"You may enter the sect!"
Momentarily, the white-haired elder agreed.
However, his gaze towards Qin Wudao was somewhat complex—this fellow’s backing is quite strong!
Indeed!
Just now, the voice of the Sect Master rang in his mind, instructing him to allow Qin Wudao to join the Azure Cloud Sect.
"Thank you!"
Qin Wudao’s face revealed a hint of a smile.
"But for damaging the Azure Cloud Pillar, you still have to compensate accordingly!"
The white-haired elder continued, "It’s not expensive, just a thousand pieces of spirit ore!"
Upon hearing this, Qin Wudao’s smile dimmed considerably. After hesitating for a moment, he still took out a thousand pieces of spirit ore from his bosom.
As the lord of both low-level and mid-level cosmic clusters,
he had quite a bit of spirit ore on him.
He just felt this money was wasted—one broken pillar, and it cost a thousand pieces of spirit ore, which in a mid-level cosmos could buy many major realms.
Alas!
As a man with a family, he still shouldn’t waste money recklessly!
Such a loss!
Such a loss!
"Enter then!"
After receiving the spirit ore, the white-haired elder said.
Qin Wudao nodded and prepared to fly into the Azure Cloud Sect.
Talent assessment passed.
So he could become an Outer Sect Disciple of the Azure Cloud Sect.
The next two assessments would be held within the sect, measuring willpower and affinity with the Dao, to become Inner Sect Disciple and Core Disciple.
Beyond that, there were True Disciples and the Saint Heir.
There weren’t many True Disciples, only ten.
As for the Saint Heir, there was only one.
If all went as expected, the Saint Heir would be the next Sect Master, but the Azure Cloud Sect has existed for trillions of years without ever changing its Sect Master, and the position of Saint Heir has always been vacant.
"Hold on!"
At that moment, a dissatisfied voice sounded.
A young prodigy stepped forward, pointing at Qin Wudao, "Senior, the Azure Cloud Pillar didn’t display his talents, why is he allowed to join the Azure Cloud Sect?"
His face was full of jealousy.
A person whose talents couldn’t even be measured, why should he be allowed to join Azure Cloud Sect?
He couldn’t accept it!
"Indeed, he might have intentionally damaged the Azure Cloud Pillar!"
"We demand equal treatment!"
"He doesn’t have sixth-grade talent, at least the Azure Cloud Pillar didn’t show it, he shouldn’t be allowed to join Azure Cloud Sect, otherwise it’s unfair to us seekers of the way!"
The surrounding people began to jeer after hearing this.
Qin Wudao shook his head, not offering any explanation.
The white-haired elder’s face darkened, and he didn’t speak either, quietly observing the noisy crowd.
After a long while,
the crowd sensed something was amiss and gradually quieted down.
"Come here!"
The white-haired elder pointed at the trouble-making prodigy and asked with a blank expression, "Tell me, what’s your current cultivation level? How old are you now?"
"Senior!"
The named prodigy proudly raised his head, "Junior is from the Bai family of the Tianwu Cosmos, my name is Bai Wenqian, I’ve been cultivating for over thirty thousand years, currently at the Peak of the Creation Realm!"
"By the age of one hundred thousand, I am confident of breaking through to the Molding Dao Realm!"
Thirty thousand years!
Peak of the Creation Realm!
Upon hearing this, the crowd expressed envious gazes.
Even in a resource-rich high-level cosmos, which is most close to the current limits of martial civilization, achieving the Peak of the Creation Realm before thirty thousand years is as hard as reaching heaven.
Let alone the Peak of the Creation Realm!
Truly a prodigy!
"No wonder everyone longs to go to the high-level cosmos!"
Qin Wudao mused silently.
He recalled that in the mid-level cosmic cluster, except for the Qin Dynasty, the lowest record for breaking through to the Creation Realm was ten million years.
And this record was set by the master of the Ancient Qing Cosmos.
In ordinary mid-level cosmos, the record for breaking through to the Creation Realm is often over a billion years, or even longer.
"Are you proud?"
The white-haired elder scoffed disdainfully.
The crowd was stunned.
Isn’t breaking through to the Peak of the Creation Realm in thirty thousand years worth being proud of?
Bai Wenqian showed full discontentment.
"Come here!"
The white-haired elder beckoned to Qin Wudao, and once Qin Wudao approached, he loudly announced, "Listen up, he’s just over a thousand years old, in the mid-stage of the Molding Dao Realm!"
"All of you, think!"
"If anyone’s talent surpasses his, I am willing to break sect rules to let you skip the test and directly become a Core Disciple of the Azure Cloud Sect!"
With these words,
everyone, including Bai Wenqian, was utterly shocked.
A thousand years old and in the Molding Dao Realm?
How is this possible?
But the crowd knew the white-haired elder wouldn’t lie and dismisses deception; since he said it, it must be true.
"Do you accept it?"
The white-haired elder asked Bai Wenqian.
"I accept!"
Bai Wenqian was somewhat devastated.
"Can he enter the Azure Cloud Sect?"
The white-haired elder continued asking.
"Yes!"
Bai Wenqian’s voice carried a trace of sobbing.
It’s terrifying.
This place isn’t meant for me, a mere mortal.
"Go back and line up!"
The white-haired elder waved his hand, saying casually.
"It seems that people of the Azure Cloud Sect are quite reasonable," Qin Wudao thought when he saw the white-robed elder.
The act Bai Wenqian committed could be considered minor as inciting a disturbance, but if exaggerated, it’s defying the authority of powerful figures—if facing a hot-tempered one, surely it’d lead to death.
But not only did the white-haired elder handle Bai Wenqian leniently, he allowed him to continue participating in the Dao-seeking ceremony.
This was enough to show his good character.
Having proven his prowess, Qin Wudao entered the Azure Cloud Sect.
However,
he failed to notice that nearby, a figure cloaked in black was staring intently at his retreating back.
Traces of Demonic Qi dispersed from his body.
This person,
was Luo Hou.
Upon arriving in the high-level cosmos, he returned to a tragic life, because the protector You fell, the Token from the Immortal Treasure Pavilion he held became defunct, and he was hunted by the Pavilion’s powerful figures.
While fleeing, he arrived near the Azure Cloud Cosmos.
Upon learning about the Azure Cloud Sect recruiting disciples,
he planned to join the Azure Cloud Sect to lay low.
"Why is he here?"
"That’s him!"
"A martial artist at the Molding Dao Realm at thousand years old, it can only be him!"
Luo Hou’s body trembled uncontrollably, his eyes reddening, exuding an icy killing intent.
But soon,
he suppressed the killing intent.
Even if he dared to confront Qin Wudao here, the Azure Cloud Sect’s powerful figures would intervene without Qin Wudao lifting a finger.
Escape!
He must escape!
Luo Hou clenched his teeth, swallowing his endless hatred and killing intent, turning to leave.
In the endless, silent, eternal starry sky,
he receded further and further.
His silhouette appeared immensely solitary!
Once the Demon Ancestor, reigning supreme, daring to oppose the world, to stain the azure sky with demon blood, even challenging the heavens with his spear.
That was his glory!
Fearless!
Unconquerable!
Yet now, like a wounded lone wolf, he traverses unknown paths, reminiscing the grandeur during moments of rare leisure.
Back then, he also stood tall!
After entering the Azure Cloud Sect, Qin Wudao, led by a disciple, arrived at a training field, which was vast, with scattered groups of about a hundred people standing around.
"Wudao, over here!"
Qin Wudao was about to rest when he suddenly heard someone calling his name.
He followed the voice and noticed Xiao Qi at the edge of the field, waving to him, her face blooming with a smile as bright as flowers, enchanting the four seasons, intoxicating the yin and yang.

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