Zhang Ruochen’s steps were steady, and a cold aura surged out from his body as he gradually approached Shangguan Xianyan.
“Divine Son.”
Suddenly, Elder Yuan Zhou, one of the six Saint Elders, stood up and called out to Zhang Ruochen.
Elder Yuan Zhou was an Elder of the Shangguan Family, originally known as Shangguan Zhou, and was extremely prestigious in both the Blood God Sect and the Shangguan Family.
Obviously, Elder Yuan Zhou was also a little worried that Zhang Ruochen would make a move to kill Shangguan Xianyan, which was why, he personally stepped in and called out to him. No matter what, Shangguan Xianyan was ultimately the Shangguan Family’s wunderkind, and it was impossible for Elder Yuan Zhou to sit back and do nothing.
Shangguan Xianyan finally breathed a sigh of relief, since Elder Yuan Zhou had stepped in, Gu Linfeng would most likely not be able to make a move to kill her, and it was only at this time that she noticed that her close-fitting clothes were soaked through and full of cold sweat.
Zhang Ruochen stopped his steps and asked with a smile, “What are the instructions of all the Saint Elders?”
Elder Yuan Zhou, dressed in a green suit with an immortal appearance, said, “The divine Son has made a great achievement by identifying the Immortal Blood Race Saint lurking in the sect, and this Elder believes that he deserves a commendation.”
Was he taking the initiative to show goodwill?
Zhang Ruochen thought about it carefully and immediately dismissed the idea.
One must know that he was just a quasi-saint, his background and backing were not very hard, how could Elder Yuan Zhou, as a Saint Elder and a big shot of the Shangguan Family, take the initiative to show him goodwill?
Zhang Ruochen’s eyes rolled as he said, “In everyone’s eyes, this Divine Son is still guilty of a crime right now, so what’s the point of talking about commendations?”
Elder Yuan Zhou smiled pleasantly, “Being a Divine Son, one would have held the power of life and death under the Sacred Realm, and no matter what the hidden agenda of Wei Longxing’s death was, the Divine Son actually did nothing wrong.”
Zhang Ruochen said, “Elder Yuan Zhou is a person who understands things.”
Elder Yuan Zhou followed up with, “After the disappearance of the Sect Master, the Blood God Sect is leaderless, and the entire Kunlun Realm is in chaos once again, a great upheaval has come. The Blood God Sect can’t be without a master for a day, we need someone to come forward, take over the position of the sect master, and lead the hundreds of millions of sect members through the difficult times ahead.”
“The Divine Son’s talent is exceptional, his natural ability is extraordinary and overwhelming, and at a young age, he is already able to kill Saint realm powerhouses, so if we look at the world, he is also a first-class person. This Elder believes that the enthronement ceremony should be held immediately, inviting all the saints in the world to witness the Divine Son become the new sect master of the Blood God Sect.”
A stone stirred up a thousand waves, and the entire Guiyuan Divine Palace, once again, was abuzz with fervour.
An ancient sect enthroning a sect master, this was a major event that the world was watching, and the entire Kunlun Realm was going to be shaken by it.
If another cultivator had proposed it, the crowd might not have taken it to heart, but the person who proposed this matter was Elder Yuan Zhou, one of the Six Great Sacred Elders, and the significance it represented was extraordinary.
Including the several Dharma Kings and Palace Masters, all of them were a little moved, revealing strange looks.
Zhang Ruochen was also a bit surprised, not expecting Elder Yuan Zhou to say such words.
Zhang Ruochen, however, was very clear that in the current Blood God Sect, there were quite a few big names who had their eyes on the position of Sect Leader. If, however, he agreed to it, it was very likely that he would not wait until the time of the Enshrinement Ceremony and would already be assassinated.
To kill someone, one didn’t necessarily have to kill them with a stick, nor could they be cupped.
“Does he really want to support me to ascend to the position of Sect Master, or does he intend to use this to get rid of me?”
Zhang Ruochen couldn’t guess Elder Yuan Zhou’s true intentions, and after careful deliberation, he said, “When one’s cultivation reaches a realm like that of the Sect Leader’s, it might take several years to go into seclusion once. The Sect Master has only disappeared for a few days and could return at any time, there is no need for us to be in such a hurry to enthrone the new Sect Master.”
Elder Yuan Zhou had just opened his mouth and wanted to continue saying something.
Zhang Ruochen added, “Besides, since ancient times, Divine Sons are only qualified to take over the position of Sect Master if they reach the Saint realm. I’ve only crossed the first Quasi Sacred Tribulation just now, and it’s still unknown if I can cross the other two Quasi Sacred Tribulations.”
Dharma King Hai Moi sat on top of his seat and smiled coldly, secretly saying in his heart, “This brat does have some self-knowledge, and has not gone so wild as to be incorrigible.”
Elder Yuan Zhou was somewhat helpless and looked over towards Elder Yuan Xing.
Elder Yuan Xing gently shook his head, then, standing up, he said, “Since the Divine Son is unwilling to take over the position of Sect Leader, then we’ll wait a little longer. However, we can’t wait too long, the situation in the world today is unpredictable, tragic wars have erupted in various domains, there have already been clans with ancient inheritances that have been wiped out, and the Blood God Sect is in crisis, so the position of Sect Leader can’t remain vacant.”
“This Elder believes that when the Divine Son becomes a saint and the Sect Master does not return, we must hold an enthronement ceremony and enthrone the Divine Son as the next Sect Master of the Blood God Sect. Everyone has no opinion, right?”
Elder Yuan Zhou and Elder Yuan Xing spoke at the same time, which represented the will of the Elder Pavilion, and even if there were people who coveted the position of Sect Leader, it was not a good idea to break out now.
Besides, Gu Linfeng had to reach the Sacred Realm before he could become a Sect Leader, it wasn’t like he was ascending to the position of Sect Leader right now.
“No comments.”Dharma King Hai Mei was the first to say.
Subsequently, the Blood God Sect’s Saints and Half-Saints, all of them spoke up, expressing their respect for the Elders’ Pavilion’s decision, and no cultivator raised any objections.
The elders’ meeting continued, mentioning a series of big events that had happened recently:
There was an ancient relic species in the Barbarian Mysterious Realm that had cultivated to the Great Sage realm, and at that time, the eastern sky was full of purple haze, spreading all the way to the Tiantai Prefecture in the Central Region, and almost all of the saints of all the races had sensed it.
Subsequently, that Ancient Remnant Seed, launched the Great War of the Ten Thousand Races, wanting to unify the major beast races in the Barbarian Desolate Mysterious Realm.
Now, the Barbarian Desolate Mysterious Realm had been killed in a river of blood, with ancient mountain after ancient mountain being dyed red.
“A Swift Ancient Remnant Seed cultivated into a Great Saint?”
Zhang Ruochen felt astonished, the significance represented by this matter was absolutely extraordinary.
One had to know that the rules of the Heaven and Earth today were very different from those of the Ancient Era, and after the Medieval Era, there were almost no Ancient Remnant Seeds that were able to reach the Great Sage realm.
Emperor Ming had once told Zhang Ruochen that once a Taikoo Remnant Seed reached the Great Saint realm, it would be able to fully activate its Taikoo bloodline, thus becoming the most powerful living being in the Kunlun Realm, or even, having a chance to become a god.
For the human race, once a Taikoo Remnant Seed reached the Great Saint realm, it also meant that a catastrophe was coming.
That Ancient Remnant Seed was still conquering the Barbarian Secret Realm and hadn’t intruded into the boundaries of the First Central Empire, but once it unified the various races of the Barbarian Beasts, its next step would definitely be to deal with the Human Race.
Immediately following the meeting, another major event was talked about, related to Empress Chi Yao.
“Ever since the Empress left the Central Imperial City, she has never shown up again, and those Beast Emperors and Blood Emperors who were originally scared and fled overseas have returned to the Kunlun Realm. Some people believe that the Empress’s cultivation is too powerful and has been suppressed by the Heavenly Dao.”
“The undead ghosts and demons of the Eastern Region became more and more rampant, and a ghostly city called Fengdu was established in the Falling God Mountain Range. It is said that with Fengdu as the centre, hundreds of thousands of miles around, there are no living things left, and all the towns have disappeared, leaving only a nest of ghosts.”
“The Ministry of War, the Eastern Region Saint King’s Palace, and the Martial City Money Bank sent out a coalition army to attack Fengdu three times in a row, but they failed to bring it down, and instead, there were countless deaths and injuries.”
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Afterwards, the crowd talked about the Southern Domain and the Northern Domain.
The Deadly Zen Sect has made a comeback, captured a first-class sect in the southern domain with a medieval inheritance, established a teaching altar, spread the teachings, and collected disciples widely, and positively called the shots with the imperial court, and has already knocked down nine prefectures and occupied hundreds of counties.
The Deadly Zen Ancestor even appointed himself as the “Sacred Dharma Buddha”, enthroned the eighteen Luohan and seventy-two Bodhisattvas, and wanted to fight with the Ten Thousand Buddhas Dao for the name of orthodoxy, and with the first central empire for the belonging of the world.
Of course, the greatest turmoil came from the Northern Region.
It was said that the Immortal Blood Clan had already taken down a large portion of the Northern Region, and hundreds of millions of humans had become blood food and prisoners of the Immortal Blood Clan.
A large portion of the imperial court’s army has been gathered in the Northern Domain, fighting with the Immortal Blood Clan to the point where the sky is dark and the mountains and rivers are shattered.
It was said that some of the important cities in the Northern Domain and the Holy Land of Spirit Mountain were killed to the extent that every inch of the mountains and rivers were covered in blood, with saints falling every day, and the corpses of ordinary soldiers were piled up into mountains, and transported back to the Central Domain by the truckload.
Although, the Central Region Kyushu was the hinterland of the First Central Empire and the place where the human race’s power was most consolidated, it was not peaceful.
The Fengdu Ghost City, the Deadly Zen Cult, and the Immortal Blood Clan had all sent out large numbers of powerful people to infiltrate the Central Domain and create destruction and turmoil, wanting to disrupt the imperial court’s rear.
Furthermore, the various sects and families in the Central Domain were already ambitious and wanted to get a piece of the pie in the chaotic world, so they had some connections with both the Deadly Zen Sect and the Undying Blood Race, and were already lining up their troops in the shadows.
The Central Region, which was originally the most stable, looked to be on the verge of a major upheaval as well.
Zhang Ruochen did not expect that the situation in the Kunlun Realm had deteriorated to such an extent, and there were even human forces that were actually cooperating with the Immortal Blood Clan, did they not know that they were taking their own lives?
“Chi Yao alone, actually has such a massive might to stabilise the Kunlun Realm?”Zhang Ruochen muttered.
When Chi Yao was sitting in the Central Imperial City, the world was at peace, the martial arts were flourishing, and there was a flourishing situation where the Human Race’s status in the Kunlun Realm was climbing upwards, becoming the head of all races.
Chi Yao had only just disappeared, and the entire Kunlun Realm had turned into a chaotic world, with an unknown number of humans dying, an unknown number of humans being displaced, and an unknown number of humans becoming prisoners.
Zhang Ruochen asked, “Is the war in the Northern Domain really that tragic that even the imperial court couldn’t stop it?”
How strong was the First Central Dynasty, just a single Ministry of War was able to suppress all the major market realms and state capitals, there was no reason why it couldn’t hold back the Immortal Blood Race’s attack just because the Empress had disappeared.
A half-saint who had just rushed back from the Northern Domain let out a sigh and said, ”The court has gathered the forces of the Ministry of War, the Earth Divine Hall, and the Confucian Way to form an unprecedented crusading army, but it is still routed, and can’t hold back the Undying Blood Clan at all. When I came back, I saw a caravan that was carrying all dead bodies, singing songs of sorrow along the way.”
“It is said that there are Immortal Blood Race saints that are lurking within the crusading army, causing the crusading army to be unstable, and at critical times, there is always internal unrest, which is why it gives the Immortal Blood Race the opportunity to take advantage of the situation.”
Zhang Ruochen’s eyes stared and he took a deep breath.
Logically, as the Crown Prince of the Sacred Brightness Central Empire, he should be happy. However, Zhang Ruochen couldn’t be happy in any way, instead, he was rather worried.
“It seems that we have to publish the Secret Scroll of the Blood Race as soon as possible… How to publish it, and to whom to publish it?”
Zhang Ruochen’s eyes lit up and he thought of someone, perhaps giving the Blood Race Secret Scrolls to her would be the most appropriate and most reassuring to him.
