one year old, she had the level of the four realms of Mortal Dust, flying around like a little dumpling.】

【You accompanied the child through a pleasant and warm period of time.】

【When the child was two and a half years old, you and Ye Xue received Yang Zu's gathering order.】

【After bidding farewell to the Spirit Clan multitudes, you, Ye Xue, and the child rushed to the Ziwei Star Domain.】

【The Ziwei Star Domain differs from the Blood-Painted Star Domain and the Tianlong Star Domain; humanity is the absolute ruler in the Ziwei Star Domain.】

【The strongest doctrine in the Ziwei Star Domain is Daoism, one of the Three Teachings.】

【Here, Daoism is held in highest esteem.】

【Daoism further splits into many sects, with differing ideas; some advocate education without distinction, some advocate following heaven's will, some cling solely to the human way, emphasizing that those not of our kind must have different hearts.】

【The Ziwei Imperial Sect, where Yang Zu resides, advocates education without distinction, welcoming all spirits to pay homage.】

【Regardless of cultivation talent, as long as one upholds the original heart, does not indiscriminately slaughter the innocent, and does not arbitrarily interfere in Mortal Dust affairs, one can become a disciple of this sect.】

【The foundations established by Confucianism, Buddhism, and Daoism all rely on blessing the mundane, stabilizing the world, thereby obtaining the fortune and merit golden light fed back by the Heavenly Dao.】

【Oppressing the mundane living beings is a major taboo in the Three Teachings.】

【You saw Yang Zu at the pinnacle of the Purple Star Emperor Sect.】

【The former Ziwei Sect Leader, in order to contend with other ancient powerhouses for the Chaos Immortal Treasure, remained trapped in some mysterious spacetime.】

【Yang Zu's power is transcendent; naturally, he became the new Ziwei Sect Leader.】

【"This child's talent is not bad."】

【Yang Zu expressed approval of Little Qingfan's talent, saying, "If you are willing, you may let her become my direct disciple."】

【You and Ye Xue were both astonished.】

【You should know that Yang Zu's seniority status in the entire Ziwei Star Domain is the highest, and most Daoist cultivators place great importance on seniority.】

【Once Little Qingfan becomes Yang Zu's direct disciple, she can practically walk sideways in the Ziwei Star Domain.】

【"Disciple Qingfan, pays respects to the master."】

【Before you could speak, Qingfan's eyes rolled, and she proactively kowtowed to pay respects to the teacher.】

【"Good!" Yang Zu nodded with a smile, "From now on, you are my disciple."】

【Immediately, Yang Zu announced the news, and will hold the disciple-accepting ceremony on the main peak of the Purple Star Emperor Sect.】

【At first, you and Ye Xue were merely somewhat astonished.】

【Only when the disciple-accepting ceremony unfolded did you realize how significant the status of 'Yang Zu's direct disciple' is.】

【The two highest seniority positions in the Purple Star Emperor Sect are Yang Zu and the former Ziwei Sect Leader.】

【The former Ziwei Sect Leader was originally Yang Zu's master; now that Yang Zu has broken through to the supreme power level, he is considered of the same generation as the former sect leader.】

【Thus, Yang Zu's direct disciple naturally became a second-generation disciple of the Purple Star Emperor Sect.】

【Now, the Purple Star Emperor Sect's second-generation disciples are scarce, only two: one is Yang Zu's former senior fellow disciple, the other is his former senior sister disciple.】

【Even adding the other doctrines of the Ziwei Star Domain, second-generation disciples remain few; Qingfan's seniority in the Ziwei Star Domain is sufficient to rank among the top hundred.】

【Yang Zu's direct disciple status is certainly not light!】

【After the disciple-acceptance ceremony concluded, Little Qingfan began cultivating under Yang Zu; compared to you and Ye Xue, Yang Zu is more suited to teach her.】

【Time flew by, and another three years passed.】

【The situation of disorder in the heavenly and earthly Dao reappeared; Yang Zu appeared before you with Little Qingfan, his expression solemn.】

【"We should go."】

【After many years of waiting, the struggle for the Chaos Immortal Treasure is about to usher in a new situation.】

【Perhaps this contest will also determine the final direction of the new world.】

【"Dad! Mom! The child awaits your return."】

【Little Qingfan held back tears and actively bade you farewell.】

【You and Ye Xue hugged the child, urging: "Diligently cultivate; father and mother will surely return."】

【"Mm."】

Little Qing Fan nodded repeatedly, his sensible nature tugging at hearts.

After finishing speaking to you all, Little Qing Fan bowed again to Yang Zu.

"Master, you too must be careful; I will surely heed your teachings and uphold the Dao of our sect."

"Mm, as your teacher, I'm leaving."

Yang Zu nodded, then stepped toward the depths of the Star Domain; you and Ye Xue closely followed, and accompanying you were more than ten cultivators at the peak of the Legend Four Realms.

The elite fighting strength of the Purple Star Emperor Sect had nearly gathered here.

Yang Zu walked at the forefront, opening a mysterious path; at its end lay a spectacle never before seen.

You saw the Jiu Se Xingyun continually gathering and merging.

The new law power undulated in that region of Shikong, a mighty and mysterious aura spreading forth.

Yang Zu explained: "You can understand it as the fusion of the Nine Major Star Regions and the Baixiang Divine Land not having been truly completed."

"The crux of the fusion is precisely what you see before you."

"Only when the Nine Chaos Immortal Treasures each have an owner, jointly maintaining the order of heaven and earth and repairing the defect of the Heavenly Dao, can the New World truly be complete."

Yang Zu's words left you and the others lost in thought.

Someone asked: "Isn't it then that whoever fuses their body with a Chaos Immortal Treasure will thereafter become a puppet of the Heavenly Dao?"

Yang Zu laughed: "We cultivators are inherently bound by heaven and earth; the Heavenly Dao uses us to maintain balance among all beings—why can't we borrow the Heavenly Dao to transcend this realm?"

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Lin Qingfan·Little Dragon Maiden