Chapter 422: The Ceremony of Passing the Leadership

Half a month passed in the blink of an eye. On this day, Tianxuan Sect was adorned with lights and decorations, filled with the sound of celebratory gunfire, and everywhere exuded a festive atmosphere.

The ceremony for passing on the leadership would take place today!

The change of leader in such a powerful sect was a major event for the entire cultivation world of Qiyuan Star. Not only did the leaders of several major sects allied with Tianxuan Sect come in person to offer their congratulations, but even the eight major tribes of the demon race sent their tribal chiefs or vice-chiefs from afar to participate in this grand occasion.

Even the seven major sects of the chaotic faction, who were considered to be completely on the opposing side, each sent a representative at the Yuan Ying stage to congratulate Tianyu, the greatest talent in the cultivation world, on taking charge of Tianxuan Sect.

In the eyes of everyone, Su Che, who had reached the Yuan Ying stage before the age of thirty, had an extremely bright future ahead—he would surely advance to the Hua Shen stage and ascend to the Spirit Realm sooner or later. Such a person was undoubtedly worthy of leading a powerful sect. Under his leadership, Tianxuan Sect’s overall strength would surely soar dramatically within just a few decades…

Yet, Tianxuan Sect already had nine Yuan Ying cultivators gathered together, making it by far the strongest sect in the cultivation world of Qiyuan Star. How much stronger would it become in another few decades?

Some people were wary, some were jealous, but most simply wanted to get close to Tianxuan Sect and rely on its strength.

However, no one expected that Tianyu, the new leader of Tianxuan Sect, had no intention of waiting decades to show them the results—just a few months!

That’s right. Su Che knew that the people in the Spirit Realm wouldn’t let him go easily, and new troubles were likely to arise. Therefore, he needed to hurry and implement his grand migration plan. He had to leave Qiyuan Star within half a year at the latest.

At noon sharp, the ceremony for passing on the leadership reached its most critical moment. In the main hall, the former leader slowly stood up from his throne and walked over to Su Che, holding a highly exquisite wooden box.

After a few ceremonial exchanges, he handed the box, which symbolized the leadership position, to Su Che.

Inside the box was Tianxuan Sect’s only supreme cultivation technique—the Tianxuan True Scripture.

Although Su Che already possessed dozens of supreme cultivation techniques from the Spirit Realm, most of which were even better than the Tianxuan True Scripture, he still valued this book greatly. It not only contained a cultivation technique but also recorded the understanding and insights of Tianxuan Sect’s past leaders regarding the “Way.” Four of these leaders had already advanced to the Hua Shen stage and ascended to the Spirit Realm.

It was truly priceless!

It could be said to be the most precious treasure in the ten-thousand-year legacy of Tianxuan Sect. Holding it in his hands, Su Che couldn’t contain his excitement. The moment Su Che held the Tianxuan True Scripture and officially took the seat of sect leader, thousands of cannons fired simultaneously, sending the entire sect into turmoil. “He’s only twenty-nine!” At that moment, countless people shared the same thought. A twenty-nine-year-old young man not only reached the Yuan Ying stage but also succeeded in becoming the sect leader, governing a super sect with hundreds of thousands of members… If not witnessed with his own eyes, such a story would have been laughed at as mere delusion. Inside the sect leader’s hall, hundreds of feet wide, nearly ten thousand spectators gathered. Along with the widespread congratulations, there were also some private whispers. In one corner of the hall, hundreds of beautiful female cultivators huddled together. They had traveled thousands of miles following their elders to Tianxuan Sect just to see ‘Senior Tianyu’ in person. “A sect leader at twenty-nine—he must be the most outstanding man in the world,” said a girl with a pure demeanor and a youthful aura softly to her companions. “Yes, I heard he still doesn’t have a partner,” replied her equally beautiful companion, filled with admiration. “Sister Lin Yuan, do you think we still have a chance?” Before her sister could answer, another mature-looking beauty murmured, “Stop dreaming. In the entire cultivation world of Qiyuan Star, who is worthy of him except for Tianyin from Wuji Sect…” “Tianyin?” This phrase immediately sparked discussions among the nearby female cultivators. Their beautiful eyes searched around as they murmured, “Right, why hasn’t Tianyin from Wuji Sect come?” Then someone said, “I heard Sect Leader Tianyu often visits Wuji Sect to see Tianyin. Their relationship must be very special.” “Not necessarily!” Immediately, many jealous voices objected, “If they meet so often yet haven’t become partners, maybe they don’t feel that way at all!” “Yes, the more often people meet, the less likely they are to develop such feelings.” “Exactly. In the sect, I meet those so-called genius seniors and juniors every day, but none of them catch my eye.” “Exactly…”

The girls’ chatter, though completely drowned out by the noise in the grand hall, still couldn’t escape Lao Hei’s extremely special detection abilities. Of course, it couldn’t hide from Su Che’s divine consciousness that covered an area of thousands of feet.

“Master, listen! Listen! How many girls have you caused to fall into unrequited love? What a sin, what a sin!” Lao Hei muttered with a sly smile. “If we don’t find a way to save them soon, the sin will only grow worse. Ah, with so many romantic debts accumulated, how can we repay them? Sin, sin…”

Su Che, who was being congratulated in person by important guests, had no time to engage in verbal sparring with him. He could only keep telling him to shut up, but Lao Hei became more and more animated, constantly commenting—saying this girl had a distinctive appearance, that girl’s gaze was full of longing, that girl had a big chest and round buttocks, so she must be easy to bear children…

“I’m almost driven mad by you. Can you give me some peace?”

It wasn’t Su Che who said this, but Fei Yun, standing beside Lao Hei.

For Su Che’s ceremony of taking over as the supreme leader, Fei Yun could have easily changed her appearance and assumed any identity to participate personally. However, she was worried that going outside would cause her immortal energy to drain continuously. Such precious inner energy—losing even a little would hurt her deeply, as she still hadn’t found an effective way to cultivate it. She only knew that the immortal crystals from the immortal realm were definitely useful, but without certain catalytic conditions, she couldn’t absorb their spiritual energy, let alone transform it into immortal energy.

So at this moment, she could only watch Su Che’s inauguration ceremony through the water mirror created by Lao Hei. But Lao Hei’s constant chatter was truly unbearable for her.

She wasn’t afraid of his talkativeness; the problem was that he kept talking about those other girls, which made Fei Yun extremely jealous. She tried several times to stop him but held back out of courtesy. By now, Lao Hei’s remarks had become even more outrageous—he even said things like “easy to bear children.” She could no longer tolerate it, and the volcano of jealousy in her heart finally erupted.

“Oh, oh, okay, okay, I’ll stop.”

Lao Hei quickly covered his mouth, pretending to suddenly realize his mistake, as if he had just remembered Fei Yun’s presence. In reality, he was still smiling slyly inside.

His earlier remarks, which seemed like jokes at his master’s expense, were actually meant to provoke Fei Yun, so that she would be more proactive from now on.

When it comes to romantic relationships, my master is as passive as a lump of wood. If Fei Yun is also shy and passive… then Lao He can boldly assume that even in two or three thousand years, the relationship between the two will remain the same as it is today.
If asked which one, Tian Yin or Fei Yun, Lao He prefers more?
The answer is: both!
In fact, even both aren’t enough! As the Creator God of the Immortal Prison World, my master deserves thousands of beauties and tens of thousands of concubines to match his supreme status.
It wasn’t until the hour of Hai at night that this grand ceremony for the transfer of leadership came to an end. However, the leaders of various sects or their important representatives did not leave but stayed at Tianxuan Sect.
According to tradition, within the next three days, Su Che, the new leader, must meet with them individually to discuss how the relationship between Tianxuan Sect and these sects should develop moving forward.
Each of these powerful sects has a lineage spanning tens of thousands of years, during which they have developed various forms of cooperative relationships. Now that Su Che has become the new leader of Tianxuan Sect, those other leaders must meet with him to determine whether their cooperative relationship will continue…
Su Che intended to take advantage of this opportunity to arrest them one by one during these private meetings.
This was something he was already very skilled at. In fact, one day before the ceremony, Su Che had already brought Tai Xu and others into the Immortal Prison to assist him in capturing the other leaders.
On the first day, he met with five leaders, all of whom were captured and temporarily transformed into subordinates who obeyed his commands.
Five more on the second day…
He couldn’t act too quickly, as each meeting with a leader couldn’t be rushed. Five per day was just enough to avoid arousing suspicion.
In this way, over three days, Su Che captured fifteen leaders or representatives at the Yuan Ying stage. After altering their souls, he assigned them tasks to spy on others within their own sects.
For those sects or demon tribes that posed greater challenges, Su Che would disguise himself and infiltrate their stronghold to carry out arrests in person…
In short, it was still the same old method, no different from how he handled the seven major factions.

Thus, ten days after the abdication ceremony in the Hall of Succession, Su Che took control of a total of twenty-three major sects, including Tianxuan Sect, and could decide at will their fate. It could be said that Su Che had secretly controlled the entire cultivation world of Qiyuan Star without fighting a single battle. The ten major sects of the Immortal Path, the ten major sects of the Demon Path, and the eight tribes of the Fiend race—twenty-eight major forces in total—of which twenty-three were under Su Che’s control. So, what was the situation with the remaining five? For some reason, the leaders of those five forces did not attend the abdication celebration of Tianxuan Sect, not even sending a representative. Su Che knew there must be a reason, as those five major forces had no feud with Tianxuan Sect in normal times, so it should not have been that no one showed up…