Chapter 436

Let’s eat some grilled meat.

Kamikawa Mitsu changed the subject.

On the other side.

Should we have a chat in the group today?

After countless frantic @s from the members, the Ghost Hong Demon Ancestor finally appeared in the chat.

Ghost Hong Demon Ancestor: 【Apologies, everyone. I’ve been offline recently due to some matters. Thank you for your concern.】

Zu’an Intern: 【@Ghost Hong Demon Ancestor, Master, are you alright? Do you need anything? Though I’m not strong enough, I’ve recently saved up a lot of Immortal Source Stones—if you need them, I’ll send them to you.】

Mi Tian Great Saint Lord: 【Demon Ancestor, how’s that old white man doing? Have you run into trouble lately? If you need help, just say the word—I’ve made enemies too, and I don’t mind making more of yours.】

Western Heaven Demon Concubine: 【Count me in.】

First Immortal Sovereign of the Nine Continents: 【Demon Ancestor, if you need anything, tell us—whether you need us to come help, or if you need divine pills or medicines, we’ll find them for you.】

Great Wilderness Heavenly Sovereign: 【Yes, don’t be formal with us—we’re all one group, family.】

Immortal King with Chronic Rheumatism: 【I’m an old man with aching bones, but even old bones need stretching now and then. If the Demon Ancestor needs help, I’m happy to lend a hand.】

Heavenly Evil Sword Immortal: 【This mission was highly profitable, and I’ve been looking for someone to practice on. Demon Ancestor, do you need a fighter? I’ll help for free.】

As the members sent message after message, the Ghost Hong Demon Ancestor, far away in the Heavenly Great Realm, was deeply moved.

Without realizing it, besides the old white man, he had gained so many close friends—and even a good disciple.

He calmed his emotions.

The Ghost Hong Demon Ancestor typed a message in the chat bar.

Ghost Hong Demon Ancestor: 【Thank you all, and my disciple, for your concern. I’m fine, but the old white man was seriously injured. That’s why I’ve been offline lately—I’ve been treating him and handling his disciple’s affairs.】

Immortal King with Chronic Rheumatism: 【Disciple’s affairs?】

Western Heaven Demon Concubine: 【How did this get tied to the disciple of Bai Yuanxian?】

Great Wilderness Heavenly Sovereign: 【Could it be that Bai Yuanxian’s injury is connected to his disciple?】

Mi Tian Great Saint Lord: 【Demon Ancestor, don’t tell me Bai Yuanxian was injured by his own disciple—did his sect betray him? If that’s true, please let me help! I despise traitors above all else—I’ll clean up his sect for him!】

Mi Tian Great Saint Lord: 【...Wait, that doesn’t make sense. I remember Bai Yuanxian’s disciple joined your sect around the same time as Xiang Hong, and both were just entering the cultivation threshold.】

He shouldn’t be able to injure Bai Yuanxian so badly—unless.】

Great Wilderness Heavenly Sovereign: 【Unless his disciple betrayed Bai Yuanxian and colluded with his enemies to ambush him.】

Western Heaven Demon Concubine: 【If that’s true, such a wicked disciple has no right to exist in this world.】

Immortal King with Chronic Rheumatism: 【If this traitor still lives, Demon Ancestor, have you dealt with him? If not, let us handle it.】

First Immortal Sovereign of the Nine Continents: 【Everyone, this matter concerns Bai Yuanxian. Cleaning house should be his duty—we should avoid interfering. But we can help him fend off enemies or kill his foes.】

The members were outraged, suddenly led astray by Mi Tian Great Saint Lord, and the Ghost Hong Demon Ancestor was startled.

Ghost Hong Demon Ancestor: 【Everyone, calm down—it wasn’t Bai Yuanxian’s disciple who harmed him... Wait, no, it actually was—but not in the way you think.】

For a moment, the Ghost Hong Demon Ancestor couldn’t think straight.

Strictly speaking, Bai Yuanxian’s injury was indeed tied to his disciple—without that incident, Bai Yuanxian wouldn’t have been attacked at all, since his enemies had no reason to target him.

The members: 【????】

Mi Tian Great Saint Lord: 【One minute it’s not, the next it is—what’s going on?】

Ghost Hong Demon Ancestor: 【Let me explain slowly... It’s like this... uh... that... so... like that...】

As the Ghost Hong Demon Ancestor explained, the members understood the full story.

Ghost Hong Demon Ancestor: 【Bai Yuanxian’s disciple killed Chen Xuan. The Chen ancestral clan seized the opportunity and sent three Divine Sixth-Step Immortal-Demons to demand Bai Yuanxian hand over the killer. When he refused, they attacked him. Luckily, Bai Yuanxian’s strength held firm—he barely escaped their ambush and fled to my sect.】

The stronger one becomes, the more one values life—and the more one values reputation.

This applies equally to the mighty.

No one wants their name to be stained, to be cursed for ten thousand generations.

Between a glorious reputation and a vile one, there’s no choice—everyone picks the glorious one.

So all major factions, when acting against others, must have a justifiable reason—even if it’s fake. As long as the ignorant masses believe it’s justified, that’s enough.

Zhang Hao killing Chen Xuan was the perfect pretext for the Chen ancestral clan to strike at Bai Yuanxian.

Kamikawa Mitsu glanced at the group chat while taking a break—he’d stepped out to grill some BBQ, and hadn’t expected so much to happen.

“Bai Yuanxian’s disciple? That’s Zhang Hao, right?”

When choosing people to send to the other world, Kamikawa Mitsu didn’t care whether they lived or died—anyone entering the palace corner of the Heian Capital seeking opportunity must be prepared to die. But not caring about their lives didn’t mean he ignored them.

Every so often, he checked on the fates of those sent to the other world, reviewing their records.

If someone died, he reclaimed the divine artifact.

The next moment.

Brother of the Deceased King: 【If you need help, I can teleport you all to the Heavenly Great Realm—just @ me when you’re ready.】

The group owner’s appearance was like a powerful stimulant.

Mi Tian Great Saint Lord: 【If the group owner says so, Demon Ancestor, don’t hesitate—send us all over. Free teleportation? Why not use it? After we handle Bai Yuanxian’s matter, we can treat it as our first group meeting.】

Zu’an Intern: 【Brothers, grab your gear.jpg】

Immortal King with Chronic Rheumatism: 【Why wait? We get our first offline group gathering, a chance to fight together, and maybe even pick up some loot—three birds with one stone.】

Whoever injured Bai Yuanxian must be a Divine Sixth-Step being.

Could a faction with a Divine Sixth-Step being be weak? Could it lack wealth? Impossible—just the Chen ancestral clan alone would be enough for everyone to share.

Ghost Hong Demon Ancestor: 【If that’s the case, then I won’t refuse your kindness—haha.】

Suddenly,

his sect’s top disciple came to deliver word: Bai Yuanxian had awakened.

Ghost Hong Demon Ancestor: 【Everyone, wait a moment—Bai Yuanxian’s awake. I’ll go check on him first. You can start preparing—I’ll @ the group owner to teleport you soon.】

Not long after,

Ghost Hong Demon Ancestor: 【My heavens! Everyone!! Bai Yuanxian just told me something—he asked if I could go to the Initial World and seek help from its Divine Demons. He said if I tell them about Zhang Hao, the Initial World’s Divine Demons will likely help.】

I hadn’t even told Bai Yuanxian anything about the Initial World—he already knew about it, and claimed that if the Initial World’s Divine Demons learned of Zhang Hao’s situation, they’d come to help.】

The members were stunned, shocked again and again.

Then, the Ghost Hong Demon Ancestor sent another message.

Ghost Hong Demon Ancestor: 【I asked Bai Yuanxian why he said that—he told me his disciple came from the Initial World!!】