Translator: CinderTL
Yuan Taiji!
The Sect Master of the Wu Ji Sect!
In the Profound Yellow Great World and other Great Worlds, the Sect Master of a Great Sect is usually the strongest cultivator.
There might be a few sect leaders who don't want to spend their time and energy on managing the sect's affairs, fearing it would distract them from their path to dao unification.
But most sect leaders who hold absolute power over their sects often become Supreme Sages, the highest pursuit of all cultivators.
Yuan Taiji of the Wu Ji Sect was such a leader.
His strength was undoubtedly among the sect's elite.
Born into a prominent clan, he displayed astonishing talent from childhood, receiving the best cultivation. He reached the Void Refinement Realm in just three hundred years, then entered the Dharma Manifestation Realm in three thousand years, and became a Supreme Sage in ten thousand years. After that, he spent over sixty thousand years in arduous cultivation and traveling through Great Thousand Worlds.
During this time, he befriended Holy Venerable Heng Guang, who had yet to become the Heavenly Principles Sect's leader. Through Heng Guang's introduction, Yuan Taiji overcame fierce opposition ten thousand years ago and presented the Star Abyss to the Supreme Truth Sovereign. This act catapulted the Wu Ji Sect to council-level status within the Immortal Alliance, solidifying his position as Sect Master, which he has held ever since.
To elevate the Wu Ji Sect to council-level status without any dao unification assistance and to bring prosperity to the entire sect—any sect leader who witnessed this would have to admit their admiration.
Moreover, he had cultivated a Top-Tier Dharma Manifestation and possessed 90,000 years of Millennial Magic Power. His combat power, according to the mechanical race's calculations, reached a staggering 270,000.
And that was just the surface level. No one knew his true strength for certain.
Such a figure, capable of standing against multiple other Supreme Sages, commanded attention with every word and action.
Now, not only had he suddenly appeared in the Star Abyss...
But he had also directly attacked Li Chunjun, the Supreme Elder of the Profound Yellow Sect. This act...
Was tantamount to the Wu Ji Sect declaring war on the Profound Yellow Sect without warning!
"Yuan Taiji!"
"The Sect Master is here!?"
"How could this be..."
At that moment, countless people were deeply shaken by the unfolding scene.
Unbelievable!
It completely shattered everyone's understanding.
Void Refining and Supreme Sage were two distinct realms apart.
And Yuan Wuji was no ordinary Supreme Sage—he was among the most formidable figures in the entire realm!
After the initial shock, those with sharp minds immediately grasped the potential consequences of this event.
"Yuan Taiji has actually come to the Star Abyss, and he's directly attacked Li Chunjun!? The Sect Master of the Wu Ji Sect has personally attacked a Supreme Elder of the Profound Yellow Sect!?"
"Something major is about to happen, something truly catastrophic!"
"My god, if this isn't handled properly, it could trigger a massive upheaval across the entire Profound Yellow Great World... No! It's not even a matter of handling it well or poorly. This situation is utterly unresolvable! Unless the Profound Yellow Sect directly concedes, a world-shaking war between the two sects is inevitable!"
Countless streams of mental power and Divine Sense thoughts crisscrossed and flowed through the Void.
Not a single Void Refining, Dharma Manifestation, or Supreme Sage could remain calm in this moment.
The only one to react instantly was the Human Sage Venerable, who cared most deeply about Li Chunjun's safety.
"Yuan Taiji! You, the Sect Master of the Wu Ji Sect, would stoop to ambushing a Void Refining elder of the Profound Yellow Sect!?"
The Human Sage Venerable roared in fury, his Dao Artifact flashing with light. It transformed into a taiji diagram of chaos and inverted heavenly secrets, where creation seemed to emerge, seeking to transform disorder into order and shatter the diagram's power.
But Yuan Taiji refused to engage the Human Sage Venerable directly.
"Li Chunjun may be a Void Refining elder, but he is also a Supreme Elder of the Profound Yellow Sect. What's wrong with me attacking a Supreme Elder of the Profound Yellow Sect? There's no such thing as an elder bullying a junior here."
The Wu Ji Sect Sect Master then used his taiji diagram to envelop the Void, including Li Chunjun within it. He pulled himself free, simultaneously ordering the Wu Ji Sect's Supreme Sages: "Vermilion Bird, Xuan Wu, Black Sea, I'll trouble the three of you to hold them back!"
The three supreme sages of the Wu Ji Sect were also somewhat surprised by Yuan Taiji's sudden attack.
However, this was not the time to question the consequences of his actions.
The three swiftly moved to intercept the Three Sages of Heaven, Earth, and Humanity.
Their delay allowed Yuan Taiji to break free from the Human Sage Venerable's entanglement. His form transformed into a streak of light, hurtling toward the Star Abyss.
"Leave Li Chunjun behind!"
"Yuan Taiji, are you truly prepared to declare all-out war against the Profound Yellow Sect?"
The mental power of the three great sages surged through the starry sky.
Anyone could sense the fury burning within their hearts—a rage that would make even a Dharma Manifestation Realm expert like Universal Transformation Venerable hesitate.
But Yuan Taiji was a man of great power.
As the Sect Master of the Wu Ji Sect, why would he fear the threats of the Three Sages of Heaven, Earth, and Humanity?
"You dare threaten the Wu Ji Sect with war against the Profound Yellow Sect? How laughable! At most half of the Profound Yellow Sect's supreme sages are truly willing to fight to the death for their sect, and most of them are ordinary supreme sages. Even with the three of you added, how could you possibly threaten the Wu Ji Sect?"
Yuan Taiji's expression remained calm. "Besides, Li Chunjun has killed hundreds of Void Refining cultivators of the Wu Ji Sect. If I don't avenge this, how can I, as the Sect Master of the Wu Ji Sect, maintain order and lead the sect in the future?"
After speaking, he immediately activated his mental power. "The Wu Ji Sect has no intention of making enemies of the Profound Yellow Sect. All grievances stem from Li Chunjun alone. With his death, the feud ends. But if the Profound Yellow Sect insists on pursuing revenge and declaring war on the Wu Ji Sect, we will accept the challenge!"
With this harsh declaration, he scooped up Li Chunjun and prepared to withdraw from the battlefield.
But just then, at the edge of the Void, a figure rode a wave of Void energy, piercing through space with astonishing speed.
Before the figure arrived, the Void Power it stirred had already slammed into the vast starry sky formed by the taiji diagram.
With a single blow, the starry sky within the taiji diagram—a realm of distorted space and inverted Yin-Yang—descended into chaos. Li Chunjun, who had been absorbed into the diagram and had just retrieved the Source of Time, was forced back into the real world.
However, at that moment, neither Yuan Taiji, the three supreme sages of the Wu Ji Sect, nor the Three Sages of Heaven, Earth, and Humanity paid him any attention. Their gazes were fixed on the distant figure materializing at the edge of the Void.
"The Profound Yellow Spirit!"
Yuan Taiji's eyes were filled with wariness.
Not only he, but also the other supreme sages present, including Universal Transformation Venerable and Venerable Yuanguang—who were not native to the Profound Yellow Great World—looked at the distant figure with a mixture of wariness and reverence.
Profound Yellow Spirit Lapis Jade!
A Quasi-Tenth-Tier powerhouse!
For dao unification and supreme sovereigns, time moves on a completely different scale than for ordinary beings. They often only appear once every several hundred thousand years. Thus, a Quasi-Tenth-Tier like her represents the pinnacle of combat power that anyone, including Dharma Manifestation and Supreme Sages, can hope to encounter.
Fortunately...
While Liu Yu is a Quasi-Tenth-Tier powerhouse, she is subject to numerous limitations compared to Quasi-Tenth-Tier figures like the Heaven Origin Sword Master.
These limitations are absolute for spirit-type life.
As a result, her deterrence is significantly weaker than that of a true Quasi-Tenth-Tier powerhouse.
Yuan Taiji quickly realized this, his voice deepening as he spoke: "I recall that the great Profound Yellow Supreme once established a rule: the profound yellow spirit must not interfere in any power struggles within the Profound Yellow Great World. The profound yellow spirit's sole duty is to maintain the operation of the Profound Yellow Grotto-Heaven and the Profound Yellow List..."
He stared directly at Liu Yu: "Are you, with the Supreme Sovereign absent for tens of thousands of years, now attempting to overstep your bounds and stir up trouble in the Profound Yellow Great World?"
"Since you know I am responsible for maintaining the Profound Yellow Grotto-Heaven and the Profound Yellow List, you should also understand that when Li Chunjun presented the Profound Yellow Key to return to the Profound Yellow Grotto-Heaven, you should not have interfered."
Liu Yu also looked at Yuan Taiji.
"We naturally won't interfere with the operation of the Profound Yellow List and the Profound Yellow Grotto-Heaven. But if Li Chunjun, who hasn't even returned to the Profound Yellow Grotto-Heaven yet, can use the Profound Yellow Key as a get-out-of-jail-free card, how is that different from meddling in the affairs of the Profound Yellow Great World?"
Yuan Taiji didn't flinch. "If all of us Supreme Sages went to the Profound Yellow List to claim Nominal Disciple authority from now on, wouldn't that mean there could never be another conflict in the Profound Yellow Great World?"
Liu Yu studied him carefully and replied honestly, "No. Your achievements today are due to your noble birth and the top-tier resources you've enjoyed since childhood. In terms of talent, you wouldn't even qualify as a Supreme Disciple."
Yuan Taiji's expression stiffened.
This...
It was a complete lack of respect.
"Moreover, Li Chunjun is different from you. Even if you were lucky enough to pass the assessment and become a Nominal Disciple, you could never compare to him."
Liu Yu paused. "He is a Personal Disciple."
"Personal Disciple!"
Those four words caused the pupils of Yuan Taiji and the others to shrink violently.
In truth, they had heard whispers about the appearance of a Personal Disciple Peak within the Profound Yellow Grotto-Heaven.
However, the event was simply too absurd to believe.
At the time, Li Chunjun hadn't even reached the Void Refining Realm!
A Supreme Sovereign's personal disciple who hadn't even achieved Void Refining?
How ridiculous!
Remember, those below Void Refining only live for a few thousand years.
But a Supreme Sovereign's lifespan?
Measured in hundreds of millions of years!
The difference between them was more than a hundred thousandfold!
A hundred thousandfold difference in lifespan...
It was like a human looking at a creature with a lifespan of only seven or eight hours.
Even the tiny mayfly, often used to symbolize fleeting existence, lived for at least twenty-four to forty-eight hours.
Seven or eight hours...
"Born in the morning, dead by nightfall" didn't even begin to describe it.
Under such circumstances, who would dare believe such a thing?
Of course, the Wu Ji Sect had already gathered considerable intelligence on the matter. Given a little more time, they would have overcome their disbelief and confirmed Li Chunjun's identity as the Supreme Sovereign's personal disciple beyond doubt.
But...
There wasn't enough time.
Li Chunjun had grown too quickly.
By the time Yuan Taiji finally took Li Chunjun seriously, the profound yellow spirit lapis jade had already arrived and personally confirmed Li Chunjun's status as the Supreme Sovereign's personal disciple.
For a moment, Yuan Taiji, Vermilion Bird, Xuan Wu, and the others were caught in a dilemma, like riders on a tiger who couldn't dismount.
If they had secretly confirmed this news, it wouldn't have been so bad. The Profound Yellow Supreme hadn't appeared in ten thousand years, and his deterrence had greatly diminished. Even if they had truly killed Li Chunjun, the Supreme Sovereign's personal disciple, they could have pretended ignorance. This was especially true since Li Chunjun was connected to a dao integration opportunity.
But now...
Liu Yu had publicly acknowledged Li Chunjun's identity.
What could he...
possibly do!?
Dare he still kill Li Chunjun!?
Kill Li Chunjun, who was officially recognized as the Supreme Sovereign's personal disciple!?
Was he insane!?
All for a dao integration opportunity that wasn't even fully confirmed yet!?
Of course, with a dao integration opportunity at stake, it wasn't impossible to gamble. The crucial factor was that with Liu Yu, a Quasi-Tenth-Tier cultivator, watching, he couldn't kill Li Chunjun even if he wanted to.
Suddenly, the Sect Master of the Wu Ji Sect, who had appeared earlier with overwhelming momentum and boundless power, seemed to have been stripped of his Essence, Qi, and Spirit. A visible bitterness spread across his face.
At that moment, Li Chunjun, who had just secured the Source of Time, spoke.
"I know that after killing so many Void Refining cultivators from the Wu Ji Sect today, neither the sect itself nor the Heavenly Palace will let this matter rest. It could even lead to resentment against the Profound Yellow Sect, potentially triggering an all-out war between our sects!"
He continued calmly, "To prevent this conflict from spreading and harming innocent bystanders... I am willing to settle this feud with you in a fair and honorable manner."
As soon as he spoke, Yuan Taiji, Universal Transformation Venerable, and everyone else present couldn't help but turn their gaze toward the core figure who had originally been the protagonist but had been overshadowed by Liu Yu's sudden appearance.
"With my current foundation, I will achieve Dharma Manifestation within one to three years!" Li Chunjun declared, extending his hand. "Once I reach that realm, to ensure fairness, you may also send your own Dharma Manifestation cultivators. I give you three years to gather all the Dharma Manifestation cultivators from the Wu Ji Sect. Dharma Manifestation against Dharma Manifestation—we will settle this in the dark horned prison, to the death!"
(End of the Chapter)
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