It was said that Qin Rouyu's ancestors were Kunlun cultivators, and she was taken away because of her exceptional talent in certain aspects.
But that was nonsense.
Of those who survived to this day, if you trace back a few generations or even a dozen clan leaders, who didn't have ancestors who were high officials, powerful figures, or cultivators?
Otherwise, how could they have survived the natural disasters and human calamities of centuries past?
Back then, the Chen family of Shu Mountain had indirect connections. Chen Jiuyang's grandfather's grandfather was in the Chen family of Shu Mountain, and this relationship was brought up to have Chen Jiuyang return home and acknowledge his ancestors.
Fortunately, there was Qin Rouyu.
Over the years, without Qin Rouyu, Chen Jiuyang would not have learned of Yao Zixuan and his daughter's whereabouts until decades later, when he ascended to the Emperor realm.
Deep down, he felt he owed Qin Rouyu a great deal.
Now that the righteous and demonic war had begun, it was likely that Qin Rouyu's association with him would be revealed before long.
Judging by his actions yesterday, seizing Zhu Zhaoming and disrupting the ascension plans of the five great sacred lands, if his relationship with Qin Rouyu were exposed, those old pigs from the five great sacred lands, no matter how benevolent and harmless they appeared on the surface, would not spare Qin Rouyu.
Wang Jiguang said with a complex expression, "Sect Leader Chen, Junior Sister Qin is a disciple of the Grand Elder. It might not be easy to take her away."
"Indeed," Ye Tiannan sighed. "Jiuyang, I grew up in Shu Mountain. It's not easy to break away from the Immortal Alliance."
"Jieguang's family is also under the control of the Immortal Alliance."
It seemed they hadn't made up their minds yet.
Chen Jiuyang sighed inwardly.
Then he spoke, "Do you know that the top leadership of the Immortal Alliance is trying to gather the Sons of Destiny, find the Netherworld Book of Life and Death hidden on Earth, and use it to contact the Heavenly Court in the immortal realm, so they can ascend?"
"Years ago, I was the Son of Destiny of that era, and the child born from my union with Zixuan triggered the Netherworld Book of Life and Death..."
"Yesterday, I forcefully accepted Zhu Zhaoming as my disciple. He is the Son of Destiny of this golden era."
Chen Jiuyang recounted the affairs of the Immortal Alliance, overturning Ye Tiannan and Wang Jiegui's perception of it.
The two felt their worldviews collapse and were unable to recover for a long time.
After a long while, Ye Tiannan said, "Is this the truth behind why you resigned your position as King Gan years ago and led the Demonic Ancestor into Kunlun..."
Chen Jiuyang nodded slowly.
"Alas," Ye Tiannan said, "I understand. After today, I will prepare a plan to leave the Immortal Alliance."
"Be sure to bring Rouyu along as well."
"I will."
Then Ye Tiannan, taking the still-recovering Wang Jiegui with him, left in a hurry.
The Immortal Alliance was immensely powerful. Even before the alliance between immortals and mortals, they had caused a large number of cultivators to reincarnate as mortals. Now that the great era had begun, most of the cultivators with combat power were members of the Immortal Alliance; it was a colossus.
Chen Jiuyang knew that the battle summons for the righteous and demonic war were personally responded to by him.
While this righteous and demonic war was ostensibly about the long-standing friction between the two factions, from Chen Jiuyang's perspective, it was the higher-ups of the Immortal Alliance, those old pigs, who were truly angered and wanted to lure him out, kill him, and reclaim Zhu Zhaoming, the Son of Destiny they had painstakingly sought.
In the grand scheme of destiny, Chen Jiuyang taking Zhu Zhaoming as a disciple also indirectly proved that Zhu Zhaoming was indeed the Son of Destiny of the current era.
After all, Chen Jiuyang had never accepted any disciples on his path.
"To force me to appear, such a clumsy plan. If I fall for it, hehe."
As the sect leader, the foremost figure of the demonic path, how could Chen Jiuyang not appear?
However, because he walked the path of the Human Emperor, his destiny was self-formed and could not be divined, which greatly angered the people of the Immortal Alliance.
Here, the Immortal Alliance had also made a good calculation. If the five great sacred lands continued to exist and occasionally restrained the Meteor Immortal Cliff, preventing Princess 'Shi Le' from reviving, then the demon race could continuously suppress Princess 'Shi Le'. The demon race would then always have the Dream World as their dwelling place and would not need to come out and wage a war of all races against the human race.
Having obtained the True Scripture of Sword Dao from Ye Tiannan, Chen Jiuyang had now gathered the four major weapon daos he required: bow, spear, saber, and sword.
Time waits for no one.
On one hand, he had to improve his cultivation; on the other, he had to comprehend the weapon daos. Time was truly insufficient.
Yan Hongming could not always stay in the Han clan's territory; he would occasionally come out for some fresh air.
Chen Jiuyang returned to the True Demon Sect. The entire sect was bustling with activity.
With the righteous and demonic war having begun, most disciples could no longer cultivate peacefully in the sect as they usually did, taking on missions to acquire resources.
Above the True Demon Sect's territory, the sacred artifact Yongjie emitted black light, enveloping the area. If the five great sacred lands wanted to sneak attack Chen Jiuyang, they would have to get past the sacred artifact Yongjie first.
The stronger the True Demon Sect, the stronger the sacred artifact Yongjie.
The more disciples the True Demon Sect had and the stronger their strength, the more prosperous the True Demon Sect's destiny would become.
One of the reasons for the righteous and demonic war was to weaken the opponent's destiny and strength by killing people.
However, the participants were limited to their own deaths and would try to preserve their lives, not wanting to be harvested.
A grand chess game unfolded before Chen Jiuyang's eyes, but this time, he was no longer a pawn; he was the one playing the game.
First came the emergence of the锦绣榜 (Jinxiu Ranking), 山河榜 (Shanhe Ranking), and 天下榜 (Tianxia Ranking), followed by the righteous and demonic war.
"Issue my decree: open the Merit Ranking!"
"Open the Sacred Sect's treasury!"
"Yes, Sect Leader!!!"
Disciples not from the fifty-four great demonic families had to acquire their cultivation techniques, elixirs, and magic treasures step by step through their own efforts.
Only those with continuous fortuitous encounters like Chen Jiuyang had never worried about such matters.
However, he was the only one like this in an era.
Even Qiu Yihan, who was now the Sect Leader's wife, had to complete missions to obtain resources to support the sect and the Han clan.
Only Lin Yuexian and Ji Lengyue, those two girls, were cultivating using resources from Chen Jiuyang as the Sect Leader.
Of course, Chen Jiuyang, who secretly controlled the遗迹洞府 (ruined cave dwelling) of the Pure Yang Medical Immortal, had never revealed it to anyone, so his family never lacked resources.
Want to obtain more resources and improve your cultivation to become stronger?
Then fight with all your might on the battlefield!
Most of the participants chose to fight in desolate areas where no mortals lived, so as not to disturb the normal lives of the common people.
It was like a war between a fighting nation and Ukraine; the common people in the Dragon Country felt nothing.
Chen Jiuyang was currently at the sixth level of the Venerable realm. Ordinary elixirs could no longer improve his cultivation. He had obtained the three great origin laws of water, wood, and earth from his ancestor.
By simply refining them bit by bit, his cultivation would naturally increase.
Through refining the origin law of metal, Chen Jiuyang had also gradually found some methods.
Sitting in the Sect Leader's main hall, Chen Jiuyang cultivated in silence, observing the bustling True Demon Sect. "I hope this righteous and demonic war can buy me more time and not cause any additional trouble."
What he needed most now was time, and with the righteous and demonic war having begun, he could not stand aside.
"Zixuan, you won't have to wait much longer."