Sect Recruitment: I Can See Attribute Entries

”The Heavenly Dao is ruthless, treating all things as straw dogs—immortals and mortals alike. It guards these straw dogs with absolute equality.”

”The Xuanqing Heavenly Sect bore the Heavenly Fortune, and the human race bore the world’s fortune. Even so, they still paid an immense price before the Great Tribulation was finally quelled.”

”After the Great Tribulation was quelled, the human race that bore the world’s fortune flourished.”

”And the Xuanqing Heavenly Sect, bearing the Heavenly Fortune, became the undisputed number one immortal sect within the flourishing human race.”

As Xu Jin’s words fell, the radiance of the Rule crystal faded and dissipated.

Chu Xingchen’s gaze met Xu Jin’s directly.

Xu Jin lowered his gaze and gestured toward the surrounding graves. He continued speaking.

”After the Great Tribulation, the human race flourished. With the blessing of the heavenly mandate, the Xuanqing Heavenly Sect gradually recovered most of the fortune—though this fortune had transformed from the world’s fortune into the fortune of the mortal realm.”

”At the same time, the Xuanqing Heavenly Sect was researching how to return the heavenly mandate.”

”In the end, the Grand Elder of the Xuanqing Heavenly Sect, knowing full well that ascension meant certain death and the dissolution of his Dao, chose to ascend anyway.”

”He sought to ask how the Heavenly Fortune could be returned.”

”As long as the Xuanqing Heavenly Sect held the Heavenly Fortune, ascension in this world would remain impossible. This was equivalent to extinguishing the ultimate path of all cultivators.”

”We are cultivators too, and we also yearn for the Great Dao. Not to mention that bearing the Heavenly Fortune means endlessly shouldering heavenly mandates—to possess something is to bear its burden.”

”But the answer they received was... the Great Tribulation still endures. There is no need to return it.”

”By then, the extermination of the Demons had been carried out to the point of rooting them out from the very earth. Thus, the predecessors speculated that it was highly likely a new Great Tribulation was coming.”

”At this point, you should understand. For the Xuanqing Heavenly Sect, which bore the Heavenly Fortune, to monopolize the spirit veins at any cost was inherently a losing proposition.”

”It was simply something that had to be done.”

Xu Jin raised his hand and summoned the smallest of the Rule crystals, floating it before Chu Xingchen.

Chu Xingchen looked at the Rule crystal before him, sensing the purest aura of Rules emanating from it.

Xu Jin spoke with a calm expression.

”This is the reason we must do what we’ve done. I imagine that if Brother Chu were to give it a light touch, you would understand.”

Chu Xingchen took a deep breath. He gripped the small sword tightly in his right hand, while his left hand reached out to lightly touch the purest Rule crystal.

It wasn’t that Chu Xingchen completely trusted Xu Jin’s words. Rather, Wanban—which had long since transformed into an embroidery needle and hidden within his sleeve—harbored an intense affinity for this Rule crystal.

When it came to Wanban’s perceptions, Chu Xingchen had at least some degree of trust.

Chu Xingchen gently placed his left hand upon the Rule crystal.

The moment he touched it, a scroll suddenly unfurled within his Divine Sea.

What the scroll revealed was... eighteen spirit veins. All eighteen had been severed at Zhongzhou, with their locations even specifically marked.

In an instant, Chu Xingchen pulled his hand away.

Xu Jin observed Chu Xingchen’s reaction, his tone carrying a hint of admiration.

”As expected of Brother Chu...”

”I imagine Brother Chu has already seen it. This is the reason the Xuanqing Heavenly Sect has done what it’s done, and it is why I call it a heavenly mandate.”

”The predecessors of the Xuanqing Heavenly Sect deduced that the coming Great Tribulation would likely be even more devastating.”

”Therefore, we had to keep all eighteen spirit veins within Zhongzhou—firstly, to better control the situation, and secondly, so that if the Great Tribulation erupted elsewhere, at least without spiritual energy to nourish it, its intensity would be greatly reduced.”

”However, even the Xuanqing Heavenly Sect could not face the cultivators of the world alone and monopolize all eighteen spirit veins by itself.”

”And so... we chose to have eighteen immortal sects each take possession of one spirit vein.”