"What are you all doing here?"

"Could it be that there is an outside invasion?"

Brother Cheng got a bit excited, it's been a while since he had captured a large amount of spoils.

He is currently very short on merit, yet hasn't even reached the level of Immortal Venerable.

"No, no. We've come here just to ask the Ancestor whether the Immortal Artifacts that Yuan Zhe, Yuan He, Yuan Wu, and Leng Huahan received this time were bestowed by you?"

As Yuan Sheng said this, he couldn't help but glance at the Quiet Chamber behind Brother Cheng.

Those two maids are still cultivating inside!

It's simply a spectacle, two Outer Disciples being privileged to serve as door guardians for the Ancestor is already quite an honor.

These two actually manage to seclude themselves here?

The rumors are true, these two have indeed ascended to greatness.

The intimacy with the Ancestor has already surpassed everyone within the Sect.

Brother Cheng nodded: "I was the one who bestowed them."

"What, do you have any objections?"

All the Elders quickly apologized: "We dare not."

"We came to bother you merely to consult, Grandmaster... Why were they awarded?"

"You're asking why they were awarded?"

Brother Cheng couldn't straightforwardly say it was because of flattery, as that would lower the Grandmaster's dignity.

Some things, when said outright, just don't have the same flavor—one has to let them grasp it themselves.

So he casually replied, "Because they performed well."

"Performed well?"

Yuan Zhen, Yuan Sheng, Yuan Shu and the others exchanged glances, looking puzzled.

According to the news received, the business of the Immortal Fate Order was settled by the Ancestor alone.

And any enemies encountered along the way were either annihilated personally by the Ancestor or dealt with by those four experts.

Did Yuan He or Leng Huahan play any role?

Was there any performance at all?

"Ahem, Ancestor, could you enlighten us?"

Seeing their eyes filled with eager curiosity, Brother Cheng slightly lowered his gaze and said indifferently: "Some things can only be expressed, not comprehended."

"You need to use your own eyes to observe."

"Use your own heart to feel."

"There are many aspects of them worth learning from."

He waved his robe, making it look like he was giving a profound Dao transmission to the disciples.

"Alright, disperse now!"

All the Elders got up to leave, still seeming quite confused.

Did Leng Huahan and Yuan Zhe have something special worth learning from?

Second Elder Yuan Shu, as the former superior of the three, decided to call them over for a good inquiry.

And Great Elder Yuan Sheng also decided to have a long talk with his disciples.

Only after they left did Brother Cheng sigh.

He knew why these Elders had come—just trying to request some rewards.

This is to be expected, there are always people who are less capable than oneself.

However, as he said before, he's not a Sudhana.

These disciples are not the same as the ones he had back then; it's impossible to distribute rewards to everyone.

Especially as he's recently short on spoils to exchange for merit.

The reason for rewarding those few was merely to set them up as examples.

The ones still deserving of reward would be Sect Leader Yuan Zhen and Great Elder Yuan Sheng.

The identity of close confidants like Su Ye and Su Meng was just a joke; Brother Cheng himself didn't take it seriously.

He knew very well that these two only qualified as mascots for entertainment.

In terms of true confidants, Yuan Zhen and Yuan Sheng were the genuine ones.

They were the first to recognize him, incredibly loyal, and had flattered quite a bit; truly 'meritorious and honored'.

Moreover, these two were the top leaders of the Sect, losing the dignity of the Sect Leader role wouldn't do.

He contemplated whether to go fetch a couple of Immortal Artifacts to bolster their prestige.

In the following three days, Feixian Sect buzzed with activity, selling off Sect treasures to consolidate Immortal Crystals.

On this day, Great Elder Yuan Sheng and Second Elder Yuan Shu arrived in a panic.

"Greetings, Ancestor! There's someone outside wishing to see you!"

"To see me?"

Seeing their expressions filled with panic and fear, Brother Cheng raised an eyebrow: "Who is it?"

"It's Zhan Yan, Wan Mo, Yin Sha—three Corpse Kings from the Soulless Celestial Realm—along with over a hundred high-ranking members of the Corpse Race!"

One can't blame them for being so terrified.

The notorious reputation of the Corpse Kings is such that the mere mention of them invokes fear throughout the Middle Immortal Realm.

It's said that a hundred million years ago, when they first appeared in the Tuo Luo Celestial Realm, they were merely Profound Immortals.

The Tuo Luo Celestial Realm at that time had no presence of the Corpse Race.

Back then, the three Corpse Immortals were merely hiding in the deep mountains, refining Corpse Puppets from corpses, isolated, with little interaction with the outside world.

Unintentionally discovered by the local middle-class Sect, Fenghuang Sect, they were deemed as evil heretics.

The three were besieged by numerous Golden Immortals and quickly all 'perished'.

For the Fenghuang Sect, the annihilation of mere wicked Profound Immortals was a trivial matter soon forgotten.

Unexpectedly, merely a hundred years later, the three returned as Corpse Immortals at the Golden Immortal level, and behind them marched an army of Corpse Puppets numbering over a thousand!

These Corpse Puppets lacked Immortal Souls; their internal organs long deteriorated, making them difficult to kill by ordinary means.

Especially the three Corpse Immortals—so long as a remnant ember remained—they would inevitably resurrect.

Unless special methods are used for ritual refinement, they can't be completely destroyed.

In the drawn-out battle spanning ten thousand years, increasing numbers of Fenghuang Sect disciples were turned into Corpse Puppets after being slain.

Until the Fenghuang Sect was exterminated, with the entire Sect transformed into Corpse Puppets, the three had evolved to Immortal Venerable level.

It was then that they finally drew caution from several top-tier Immortal Sects of the Tuo Luo Celestial Realm.

Subsequently, both Immortal Kings and Immortal Venerables emerged, the Corpse Puppet army was ritualistically refined and incinerated, the three major Corpse Immortals were heavily injured and fled, vanishing for tens of millions of years.

When they reappeared tens of millions of years later, they had reached the Ninth-grade Immortal Venerable level.

This time, the three changed their combat style, refrained from large assaults, and began subtly infiltrating disciples from various Immortal Sects.

The Corpse Puppets they refined became increasingly advanced, some capable of acting independently and smartly.

Over the long years, more and more Sect Elders were killed and turned into Corpse Puppets, altering the balance of power between the two sides.

When Zhan Yan evolved to match an Immortal King as a Corpse King, the Tuo Luo Celestial Realm's Immortal Sects could no longer withstand it.

Some were destroyed, some forced to relocate to other Celestial Domains.

The expansion of the Corpse Race also induced panic and resistance among neighboring Celestial Domains.

Several intense battles ensued with mutual losses, and eventually, concessions were made leading to an agreement.

Ever since, the Corpse Race operated only within the Tuo Luo Celestial Realm, forbidden from invading other Celestial Domains.

In return, the Tuo Luo Celestial Realm became their unofficial territory, a mass exodus of Immortals occurred, leaving it a haven for the Corpse Race, even its name was changed to Soulless Celestial Realm!

Faced with this indestructible and eerie race, few wouldn't tremble in fear, their hearts filled with dread.

Compared to them, the Ghost Alliance seemed practically elegant.

Fortunately, in recent years, they've truly remained contained within the Soulless Celestial Realm, showing no signs of expanding outward.

Yet the grisly reputation they earned in the past remains etched in everyone's memory.

Now, with the Corpse Race emerging once again, and personally led by three Corpse Kings, Feixian Sect couldn't remain calm.

Many disciples paled, shaking like leaves.

Fearing that a single glance from a Corpse King could turn them into Corpse Puppets.

"Zhan Yan, Wan Mo, Yin Sha?"

Brother Cheng searched through his memory, then recalled.

"So it's them!"

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