Becoming an immortal against the will of heaven

“It's so dark all around, Fellow Daoist, why don't you light a lamp?”

After carefully examining the middle-aged man, Chen Tian flicked his finger, sending a ball of fire towards a Seven Treasure Glazed Lamp beside the stone bed.

With a 'poof' sound, the Glazed Lamp burst into flames, instantly illuminating the originally dark back room.

“Thank you for your trouble, Senior, but I have already lost my sight.

Even if the outside is as bright as fire, my heart remains in darkness.

So, what difference does it make whether I light a lamp or not?”

Accompanying an extremely calm voice, the middle-aged man slowly opened his eyes.

However, upon seeing them, Chen Tian couldn't help but gasp in shock.

He discovered that the man's eyes no longer had pupils, only two pitch-black empty sockets, which were incredibly terrifying.

“Who are you?

“Is Senior asking about me?

This junior is none other than the current Sect Leader of the Guining Sect, Xu Huai!”

Hearing Chen Tian's question, the middle-aged man, who claimed to be 'Xu Huai,' replied with a light laugh.

“Impossible!” However, upon hearing this, Chen Tian immediately shook his head and retorted: “I know that the Sect Leader of the Guining Sect is Daoist Fu Shang.

Since you claim to be Xu Huai, you should be a disciple of the Xu generation.

From what I know, the Xu generation is the fourth generation of disciples in the Guining Sect.

Above you are elders like Kong, Jing, and Shi.

How dare a mere grand-disciple of the Xu generation presumptuously claim to be the Sect Leader of the Guining Sect?”

As he spoke, Chen Tian's face was extremely gloomy, and he stared intently at the man named Xu Huai with a strange and astonished gaze.

Chen Tian had checked; this person's cultivation was only in the late stage of the Spirit Guiding Realm.

How could he possibly be the Sect Leader of the Guining Sect?

This was all too abnormal!

“Senior is truly knowledgeable about the affairs of our Guining Sect!

You must have done some investigation, right?”

After hearing Chen Tian's words, Xu Huai laughed loudly and continued, “Indeed, what Senior said is correct.

I am indeed a fourth-generation disciple of the Guining Sect.

However, there is one point that is greatly mistaken.”

“Oh?

Then I would like to ask, which point did I get wrong?”

At this moment, Chen Tian had calmed down from his initial shock.

He frowned and asked in a gloomy tone.

“As Senior said, our Guining Sect's original Sect Leader was Daoist Fu Shang, and above me were elders like Kong, Jing, and Shi.

However, may I ask Senior, if Daoist Fu Shang and the other elders have all died, shouldn't it be the turn of this grand-disciple of the Xu generation to inherit the position of Sect Leader?”

Facing Chen Tian's question, Xu Huai smiled strangely and retorted.

“What?” Upon hearing this, Chen Tian was once again greatly shocked.

At the same time, he seemed to vaguely guess something and immediately said, “Are you saying that Daoist Fu Shang and the other Guining Sect disciples are all dead!

Only you are left in the entire sect?”

“Senior is truly like a prophet.

That's right, I now represent the entire Guining Sect!”

As if responding to Chen Tian's doubts, Xu Huai nodded again, affirming it.

However, as he said this, he, who had always been strong, could no longer pretend, and a hint of resentment and sadness appeared on his face!

Everything before him was too astonishing.

Chen Tian took a deep breath, forced himself to calm down, and then asked again: “Then can you tell me, what exactly happened to your Guining Sect?

Why did you encounter this catastrophe?”

“Alas… Since Senior is interested in listening, then this junior will tell you about it!”

Looking at Chen Tian's interested appearance, Xu Huai first sighed secretly, and then slowly recounted the great disaster that had occurred in the Guining Sect.

In Xu Huai's vicissitudes of life and indifferent narration, a roll of dusty past gradually emerged before Chen Tian's eyes!

It was five years ago.

At that time, under the leadership of Daoist Fu Shang, the strength of the Guining Sect was steadily increasing, and the entire sect was shrouded in a peaceful atmosphere.

However, as the saying goes, the weather is unpredictable, and people have misfortunes and blessings.

Who would have thought that one day, news would come that the Demon God Sect and the Frozen Demon Realm had reached a united front, and then a large number of demon cultivators would launch a crazy counterattack against the cultivation world.

All of this happened too quickly and suddenly, so that the cultivation world did not react at all, and a large area of territory was forcibly occupied by the crazy demon cultivators!

Seeing that the situation was not right, the Cultivation Alliance urgently issued a conscription order, ordering each middle-level or above sect to send a Nascent Soul Realm expert and ten Core Formation Stage cultivators to the front line to resist the momentum of the demon cultivator's attack.

The scale of this conscription order can be said to be unprecedented, and it is also with coercion and punishment.

If anyone does not obey, then it will be regarded as an enemy of the Cultivation Alliance, and at that time, the Cultivation Alliance will personally take action to erase it from the world.

Therefore, after receiving this conscription order, although the Sect Leader of the Guining Sect, Daoist Fu Shang, felt helpless, he had no choice but to lead ten Core Formation Stage elders of the sect to the front line to fight against the demon cultivators.

However, no one expected that the determination and arrogance of this demon cultivator's counterattack would be so powerful.

In addition, with the help of the Demon God Sect, from the beginning of the battle, the situation showed a one-sided crushing by the demon cultivators.

After several rounds of attacks, hundreds of Nascent Soul Realm experts and countless Core Formation Stage cultivators all fell on the front line.

Among them were Daoist Fu Shang and nine Core Formation Stage elders of the Guining Sect.

It was not until the only surviving elder of the Shi generation returned with scars all over his body that the people of the Guining Sect learned of this great bad news!

However, at that time, they, who were shrouded in sorrow, had not yet realized that an even greater crisis was quietly approaching them.

The severity of this crisis directly led to the demise of the Guining Sect!

You must know that losing a Nascent Soul Realm expert and nine Core Formation Stage elders is a huge loss that is difficult for any sect to bear!

This was the case for the Guining Sect.

After losing Daoist Fu Shang, who possessed Nascent Soul Realm strength, the highest cultivation level in the Guining Sect was the three late-stage Core Formation Stage elders.

In this way, the Guining Sect declined from the scale of a middle-level sect to a small sect.

At the same time, according to the law of the jungle in the cultivation world, sects with greatly reduced strength often become prey for others to covet.

Obviously, at this time, the Guining Sect had become a piece of fat that others were eyeing.