Translated by Eve

　　Edited by Wuxian

　　The House of Profound Theory was completely buried in the past under the joint offense of the entire Wulin. When everyone rushed into the House of Profound Theory's treasure storehouse but could not find a single trace of the ashes, they belatedly realized that the Lord of the House of Profound Theory had already gone missing for quite a long time.

　　Dead or alive, his body/corpse was missing. No one knew where An Qi had gone—aside from Sui Yuan and Zhao Xihe. Some people said that he took the ashes and escaped and was waiting for his power to increase before coming back for revenge. Other people said that An Qi had long been killed and the ashes were stolen away. As for the one who had escaped with the ashes, the one who was called for the most was naturally Demonic Cult Leader Ning Ze who had 'single-handedly led the extermination of the House of Profound Theory'.

　　Ning Ze who carried the black pot："………………"

　　——WTF! Laozi is the 'former' Demonic Cult Leader, OK?! The current Demonic Cult Leader is Yu Hao, OK?! Why the heck are you blockheads so slow on the uptake? Why do you always have to mention Laozi's name?!

　　After squandering so much manpower and resources, only to achieve nothing in the end, naturally made the partic.i.p.ants dissatisfied. And this kind of dissatisfaction was inevitably vented upon the 'solitary' Demonic Cult.

　　It was just a pity that Zhao Xihe had already planned for this. When the people of the righteous path were discussing how to 'rid the demonic path' and split the bounty, he launched an attack, tormenting the famous righteous sects until they fell into a complete mess.

　　Each sect had their own benefits in mind and thus together, were an incohesive group. Their strength had also suffered a great blow under the House of Profound Theory's counterattack. Before they were able to agree on a plan, the long-prepared Demonic Cult had already captured their weak point. At this time, they were all busy taking care of themselves, who would have time to talk about cooperation?

　　Compared to the benefits, their survival was naturally more important. Unfortunately, while all the sects retreated one step, the Demonic Cult shamelessly advanced a step. While everyone was forced to have to retreat but could not retreat—when the transformed rabbit was about to bite back—two heroes suddenly appeared. Not only did they rescue several sects that had been caught in the evil clutches of the Demonic Cult, but they firmly raised the banner of the righteous path in place of the virtuous and prestigious heroes of the Wulin who had died or were injured.

　　The two heroes came from a n.o.ble background. Only, their s.h.i.+fu lived in seclusion for a long time, so his reputation was not prominent. In addition, they were young and inexperienced, so at first, only a few people had faith in them. Anyway, each new generation exceeded the previous generation. When they showed solid proof of their strength and became increasingly successful with opposing the Demonic Cult, the two people fell into the limelight. It could be said that they were the brightest and best of the righteous path's young generation.

　　Furthermore, what made people admire them the most, was the heroic image of how these two people had once protected the injured from the Demonic Cult Leader Yu Hao who had extraordinarily powerful martial arts. Regardless of their own survival, they did their utmost to push him off the cliffs.

　　Yu Hao died, and the former Demonic Cult Leader, Ning Ze, seized the opportunity to take back the Cult Leader position. He then pushed the blame of the Wulin's chaos onto Yu Hao and issued a peace negotiation statement at the same time.

　　Although the Demonic Cult's savage ways made people wish to capture them up all in one go, the famous sects that had also suffered serious injuries were unable to bear a prolonged, endless war. When they recaptured the vast swathe of territory that the Demonic Cult had invaded and occupied, under everyone's discussion, they finally came to a decision to negotiate peace with the Demonic Cult. For the time being, they would have a ceasefire and recuperate. Only after they've recovered their vitality would they discuss the matter of eradicating the Demonic Cult. Of course, whether or not anyone would remember that when the time comes was another matter.

　　After this, all the sects once again realized the importance of the Wulin Alliance, and the popular candidates for the Wulin Alliance were naturally the two heroes who had saved them from the fire.

　　"s.h.i.+xiong! Why did you give me the position of Alliance Leader?!" Clearly, your contribution was greater, you're more steady, your martial arts is greater—I can't measure up to you!" Nan Gongyi suddenly pushed the door open and quickly advanced towards Sui Yuan, who sat by the desk, and kneeled before him.

　　Sui Yuan stopped his action of wiping clean his sword and smiled. He raised a hand to caress Nan Gongyi's hair, "How come you've yet to outgrow this angry kitten appearance?"

　　"I haven't grown. In front of s.h.i.+xiong, I'll never grow up!" Nan Gongyi buried his face in Sui Yuan's hands, his low voice carrying the tone of a pampered child, "So, s.h.i.+xiong shouldn't leave me. Don't push everything to me…."

　　"This is what you deserve, Xiao Yi. You've known this for a long time. All that s.h.i.+xiong has done has been to make up for his mistakes. It is my atonement," Sui Yuan sighed lightly, one of his hands being tightly grasped by Nan Gongyi. His other hand slowly stroked his hair, "s.h.i.+xiong has made so many mistakes. I'm really not qualified to become the Alliance Leader."

　　"That's Yu Hao's fault, not s.h.i.+xiong's! s.h.i.+xiong never had a choice…" When Nan Gongyi heard the determination in Sui Yuan's voice, Nan Gongyi choked with emotion.

　　"To act as an accomplice to the tiger, is also unjust," Sui Yuan shut his eyes and exhaled gently, "Xiao Yi, s.h.i.+xiong is weary."