Published: February 25, 2025
“Brother Long, there is no need for formalities,” Tan Yun said with a smile as he took a step forward and helped Long Aotian up.
Tan Yun's words “Brother Long” immediately filled Long Aotian with emotion.
As the sovereign of a first-class cultivation sect, Long Aotian was self-aware; he understood that Tan Yun's current status had far surpassed that of the ancestor master of the Huangfu Sacred Sect during his lifetime, in the Heavenly Punishment Continent.
He never expected that the now illustrious and noble Tan Yun would still address him as an elder brother.
Long Aotian trembled with excitement and said, "Sovereign Tan, can I still call you Brother Tan?"
"Of course," Tan Yun replied. "In the past, I regarded you as my dear brother, and this will never change in the future."
"Good, good, good." Long Aotian rubbed his hands in excitement. "Then from now on, I, Long Aotian, will call you my big brother, and I want to see who dares to bully me!"
Tan Yun smiled and said, "Oh right, Brother Long, why did you suddenly come here?"
Long Aotian chuckled and said, "Brother Tan, to be honest, I am here as a representative of the first-class, second-class, and third-class cultivation sects located in the central region of the Heavenly Punishment Mountain Range. We have something to ask of you."
"What is it? Just speak freely," Tan Yun said.
"Since you put it that way, I will speak boldly." Long Aotian spoke passionately, "What you may not know is that many years ago, after you advised me, I led my entire sect to secretly hide in a Secret Realm in the central region of the Heavenly Punishment Mountain Range."
"Later, we heard that after you annihilated the Golden Clan, the Stone Clan, and caused a ruckus in the Nangong Sacred Dynasty, you successively conquered the Divine Soul Celestial Palace and the Eternal Immortal Sect, unifying the Heavenly Punishment Mountain Range and becoming its overlord."
"Now that you have united the three major Secret Realms of Divine Soul, Huangfu, and Eternal, and hold the ruins of the three Battlefield of the Gods, you undoubtedly possess immeasurable cultivation resources."
At this point, Long Aotian felt a bit embarrassed and said, "Thus, over a thousand sect masters learned that I am the closest to you, and they all came to me to ask if my brother could allow us to become affiliated with the Huangfu Sacred Sect, so that the disciples of these thousand sects can enter the trials in the three Battlefield of the Gods."
Upon hearing this, Tan Yun fell into a brief contemplation before saying, "It can be done, but it will be difficult to manage."
"How about this? You guys have thin spiritual energy and scarce cultivation resources within your thousand sects, and you lack powerful techniques. If this continues for a long time, I can confidently say that without a solid foundation, you will always be minor sects."
"In contrast, our Huangfu Sacred Sect, aside from temporarily lacking Spirit Stones, has all other cultivation resources. Moreover, given time, our people will find new Spirit Mines in the three Battlefield of the Gods, and we will naturally not lack Spirit Stones."
"Therefore, I suggest that all your thousand sects join my Huangfu Sacred Sect. At that time, I will not only allow you all to enter the Eternal Secret Realm for cultivation, but I will also provide you with powerful techniques."
"Of course, in the hearts of the thousand sect masters, some may believe that the Huangfu Sacred Sect is trying to swallow you. However, that is not the case. To put it bluntly, I have no need to swallow you for the time being."
"Although the combined number of your thousand sects is large, I could wipe out all of you in a moment if I wanted to."
"I do this to allow your thousand sects to join the Huangfu Sacred Sect and together we can create a super sect belonging to the Heavenly Punishment Mountain Range. This will benefit your thousand sect disciples, allowing them to cultivate better and pursue the heavenly dao."
Upon hearing this, Long Aotian fell silent.