"What’s happening!?"
Hou Feng, clueless, quickly took out his Jade Talisman, slightly used his Perception, and immediately his expression darkened, "Alkaid has returned to the Heavenly Dao Sect."
"My kin also conveyed this news to me and mentioned that Alkaid is aiming for the status of a True Disciple."
Tong Ming put down the Jade Talisman in his hand.
"Returned to the Heavenly Dao Sect!? How is that possible!?"
Xi Liu’s eyes showed disbelief, "Our Xi Family has infiltrated Biyou Fairy City, surveilling all the major key locations, and with many from our Hollow Void watching over the periphery of Biyou Fairy City, how could he have possibly left under such circumstances and even returned to the Heavenly Dao Sect?"
"Considering that Alkaid acquired an extraordinary heritage and possesses unknown methods to return to the Heavenly Dao Sect, it’s no wonder why the people of the Cangwu lineage claim Alkaid is not in Biyou Fairy City."
Jiang Heavenly Venerable spoke, his expression somewhat ugly.
However, he quickly adjusted his mood and turned to Hou Feng, "The Heavenly Dao Sect is your home turf; handling an Inner Sect Disciple should be easy for you, right?"
Hou Feng nodded, about to speak, but at that moment, Tong Ming spoke gravely, "There might be trouble. I just said that Alkaid is challenging for True Disciple, but considering the time, it’s still several months before the decision of the first challenge for True Disciple occurs, yet Alkaid... has already started the True Disciple Challenge..."
"Challenging for True Disciple before the time for the challenge!?"
Hou Feng frowned, puzzled.
"It’s the Great Dao Golden Book! He wants to ascend to True Disciple by sweeping through all Eighty-Eight Peaks’ True Disciples under the witness of the Great Dao Golden Book!"
Tong Ming said and took a deep breath, "Although I do not know how he managed to summon the Great Dao Golden Book to authenticate, according to the information received... his challenge for True Disciple has already begun."
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"Sweeping through the Eighty-Eight Peaks to become a True Disciple!?"
Hou Feng’s face immediately changed.
He clearly remembered the rule written in the Great Dao Golden Book.
"Impossible, he can’t possibly achieve that! It means climbing to the top by stepping over all other True Disciples! Liang Lin won’t agree, Ling Xi won’t agree, and neither will Yàn Húang, who is the sixth on the list of Hollow Void reserves; he definitely won’t agree!"
This Hollow Void spoke without hesitation.
But Jiang Heavenly Venerable then asked, "But what if he succeeds?"
"This is one of the basic rules of the Great Dao Golden Book, once he sweeps through the Eighty-Eight Peaks of True Disciples in the Heavenly Dao Sect, he will be the undisputed Number One True Disciple of the Heavenly Dao Sect, not even the Sect Leader of Heavenly Dao Sect can change that."
The speaker was Mo Shan.
As a Hollow Void, even just from the Taiyi Immortal Sect, he was thoroughly familiar with the rules recorded on the Heavenly Dao Sect’s Great Dao Golden Book.
"Number One True Disciple!"
Jiang Heavenly Venerable suddenly had an ominous premonition.
"Don’t worry, he can’t possibly succeed!"
Hou Feng immediately said, "You may not trust others, but don’t you trust Yàn Húang? I remember you once sparred with Yàn Húang, and even though it was just a friendly match, you know very well how powerful he is; even you were slightly inferior, weren’t you? No matter how talented Alkaid might be, it’s impossible for him to have grown to that extent in such a short time."
His words seemed to be for Jiang Heavenly Venerable, but also as if convincing himself.
Jiang Heavenly Venerable listened to him, about to respond, but at that moment, the Communication Jade Talisman on Hou Feng vibrated. Holding the Jade Talisman, he forced a smile, "This must be the good news from my kin about Alkaid being defeated, or even being killed on the spot by Yàn Húang..."
While he spoke, his Divine Sense had already penetrated the Jade Talisman.
But in less than a breath, the forced smile on his face solidified and immediately darkened.
This change instantly caused Jiang Heavenly Venerable’s heart to sink.
"He became a True Disciple of Heavenly Dao Sect? Or the Number One True Disciple?"
Mo Shan couldn’t help asking.
If this message was true...
Facing the Number One True Disciple of Heavenly Dao Sect, even though he represents a Direct Disciple of the Jade Emperor Supreme, he needed to carefully consider whether Jiang Heavenly Venerable should continue targeting Alkaid.
Otherwise, a misstep...
Might provoke the dissatisfaction of the Heavenly Dao Sect.
This responsibility was not something Jiang Heavenly Venerable, a minor True Disciple, could bear.
Even as a Supreme Direct Disciple, it makes no exception.
"Yes, he... indeed defeated all the True Disciples including Yàn Húang and became the Number One True Disciple,"
Hou Feng replied, his voice a bit sour.
He glanced at Jiang Heavenly Venerable...
For the first time, he somewhat regretted getting involved in this whirlwind.
Number One True Disciple, ah!
This title carried much more weight than the usual True Disciple.
If not handled well...
He could be directly taken as a disciple by the Sect Leader.
Or even a Supreme Elder might step in to take him under their wing.
Thus, Alkaid’s status would be no less than that of Jiang Heavenly Venerable.
The key point was, he was a Hollow Void Elder of the Heavenly Dao Sect.
Local officials outpower distant ones.
Offending one’s own Supreme Direct Disciple due to a Taiyi Immortal Sect’s Supreme Direct Disciple...
What a disaster this had become.
This Alkaid...
How did he suddenly become the Number One True Disciple of Heavenly Dao Sect?
"The Number One True Disciple of the Heavenly Dao Sect!"
Upon hearing Hou Feng’s affirmative response, Mo Shan too couldn’t help but take a deep breath.
His expression stern, he turned to Jiang Heavenly Venerable, "This matter, we must consider it carefully."
Just then, Tong Ming’s Communication Jade Talisman also vibrated.
He immediately picked it up to check.
However...
"Just one glance, and this Hollow Void couldn’t help but exclaim in disbelief, ’Impossible! Absolutely impossible!’"
"Bang!"
The Communication Jade Talisman in his hand was crushed due to the overwhelming emotion.
His dramatic reaction, however, caused Hou Feng to calm down.
While secretly thinking that Tong Ming was making too big of a fuss, he also said coldly, "So what if he’s the first True Disciple! I refuse to believe there’s no other way... Don’t forget, he is the murderer who killed a True Disciple of Xuan Shuang, that is beyond doubt... With his status as a True Disciple, it’s unlikely he’ll be able to suppress the guilt of having killed another True Disciple..."
"It’s not the first True Disciple!"
Tong Ming’s facial expressions changed dramatically.
Shock, horror, disbelief, inconceivable.
Various emotions flowed across his face one by one.
After a while, he finally spoke with an expression that was somewhere between crying and bitter laughter, "It’s not the first True Disciple, he’s not the first True Disciple..."
This Heavenly Vein Elder looked at Hou Feng, "It’s the Junior Sect Leader! He has broken through to the Hollow Void Realm, becoming our Heavenly Dao Sect’s Junior Sect Leader!"
As soon as these words were spoken, Hou Feng, Jiang Heavenly Venerable, Mo Shan, Xi Liu, and others were stunned on the spot.
"Junior Sect Leader!?"
"Hollow Void!?"
"Are you kidding me!?"
After a while, these Hollow Void cultivators, including Jiang Heavenly Venerable who was a Shattered Void direct disciple, couldn’t help but shout out loud.
Especially Jiang Heavenly Venerable and Xi Liu, whose voices even trembled slightly.
"How is it possible!? Alkaid, how is it possible for him to be promoted to Hollow Void and become the Junior Sect Leader of Heavenly Dao Sect!?"
"This isn’t real, this can’t be real, the Hollow Void Realm isn’t that easy to break through! Alkaid, how could he have broken through to the Hollow Void Realm so quickly!"
Jiang Heavenly Venerable suddenly stared at Elder Tong Ming, "You must be joking, right!? You’re lying to me, right!?"
Tong Ming looked at this posture of the disciple from Taiyi Immortal Sect, first stunned, then he seemed to realize something.
This direct disciple of Taiyi Immortal Sect...
Had he anticipated this?
His expression, it wasn’t because he didn’t believe it, but because he did believe it, and fear arose, causing his emotions and words to go out of control.
However, thinking about it carefully, according to the clues provided by Jiang Heavenly Venerable, Alkaid had only taken fourteen years to evolve from a cultivator in the Heavenly Fire Realm to a Blazing White Golden Core, which also possessed combat power comparable to that of a Deep Blue Golden Core!
Later, he spent another four to five years maturing in the Sea of Turmoil and Biyou Fairy City...
His chance to promote to a Deep Blue Golden Core was ripe.
And with his background, becoming a True Disciple and then forcibly breaking through from a Deep Blue Golden Core to the Hollow Void Realm seemed reasonable too...
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"Hollow Void! How could he really be a Hollow Void! How is this possible!"
Tong Ming reached for the Communication Jade Talisman again at the first opportunity.
However, the Jade Talisman had already been crushed by him.
Luckily, at this moment, Hou Feng also promptly received the message.
Quickly, he picked up the slightly vibrating Jade Talisman, his right hand trembling, activated his Divine Sense, and began to perceive the information within the talisman.
And under the expectant, eager, and even somewhat pleading gaze of Jiang Heavenly Venerable...
This elder of Heavenly Dao Sect shook violently, not even able to hold onto the Jade Talisman in his hand, letting it fall toward the ground.
The Hollow Void of Taiyi Immortal Sect, Mo Shan, disregarding the risks, with a flick of his hand, caught the Jade Talisman, swept it with his Divine Sense, and inside, the message from the Hou family was shocking.
"Alkaid has swept through the Eighty-Eight Peaks of True Disciples, standing on the Heavenly Dao Sword Platform, he’s officially broken through to the Hollow Void, recorded by the Golden Book Venerable, formally becoming the Junior Sect Leader of the Heavenly Dao Sect, as recorded by the Golden Book Venerable."
Upon seeing this message, even Mo Shan couldn’t help but mutter a curse under his breath: "Damn!"
Jiang Heavenly Venerable also quickly took over the Jade Talisman and scoured it with his Divine Sense.
As he clearly saw the information inside, his body shuddered as though struck by lightning, involuntarily stepping back three steps and almost losing his balance.
"Hollow Void, Hollow Void, Hollow Void!"
He repeated, his whole person filled with disbelief.
And even...
Utter despair.
Xi Liu...
Also saw this message.
Compared to other elders, his eyes were filled with uncontrollable fear.
Even though Dashang was also one of the Four Great Immortal Dynasties, his status as a second-grade officer and Hollow Void of the Dashang Immortal Dynasty was far from comparable to that of a Junior Sect Leader of the Heavenly Dao Sect.
"How could this be..."
He muttered softly.
All because of a bounty worth 460,000 Pure Yang Great Pills, not only was the Xi Family’s lineage in Haizhou Prefecture exterminated, but now, they had also offended a Hollow Void!?
A Hollow Void of the supreme major sect, Heavenly Dao Sect, akin to a Junior Sect Leader!?
At this moment, his heart not only harbored fear but also erupted with uncontrollable anger and even murderous intent towards Xi Hai.
"To establish such a powerful enemy for my Xi Family, Xi Hai, you truly deserve to die!"
The people at the scene were completely engulfed by the massive shock delivered by this news.
For a long time...
Mo Shan spoke first.
He took a long breath and said, "It’s meaningless now."
This Hollow Void of Taiyi Immortal Sect shifted his gaze to Jiang Heavenly Venerable, "Let’s go, return to Taiyi Immortal Sect, go into seclusion immediately, do not come out until you reach Hollow Void! Your only hope to compete with him is to reach Hollow Void as quickly as possible."
Having said that, he didn’t wait for Jiang Heavenly Venerable’s agreement before he took him and shot up into the sky, disappearing from the sight of the other Hollow Voids.
