Chapter 1478

Hu Yifei: "Why do I get the feeling you seem awfully proud of yourself?"

Su Xiao Xiao: "Ehe, at least I don't have what it takes to be a villain like Hongjun!"

Yun Xiao: "Miss Su is truly something else. Well, I'll log off first. The sooner the matters of the Jie Sect are wrapped up, the sooner I can go into bitter cultivation."

Zhang Taixuan: "Bitter cultivation? There's no need at all. You've already become a Primordial Daluo Golden Immortal now—even if you cultivate bitterly, how much further can you progress? Better to give you some benefits and let you go to the various realms to comprehend the Laws."

Zhang Taixuan: "That's where your advantage lies. If bitter cultivation alone could make one a top-tier expert, where would Hongjun fit in?"

Su Xiao Xiao: "True enough. In the ordinary world, the richest man isn't the hardest-working farmer either. The cultivation world should follow the same logic—bitter cultivation can only lay a solid foundation; it absolutely cannot produce a top-tier powerhouse."

Yun Xiao: "Understood! Then when the time comes, I'll have to trouble everyone to do me a small favor."

Xiong Ba: "As long as Fairy Yun Xiao signs a contract not to cause trouble within the worlds, she may comprehend the Laws in the worlds for as long as she wishes."

Ying Zheng: "Exactly."

Lin Fengjiao: "Same on my end. When the time comes, won't I get the chance to see the Three Xiaos Goddess with my own eyes?"

Yun Xiao: "... I haven't even been enshrined as a god yet. Besides, even if I were, it'd still be different from the Three Xiaos Goddess on your side, wouldn't it?"

Lin Fengjiao: "Either way, she's still an idol one has to look up to."

Su Xiao Xiao: "That's not right, Ninth Uncle—you should already be at Taiyi level, right? Do you still need to look up to the Three Xiaos Goddess on your side?"

Lin Fengjiao: "Seniority is seniority. On my side, it's not purely strength that earns respect either."

Ye Hei: "That's true on Ninth Uncle's side. Seniority governs things—no matter how strong you are, you can't put on too many airs."

Su Xiao Xiao: "That sounds so unfair."

Lin Fengjiao: "Why would it be unfair? Before I cultivated, she was my senior; after I grew powerful through cultivation, she is still my senior. As long as you acknowledge it, that's enough. Besides, being a junior does come with some restrictions, but that doesn't mean there aren't benefits too."

Su Xiao Xiao: "Seems about right."

Hu Yifei: "If you replace 'senior' with 'parents,' you should understand the principle. You can't have grown powerful and still expect your parents to call you 'senior,' can you?"

Su Xiao Xiao: "... That's a bit weird, let me take that in for a moment."

Jin Ao Island.

"Well?" Zhao Gongming asked, "Did you find any clever solution to the Jie Sect's problem?"

Yun Xiao nodded slightly and explained the solution from the chat group.

Zhao Gongming deliberated: "Establish sect rules and take charge of the Heavenly Court? It is indeed a good way to delay the crisis of the Investiture of the Gods. Sigh, it seems the great trend of Heaven and Earth is such—in the end, we cannot avoid a confrontation."

Yun Xiao sighed softly: "Yes. When the time comes, who knows how many will fall in the great tribulation."

"The great Dao contends for supremacy—one cannot retreat!" Zhao Gongming's gaze gradually steadied, "This matter can only be handled this way. Let me gather the senior and junior brothers and sisters and arrange things."

Yun Xiao nodded slightly.

Zhao Gongming swept his divine sense outward, instantly enveloping the entire Jin Ao Island within it.

The next moment, a voice brimming with authority rang in the ears of Duo Bao, Jin Ling, Gui Ling, and Wu Dang.

"Junior brother, and the three senior sisters—come to Biyou Palace to discuss matters."

The four of them, whether in quiet cultivation or lecturing fellow disciples, immediately stopped what they were doing upon hearing it.

"The Acting Sect Leader has matters to attend to. Fellow cultivators, please be seated for now—I shall return shortly."

Duobao Daoist's gaze sharpened slightly. He looked at the crowd, said this, and only then rose to leave.

"Senior Brother Zhao and Senior Sister Yun are e are summoning Senior Brother Duobao for a meeting so urgently—could something major really have happened in the Jie Sect?"

"That can't be right. Our Jie Sect commands the homage of ten thousand immortals—who would dare to provoke us?"

"Who knows? Between Heaven and Earth, the strong are countless. Someone must have stirred up trouble again!"

Biyou Palace.

After only a short wait, Duobao Daoist, Jin Ling Holy Mother, Wu Dang Holy Mother, and Gui Ling Holy Mother arrived.

All four were experts at the Quasi-Saint level, their entire bodies radiating mysterious auras. Standing there, they were as if a great Dao itself had descended in person—one could see they had cultivated their Dao attainment to an utterly terrifying level.

"I wonder why Junior Brother Gongming has summoned us—has something important happened?" Duobao Daoist asked first.

As the senior disciple of the Jie Sect, if Tongtian were absent, the one to take charge of the Jie Sect should clearly be him.

Now that Tongtian had entrusted the heavy responsibility to Zhao Gongming and Yun Xiao, to say he felt not even a prick in his heart was naturally impossible.

Divine beings are not without desires; it's just that what they seek is not the mundane things of the mortal world.

When it comes to the power of a sect, one must still compete for it.

Zhao Gongming looked at the crowd, sighed, and said: "Were it not a matter of grave importance, I would not have had to summon the three senior sisters and senior brother. This matter concerns the very survival of our Jie Sect!"

"Survival?" Wu Dang Holy Mother, whose appearance was extraordinary and whose voice was clear and ethereal, frowned upon hearing this. "Our Jie Sect commands awe across the four seas and eight wildernesses—survival, where does that come from?"

Gui Ling Holy Mother gave a light snort: "Junior Brother Gongming, surely these words are a bit too sensational."

Jin Ling Holy Mother and Duobao Daoist nodded slightly.

Clearly, all four shared the same mindset and view.

The strength of the Jie Sect—who under Heaven did not know it?

A crisis of survival would absolutely never befall the Jie Sect.

Yun Xiao's gaze sharpened slightly. With a wave of her hand, she disrupted the workings of Heaven's secrets; with another finger pointed out, a wisp of mysterious light descended.

Instantly, Duobao Daoist, Jin Ling Holy Mother, Wu Dang Holy Mother, and Gui Ling Holy Mother all felt a jolt, their thoughts becoming exceptionally clear.