Chapter 620: Chapter 308: Becoming the Supreme Elder of the Dao Sect

Li An’s return caused a huge stir among the senior members of the Dao Sect.

For many years, the Exotic Realm and mysterious creatures have always been the focus of the Dao Sect. Despite gathering much information, and even arranging for Qiao Rumu and others to infiltrate the Exotic Realm with Yun Qian during that great battle, no one has returned, nor has there been any news.

Therefore, Li An, as a living witness, is too important to the Dao Sect!

He was brought into the grand hall, where almost all the sect’s senior members were present.

Li An glanced around but found many familiar faces missing. Now, within the Dao Sect, there were less than ten immortals left! 𝚏𝐫𝚎𝗲𝕨𝐞𝐛𝕟𝚘𝐯𝚎𝗹.𝕔𝐨𝗺

Withered Fate, Taiqingzi, Su Yebai, and a few Corpse Dissolving Immortals.

Other Peak Masters, like Xiang Yuntian and Song Qingsong, hadn’t reached the Immortal Dao level, and there were also new faces. Peaks like Evil Suppression Peak, Demon Ancestor Peak, and Celestial Fire Peak had all changed hands, with various levels of cultivation ranging from Mahayana to Crossing the Tribulation.

Li An suddenly understood why the Dao Sect had been so reclusive over the years; with their current strength, they couldn’t possibly reign over the world as they once did, forbidding all from becoming immortals.

In fact, it could be said that the Dao Sect’s immortal-level existences were far behind similarly leveled forces like the Brahma Sect and the Five Elements Sect!

Withered Fate and others sat above, questioning Li An about the situation in the Exotic Realm.

Li An was well-prepared. According to him, when the Immortal Mountain Island was breached years ago, he was captured by people from the Exotic Realm and taken back to the Yi Clan, where he served as a servant for some time, tending blood food, and this time when the Exotic Realm came again, he found an opportunity to escape.

He detailed the situation within the Exotic Realm, including its arrival, the current distribution of powers, and their ambitions towards the Spirit Realm.

The grand hall was deathly quiet; everyone’s expressions were heavy, even bordering on despair.

Mainly because the information Li An brought back this time was more comprehensive than anything they had previously obtained.

The Dao Sect had previously deduced from many things deep in the Southern Sea that the Immortal Realm may have undergone significant changes, and that perhaps something was seriously wrong with the former Heavenly Court. Now they finally understood the whole story...

It turns out, the Heavenly Court had collapsed countless ages ago, and the Immortal Realm had been completely overtaken by the mysterious!

Moreover, the Other Immortal Realm was unimaginably powerful.

A mere Yi Clan already had a Celestial Immortal presence. Such power existed in numbers in a single Purple Cloud Province, while in the vast Spirit Realm, the strongest cultivator was merely True Immortal Yun Qian.

How could they resist?

"Preparing to treat the creatures of the Spirit Realm as pigs to be penned up... ha, such audacity, such audacity!"

"Being the fish on the chopping block... what golden era, turns out it’s just the Other Immortal Realm raising pigs?"

"What in the world happened to the Heavenly Court... why did it come to this?"

Everyone roared in unwillingness and confusion.

Lies don’t hurt, but the truth is like a sharp blade. Li An understood in his heart that what he told them could have a more severe impact on the Dao Sect than even the great defeat of yesteryears.

He made the entire Dao Sect clearly understand one fact: resistance was utterly futile!

From the very beginning, the Dao Sect’s path of resistance was completely wrong, meaningless. On the contrary, the method proposed by Taiqingzi early on of hiding among the mysterious, and the subsequent escape plan, was much more pragmatic.

"Yes, according to recent news, those beings that returned from the Exotic Realm are currently establishing their Immortal Cities in our Spirit Realm... it seems to be part of a larger invasion plan by the Exotic Realm into the Spirit Realm."

It was Withered Fate who spoke.

Decades ago, when the Exotic Realm reappeared, many immortals went there and returned. These returning immortals were incredibly powerful, far surpassing the immortals of the Spirit Realm, and they occupied famous mountains and rivers, establishing their own Immortal Cities and recruiting numerous talents to spread their ways!

The Dao Sect had been keeping a close eye, and according to intelligence, what these immortals were doing seemed to be in preparation for inheriting the immortal legacy of the Exotic Realm!

These immortals had obtained great opportunities within the Exotic Realm, but to aspire to higher realms like True Immortal or Profound Immortal, they needed to establish a corresponding Exotic Realm’s orthodoxy within the Spirit Realm, waiting for the world’s transformation, so that a higher immortal orthodoxy could descend. The masters of these Immortal Cities would then receive greater fortunes and ascend to higher realms!

Now, based on all the information Li An provided, it could be inferred...

This was the Exotic Realm preparing for their complete descent!

"They occupy renowned mountains and rivers, drawing upon the creations of heaven and earth, if I am not mistaken, perhaps targeting... the Heavenly Dao?"

"Indeed, that must be it. The strength of the Exotic Realm is far beyond our expectations, and the only reason the Spirit Realm hasn’t perished yet is due to the Heavenly Dao’s obstruction and its repulsion of Exotic Spirits, so this is their final obstacle to descending!"

"Are we to just stand by and watch as these traitors destroy the Heavenly Dao foundation that the creatures of the Spirit Realm rely on for survival?"

Everyone’s hearts were filled with boundless worry, and they were gritting their teeth in anger.

"We need to discuss this matter at length; the information Li An provided has rendered a great service to us in the Dao Sect. According to the Daoist Sect Order, we appoint him as Supreme Elder."

Withered Fate suddenly spoke.

Everyone was surprised.

Li An, too, was taken aback.

In his expectations, even if the Dao Sect believed his words, they should have interrogated him exhaustively. After all, having returned from the Exotic Realm, who could say he wasn’t a traitor?

Yet, Withered Fate unexpectedly bestowed such a great honor upon him...