Chief Liu’s expression changed slightly as he spoke respectfully. Although the elder before them was close to the end of his life, he was still the strongest mber of the Liuyun Sect. Beyond his unfathomable cultivation level, it was because the Supre Elder had once been one of the Heavenly Court’s Heavenly Soldiers in his youth.
The Heavenly Court.
It was created by The Supre Emperor himself. Every cultivator who could join was a top-notch master, one in ten thousand. But the Supre Elder of their sect had never revealed his military rank within the Heavenly Court, nor had he ever spoken of his past. Otherwise, the Liuyun Sect would not only dominate Qiuyue City but also extend its influence to far broader regions, obtaining more cultivation resources.
"Kneel... kneel down." The white-haired elder beca sowhat agitated, and he even started to cough.
"Did you hear that? Kneel down!" Chen Beiming’s expression turned to excitent as he too saw the white-haired elder. "This is our Liuyun Sect’s Supre Elder, a Heavenly Soldier of the Heavenly Court! Today, you all must die!"
"You all used to ask what my rank was in the Heavenly Court, whether I had ever seen The Supre Emperor," Huang Fu’s eyes grew moist as he murmured to himself. "I was Huang Fu, standard-bearer of the Qingfeng Camp at the South Heavenly Gate of the Heavenly Court!"
Everyone present felt their hearts tremble violently. They all knew their Supre Elder had once been a Heavenly Soldier, but they had never expected his background to be so imnse—great enough to shake the entire Eastern Desolate Domain.
Qingfeng Camp!
Its reputation in the Immortal Domain was rivaled only by that of the First and Second Divine Generals. This wasn’t because the camp was nad after Emperor Qingfeng, but because of the prestige earned through countless bloody battles.
When Emperor Qingfeng first reached the Emperor Realm and founded the Heavenly Court, his own realm had not yet stabilized, and he couldn’t fully exert his strength. Many ancient sects and Holy Lands in the Immortal Domain, so with lineages stretching back dozens or even hundreds of epochs, joined forces. They attacked the Heavenly Court’s headquarters, seeking to kill The Supre Emperor during his period of weakness, and their ranks included nine Quasi-Emperors!
The four great heavenly gates—east, south, west, and north—were all under siege.
Qingfeng Camp alone defended the South Heavenly Gate. Not one of the ten thousand soldiers retreated. They held off an enemy that outnumbered them hundreds to one outside the South Heavenly Gate, preventing a single soul from stepping foot inside the Heavenly Court.
Ten thousand n. All fell in battle.
But in death, they took a Quasi-Emperor down with them, their blood dyeing the entire South Heavenly Gate red. That battle cented Qingfeng Camp’s status in the military as the daredevil vanguard. And because of that battle, everyone in the Immortal Domain knew the na Qingfeng Camp.
And the standard-bearer of Qingfeng Camp...
Although not the camp’s leader, he was unquestionably one of its top powerhouses. Across the entire Immortal Domain, he would be considered a titan.
"Our Ancestor..." The inner-sect elders of the Liuyun Sect held their breath, wondering why the Supre Elder, who had never spoken of his past, would do so today. But they knew. From this day onward, no one in the entire Eastern Desolate Domain, or even the Eastern Immortal Domain, would dare to look down on the Liuyun Sect. A boundless sense of pride swelled in their chests!
THUD.
Huang Fu suddenly knelt, but not on both knees—only on one.
"Ancestor!?"
"Supre Elder, what are you doing? Please, get up!"
The Liuyun Sect elders’ expressions changed drastically, and they shouted in alarm. Even Chen Beiming and his son, Chen Xian, were stunned by this sudden turn of events.
"I told you to kneel!" Huang Fu no longer looked frail as he roared with fury.
RUMBLE!
Everyone felt as though thunder had exploded in their minds. Chief Liu’s face changed. He realized the ancestor hadn’t been ordering the killer of the outer-sect elder to kneel, but them.
Though they did not understand, and though they were unwilling, they all knelt on the ground.
Huang Fu clutched the flagpole, his voice no longer weak, but booming like thunder, echoing across the sky.
"Huang Fu, forr standard-bearer of the Qingfeng Camp at the Heavenly Court’s South Heavenly Gate, pays his respects to... the First Divine General!"
Silence. A deathly silence.
The First... Divine General?
There was only one First Divine General in the Immortal Domain: Divine General Taotie, The Supre Emperor’s right hand.
Ye izi collapsed to the ground. He exclaid in shock, "You are Divine General Taotie... then that young master must be Emperor Qing—"
The words ’Emperor Qingfeng’. Ye izi was utterly unable to speak them. He simply couldn’t believe that the young man in the teahouse who had gifted him a jar of wine, who had been so courteous and approachable, was actually The Supre Emperor, the strongest being in the Immortal Domain.
As for Chen Beiming and his father, Chen Xian, their faces turned deathly pale. They had offended both Divine General Taotie and The Supre Emperor...
PFFT!
Both n spat out a mouthful of blood and fainted from pure terror.
Many of the Liuyun Sect’s elders, including Chief Liu, were in a similar state. Their initial elation upon learning that their Supre Elder was the standard-bearer of the Qingfeng Camp had plunged into profound despair. Their faces froze, unable to even cry.
"Huang Fu, you’ve done well for yourself," Taotie pursed his lips. "So now you’ve founded a sect and beco an ancestor. Impressive, truly impressive."
His words sounded like praise, but Huang Fu’s face was filled with bitterness.
A thousand years ago, he had been at the pinnacle of the Celestial Venerable Realm, the standard-bearer of the Qingfeng Camp. He had once been the one in the camp with the greatest potential to step into the Immortal Venerable Realm and beco a Divine General. But during a battle against the Rebel Clan, his banner was shattered by an Immortal Venerable Realm expert.
For a standard-bearer, the banner is life itself.
Huang Fu burned his life essence, practically destroying his own Dao foundation to kill that Immortal Venerable. But he was completely ruined as a result. His cultivation level plumted, and his foundation was destroyed.
The Supre Emperor had offered to restore Huang Fu’s foundation, but Huang Fu had been too ashad to accept. As the standard-bearer, he had failed to protect the Qingfeng Camp’s banner. Huang Fu left the Heavenly Court in dejection, returned to his hotown of Qiuyue City, and started a family. His ambitious daughter founded the Liuyun Sect. Now, his wife and daughter were long lost to the river of ti, and he had beco the Supre Elder.
He had never imagined that after a thousand years, their reunion would happen like this.
Huang Fu’s voice trembled. "May I ask the First Divine General... is The Supre Emperor here?"
"Yes," Taotie did not hide the truth. He spoke gravely, "The Supre Emperor is reminiscing about an old friend and was disturbed by so flies."
Huang Fu was silent for a long ti. For attacking The Supre Emperor, the extermination of one’s entire clan down to the ninth generation would not be an excessive punishnt.
Huang Fu gave a wretched smile. "Divine General Taotie, I failed in my supervision today. I am willing to bear any consequence. But may I... may I see The Supre Emperor?" As he spoke the last words, Huang Fu’s eyes filled with pleading. "I failed to protect the Qingfeng Camp’s banner back then, and today, I have offended The Supre Emperor. Please, let apologize to him in person. Please?"
His voice carried an undisguised humility.
Chief Liu and the others felt their noses sting, on the verge of tears. They hated themselves for their blindness and for causing their Supre Elder to be unable to hold his head high in front of his old comrades.
Chief Liu gritted his teeth and said, "Divine General, even if our ancestor has no great rits to his na, he has his long years of hard labor for the Heavenly Court. I beg you, for the sake of old tis, show rcy and let him..."
"Liu Sanchao, shut your mouth! This is not your place to speak! COUGH—" Huang Fu broke off, coughing incessantly. Blood flecked his lips, and the aura of death around him grew denser.
Taotie frowned. "You are dying."
As a Quasi-Emperor, his perception was incredibly sharp. Taotie could see that Huang Fu’s life force was rapidly fading. It was a latent injury from a thousand years ago; at most, he had half a year left to live.
Huang Fu’s expression grew dim. "I already died a thousand years ago. What stands here now is but a walking corpse."
Just as Taotie was about to speak, Xu Lai’s voice drifted from a distance. "Huang Fu, co."
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