"Wuji, the elders of the Forgotten River Dao Gate are here for something that concerns you. After the incubation of the Divine Domain Nest begins, the Forgotten River Dao Gate will also hold a grand joint sect ceremony. If you're willing, you could go help out." Pang Jie said with a smile.

Seeing Mo Wuji's slight confusion, Lan Ou quickly added, "Junior Brother Wuji, I've seen your abilities. If you go to help, you'll definitely do a great job."

Originally, Lan Ou had suggested that Mo Wuji directly leave the Tian Fan Sect and join the Forgotten River Dao Gate. The Forgotten River Dao Gate frequently holds various ceremonies, and Mo Wuji's joining would save them a lot of trouble.

However, Elder Ji Yi told Lan Ou that a Divine King has his dignity. Even though Pang Jie is only in the early stage of Divine King realm, directly asking Mo Wuji to leave the Tian Fan Sect and join the Forgotten River Dao Gate would be a slap in the face. Borrowing him to help is different. Borrowing Mo Wuji to help, and then having him join the Forgotten River Dao Gate later, Pang Jie wouldn't have any objections.

Even though Pang Jie was smiling, Mo Wuji could still sense the anger within him.

In fact, Pang Jie was indeed very angry, but he was helpless. The Nine Evolutions Divine Sect was constantly trying to undermine the Tian Fan Sect. Besides the Nine Evolutions Divine Sect, the Tian Fan Sect had other hidden enemies. If he also offended the Forgotten River Dao Gate, then having him, a Divine King, might be worse for the Tian Fan Sect than not having one at all.

Mo Wuji smiled slightly and cupped his fists towards Ji Yi, "Thank you, Elder Ji Yi, and Senior Sister Lan Ou, for thinking highly of me. If it weren't for the new incubation of the Divine Domain Nest, I would be happy to help. But now that the Divine Domain Nest is newly incubated, I'm just a mortal man, and I want to go in and try my luck. So, I can't leave here for now."

Hearing Mo Wuji's words, Pang Jie sighed inwardly, feeling somewhat sorry for Mo Wuji. The five slots had been unhesitatingly taken by the Nine Evolutions Divine Sect. How depressing was it that he, a Divine King, couldn't even secure a single slot for his sect's disciple?

Hearing Mo Wuji's words, Ji Yi was stunned. Regardless of whether Mo Wuji was a toad trying to eat swan meat, Mo Wuji was a cultivator, and a cultivator wanting to enter the newly incubated Divine Domain Nest to seek opportunities, could you stop him?

Obstructing someone's path of cultivation was the greatest hatred in the world.

"I'm sorry, Wuji, I couldn't reserve a slot..." Pang Jie said honestly, even though he felt helpless.

Mo Wuji quickly replied, "It's alright, I can get a slot myself. By the way, I just came from the Heaven and Earth Plaza of the Divine Domain Nest, and I'm very interested in the rules of the Dao."

Pang Jie's heart stirred. He knew that Mo Wuji's comprehension ability was very strong. Perhaps Mo Wuji could really comprehend a Dao principle?

"Fellow Daoist Ji, since that's the case, why not let Wuji try?" Pang Jie asked with a smile. Although he was asking, he had already decided in his heart to let Mo Wuji try.

Even if Ji Yi looked down on the Tian Fan Sect, he couldn't refuse Pang Jie's reasonable request. He could only smile and agree to Mo Wuji's request.

...

Two months passed in a flash. Mo Wuji didn't do as he said and go to the Heaven and Earth Plaza to comprehend the rules of the Dao. For these two months, he had been staying in his room studying the Dao of Arrays, and hadn't gone out.

He didn't tell Pang Jie about obtaining ten qualification jade tokens to enter the newly incubated Divine Domain Nest, not because he didn't trust Pang Jie, but because he didn't have the chance.

Pang Jie hadn't returned since sending off Elder Ji Yi of the Forgotten River Dao Gate.

Pang Jie hadn't returned, but the time to enter the newly incubated Divine Domain Nest had arrived.

After two months of seclusion, the first person Mo Wuji saw upon leaving his room was Wei Jie. Wei Jie's aura was unstable, clearly indicating that he hadn't fully recovered from his injuries.

"Elder Wei Jie, what's wrong?" Mo Wuji looked at Wei Jie in confusion.

Wei Jie sighed, "I can only say that I was too wishful, actually wanting to compete for a slot to enter the new Divine Domain Nest. If it weren't for the ancestral master giving me a talisman, I would have been killed by that bastard."

"Who was it?" Mo Wuji asked subconsciously. He also knew that he probably couldn't help with someone who could almost kill Wei Jie. Knowing who it was, he might be able to help Wei Jie get revenge in the future. Wei Jie seemed very glib, but he was actually a very good guy.

Wei Jie waved his hand, "Life and death are unavoidable on the dueling stage. I'm lucky to be alive. Alas, it's a pity that my Tian Fan Sect suffered too heavy losses this time. Eleven of the fifty disciples who came here were killed on the dueling stage."

"What?" Mo Wuji was genuinely shocked. Eleven out of fifty people were killed. That was a bit too outrageous. If the death rate on the dueling stage of the Divine Domain Nest was so high, how many people would die each time the Divine Domain Nest opened?

Wei Jie lowered his voice and said, "This matter is likely being done deliberately by other sects, because only my Tian Fan Sect has the highest death rate. On many dueling stages, as soon as my Tian Fan Sect's disciples won a match, a strong cultivator would immediately go up and attack."

Mo Wuji's face turned grim. Although many of the Tian Fan Sect's disciples supported Pu Yin, they were all in the same sect. He couldn't stand by and do nothing while his fellow disciples were being humiliated.

"But it's not like there were no gains at all. Two of my Tian Fan Sect's disciples entered the top thousand and obtained qualifications for the new Divine Domain Nest. Now that Ancestral Master Pang Jie isn't here, he has entrusted all the sect's affairs to the two of us. My Tian Fan Sect has two people entering the newly incubated Divine Domain Nest, and we need to send them over," Wei Jie continued.

"Brother Mo..." Ku Cai's voice came. Standing behind Ku Cai was Zhu.

As soon as Mo Wuji saw Zhu's arm, he knew that Zhu had lost an arm. His arm must have been regrown with pills. Moreover, the pills Zhu used weren't very high-grade, and the aura of his arm was obviously very weak.

Mo Wuji didn't ask. Zhu's arm must have been lost in the dueling arena.

"All Tian Fan Sect disciples at the base, gather in the hall," Ancestral Master Pang Jie wasn't here, and Elder Wei Jie seemed somewhat timid. Mo Wuji didn't hesitate and called out loudly.

Wei Jie didn't find it strange that Mo Wuji was giving orders. In fact, even though he was an elder, in his heart, he saw his position as no different from Mo Wuji's and didn't think he was much higher than Mo Wuji, the Hall Master of the Outer Affairs Hall.

The Tian Fan Sect's disciples quickly gathered in the Tian Fan Sect's hall. Mo Wuji counted, and including him and Wei Jie, there were only thirty-seven people?

Among the thirty-seven people, several had unstable auras, clearly indicating that they were injured. As for their morale, it was not even a fraction of what it had been when they first arrived.

Wei Jie didn't speak. He even deliberately stood one step behind Mo Wuji.

Mo Wuji's gaze swept across the disciples, and he slowly said, "My Tian Fan Sect has just been established, and there are many difficulties, as well as various suppressions from other sects. But my Tian Fan Sect is a sect with a Divine King, and it was once a top-tier sect. One day, my Tian Fan Sect will stand tall in the Divine Domain once again."

No one spoke. Everyone was listening attentively to Mo Wuji's words.

"This time, for the incubation of the new Divine Domain Nest, my Tian Fan Sect fought for the slots to enter, and many fellow disciples have fallen..."

Mo Wuji suddenly paused at this point. He asked, "Where are Pu Yin and Zhai Butong?"

Out of the fifty-odd disciples, Mo Wuji only recognized a few who had come with him. Even if he didn't recognize anyone else, he would recognize Pu Yin.

Mo Wuji had some conflict with Pu Yin, but he still didn't want Pu Yin to have fallen on the dueling stage.

Yin Lin stepped forward and said, "Senior Brother Zhai has fallen on the dueling stage..."

Zhai Butong, Yin Lin, and Mo Wuji had all entered the sect at the same time. At the time, none of them had a sect to take them in, so they came to the Tian Fan Sect. Elder Wei Jie was the one who recruited them. Pu Jia and Ai Dong'er had disappeared before, and now Zhai Butong had been killed. Of the six people who had joined the sect at the same time, only Yin Lin, Mo Wuji, and Ku Cai were still here.

So, when Yin Lin said that Zhai Butong had been killed, she couldn't suppress the sorrow in her eyes.

"Who killed Zhai Butong?" Mo Wuji's voice was somewhat cold. He knew he wasn't at the dueling arena, but if he had been, and Zhai Butong had been killed, he would have found it hard to resist going on stage to kill the person.

"It was Senior Brother Wu Liang of the Death Faction. After you left, I met that Wu Liang again, and he specifically asked us which sect we were from," Wei Jie whispered in Mo Wuji's ear.

Mo Wuji slowly took a breath. If he saw the Senior Brother of the Death Faction in the newly incubated Divine Domain Nest, he would definitely kill him.

"What about Pu Yin?" Mo Wuji knew that there was no use saying anything now. He would have to wait until he entered the newly incubated Divine Domain Nest.

"Senior Brother Pu Yin entered the top one thousand and obtained a slot..." Yin Lin continued.

Mo Wuji was somewhat surprised, "Pu Yin entered the top one thousand?"

Even though Wei Jie had said that two people had entered the top one thousand, Mo Wuji didn't actually think highly of Pu Yin.

Yin Lin nodded, "Yes, two people from our sect entered the top one thousand, one is Senior Brother Pu Yin, and the other is Senior Brother Shi Bian. Because Senior Brother Pu Yin obtained a slot, he left the sect's base early and went to the place where the newly incubated Divine Domain Nest is located. He should be preparing to enter the newly incubated Divine Domain Nest."

"What about Shi Bian?" Mo Wuji asked again.

A young cultivator with an ordinary appearance stepped forward and cupped his fists at Mo Wuji, "Shi Bian greets Senior Brother."

Mo Wuji noticed that this disciple named Shi Bian was only at the eighth level of the God Nascent Realm, and his skin was slightly dark. He was the kind of ordinary person who would be hard to find even if he was thrown into a crowd.

Before Mo Wuji could speak, Shi Bian took out a jade token and handed it to Mo Wuji, "Senior Brother, this is the jade token to enter the newly incubated Divine Domain Nest. I obtained it, and I am now handing it over to Senior Brother to distribute."

Even though Shi Bian didn't directly say that this jade token was for Mo Wuji, he was already very impressive to say that he was handing this jade token over to Mo Wuji to distribute. If it were someone else, and they didn't have a jade token to enter the newly incubated Divine Domain Nest, they might really have claimed the jade token for themselves, no matter how thick-skinned they were.

Mo Wuji patted Shi Bian and said, "Junior Brother Shi Bian, your jade token was obtained through your own abilities. You will enter the newly incubated Divine Domain Nest later. For now, stand behind me."

"Yes, thank you, Senior Brother." Shi Bian excitedly put away the jade token.

Compared to before, he admired Mo Wuji even more now. When Shen Ming had encountered trouble, it was also Mo Wuji, the Senior Brother, who had resolved it. Now, Pu Yin, who had been competing with Mo Wuji for the position of Senior Brother, had gone to the newly incubated Divine Domain Nest on his own, while Senior Brother Mo Wuji was still standing here.

What was the difference? This was it.

(That's all for today's update, good night friends!)