NOVPUB"Who is he?" Xu Zimei turned to Bai Lin and asked.
"You really don’t know anything," Bai Lin said, covering his forehead and shaking his head in response.
"He was once a Loose Cultivator who shook the entire Central Continent.
It is said that the Cultivation Technique he practiced is very special, allowing him to reincarnate and achieve immortality.
Whenever his lifespan reached its end, he could choose to reincarnate.
However, the price of reincarnation was great, he would have to start over as both his memories and cultivation would reset to zero.
Only after achieving the heights of his previous life would his memories return."
"Interesting," Xu Zimei chuckled.
"People call him Madman of Seven Lifetimes because it is said that he has reincarnated for seven lifetimes.
Moreover, his actions and style are particularly arrogant," Bai Lin continued.
"This guy once single-handedly destroyed an Immortal Sect of Imperial Rule."
"Kuang Qianting, are you also getting involved in this?" Elder Ming of the Heavenly Nether Sect stepped forward.
He chuckled, "How about we include you? After we take over this academy, we’ll give you a tenth of it."
"A bunch of crap, I disdain to join forces with the likes of you," Kuang Qianting stood in the firmament.
His long hair danced in the Mad Wind, and a hint of coldness flickered in his eyes.
"I once had the fortune to be taught by the Green Tiger Ancestral Master. Now that the academy is in trouble, if you want to step foot in it,
you’ll have to cross over my dead body first."
"Kuang Qianting, if it were under normal circumstances, I would give you some face," Elder Ming said indifferently.
"But now, we have completely torn our faces with the Heavenly Dao Academy. Since we have come, we have no intention of leaving lightly."
"Then come, all of you together, and if I so much as frown, I lose," Kuang Qianting slowly picked up the Meteor Hammer behind him.
In an instant, Earth Fire surged into the sky, and the Meteor Hammer seemed like a falling star.
Meteorites fell from heaven, putting the entire void underfoot.
"Brother Qianting, it seems you have gone ahead of me," just then, another loud laugh rang out from the horizon.
"Pouring white wine, circling the eastern fence, not entering the verses of the two Xie brothers from years past."
Everyone looked up again.
Another monk appeared, wearing a patchwork robe, with a large bundle on his back.
He was like Maitreya Buddha, with his belly sticking out, laughingly approaching from the horizon.
Below him, a stream of Pure Energy followed.
This Pure Energy condensed as if forming a cloud, dragging him leisurely over.
"Monk Nanyang," someone exclaimed again.
"This is like seeing ghosts, how come these bigshots who are usually as elusive as the Divine Dragon have all appeared one after another."
"Monk Nanyang, are you also here to help the Heavenly Dao Academy?" Kuang Qianting asked.
"One flower one world, one leaf one Tathagata.
One thought one purity, the heart is where the lotus blossoms."
Monk Nanyang laughed heartily: "My heart is like a lotus flower. In these three thousand great worlds, everywhere is pure land.
Years ago, I received the grace of the Heavenly Dao Academy. Today, I am here to repay the lotus of my heart, the purity of my heart."
"Although I do not like you Buddhist and Daoist teachings, always seemingly deceiving people," Kuang Qianting laughed heartily.
"But I must admit, some profound principles are indeed thought-provoking.
At least they let you understand that you are a person."
After Kuang Qianting finished speaking, he looked towards the various parts of the sky.
His voice contained Supreme authority, spreading over hundreds of miles around.
"The events happening in Heavenly Dao City today, I believe, have drawn the attention of the entire Continent.
Each of your forces must be watching the battle here in your own ways.
The Heavenly Dao Academy had been established since the era of Wild Desolation, and they have made such immense contributions to our human race.
Your ancestors, how many of them had cultivated at the Academy and received its benevolence?
Now that the Academy faces a major crisis, both sentiment and reason dictate that you should lend a hand."
The voice of Kuang Qianting was rather hysterical.
"You people have actually all chosen silence.
You are even inferior to those seven Imperial Rule Immortal Gates, at least they had the courage to step out openly.
Don’t think I don’t know what you’re thinking, waiting for them to annihilate the Heavenly Dao Academy so you can swoop in to reap the benefits.
Then, not only will you gain the advantages, but you also won’t bear the infamy of being responsible for the destruction of the Heavenly Dao Academy.
This must be the consensus you’ve reached."
At this moment, upon hearing Kuang Qianting’s words, the situation within each Imperial Rule Immortal Gate was more or less the same.
Inside the Long River Immortal Sect, from the Sect Master to all the Core Elders, they gathered in the hall where the sect discussed its affairs.
All had come to this place.
In the center of the great hall lay a Blood Coffin.
And in the void above its head, a mirror appeared to be embedded in the void.
The scene being projected in this mirror was precisely what was happening at the Heavenly Dao Academy.
This was the method of the Imperial Rule Immortal Gates, even if they were millions of miles away, they still could clearly observe every little change that occurred there.
"Has Kuang Qianting gone mad? This is declaring war on all the Imperial Rule Immortal Gates."
"But, he is also right, I fear now we will become the target of public scorn."
The people in the hall were abuzz with discussion.
The Sect Master of the Long River Immortal Sect looked towards the Blood Coffin in the center and asked, "Elder ancestor, shall we help them?"
"Observe the changes," came an ancient voice from within the coffin.
"But our ancestors were also once beneficiaries of the Heavenly Dao Academy’s teachings.
Aren’t you afraid of being criticized by others?" the Sect Master of the Long River Immortal Sect inquired.
One must know that the Imperial Rule Immortal Gates place the utmost importance on their own reputation and prestige.
As the strongest powers in Yuan Central Continent, for most common humans and Loose Cultivators wishing to join a force,
their first choice would certainly be an Imperial Rule Immortal Gate.
Only then would they consider those first and second-rate powers.
However, if an Imperial Rule Immortal Gate’s reputation were to become tarnished, and people considered joining it a disgrace,
without the influx of new blood, that Immortal Gate’s future would diminish by half.
This was one of the reasons why many Imperial Rule Immortal Gates fell into decline.
No matter how powerful the ancestors once were, time is always the most ruthless weapon.
"Wait," the old one within the Blood Coffin was still unmoved.
"This matter is highly complex, not something that can be swayed by Kuang Qianting’s few words."
Similar situations occurred within various Imperial Rule Immortal Gates, and all chose not to take action.
Eager to see who would be the first to stick their neck out.
...…
At this moment, above the Heavenly Dao Academy, the words of Kuang Qianting still rang out forcefully.
"Imperial Rule Immortal Gates, with ten thousand years of foundation, descendants of the Great Emperor.
I see you are nothing but rats, eyeing the food on the table, lurking and peering from the corners."
Kuang Qianting began to recite the names of those Imperial Rule Immortal Gates that have once benefitted from the Heavenly Dao Academy.
"Long River Immortal Sect, Heavenly Nether Sect, Dan Family, Buddha Country, Nine States Nine Cities, Taiyuan Heavenly Sect, Great Void Gate, True Martial Holy Sect..."
"Let me interrupt you," Kuang Qianting hadn’t finished speaking when suddenly, a voice from below interrupted him.
The crowd looked down following the voice, only to see Xu Zimei walk out of the pavilion.
