Qing Nu’s foundation had now been transformed into the Tai Chu Origin Book, and with the twenty‑four Sea‑settling Pearls, whether she had a Water Element Dao Fruit or not made no difference. It was better to give it to Luo Yixuan for Refining, to lay the foundation for her Divinity Transformation.
"Many thanks, Master’s wife, many thanks, Master!"
Luo Yixuan forcibly suppressed the joy in her heart and repeatedly saluted Qing Nu and Chen Mobai.
"e with me to the side hall, I’ll guide you in Refining it."
Qing Nu rose with a smile, and Luo Yixuan obediently followed behind her.
After the two women left, Chen Mobai sent a voice transmission for Jiang Zongheng to e in.
"How goes your cultivation of the Emperor’s Scroll?"
At these words, Jiang Zongheng immediately displayed his Six‑Dragon Incarnation. Over these years, his Cultivation Technique foundation had already been pletely transformed into the Temporal Dragon‑Sovereign Scripture.
Benefiting from the Dragon Transformation Scripture Technique and the Five Elements Sect’s Dragon Pulse, all six dragon incarnations had been trained to pletion.
Chen Mobai watched as six True Dragon phantoms of differing colors rose from behind Jiang Zongheng, and together with the Crown of Heaven and Earth, he sensed, upon the mountains and rivers beneath his feet, a vast qi that mortals could not perceive, linking with it, as though the Disciple before him had bee the Heavenly Rules and earthly axis of the East Continent, the hub of all things and all phenomena.
"Not bad, not bad."
Chen Mobai nodded again and again, clearly very satisfied with Jiang Zongheng’s cultivation progress.
Within the territory of the Five Elements Sect, he could already display Divinity Transformation‑level strength.
"The Sect’s overall plan, I spoke with you about long ago; from now on, just carry it out boldly and without worry."
If Zhuo Ming had inherited Chen Mobai’s mantle in cultivation, then what Jiang Zongheng inherited was Chen Mobai’s thought.
The wish to transform the Eastern Wilderness into a small Immortal Gate, Chen Mobai had already fulfilled, but next there was the East Continent, and even the Five Continents and Four Seas, the entire Tianhe Realm.
And for this step, Chen Mobai hoped that this Disciple Jiang Zongheng would act in his stead.
Fittingly, this was also the path of cultivating "Rules", perfectly patible with the Emperor’s Scroll Cultivation Technique.
"Disciple obeys!"
After Jiang Zongheng, it was Ku Zhu.
Toward this latest‑entered but most respectful Disciple, Chen Mobai did not have much to say, but considering that Ku Zhu cultivated the Sword Dao, he let him experience the Immortal Sect Sword Art left to him by Bai Guang.
For Ku Zhu, this was the ultimate realm of the Sword Dao.
Although he could not prehend the entire Sword Intent as Bai Guang had, he still pletely sublimated his own Heavenly Harmony Sword Intent and walked out his own path.
Continuing to cultivate along this Sword Intent, Soul Acpanying Sword and perceiving the Great Tao would not be difficult.
"Disciple swears, I will never leak this Supreme Sword Technique."
After finishing his prehension, Ku Zhu immediately raised his hand and swore to Chen Mobai in the local manner of thought.
"If you encounter a Sword Cultivation Genius in the future, there’s no need to be stingy—just pass it on as you will."
But Chen Mobai shook his head, indicating that the Cultivation Technique was not what mattered—the cultivator was.
"I have used the Sword Dao to dominate the Five Continents and Four Seas. Among my five great Disciples, only you are a Sword Cultivator. If you do not pass on this supreme Sword art in my stead, won’t it be cut off here and now?"
This counter‑question made Ku Zhu suddenly see clearly that he had truly received this Master’s Sword Dao mantle.
In that instant, Ku Zhu felt a joy of finally being genuinely acknowledged.
Although he had formally entered the sect before, Ku Zhu had always felt that it was only because Chen Mobai, out of regard for face and because he was a Divinity Transformation cultivator within the Five Elements Sect’s territory, had reluctantly accepted him.
But now, having been passed the Immortal Sect Sword Art, it meant that Chen Mobai regarded him and the other four Disciples with plete impartiality.
[It was I who underestimated Master’s breadth of mind.]
Ku Zhu secretly felt ashamed in his heart, and he also made up his mind that he would certainly pass on this Immortal Sect Sword Art, to carry it forward and glorify it.
After he had finished giving instructions to all his Disciples, aside from Luo Yixuan who was Refining the Water Element Dao Fruit in the side hall, the rest once again entered, and saluted Chen Mobai respectfully yet with reluctant hearts: "Thank you for Master’s grace."
"Go." Chen Mobai nodded slightly, waving his hand to indicate that they could disperse.
pared to his apprentices’ reluctance, he himself did not feel much.
Perhaps it was because he felt he could return at any time.
The reason he had told his Disciples that he was leaving was that, under his protection these years, aside from Ku Zhu, they had basically not endured any great storms; it was time for them to stand on their own.
After sending off the Disciples, seeing that Luo Yixuan’s Refining of the Water Element Dao Fruit would still take some time, Chen Mobai went to visit other friends in the Five Elements Sect.
For example Yue Zutao, Yuan Chiye, Qi Rui and the others from the Divine Wood Sect days.
After bidding farewell to them one by one, Chen Mobai finally summoned Chen Lingming and the other Nascent Soul Cultivators of the younger generation.
"From now on, the Sect Master position of the Sect will rotate every five jiazi, three hundred years. After E Yun, it will be inherited by Nephew‑Master Chen."
In front of everyone, Chen Mobai set a new Rule and designated Chen Lingming as the third‑generation Sect Master of the Five Elements Sect.
Chen Lingming was extremely shocked by this. Although Chen Mobai had said as much before, after he obtained the Primordial Dao Fruit, he felt he had already received the best treatment, and after all, he came from the Yi Yuan Dao Palace branch sect, so he had not held much hope of being Sect Master.
"Yes, Patriarch!"
The first to speak was E Yun. He calmly accepted that his own term as Sect Master was only three hundred years.
Aside from Chen Mobai’s words being law, it was also because, for E Yun, his dream had already been realized.
Moreover, as the territory of the Five Elements Sect grew ever larger, the affairs a Sect Master needed to handle also increased, to the point of already delaying his own cultivation.
Even if Chen Mobai hadn’t said anything, E Yun was already thinking of finding a successor. He had even considered whether to yield it to Zhou Wangshen, so as to thoroughly suppress this rival.
"When a Sect Master’s term is plete and he steps down, if he has mitted no faults while in office, he will be rewarded with one Longevity Great Dao Pill."
E Yun’s conduct made Chen Mobai very satisfied; he felt he had not chosen the wrong man, and directly announced another new Rule related to the Sect Master.
Upon hearing this, everyone looked at E Yun with faces full of envy.
Especially Zhou Wangshen—his eyes even reddened somewhat. He deeply regretted why, back in the Divine Wood Sect days when Chen Mobai had still been weak, he had not followed him.
Otherwise, all of E Yun’s current benefits would have been his.
There was also a group of people whose gazes burned as they looked toward Chen Lingming.
After all, Chen Mobai had already designated him as the successor.
In this way, even if they wanted to vie for the Sect Master position, they would have to wait until after E Yun and Chen Lingming stepped down—at the very least five hundred years from now.
Considering their own Lifespans, everyone’s faces turned dim. They understood that they could only desperately carry out missions, earn Sect contribution, and then exchange it for a Longevity Great Dao Pill.
Only one person’s expression remained unchanged, and that was Yin Qingmei.
Some days ago, under Chen Mobai’s protection, she had broken through to Nascent Soul Late Stage on Liu Jia Mountain, deepening her prehension of the Wood Element Dao Fruit; she believed that with a Longevity Great Dao Pill, Divinity Transformation was just around the corner.
Sure enough, as the meeting dispersed, Chen Mobai sent a voice transmission to Yin Qingmei.
A quarter‑hour after everyone left the great hall, Yin Qingmei, having cast One‑Leaf Blindness, returned.
Seeing that there were only two people in the great hall, Yin Qingmei bowed: "I greet my Foster Father."
"Before you reach Divinity Transformation, you should best raise your Lifebound Spirit Plant to Rank‑5. This is the resource I’m leaving for you and the Jade Phoenix Tree. If it’s not enough after you use it, you can go directly to Ming’er and ask; I’ve already spoken to her."
Hearing this, Yin Qingmei received the Storage Bag with both hands and was about to give proper thanks, when she saw a flash of silver light before her—Chen Mobai had already Teleported and disappeared from where he stood.
Seeing this, Yin Qingmei was slightly stunned.
After a long time, a sigh sounded within the great hall.
...
Mysterious Sea Eye entrance.
Qing Nu guided the Tai Chu Spiritual Qi collected by Hope’s Second Primeval Spirit into the Jade Vial. Witnessing this, Chen Mobai was slightly moved: "My lady, you’ve worked hard."
Qing Nu smiled sweetly and handed him the Jade Vial in her hand: "For my husband to be able to reach Cultivating Void—this is what makes me happiest."
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