Li Wuxiang had been preparing for a long time, but in the end, he only took out a sword hilt. This was indeed quite funny.
However, this was not the place to laugh. Li Wuxiang looked at the sword hilt and looked at Zhong Qiushui in disbelief. "You swapped it?"
Zhong Qiushui extended his hand, and an ancient bronze sword appeared in his hand. It was stained with blood, and it emitted a powerful force that made people shudder.
Zhong Qiushui laughed coldly. "Li Wuxiang, you can't even protect the Imperial Sky Pavilion's treasure. What right do you have to be the pavilion master? You can't even be sure if the people around you can be trusted. Among the past pavilion masters of the Imperial Sky Pavilion, I don't think there's anyone weaker than you! "
Li Wuxiang's eyes flickered with a complicated expression.
Perhaps even now, he could not believe that he had lost to Zhong Qiushui.
In his heart, Zhong Qiushui was an extreme person who was impulsive and easily angered. To put it simply, he was just a martial artist. Although he was talented and had a high level of comprehension, how could he compare to him?
Today, he realized that people could change. Unknowingly, Zhong Qiushui had become a stranger to him. He had become someone he could not recognize.
For example, this time, he had no idea when Zhong Qiushui had stepped into the Martial Immortal Realm. He also did not know when Zhong Qiushui had started planning. He also did not know when Zhong Qiushui had swapped the Imperial Heaven Sword.
He had lost in terms of strength, and he had lost in other areas as well. He had lost completely and utterly!
With a furious roar, Li Wuxiang's aura suddenly erupted. The entire world turned into a boundless blood-colored domain, and a Dharma Form was born from the boundless blood-colored domain.
The Dharma Form seemed to connect the heavens and the earth. It had the body of a powerful demon god, but it had a dignified expression. It was like a divine general or a heavenly king. Powerful energy waves stirred the void, and thunder clouds instantly filled the sky!
Divine power!
Chu Xiu immediately sensed that this was the aura of a divine power.
However, this was not just a divine power. Li Wuxiang had even integrated his other cultivation methods into it, making it even more powerful.
The Heavenly King Dharma Form held the power of lightning in its hands, and it turned into two spears that shot toward Zhong Qiushui.
The lightning power was so glaring that Chu Xiu had to close his eyes and use his spiritual sense to sense everything.
In the next moment, layers of ripples appeared around Zhong Qiushui's body.
As his fingers fell, ripples appeared wherever they passed. However, regardless of whether it was the power of the world or the terrifying lightning, they all strangely began to dissipate when they came into contact with the ripples.
It wasn't a counteraction of power. Instead, it had turned into nothingness. It was as if this power didn't exist in this world at all.
The lightning dissipated, the Heavenly King's Dharma Form collapsed, and the Blood Domain could no longer cover the sky.
Zhong Qiushui's sword finger stabbed straight into Li Wuxiang's chest, but strangely, not a single drop of blood flowed out. Perhaps even the blood had been dispersed by the power of this finger.
Li Wuxiang's face was as pale as paper. Looking at Zhong Qiushui, his face actually revealed a trace of a smile.
"This is the Mystical Power that our Imperial Sky Pavilion's second-generation ancestor possesses, Solitary Nothingness. When did you learn it?"
Zhong Qiushui said expressionlessly, "If I say that I learned it before I entered the Martial Immortal Stage, would you believe me?"
Li Wuxiang laughed out loud and said, "I believe you, of course I believe you. As expected, I've always been inferior to you!"
At the very last moment, Li Wuxiang realized that he had actually been jealous of Zhong Qiushui all this while.
He was a direct descendant of the Imperial Sky Pavilion, and Zhong Qiushui was merely picked up by the old pavilion master. What right did Zhong Qiushui have to stand shoulder to shoulder with him?
However, who would have thought that Zhong Qiushui's cultivation speed would be so fast? It was so fast that Zhong Qiushui was closing in on him at all times. Hence, Li Wuxiang could only cultivate even more fervently to prevent himself from being surpassed.
Day after day, year after year. Both of their cultivation bases grew stronger and stronger. However, nobody would have thought that the so-called Duo Heroes of the Imperial Sky Pavilion would improve so quickly just because one did not want to fall behind and disappoint the old pavilion master, while the other did it out of jealousy and did not want to be surpassed.
When they were fighting for the position of pavilion master, Li Wuxiang was not confident.
He knew that Zhong Qiushui's talent was slightly higher than his. At that time, there was almost no difference between them. He was not confident that he could enter the Martial Immortal Stage before Zhong Qiushui. That was why he slandered Zhong Qiushui behind his back.
Perhaps from that time onward, Li Wuxiang had truly changed. He only thought about himself, and did not want anyone to surpass him.
Between him and Zhong Qiushui, there was not a hundred years of friendship, nor a few decades of friendship. In fact, there was not even a year of friendship between them.
From the very beginning, he had been jealous of Zhong Qiushui. His heart could not contain anyone else.
Looking at his chest, Li Wuxiang mumbled, "I thought I'd already gotten rid of my inner demon. Never would I have thought that my heart has always been occupied by it."
As Li Wuxiang's words left his mouth, his life force rapidly dissipated, and he finally fell to the ground.
Seeing the Martial Immortal Stage expert, who was also the previous pavilion master of the Imperial Sky Pavilion, die before him, Chu Xiu was not surprised. He merely felt a little emotional.
In truth, even in the end, Li Wuxiang did not understand himself.
He thought that his choice was merely the doing of his inner demon. He did not expect that it was actually his true thoughts.
A leopard could change its spots, but a person's nature was difficult to change.
Cultivation techniques could be cultivated, and cultivation realms could be increased. However, a person's nature could not be changed that easily. Someone like Zhong Qiushui was clearly in the minority.
At that moment, Zhong Qiushui stood there for a long time without saying anything. It was unknown whether it was because he had overexerted himself from using a divine ability, or because his friend and opponent, who had been entangled with him for over a hundred years, had finally died by his hand.
At that moment, the battle in the palace hall had also ended. Li Wuxiang's trusted aides had either died or surrendered. The chaos in the Imperial Sky Pavilion lasted for less than two hours before it was quelled.
Of course, Zhong Qiushui had most likely prepared for all of this for several years or even over a dozen years.
Zhong Qiushui turned to look at Lu Sanjin and said in a deep voice, "What I said earlier still stands. You'll be the Imperial Sky Pavilion's pavilion master.
In truth, Li Wuxiang was right about one thing. I'm indeed extreme in the way I do things, and I'm easily influenced by others. As the leader of a sect, it's not a mistake to maintain the status quo. My mistake is being too extreme.
You're the eastern region traveler personally chosen by the previous pavilion master, the next successor to the pavilion master. In fact, you're even ranked among the younger generation of the Daluotian. You're more suitable for this position than me. "
Lu Sanjin shook his head with a bitter smile and said, "I can't take it.
The position of the Imperial Sky Pavilion's pavilion master is not only the core of the Imperial Sky Pavilion, but it's also important to outsiders.
With my meager strength, I'll only be a laughing stock if I take the position of pavilion master.
The Imperial Sky Pavilion's pavilion master must be a Martial Immortal Stage expert, and only a Martial Immortal Stage expert. "
Who did not want the position of the Imperial Sky Pavilion's pavilion master? It was only natural that Lu Sanjin wanted it as well. Although he was the eastern region traveler and theoretically the successor to the Imperial Sky Pavilion, that was only in theory. There were many eastern region travelers who did not become the pavilion master in the end.
Even so, Lu Sanjin knew his own limitations.
The position of the Imperial Sky Pavilion's pavilion master was not something that just anyone could sit on. When the Imperial Sky Pavilion was announced to the outside world, the other sects were all Martial Immortals. In the end, he was the only cultivator in the True Fire Spirit-Refinement Realm. This was simply a joke.
Thus, the position of pavilion master had to be taken by Zhong Qiushui.
Zhong Qiushui said in a deep voice, "Since that's the case, I won't pass on this responsibility.
I'm not Li Wuxiang. I won't go back on my words.
Lu Sanjin, you're still the eastern region traveler. No one can take away the position of pavilion master's successor. As long as you become a Martial Immortal in the future, I'll immediately step aside. I'll keep this position for you for the time being.
As for the others, everyone will continue doing what they should be doing. Although the pavilion master of the Imperial Sky Pavilion has changed, the world hasn't. "
Zhong Qiushui was a completely different person from the rash, hot-tempered, and extreme Zhong Qiushui of the past. At the very least, his arrangements were reasonable, and he did not cause too much chaos in the Imperial Sky Pavilion.
Great changes had already happened. Thus, not changing now was the best way to deal with it.
The funeral of the old pavilion master continued, but the place of burial was changed to the Primitive Emperor Realm.
From Li Wuxiang's point of view, it was not worth wasting an opportunity to use the Vitality of the Primitive Emperor Realm just to bury a dead man.
However, from Zhong Qiushui's point of view, the old pavilion master was already dead. This was what he deserved. No one else had the right or the right to take away all of this.
However, this also made the people of the Imperial Sky Pavilion feel more at ease about Zhong Qiushui.
This was a person who cherished old friendships.
The Old Pavilion Master's kindness to Zhong Qiushui hadn't changed even after so many years. Even if the Old Pavilion Master was biased towards Li Wuxiang, he probably wouldn't settle scores with those who didn't stand on his side.
After the funeral, Chu Xiu bade farewell to Zhong Qiushui and prepared to return to Cangwu Commandery.
Zhong Qiushui waved his hand and said, "Go back. I have already sent the news to Cangwu Commandery. The entire Cangwu Commandery, including the southern barbarian land that you have conquered, is under your command. If you want to report the news to the headquarters, just report it to the headquarters. As for the personnel appointments, you have the final say."
Lu Sanjin looked at Chu Xiu in surprise. He only knew that Zhong Qiushui had used this condition to get Chu Xiu to stand on his side. However, why did Brother Chu want so much power? Anyway, he would have to return to the deep mountains and forests to cultivate, so he could not take it with him.
Chu Xiu nodded and said, "Thank you, Pavilion Master. However, how are you going to stop the people from Cold River City? I reckon that soon, Cold River City will receive the news and may come looking for trouble with the Imperial Sky Pavilion. "
Zhong Qiushui's eyes revealed a hint of coldness as he said, "How? If we can't stop them, we will fight them head-on! The old pavilion master prioritizes stability. Li Wuxiang is also very timid.
The Imperial Sky Pavilion has been passed down for so many years. How can we not have any trump cards?
I can't defeat Ye Weikong, but if the Cold River City really wants to destroy the Imperial Sky Pavilion, then I will break their teeth and splash their blood even if I have to risk my life!
You should know that the Imperial Sky Pavilion is not the only major sect in the East Region! "
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