This youngest brother of mine...what is he? How could he just say that? Isnāt that too arrogant?
But...
[Tian Yunchenās favorability towards you has increased.]
[Current favorability: 4.5-Star]
Heās really serious about it. What if he can actually achieve it?
Now that I think of it...he wasnāt born before I left the family, and I doubt mother and father wouldāve had another child just after knowing about the passing of both me and second brother.
It means heās less than 800 years old...but that strength he displayed earlier on, it was in the Golden Core Realm, and that Divine Power..it was almost comparable to the Void Refinement Realm! How did he even get a Divine Power, such a powerful one at that in the first place?
Forget Divine Power, how did he manage to reach the Golden Core Realm in less than 800 years? Did he also have a special Constitution?
Tian Yunchen had many doubts in his mind regarding Tian Yongheng, but he chose to suppress them all and asked as he heaved a sigh, "Do you have any plan as to how youāre going to destroy the Tian Family and Qin Family? If you go against them, I doubt theyāre the only ones youāll make an enemy of. Countless other factions and maybe even some major factions are going to support them."
"Relax, eldest brother. I wonāt make a move until Iām sure of my strength. Iāll only attack when I can take on their past nine generations all at once and win. Rushing in recklessly is no different than suicide. What would be the use of revenge if I canāt even keep my life?" Tian Yongheng explained calmly.
Looking at the boldness reflected in his eyes as he said this, Tian Yunchen couldnāt help but feel that thus youngest brother of his who he had never met before was really brave and fearless. It was as if he knew that nothing would go wrong, and he would win in the end.
Was it ignorance, arrogance? Or was it confidence that stems from the belief in his own abilities?
Despite all of that, Tian Yunchen still felt as if whatever Tian Yongheng had said, he would do it.
"So, since youāre not a demonic cultivator anymore, what are you going to do now?" Tian Yongheng suddenly asked, bringing Tian Yunchen back to reality.
"Iām not sure...maybe Iāll just remain a rogue cultivator.."
"Why donāt you join the Eternal Peak, then? Youāre my eldest brother, after all."
Hearing his words, Tian Yunchen was slightly stunned.
"Are you sure about that?"
"Yes, of course. And you should even have a great amount of information about the demonic pathās situation right now. Itāll be of great help in knowing about their future movements."
"Iāll happily oblige. Itās the least I can do after you saved me." Tian Yunchen nodded at the suggestion.
"But it still isnāt good enough for me to be able to join your force-"
"That aside...I once heard from mother that you used to study Artifact Refining as well?"
As soon as Tian Yongheng pointed this out, Tian Yunchen froze on the spot, his eyes wide open. He nodded slowly before smiling.
"Yes, although Iām at the peak of Innate Realm, Iām still only a Rank-3 Artifact Master because I didnāt have enough time to study after I became a demonic cultivator. But I can still refine a Rank-3 Dharma Artifact or upgrade a Rank-2 Dharma Artifact to Rank-3."
"Excellent. Now, combined with your cultivation at the Ninth Stage of Innate Realm, arenāt you qualified enough to join my Eternal Peak?"
Tian Yunchen laughed heartily before saying, "Haha, it feels somewhat weird to join my youngest brotherās power as a member, but youāre indeed stronger than me, after all. So, whatās my title and position going to be in the Eternal Peak?"
Titles...I never actually thought about that. Eldest brother is second only to me, so he must be given the second highest authority. Thatās bullshit. Iāll give him the second highest authority because I want to, not because heās the second strongest.
Great Elders and all that are way too common...ah, I got it!
"Supremes."
"???"
"Yes, the authority second only to me, the Master of Eternal Peak, Supremes. And you, eldest brother, are going to be the First Supreme of Eternal Peak." Tian Yongheng said, turning to look at Tian Yunchen.
"The First Supreme...?"
"Yes. Just like the Great Elders or similar groups of powerful cultivators in other factions that have all authority under the factionās ruler, the Supremes are going to be the same. I never really thought of it before because it never crossed my mind that Eternal Peak should also have a group like that. Now that youāve joined, it is possible." He elaborated on his idea.
"So you just created the Eternal Peak on impulse?" Tian Yunchen couldnāt help but ask.
"I thought it would be more convenient for people under me to do some tasks that are not fit for me to do. And itāll make an impression on the outside world too, which will make my revenge on the Tian Family and Qin Family a lot easier."
"Thatās certainly true." Tian Yunchen nodded his head slightly.
"Now, can you tell me more about what is going on in the demonic path?"
"Alright. Although I donāt know much because of my low cultivation, Iāll tell you everything I came to know in the past thousand years."
...
More than 2 years later.
"Did you hear the news? A great battle between Golden Core Realm mighty figures took place in the northwest of Yan Dynasty. It is said that there were Golden Core Realm demonic cultivators who were lured in by the Supreme Elders of the White Firmament Sect and the Sky Sword Sect! Can you believe it?"
"I also heard that! Fortunately the Yan Emperor and Sect Master Yun Ping of Infernal Blaze Sect had connections with powerful Golden Core Realm experts, and thus, the demonic cultivators were killed by them along with those two traitors of the righteous path."
"The outside world has become so chaotic since the news of the Kunlun Divine Mountainās eldest disciple descending has spread. It seems those demonic path bastards are planning something sinister yet again."
"You couldnāt be more right, fellow daoist. Iām afraid there is going to be another war between the righteous and the demonic in the upcoming years. Itās best we leave the matters of the cultivation world for a while and go hide in the mortal world."
"What are you talking about, fellow daoist? Weāll barely have sufficient funds for a single person to even board a flying boat to get out of the Yan Dynasty because of its great expenses, even if we combine all our savings of Spirit Stones. Not to mention weāre only Qi Condensation Realm cultivators.
We wonāt even be able to live long enough to see the war between the righteous and demonic if it ever happens. If we try to leave by ourselves, who knows what kind of Demon Beast we may encounter? Weāre still somewhat strong, but some of us have weak Dao Companions and descendants too. We can escape by ourselves, but what about them?"
Hearing the cultivatorās words, the entire pavillion full of low level cultivators turned silent. All the cultivators present had a look of bitterness on their faces.
They knew what the cultivator had said was all true. They also couldnāt even join any faction because of their limited potential, since a majority of them only had Five-Elemental Spiritual Roots.
Even if they could be accepted into a faction, theyāll most likely only remain In-name Disciples or at most Outer Disciples for the rest of their life, and theyāll also be bounded by the sect and will have to obey every single order given, which would be no less than taking away their freedom.
"Fellow daoists, Iāve heard that the Eternal Peak doesnāt have any disciple ranking system or anything of the sort. The Master of Eternal Peak only has two Personal Disciples and thatās it, the rest are all normal disciples, no Outer Disciples or Inner Disciples. Iāve also heard that they donāt have any special criteria to accept disciples."
The surrounding cultivators eyes lit up as soon as they heard this.
"And how are we supposed to become disciples there? All the disciples of the Eternal Peak are recommended through other factions or they were just nearby the Eternal Peak so they could join it. Whoās going to recommend us? And we donāt even live near the Eternal Peak.
Itās tens of thousands of miles away, do you know how dangerous it will be if we encounter a Foundation Establishment Realm or even higher enemy? We donāt have funds to get flying boats or hire a powerful expert to guard us."
"Ah, this..."
Immediately afterwards, all the cultivators in the surrounding who had a little bit of hope left in their hearts had it extinguished.
But at this moment, a person suddenly came running inside.
"Fellow daoists, his majesty the Yan Emperor is recommending rogue cultivators to the Eternal Peak!"