After that, the Third Elder brought Xia Li to a mountain deep within the heart of Lingxu Cave Heaven. They passed through the outer sect, the inner sect, the territory of the true transmission disciples, and then by the residences of the elders. From the foot of the mountain, one could already see spiritual mist curling around its middle slopes. Incomparably rich spiritual energy nourished everything on that spiritual mountain."Third Elder, where is this?"Xia Li looked up at the great peak whose summit was hidden behind mist. No matter what thod he used, he could not see through what lay above."Lingxu Peak."The Third Elder answered."But isn't Lingxu Peak the mountain gate people pass through when entering the sect?""That is rely the Lingxu Peak you can see. If you insist on distinguishing them, you may call this True Spirit Peak instead. The Sect Master and the elders convene here. Go up by yourself.""All right..."Xia Li nodded and began climbing the steep heavenly stair. It seed the upper ranks of Lingxu Cave Heaven intended to hold a formal conversation with him. It was already known that the sect contained a capitulation faction leaning toward the Heaven Alliance. Then it surely also had a dominance faction, the sort that wanted to rule the new age and compete for power over the world. As for people like the Third Elder, who helped neither side and simply acted according to their own nature, they probably did not even count as a faction within Lingxu Cave Heaven. In other words, the neutral voice was the smallest and most powerless of all. This trip up the mountain might end with the dominance faction forcing him into battle, or the capitulation faction forcing him to kneel. But one way or another, there had to be a result.Not for any other reason, but because this bargain sect of his still had the grace of a teacher's gate toward him, and Cloud-Treading Exalt had even wounded himself blocking a Heaven Alliance Exalt on Xia Li's behalf. As long as the demands made of him were not too excessive, Xia Li intended to continue developing in Lingxu Cave Heaven for a while longer. He climbed the mountain carrying a sense of crisis the whole way. After crossing the spiritual mist halfway up, the originally narrow mountain path abruptly changed into a broad and orderly white-jade stairway stretching straight into the heavens. The mist split to either side of the stairs, and golden radiance poured down from above. Xia Li kept climbing the white-jade steps. Only after nearly half an hour did he finally reach the summit, where there was a wide white-jade platform.Mist pooled like clouds on either side. Figures stood within those clouds, and the Third Elder was among them. Counting him, there were fifteen people in total. Twelve were positioned on the two sides. Only three stood atop golden clouds directly opposite the stairway. Those three, presumably, were the Exalts of Lingxu Cave Heaven. An Exalt was a cultivator of the Harmony Dao realm, the highest realm most people in the world would ever see or hear of. For nearly ten thousand years, no Mahayana Tribulation cultivator had appeared in the world. No one had broken through in ten thousand years. It was said that the Heavenly Dao had changed and the ancient path had beco incomplete, so all Harmony Dao experts were waiting for a coming transformation.And those Mahayana Tribulation cultivators who had left their nas in history before disappearing had surely not died either. They too were lurking in silence, waiting. Xia Li knew what that transformation was. The Great Era. Perhaps it was equivalent to Earth's Spiritual Energy Revival, a truly world-changing event. Before this, heaven and earth had already changed twice. The Primordial era and the Ancient era had each possessed spiritual energy entirely different from the others."Disciple Xia Li greets the elders, greets the Sect Master, greets the two Supre Elders."Standing in the middle of the white-jade platform, Xia Li bowed slightly to the powerful figures of Lingxu Cave Heaven. Those who could stand on the sa golden cloud as the Sect Master could only be Supre Elders."You are quite impressive. A true prodigy indeed."The young man standing at the center of the golden cloud nodded. He looked very young, wearing a simple black-and-white robe and plain short hair, the sort of person who would display no morable trait if thrown into a crowd. And that very quality was the most frightening thing of all. The great Dao beca simple. To reach the Harmony Dao realm and still look little different from an ordinary young cultivator ant he had most likely already fully understood his own heart. This person was likely Lingxu Exalt, the inheritor of the title "Lingxu" and current master of Lingxu Cave Heaven.
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"Sect Master overpraises ."Xia Li bowed once more."Xia Li, the Heaven Alliance cannot be opposed, nor should it be. There is profound aning behind what the Heaven Alliance does. In your self-righteousness, you have disrupted the stable structure of this age.""Seeing as you may not have known, we will not discuss the past for now. But from this day onward, you must no longer criticize the Heaven Alliance or stand as its enemy. You must also go to the Heaven Alliance and plead for forgiveness. Otherwise, no one will protect you next ti."One of the elders from the capitulation faction was the first to speak. His tone was calm. His attitude was nowhere near as aggressive as Xia Li had imagined."All right."After thinking for a mont, Xia Li smiled and nodded in agreent."You are willing?"Even the elder who proposed it was startled. He had originally intended to anger Xia Li first and only then proceed."I will no longer openly criticize the Heaven Alliance or stand as its enemy. But neither will I go plead for forgiveness."Xia Li's attitude was exquisitely ambiguous. Any person could see what he was trying to do. He wanted to lie low and conceal his brilliance. But the Heaven Alliance would not allow that, and the anti-Heaven Alliance side would allow it even less. Now that he had already walked onto the stage and made such a dazzling appearance, was it really possible for him to leave? The audience would not permit it. The theater would not permit it. Nor would the other actors performing in the sa play. The play had to go on until one side finished singing its part."Why should you apologize to the Heaven Alliance? The Heaven Alliance is no longer the Heaven Alliance that once acted for all living beings under heaven. Since its corruption has reached the point of no return, it should face the judgnt of the world.""Xia Li, you have rendered great service to the world. You should be rewarded. You should press forward without looking back and pursue your Dao. Are you willing to continue punishing that unjust alliance?"Now the elder of the anti-Heaven Alliance faction had spoken. His tone was stirring and impassioned. If not for the Third Elder's warning, Xia Li might really have believed the sect supported his ideals."I am not willing, because I have never regarded the Heaven Alliance as my enemy. All along, I have rely protected myself. If the Heaven Alliance did not co looking for trouble with , why would I go provoke the Heaven Alliance?"The mont Xia Li said that, the elder leaning toward the Heaven Alliance sneered coldly."But you already have provoked them. You must make a choice!"The Heaven Alliance did not care if Xia Li was pushed out to oppose them. What mattered was forcing him into battle. Otherwise, how could they kill him? The anti-Heaven Alliance side also needed to force him into battle. Otherwise, how could they gather montum? What kind of worthy man was the most perfect? Obviously, a dead worthy man. One could heap any amount of perfect praise upon him, shape him into any image one wished. Only a dead worthy man could be turned into the spiritual faith of an age. After all, a living worthy man could not be controlled. If one day his rit was complete and he was canonized as a sage, taking charge of the great montum of the world, would their efforts not all have been for nothing? Thus the Heaven Alliance advanced by seeming to retreat. And the anti-Heaven Alliance side had reached a certain consensus with them. No matter which side won.No matter which side fell. The worthy must die. If one competed only for profit and lost, one could still at least preserve capital. But if the worthy man won in the end, the very foundations of everything they were would be ripped out and remade."Xia Li, you should stand as an example to the world. This is your own choice, and also the desire of the people's hearts.""You should beco king."The king among prodigies, the one who would determine the future direction of this age. It was Xia Li himself who chose to resist, so why would he not resist to the bitter end? The Great Era had already arrived. The vague silhouette of the king who would lead the age had already appeared. Xia Li should beco that king, then burn himself in brilliant fire and complete his mission.On frozen soil...the cold-blooded hated fire. Those who longed for fla hated it even more. Precisely because there was no fire, they desired with all their being anything capable of burning, and would not permit that fire to go out. Keep burning, then.Warm them.
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