Published: August 10, 2026
Chapter 1037: Military Review at Five Elements Pass!
Although all kinds of righteous words were easy to say, at the crucial moment everyone still put their own interests first. This was true for everyone.
Family, family—without the sect, this "small family," what did the rise and fall of the Human Race have to do with me?
Liu Yu could not do everything personally. He always needed people to run errands for him.
For example, at various resource points, collecting his share of resources, handling miscellaneous affairs for him, and so on.
So when it came to the sect's interests, of course he still valued them highly. At critical moments, he had to protect them.
Otherwise, without the sect, even the most basic interests could not be guaranteed. Some things might not be useful, but whatever belonged to him could not be missing.
Naturally, in his heart, Yuan Yang Sect's interests would also have to stand above the interests of the Human Race as a whole.
If even the "small family" was gone, then what did the rise and fall of the Human Race have to do with him?
By then, that fourth-tier high quality spiritual vein of the sect would not be impossible to give up.
It was only a spiritual vein. With strength in hand, where could it not be found?
Back when he was only at golden core realm, he had already been able to secretly cross into Central Domain. Now Liu Yu was a pinnacle true lord, and all kinds of divine abilities and methods were far beyond what he had been before. It would not be any more difficult.
At worst, he could abandon everything, stay away from the various struggles of Tian Nan, conceal his identity and hide his tracks, and head to Central Domain to plan for divine transformation.
"Source Energy" had heaven-defying effects, a divine object above the sixth stage. Although he had some doubts about it and instinctively did not want to use it to advance, he could still use it to perform secret techniques, such as concealing his cultivation level and hiding his aura. With that, he could even deceive the "ten thousand demonic beast formation" and secretly cross into Central Domain again.
Of course, not going to Central Domain for divine transformation was also because he had once revealed that he possessed a spiritual treasure.
Aside from the most important spiritual vein, there was also the fact that in his heart, he still had a deep sense of identification with the sect as his "home."
Only because of that did Liu Yu stay in the tian nan cultivation world to resist the demonic race even while the Human Race was declining.
After all, when he was at qi refinement, foundation establishment, and even golden core, it was only because he stood under the protection of Yuan Yang Sect that his path of cultivation had not been so full of setbacks.
If he had started out as a loose cultivator, that would have been the true hell mode.
Thus, using power for private gain and giving preferential treatment to his own people, he genuinely believed it was the right thing to do.
Doing it, he did not feel the slightest burden.
People like "Nine Dragons Sovereign"—perhaps an immortal first generation might have ideals, but an immortal second generation was born as a "celestial dragon clan." How could they possibly be devoted to the public good?
They were born into a superior environment and never had to worry about cultivation resources. By instinct, they did not want to lose what they already had.
Naturally, they became vested interests, the very group that had once been eliminated by the immortal first generation.
Then, of course, they would devise all kinds of thresholds, increase the cost of cultivation for low-level cultivators, and use direct or indirect means to squeeze those below them, making it difficult for them to rise.
A hundred thousand years passed in the blink of an eye, and the wheel of history never stopped. There was nothing new under the sun.
From ancient times to now, who was not like this?
A thousand years of drifting by, a ten-thousand-year tower.
The cycle of history had never stopped!