Saint Emperor Devourer of Heaven

Jun Ye and Jun Nian'er were both incredibly curious about their master's affairs.

After sitting down, they peppered him with questions about their master's time in the Upper Realm and his experiences there.

Having the rare opportunity to reunite with his disciples, whom he had only seen a few times over the years, Jun Wuxie felt a sense of guilt towards them.

Seeing their curiosity, he began to recount his various experiences in the Upper Realm to satisfy their eagerness.

All nine direct disciples listened with great interest, completely engrossed.

They felt that their master's experiences were always so legendary, like listening to a mythical tale that captivated them.

Unbeknownst to them, sunset had arrived.

The golden-red afterglow of the setting sun blanketed the small courtyard in front of the Zhuxian Sword Sect.

A gentle evening breeze carried the fragrance of peach blossoms from the mountains and forests surrounding the courtyard.

Pink and white petals fluttered in the wind, creating a beautiful scene.

It wasn't until nightfall, when the sky had completely darkened and a full moon hung high, casting a hazy moonlight, that Jun Wuxie finished recounting his various experiences in the Upper Realm.

Whether it was his nine direct disciples, Fan Yin, Xiao Mo, or Jiu Ye, all were still immersed in his legendary, mythical-like experiences.

Without anyone noticing, Uncle Bird and Shiniang, who had been in closed-door cultivation, had also arrived and stood beside Jiu Ye, listening to his story for a long time.

After he finished speaking, there was a long pause before anyone could emerge from his story.

"Uncle Bird, Shiniang."

It wasn't until Jun Wuxie's gaze fell upon Uncle Bird and He Qingyun, and he walked towards them, that everyone was brought back to their senses.

"Hundreds of years have passed, and I never imagined you would have grown to such an extent."

Uncle Bird's expression was filled with satisfaction, his words carrying amazement and pride.

He couldn't help but recall the events of that year.

It was this young man before him who, in order to save Yue Yao, participated in the Grand River Sword Sect's disciple selection competition.

Despite being so outstanding, he suffered unfair treatment from the Grand River Sword Sect.

It was because of this that he had the opportunity to introduce such an excellent talent into the sect, joining the Sect King Academy, which had only a few members.

From then on, he rose rapidly, unstoppable.

The declining Sect King Academy also benefited from his rise, and its status in the cultivation world grew higher and higher.

Later, the Sect King Academy, which had been declining and subjected to oppression and targeting, became the Zhuxian Sword Sect, now standing at the pinnacle of the Lower Realm universe.

Today, the Zhuxian Sword Sect had long become the most sacred and unreachable place in the entire Lower Realm.

How many creatures in the world dreamed of joining the Zhuxian Sword Sect and becoming its disciples?

However, the vast majority could only dream about it.

The conditions for joining the Zhuxian Sword Sect were extremely harsh.

Not only did one need outstanding talent and age limitations, but also had to pass a rigorous character assessment and possess a high level of swordsmanship talent.

One threshold after another blocked the path of the world, keeping them outside the door, leaving them only to sigh in admiration.

Whenever they looked back, Uncle Bird and Jiu Ye felt like they were in a dream.

Everything was so unrealistically happy.

From the incomparably declining Sect King Academy, subjected to oppression and humiliation, to the Zhuxian Sword Sect, the most coveted place in the Lower Realm universe.

It was like a grand dream.

It could even be said that they wouldn't dare to imagine it even in their dreams.

But all of this was real.

Only because of this young man before them, the sect rose rapidly, soaring to the highest of the heavens, becoming the best in the world!

"I have to grow faster, the Upper Realm's dark invasion is coming, and this disciple has a mission and responsibility.

These years, Uncle Bird and Shiniang have greatly improved their cultivation, and are almost at the Divine Realm.

It seems that after this long-awaited reunion, Uncle Bird and Shiniang have not been indulging in love and unable to extricate themselves."

The last sentence carried a teasing tone.

Uncle Bird couldn't help but be taken aback, and immediately laughed and scolded, "You little brat, you're actually teasing us, do you still know how to respect your teachers?"

Saying this, before Jun Wuxie could speak, Uncle Bird revealed a strange expression, as if he had suddenly remembered something interesting.

"I almost forgot, you little brat never knew what it meant to respect your teachers.

I heard that you even slept with your own master, Pavilion Master Mu?"

Jun Wuxie was immediately speechless, what kind of wording was that?

"Qianshan, can't you use better words, what sleeping or not sleeping, in front of the younger generation of the sect, you old man are shameless!"

He Qingyun reached out and pinched Uncle Bird's ear, turning it one hundred and eighty degrees, causing Uncle Bird to grimace in pain and gasp for air.

"Ouch, wife, be gentle, my ear is about to be twisted off.

Wasn't it Wuxie this kid who arranged us first?

This kid even dared to lay his hands on his own master!"

As Uncle Bird spoke, he looked at Jun Nian'er and the others who were covering their mouths and giggling, and said: "Don't laugh, grand-uncle tells you, you must learn from your master.

He is your role model."

Upon hearing this, Jun Nian'er and the others immediately blushed, and couldn't help but shyly glance at Jun Wuxie, then quickly averted their gazes.

"Uncle Bird, why are you saying everything?

They are still young, don't mislead them!"

Jun Wuxie's forehead was full of black lines, what did it mean to let Nian'er and the others learn from him?

This was misleading in the wrong way!

"They are not young at all…"

Jun Nian'er, Jun Wan'er, Jun Ling'er, and even Jun Leng'er all disagreed with this statement.

Master actually said they were young.

They had lived for so many years, they were already grown women, how could they be young?

They even lowered their heads to look at their towering chests because of this.

They were even more convinced that what Master said was completely wrong!

"I think Qianshan is right, you are their master, lead by example, what's wrong with them learning from you?

You can lay your hands on your own master, can't they lay their hands on their own master?"

Jiu Ye feared that the world would not be in chaos, "I say Wuxie ah, you can't be double standards ah, only officials are allowed to set fires, but the common people are not allowed to light lamps, this reasoning doesn't make sense, right?"

"Jiu Ye!"

Jun Wuxie was speechless, his expression straightened, and he said to Jun Nian'er and the others: "Don't listen to your grand-uncle and great-granduncle, the ethics and morals between master and disciple cannot be messed up!"

"Master, rest assured, Nian'er and the others have always regarded Master as an idol in our hearts, and will definitely take you as a role model in everything!"

Nian'er looked at him with a red face.

Jun Wuxie's heart skipped a beat, and he had a bad feeling, and said with a stern face: "There are things that can be learned and things that cannot be learned!

Um, have you encountered any problems in cultivation these years?

Now, you can say it and let me solve your doubts."

He quickly changed the subject.

In his heart, he greeted Jiu Ye and Uncle Bird a hundred times.

They were really looking for trouble for him.

What were they thinking, actually saying these words in front of Nian'er and the others in public, such a wrong guidance.

He knew very well his position in his disciples' hearts.

He also knew that his disciples admired him very much.

Originally, it was just a kind of respect and affection between master and disciple.

With Jiu Ye and Uncle Bird guiding them like this, it was very likely to cause earth-shattering changes in their mentality.

It could be seen from what Nian'er said just now that she was already a little eager to try.

"Master, we…"

Jun Nian'er wanted to say something, but Jun Wan'er pulled her sleeve, and swallowed the words that came to her lips.

"Master, Leng'er's cultivation these years…"

Jun Leng'er changed the subject and talked about the confusion she encountered in her cultivation.

Jun Wuxie answered her questions, explaining and interpreting them in the most simple and easy-to-understand way, and imparting her experience.

Next, his other disciples also successively expressed the confusion they encountered in their cultivation.

Jun Wuxie patiently explained them one by one, making them suddenly enlightened, like a thunderbolt from the blue, the confusion in their hearts was suddenly connected.

Not only his nine direct disciples.

Jiu Ye, Uncle Bird, and He Qingyun also asked him for advice on various matters in cultivation, and solved the confusion in their hearts.

In the middle of the night, those senior brothers and sisters from the old Sect King Academy came out of seclusion one after another and met him.

So many years had passed, and they had naturally cultivated their physical bodies long ago.

Their talents were barely acceptable, but there was still a significant distance from the Tianjiao level.

Now, their cultivation had reached the Eternal Saint Realm, but they had only just entered this realm, which was much lower than Uncle Bird's realm.

Asking Jun Wuxie for advice and listening to his lectures and explanations, they were very excited, feeling that every word of his was like the sound of the Great Dao, making them deeply enlightened, benefiting greatly, and like opening a brand new world.

Because there were many people, each person's problems needed to be solved.

Jun Wuxie spent a lot of time.

It wasn't until the afternoon of the next day that they dispersed.

After a few more days, the sect disciples were summoned back one after another.

Jun Wuxie gathered all the people in the sect at the sect square.

Compared to hundreds of years ago, the number of sect disciples had greatly increased.

Although the conditions for the sect to recruit disciples were extremely harsh.

But the base number of beings in the Lower Realm was, after all, astonishing.

Every five years, a group of outstanding individuals from various ancient life stars could always be recruited.

The Zhuxian Sword Sect had strict age limits for each disciple it recruited, and they could not be over ten years old.

This was done to better cultivate their character and guide them from an early age.

Initially, there were hundreds of thousands of disciples in the sect.

Now, the number had reached as many as hundreds of thousands.

Jun Wuxie glanced over and found that the talents of the sect disciples were all good.

With good techniques and a good cultivation environment, their future limits would not be low.

In the square, all the disciples were sitting cross-legged on the ground in an orderly manner.

It was very quiet here, no one was speaking, but everyone's eyes were full of heat.

The sect master was Lord Jun.

Most of them had not experienced the end-of-the-world torrent and were born in the era after the dark invasion.

However, their understanding of the Dark Invasion was profound.

The Great Cataclysm of the Last Age had passed almost a thousand years ago.

Yet, the events that occurred during the era of the Dark Invasion could still be viewed in specific locations throughout the Imperial Dynasty.

These were rune-recorded images left behind during the Dark Invasion, documenting parts of the battlefield—bloody scenes of utter despair.

Too many people had sacrificed themselves, making it an extremely tragic event.

Every child in the Imperial Dynasty was educated about the Dark Invasion from a young age.

The teachers in their academies would take them to view those images.

Many children were frightened to tears by the brutal scenes, and their hatred for the darkness was deeply ingrained in their bones.

Over the years, there had been dissenting voices among the people of the Imperial Dynasty.

Individuals with a certain degree of fame and influence would come forward, arguing that the Dark Invasion was over and that people should not live in hatred.

They had appealed on various platforms of the Imperial Dynasty's rune network to cancel the showing of such brutal Dark Invasion images to children.

They argued that in this era of peace and prosperity, people should forget those hatreds and let children live in happiness, away from the bloody and cruel history.

At the same time, they also called for everyone to forget that period of history, saying that there was no need to always keep the past in mind.

Later, those people made even more pointed remarks, saying that the Dark Creature invasion was merely a struggle between two worlds and could not be judged by right or wrong.

Perhaps the Dark Creature invasion had special, unavoidable reasons.

If the Immortal Slaying Imperial Dynasty faced the same special circumstances as the Dark Creatures, it might also do something like invade other worlds.

Those people said that the greatest courage and most valuable thing in life was not to remember hatred, but to choose forgiveness; only by letting go of oneself could one better be oneself.

They claimed that they were reflecting from a rational, objective, and neutral perspective, calling on everyone to reflect together, not to take an extreme native-world-centric path, to learn to think from the perspective of the Dark Universe, and to be a person with self-thought.

For a time, such remarks were rampant, appearing everywhere on the rune network platforms.

However, the Imperial Dynasty did not immediately clean up those remarks but allowed them to ferment.

When others who held the same ideas saw that publishing these remarks did not bring any consequences, they came forward to express their support.

As a result, it aroused great public outrage.

And the Imperial Dynasty decisively struck at that time.

Because those who were going to jump out had almost all jumped out.

In that internet cleanup operation, tens of millions of people were arrested, all publicly executed, with simultaneous live broadcasts of beheadings across all life-bearing ancient stars.

From then on, the rune network was quiet for a long time.

Basically, no one dared to stand up and publish such reactionary remarks.

If there were any, they were quietly made on some special, hidden platforms.

But none escaped the Imperial Dynasty's iron-blooded methods.

Ji Yinlan would absolutely not allow such people to live in the world.

The struggle with darkness still had a long way to go.

How could such remarks be allowed to influence the children and teenagers of the Imperial Dynasty?

However, even with iron-blooded methods, it was still difficult to completely eliminate such voices.

From time to time, people would form groups on the rune network or offline, using secret channels to publish reactionary remarks, seeking out traitors with similar views to spread their influence.

Since the opening of the Hundred World Battlefield in the Lower Realm, this kind of thing had never stopped.

It was just that the Imperial Dynasty acted quickly, and the entire rune network had strict and precise monitoring mechanisms.

Whether on the rune network or in reality, it was all the same.

Therefore, once those people popped up, they would soon be arrested and executed!

The high-level officials of the Imperial Dynasty all knew that the forces of other worlds must be brainwashing some people through the Hundred World Battlefield, causing them to bring these ideas over, thereby influencing a small number of people whose wills were not firm enough, whose IQs were relatively low, and whose brains were relatively stupid.

However, the Hundred World Battlefield was a place for cultivators in the Lower Realm to train; it would not be realistic to prevent the masses from going to the Hundred World Battlefield.

In the past two days, Jun Wuxie had heard about this matter from the high-level officials of the Imperial Dynasty.

He greatly agreed with their iron-blooded methods.

At the same time, he used some means to enhance the monitoring effect of the rune network, which could accurately filter out such remarks that were detrimental to the unity of the Imperial Dynasty, and instantly locate their position to track down the speakers.

Moreover, online monitoring could also be perfectly implemented to achieve a super-efficient mode of instant detection, instant arrest, and execution.

In this way, there was no need to worry about those forces from other realms playing tricks, disintegrating the thoughts and wills of the masses of the Imperial Dynasty from within, and destroying the cohesiveness of the Imperial Dynasty.

Of course, the vast majority of the masses of the Imperial Dynasty were still very firm, and their faith in the Imperial Dynasty was unshakable.

Those rebels were all born after the Great Cataclysm, never having experienced darkness.

"Disciple greets the Sect Master!"

After all the disciples of the sect had gathered, they who had been sitting quietly in meditation, rose to their feet in unison, and then knelt on the ground, their voices neat and uniform.

"Rise, all of you.

Today, I have summoned you here, firstly to cleanse your marrow and cut your hair, strengthen your bloodline talents, and enhance your physical bodies; secondly, to impart the Dao to you, enhance your understanding of the Sword Dao and the Laws, so that you can cultivate faster.

In the future, when the Dark Invasion reaches the Upper Realm, I will allow you to go to the desolate borders of the Upper Realm to kill enemies!

Most of you have not experienced the Great Cataclysm, nor have you truly faced the Dark Creatures.

Tell me, are you afraid of the Dark Creatures?"

"We are not afraid! We are not afraid!

We are disciples of the Immortal Slaying Sword Sect, citizens of the Imperial Dynasty, and followers of Lord Jun. We uphold the will of the Sect Master, vowing to fight the darkness to the end, even if our blood splatters on the battlefield, death is still glorious!"

The passionate voices of the Immortal Slaying Sword Sect's disciples shook the heavens, and each person was burning with fiery fighting spirit, the Sword Dao's killing intent tearing through the sky!

Whether adult disciples or children who were only a few years old, all were the same!

"Very good, I am very gratified that you have this courage.

The people of my Immortal Slaying Sword Sect should have this spirit and determination!

Now, all of you sit down, relax your whole bodies, and I, the Sect Master, will cleanse your marrow and cut your hair for you!"

"Thank you, Sect Master!"

The disciples were all very excited, sitting down neatly in meditation, waiting to receive the Sect Master's divine abilities.

Many of them were seeing the Sect Master in person for the first time.

This man, like a god in the hearts of the masses of the Lower Realm!

That peerless hero who once severed the darkness with a single sword and faced the endless Dark Army alone was their idol and role model since childhood.

Joining the Sword Sect was largely because they wanted to be closer to their admired idol and god!