After cursing the hell out of Nexus and those 13 sovereigns, Huai finally calmed down a little.
He looked at the people surrounding him to see Jian Canghai, Jian Nantian, Li Changfeng, Xiao Wu, Yao Ling, and Guo Song; even the Sage of Seven Needles, Mu Feng, looked at him as if he were some terrifying entity.
Although Huai was still wearing his veil, they could feel that the cursing was all from the heart of their new Sect Leader. Huai looked at them and said,
"Okay! Now that you guys have already joined my sect as a subordinate force, don't let anyone know of my existence." Everyone nodded in unison.
Then Huai looked at Mu Feng and said, "Although they also know who I am, they won't say it out in public because they are my sect members. But for you..."
Before he could continue, Mu Feng had already come near to Huai and kowtowed his head to the ground, saying,
"Your Highness! Please don't abandon me; at least I can wash feet. Please accept me as a foot washer."
He couldn't say other things in front of Huai. He knew that the person before him was the Divine Physician that even the Human Federation revered.
He has a status that is only below the 14 sovereigns. Huai looked at him in confusion; he wanted to take Mu Feng as his sect's elder, but why did he want to become a foot washer?
Why did he want to take him as an elder? The answer was obvious: he could send him to treat people without exposing himself, he he he.
Huai said, "You have a weird choice in your head, but I want you to be an elder of my sect and join the Medicine Hall to treat patients."
Mu Feng's eyes lit up; he thought to himself, 'Who wants to be a foot washer when I can be an elder of His Highness's sect?' He immediately agreed, "Thank you, thank you Your Highness for accepting this fool into your tutelage."
Huai said, "Now that you all joined my sect, there should be rewards for you." Huai put his finger on the forehead of Mu Feng, and a vast amount of knowledge on acupuncture techniques and lost knowledge of how to treat patients appeared in his mind.
Huai said nonchalantly, "You can digest it on your own; if you digest this knowledge little by little, you can reach the level of Holy Physician soon."
The Hidden Sword of the Eternal Sect
These words made another commotion in the hall; their Sect Master just gave that vast knowledge in just a mere second without thinking about it for a second?
Mu Feng's eyes were teary; he immediately bowed to Huai and said, "Thank you, Sect Leader. I'll try my hardest and become a person that will definitely carry your burden in the future."
Huai just waved his hands to Mu Feng, indicating that it was okay. Then he looked at the members of the Thousand Sword Sect,
"You guys are the most loyal subordinates of my Eternal Sect. Even when the whole Eternal Sect was in demise, you still supported the sect from behind."
" You always made contact with the new sect leaders of the Eternal Sect. You deserve a reward that suits you more."
This time, before Jian Canghai could say anything, Jian Nantian said while bowing,
"Sect Leader, we were supposed to be the hidden sword of the Eternal Sect. It was our duty to protect the Eternal Sect. Even in ancient times, the Eternal Sect always protected its subordinates, never forgetting about us. "
"If they had not sacrificed themselves, we would have already been turned into dust by now." Huai looked at him and saw genuine reverence towards the sect in Jian Nantian's eyes.
The things he said were genuine, coming from his heart. Huai nodded in acknowledgment.
Then he waved his hand and a space ring appeared in his hand; this space ring contained the treasure of a 7th-tier mid-grade sect's whole treasury.
The system gave him countless treasures every day by signing in. He put some little trinkets in this ring from that huge treasury.
Huai again waved his hand and the ring landed on Jian Nantian's hand. Jian Nantian tried to see what was inside by sending his spiritual sense.
After seeing that vast treasure, his hand started shaking; he immediately wanted to say something, "Sect! Sect Leader! How..."
Huai just waved his hand and said nonchalantly, "I already gave the same amount of treasures to those two 8th-tier high-level forces before I came here. You were our most trustful subordinates for countless years."
" You deserve those treasures. Become a force that could stand by the Eternal Sect. The Eternal Sect will be a force that will shake this plane; at that time, I want you to be the sword of my sect."
Jian Canghai, Jian Nantian, and everyone said immediately, "As you order, Sect Leader. We'll do our best to reach that level soon."
After that, Huai gave them other things like subordinate tokens to contact the Main Sect. He gave them the details of the other two subordinates and gave them a general idea of the Main Sect now.
The more they learned about the main sect, the more they revered Shen Huai. You should know that Huai has only taken over the sect for two months now, but in just these two months, he changed the Main Sect completely.
Even if these three sects didn't want to acknowledge the Eternal Sect as their master, the Eternal Sect would dispatch any of those Fusion Realm powerhouses to slap them to death.
Only Mu Feng looked at Huai in horror; he knows just how much time he used to reach the realm he is in now.
He is a Mahayana Realm powerhouse, a realm above the Fusion Realm. In any sect he goes to on this Blue Planet, he would be revered as an ancestor of the sect.
Only a few sects in the central region have Tribulation Transcendence Realm powerhouses that are above the Mahayana Realm.
But in normal cases, the Mahayana Realm is the height of the Blue Star planet. He is in the Mahayana stage 6 realm, but in front of this powerhouse, he felt like an ant.
He knows for sure that Sect Master Huai is hiding his realm; otherwise, he wouldn't feel nervous just by standing in front of a Body Integration peak-level cultivator.
He has killed many of those Body Integration level cultivators in his life. But facing Huai, he felt like an ant in an ocean.
The more he looked at Huai, the more he revered him. After informing everyone of the things that they needed to learn, Jian Nantian took Huai to his courtyard where he was staying in the Thousand Sword Sect.
After that day, the Thousand Sword Sect arranged a banquet to celebrate the full recovery of their ancestor and celebrate joining the Eternal Sect again.
Everyone was present at that banquet. Eternal Sect Master Huai was sitting at the main seat while around him sat,
Mu Feng, Jian Nantian, Jian Canghai, Li Changfeng, Xiao Wu, Yao Ling, Guo Song, other elders and stewards of the Thousand Sword Sect; thousands of inner and outer disciples were all present.
They all enjoyed a hearty meal together. The atmosphere in the sword sect became so lively, in a way they hadn't felt for two consecutive months.
After the banquet, the Thousand Sword Sect announced its mountain gate opening. The Thousand Sword City became lively again. In the past, they were waiting for this day for the last two months.
They were tense for the Thousand Sword Sect. This sect is the overlord of this city. If they didn't open their mountain gate, how would they feel security in their hearts? But now, they felt safe again.
After a few days of travel, Huai finally crossed the threshold of the Eternal Sect. The air within the sect mountains had changed; it was no longer heavy with the scent of decay and forgotten history, but vibrant with a spiritual density that suggested the very land was waking up.
Huai, still shrouded in his mysterious veil, walked through the gates with the calm of a man returning from a simple stroll, despite having just rewritten the power structure of the entire continent.
Shortly after his return, the silence of the Western Region was shattered by three simultaneous proclamations that echoed like thunderclaps.
The Thousand Sword Sect, the undisputed overlord of its namesake city and all surrounding territories, officially declared its eternal submission to the Eternal Sect.
This was followed immediately by the Azure Mist Sect, the masters of the Azure Mist City and its vast trade routes, who pledged their blades and loyalty to Huai's banner.
The final blow to the old status quo came from the Great Solaris Kingdom. From the throne in Solar City, the only kingdom in the Western Region released a royal decree stating that their sovereign crown would now bow to the Eternal Sect as a subordinate force.
The news spread faster than a forest fire, turning the quiet teahouses and bustling marketplaces of the West into a boiling cauldron of murmurs and disbelief.
"Have the heavens gone mad?" one wandering cultivator whispered in a crowded tavern.
"Only a few months ago, the Eternal Sect was a 9th-tier low-level sect that couldn't even protect its own gate! How did they suddenly become the master of the Three Powerhouses? It's like a stray dog suddenly turning into a True Dragon and devouring the sun!"
Another elder from a small clan shook his head, his hands trembling as he held his jade cup.
"It's impossible... The Thousand Sword Sect's Ancestor is a legendary figure of pride. For him to kneel, the Eternal Sect must have a power that transcends our understanding. "
"Could it be that they were hiding a Transcendent Being all this time, just waiting for the right moment to reclaim the world?"
In the darker corners of the region, the murmurs were more fearful.
"A 9th-tier low-level sect rising to rule the entire West in sixty days? This isn't a rise; it's a conquest. They say the new Sect Leader, Huai, can kill with a needle and bring the dead back with a pill. If we don't align ourselves with them now, will our cities even exist by the next moon?"
For two weeks, the Western Region was trapped in a state of frantic discussion. The leaders of every remaining 9th-tier high, mid, and low-level force met in secret, debating their survival.
They watched as the resources and protection of the Three Powerhouses began to flow toward the Eternal Sect's mountain, realizing that the old borders were gone.
To remain independent was no longer a sign of strength, but a death sentence of isolation.
The tension finally broke when the first 9th-tier high-level sect sent an envoy carrying a chest of spirit stones and a petition for submission. Like a row of falling dominoes, the other forces followed suit.
They realized that the "dilapidated" West was no longer a collection of scattered tribes and struggling sects; it was becoming a unified empire under a single, mysterious man.
Soon, the roads leading to the Eternal Sect were choked with hundreds of envoys. From every corner of the West, representatives of 9th-tier forces traveled with carts of tribute and scrolls of fealty.
They arrived at the foot of the Eternal Sect mountains with their heads bowed, hoping to be granted even a sliver of the "Eternal" protection that had already transformed the Three Powerhouses.
Huai sat in the main hall of the Eternal Sect, watching as the pile of submission scrolls grew higher. With a nonchalant wave of his hand, he accepted them all.
He didn't need their meager treasures, but he needed their eyes and ears to cover every inch of the Western Region.
By accepting them, he turned the Eternal Sect from a hidden sanctuary into the undisputed capital of the West.
The integration was seamless. With the subordinate tokens Huai provided, a massive communication network was established, linking the smallest village to the highest peak.
The resources he had "distributed" from his system began to circulate through the new trade routes, fueling a localized golden age.
The disciples of the Eternal Sect, once mocked for their poverty, now walked with the authority of regional administrators.
A whole new era had finally dawned for the Western Region. The fractured lands were unified, the ancient curse was broken, and the "Eternal" name was no longer a joke, but a decree.
Western region now felt a security they never felt for countless years...