Wangu Sect.

Jun Changxiao sat in the great hall.

The ten great Immortal Sects were preparing to seal the two great clans, clearly preparing to make their move. He definitely couldn’t compromise—he must have a real, bloody fight with them.

“Sect Master.”

Li Luoqiu reported, “They’ve already begun deploying the seal.”

Gongsun Hou said anxiously, “Shouldn’t we quickly notify the clans to have them come out and stop this!”

“No need.”

Jun Changxiao said, “This seat will let them seal.”

“…”

Gongsun Hou was immediately dumbfounded.

Jun Changxiao jumped down, hands behind his back, saying proudly, “The ten great Immortal Sects think our Wangu Sect has two great clans backing us, which is why they’re sealing the ancestral lands. This seat wants them to understand—even without the Stone Statue Clan and Dragon Clan’s assistance, they still can do nothing to me!”

Domineering, arrogant!

“Alright…”

Gongsun Hou said nothing more, but muttered inwardly, “Once they’re sealed, how will the clan members get out in the future?”

Some might say to rely on teleportation arrays. Actually, this was wrong, because from beginning to end, the Super Teleportation Arrays only existed on certain islands in the East Sea and hadn’t extended into the small worlds. The reason was technical limitations.

“Husband.”

Hua Meigui said seriously, “Don’t be careless.”

She preferred stopping the ten great Immortal Sects from sealing the two clans’ ancestral lands, then gathering all clan forces to resist them.

“The world all thinks our Wangu Sect is a soft persimmon. Little do they know…” Jun Changxiao waved his hand lightly. An ancient sword weapon appeared from thin air. His gaze turned sharp: “We still have many trump cards. Never mind the Immortal Sects—even God Sects, what is there to fear!”

“What is this?”

Liu Sinan and Gongsun Hou asked.

The sword weapon was plain and unadorned, but the aura it emanated made them certain it was extraordinary.

Jun Changxiao gripped the hilt with one hand, saying proudly, “This is a sect-protecting treasure left by our ancestors—the Supreme Immortal Sword!”

“Ptui!”

The system couldn’t hold back.

“Clang—”

The long sword left its sheath, the sound crisp.

Everyone hurriedly opened their eyes wide to look. They saw it was an ordinary-sized sword weapon, the blade as plain and unadorned as the sheath, but etched with fine pattern lines as if containing some meaning. As for the edge… it wasn’t sharpened!

“Not sharpened?”

Liu Sinan and Gongsun Hou muttered inwardly.

A sharpened sword could be considered a true sword. Without sharpening, did it have killing power?

Since the Sect Master brought it out and called it a sect-protecting treasure, it must not be underestimated—perhaps it had heaven-shocking might!

…

On a certain mountain peak.

Zhou Hong sat in meditation like an old monk.

As one of the sect’s few disciples specializing in sword dao, after coming to the Upper Realm he had almost no screen time.

No choice.

Sword dao differed from martial dao, and every day was tedious comprehension. Naturally there couldn’t be too much ink spent describing it, unless… when leveling up!

“Mm?”

Just as Jun Changxiao drew the Supreme Immortal Sword, Zhou Hong sensed a certain power. He suddenly opened his eyes, joy appearing on his weathered face: “I’ve comprehended it, I’ve comprehended it!”

“Whoosh whoosh!”

“Whoosh whoosh whoosh!”

Sword qi pervaded, penetrating heaven and earth.

On this day, sword light suddenly appeared at Wangu Sect, merging with the firmament, clearly visible even from tens of thousands of miles away.

“Excellent, excellent!”

Jun Changxiao walked out of the great hall. Seeing the sword light piercing the sky, his face showed a gratified smile.

With the sect generally cheating, only Zhou Hong persisted in his original heart, wholeheartedly comprehending sword dao, finally successfully stepping into Lower Truth-Seeking Realm!

“Tch.”

Ma Yongning, leaning against the kitchen entrance, looked disdainful.

As a blade master, he also rarely utilized sect resources. Though not yet at Truth-Seeking Realm, he was already very close. What he lacked was just that critical comprehension and opportunity.

“Husband.”

Hua Meigui walked over and said, “Even Sword Idiot has caught up. When will you be able to break through to Middle Truth-Seeking Realm?”

Jun Changxiao, who’d been immersed in joy, suddenly felt like ten thousand arrows piercing his heart. He immediately clutched his chest and returned to his study, hunching over the desk, nearly crying.

The Simulation Battlefield appeared, sect strength advancing by leaps and bounds, yet he alone as Sect Master had been stuck in place for nearly two years.

“Epic Quest!”

“Hurry up and settle!”

…

Several days later.

Li Qingyang, Xiao Zuiji, and the others all returned to Wangu Sect, bringing news that their contract beasts’ clans were willing to assist in jointly resisting the ten great Immortal Sects.

Actually, this result was inevitable.

“Junior Brother Ye.”

Su Xiaomo said in surprise, “How did you get sword marks on your neck?”

“Don’t ask.”

Ye Xingchen said, “Don’t want to talk about it.”

He’d initially held his sword to his life-bound contract beast at the Panhu Domain ancestral land, but later, after seeing reader comments mocking him, immediately switched to holding it against his own neck—after all, if I die, the husky dies too!

This method was simple and brutal, but very effective. The Panhu Clan leader immediately agreed.

“Everything is prepared.”

Jun Changxiao propped his small legs on the table, saying indifferently, “Just waiting for the ten great Immortal Sects to foolishly come trouble our Wangu Sect.”

…

Above the East Sea.

The ten great Immortal Sects had dispatched large numbers of array formation masters currently deploying complex sealing array formations.

Their every move was under Jun Changxiao’s control, yet he sent no one to stop or sabotage them. It was somewhat like missing a good opportunity, somewhat too ridiculous.

“Sealing a domain isn’t a small project.”

Taixuan Elder analyzed, “It will require at least several months, right?”

“Several months?”

Jun Changxiao thought inwardly, “The quest will have settled long ago.”

What truly kept him from stopping the Immortal Sects from sealing the two clans’ ancestral lands was that when the Epic Quest settled, he might advance by leaps and bounds.

The quest completion standard was 1, 5, 10. Now not only were all met, but severely exceeded. Based on past experience, completion rate was at least… over 500%, right?

Not saying he’d directly break through to Peak Truth-Seeking Realm, but at least Upper, right? And the author father had also bestowed upon him the halo ability to skip ranks. When the time came, beating them up wouldn’t be effortless?

“You alone fighting ten?” the system said.

“I…”

Jun Changxiao immediately fell silent.

If at Upper Truth-Seeking Realm, beating one Peak might work, but beating ten would probably be difficult.

…

Time continued passing.

One day, two days, three days…

“Ding! Epic Quest settlement!”

Looking forward to it day and night, Jun Changxiao finally heard the beautiful notification sound.

“Ding! Congratulations Host, within two years you successfully enhanced sect strength, meeting definition conditions. Epic Quest completed with 1000% completion rate. Host gains 20,000 reputation points.”

“Ding! Sect Reputation: 31,000.”

“Ding! Congratulations Host on completing Upper Realm Epic Quest Six, obtaining Opening Seal Talisman ×1, Supreme Commodity Purchase Right ×1, Heavenly Spirit Tempered Ore ×100 tons.”

“That’s it?”

After hearing the rewards, Jun Changxiao was immediately speechless.

1000% completion rate, only giving 20,000 reputation points, one Supreme commodity, and a hundred tons of some ore—simply not proportional to the previous 500% rewards!

“Be content.”

The system said, “Just one Supreme commodity alone is enough to instantly kill everything.”

“True.”

Recalling the previously obtained Definite Kill and Simulation Battlefield, Supreme commodities were indeed of extremely high value. Perhaps they’d yield another item beneficial for sect advancement.

“Swish!”

Jun Changxiao walked out of his study, leaped onto the roof, and struck a flamboyant pose.

The reputation and item rewards from Epic Quests were merely appetizers. The real main course was realm advancement. With 1000% completion now, not breaking through from Lower to Upper would be somewhat unjustifiable!

“Ding! Host successfully broke through to Middle Truth-Seeking Realm.”

“Ding! Host successfully broke through to Upper Truth-Seeking Realm.”

“Ding! Host successfully broke through to Peak Truth-Seeking Realm.”

Frequent notification sounds rang in his ears. Jun Changxiao’s small body changed repeatedly until his cultivation stabilized at Peak Truth-Seeking Realm. He also recovered to his adult appearance from before offering lifespan, even his bald head regrowing flowing black hair.

That man had returned!

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