I Quit My Sect, Then a Genius Senior Sister Pulled Me Onto Her Flying Sword

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00:00:00My name is Cyrus, as in cease, because I am done with everything.

00:00:03But right now I feel half dead, because I transmigrated,

00:00:06and I landed inside a trashy web novel about a fake sweet pampered darling.

00:00:10For the sake of my future and my sanity, I have decided to grab my bucket and bail.

00:00:15It's all my fault.

00:00:16If I had not wanted that spirit herb, you would never have gotten hurt.

00:00:19It's my fault, Liam.

00:00:21It is not your fault.

00:00:22The one at fault is him.

00:00:23It was just a trip to the beast forest.

00:00:24He even hurt himself on purpose.

00:00:26To win your sympathy, Liam.

00:00:28Vera is right.

00:00:28Someone like that does not deserve your pity.

00:00:30Cyrus, where is the herb?

00:00:32Did you get it?

00:00:32No.

00:00:33You did not get it?

00:00:34Then what did you even do out there?

00:00:35Did you take Liam's words to heart at all?

00:00:37That beast forest is one of the four perilous lands.

00:00:40The moment I stepped in, the beast chased me for a full day and night.

00:00:43I nearly died in there.

00:00:44Nearly died.

00:00:45But you did not actually die.

00:00:46I think you just did not want to gather the herb for Liam, so you made up an excuse.

00:00:50Enough, please.

00:00:51I only mentioned in passing that I wanted that rosewood herb.

00:00:54After all, it is the material for refining the rosewood pill.

00:00:57I truly never expected the Grandmaster and the sisters to take it seriously and end

00:01:01up getting Cyrus hurt.

00:01:02What kind of monster is this thing?

00:01:04The acting is so vivid.

00:01:05Am I in the cultivation world or at the freaking Oscars?

00:01:08The fake sweet act is strong with this one.

00:01:10Cyrus, you came back empty-handed and made Liam worry.

00:01:13Do you not feel ashamed?

00:01:14Hold it in.

00:01:15I am freaking holding it in.

00:01:16Right now Liam's charm aura is at full power.

00:01:18No matter what I say, they will never believe me.

00:01:21Reasoning with them is useless.

00:01:22Once I get through this, I can grab my bucket and bail.

00:01:24Cyrus, Liam is showing concern for you.

00:01:27What is with that attitude?

00:01:28This whole thing was your fault.

00:01:30Go to the back mountain and reflect in seclusion for one month.

00:01:32When you come out, apologize to Liam properly.

00:01:35The world has turned upside down.

00:01:37This is insane.

00:01:38Because of one word from that two-faced little snake.

00:01:40I not only got hurt, I also have to go reflect in seclusion.

00:01:44He cried a few tears and somehow became the victim.

00:01:46Since the Grandmaster says I am guilty, may I ask one thing?

00:01:49What exactly did I do wrong?

00:01:51Are you questioning me?

00:01:52I would not dare.

00:01:53I simply do not understand.

00:01:55Yes, I did not bring back the rosewood herb, but I risked my life.

00:01:58I nearly died in the beast forest, so why am I punished the moment I return?

00:02:02Because you made Liam worry.

00:02:03So because he worried, it is my fault.

00:02:05Liam worries about you because he is kind-hearted.

00:02:08You not only failed to be grateful, you dare to talk back to the Grandmaster, you ungrateful

00:02:12wretch.

00:02:13Unbelievable.

00:02:13What kind of logic is this?

00:02:15Can any of you act like a normal person?

00:02:17Did a mule kick every one of you in the head?

00:02:19Cyrus.

00:02:19Do not blame the master and the sisters.

00:02:21If you feel wrong, take it out on me, Cyrus.

00:02:24Liam kindly reached out to steady you.

00:02:25What is the meaning of this?

00:02:27It means nothing.

00:02:28I would not dare let it mean anything.

00:02:30I just worry that if Liam touches me, his hand might ache afterward.

00:02:33Cyrus?

00:02:34What is with the snide remarks?

00:02:36Sisters.

00:02:36Then let me ask you one question.

00:02:38If Liam told you to go and die, would you do it?

00:02:40What nonsense are you spouting?

00:02:42Why would Liam ever tell me to die?

00:02:43Vera, if Liam told you to hand over your parents' life savings to him, would you hand it over?

00:02:47You?

00:02:48What kind of question is that?

00:02:50Liam is not that kind of person.

00:02:52When?

00:02:52If Liam told you to transfer all your cultivation to him, would you do it?

00:02:56Insolence.

00:02:57Grandmaster, once I form my golden core, if Liam wanted my golden core, would you carve

00:03:01it out of me?

00:03:02Insolence, Cyrus.

00:03:03Not only do you refuse to repent, you talk back to your elders again and again.

00:03:07You are sentenced to three months of reflection and seclusion at the back mountain, and you

00:03:11may not set one foot off the mountain.

00:03:12Fine.

00:03:13Three months it is.

00:03:14I accept it.

00:03:15You cannot explain ice to a summer cicada, a fool who does not even know he is a fool.

00:03:19I would love to watch how this impossible Liam strips every one of you clean to the

00:03:22bone.

00:03:23I am done here.

00:03:24What are you doing?

00:03:25I am leaving the sect.

00:03:26Cyrus?

00:03:27You are saying you want to withdraw from the sect?

00:03:29Yes, you heard right.

00:03:30I am withdrawing.

00:03:31Process the paperwork.

00:03:33Brother Cyrus, you are the Grandmaster's personal disciple.

00:03:36This is not something to joke about.

00:03:37Besides, withdrawing requires the Grandmaster's written order.

00:03:40Personal disciple?

00:03:41This personal disciple lives worse than a dog.

00:03:44If you want the title, you can have it.

00:03:45As for the order, just go ask the Grandmaster.

00:03:48Brother Cyrus, how could I dare do that?

00:03:50Then there you go.

00:03:51Just process it quickly, I'm in a hurry to leave.

00:03:53Brother Cyrus, I heard you failed Liam's task and got punished by the Grandmaster, do not

00:03:58take it to heart.

00:03:58You are the senior brother, you should yield to him.

00:04:01Yield what?

00:04:01Yield my cave dwelling, yield my spirit weapons, yield my golden core, yield my life.

00:04:06And after I yield it all, what is left of me?

00:04:08But brother Cyrus, if you leave, the moment other sects hear you voluntarily quit one of

00:04:13the eight great sects, who would dare take you in?

00:04:15Maybe reconsider.

00:04:16If they will not keep me here, somewhere else will.

00:04:19Or do you not want me to leave?

00:04:20Let me be clear.

00:04:21If you make things hard for me, then you will never have it easy either.

00:04:25What do I do?

00:04:26I will process it right now.

00:04:27There you go.

00:04:28I had to throw in a little pressure, you were just asking for it.

00:04:31Brother Cyrus, here is your withdrawal certificate.

00:04:34Keep it safe.

00:04:35By the way, if the Grandmaster asks later, just tell her Cyrus ran off, grabbed his bucket

00:04:39and bailed.

00:04:40Ah.

00:04:40Away from that nest of brain-dead fools and that fake little snake.

00:04:44My mood is completely different.

00:04:45I feel full of energy.

00:04:46So this is the world of cultivators?

00:04:48Fresh spirit fruit.

00:04:49Spirit fruit that makes your skin glow.

00:04:51No glow, full refund.

00:04:52You cannot lose, you cannot be cheated.

00:04:54Artifacts and puppets on big sale.

00:04:56Step right up, take a look.

00:04:57Fresh beast meat buns.

00:04:59So this is the cultivation world?

00:05:00I love it, I love it, it smells amazing, I cannot resist.

00:05:03Boss, give me a bowl, extra meat, extra porridge.

00:05:06All those years I lived in misery.

00:05:08Finally I have made it through.

00:05:09Boss, another bowl, no.

00:05:11Make it two.

00:05:12Friend, how long have you been starving?

00:05:14Three years?

00:05:14Do you have any idea how I survived these three years?

00:05:17Cyrus, Liam says he likes places that face the sun.

00:05:20Pack your things and move out.

00:05:21This cave dwelling belongs to Liam now.

00:05:24Cyrus, do you not know Liam loves beast legs, and you dared to secretly eat it in hiding,

00:05:28confiscated?

00:05:29This is for Liam only.

00:05:31We cultivators.

00:05:32What is so hard about living without food?

00:05:34If you only crave the pleasures of the mouth, your Tao heart grows unsteady.

00:05:37Full now, good.

00:05:38Go practice your sword.

00:05:39I just wanted one warm meal.

00:05:41Who did I bother?

00:05:42But the good news is, now that I have bailed, from now on I eat whatever I want.

00:05:46In the sect I was exploited the whole time.

00:05:48Now, I have only about a hundred low-grade spirit stones left.

00:05:52That will last ten days at most.

00:05:53If I do not find some income, in ten days I will be sleeping on the street.

00:05:57A street stall?

00:05:58No real startup money, and the returns are slow.

00:06:01Not for me.

00:06:01A waiter?

00:06:02No way, no way.

00:06:03Too much work, too little pay.

00:06:04I have got it.

00:06:05I hire a fighter app like Uber for brawls.

00:06:08Cultivators always have conflicts.

00:06:09Some cannot fight openly, or cannot win, and that is when a hired fighter service comes in.

00:06:14Would that not be a fortune?

00:06:15But wait, this will not work.

00:06:17I am injured.

00:06:17What if it backfires and I get beaten instead?

00:06:20I could livestream.

00:06:21Entertainment here is so dull.

00:06:22It is either cultivating or fighting.

00:06:24If I ran a livestream, holy maidens and holy sons doing group streams, outdoor expeditions

00:06:29into secret realms, hunting beasts, forging artifacts, refining pills, it would absolutely

00:06:34make a fortune.

00:06:35But here is the problem.

00:06:36It needs special software, and I have no idea how to make that.

00:06:40Even with a recording formation, that thing does not broadcast live.

00:06:44If I truly wanted to do it, the spiritual power and spirit stones it would take are astronomical.

00:06:49Right now I am not only injured, I am also flat broke.

00:06:52Ah, even a hero can be stopped by a single coin.

00:06:54Wait, I have got it.

00:06:56I can carve formations.

00:06:57The Mishaven sect is one of the richest sects in the cultivation world, and it built

00:07:00that wealth on formations and pills, and it holds a near monopoly on them, which means

00:07:04both of those things are always in short supply.

00:07:06Even though the original soul had only average talent and never mastered much, out here that

00:07:10skill is still leagues above everyone else.

00:07:13Formations it is.

00:07:14Now that I have the materials, let us get to work.

00:07:16Small goal first.

00:07:18Make one minor formation.

00:07:19Cannot stop, must not stop.

00:07:21It is a small margin business.

00:07:23Stop and you waste it, waste it and you lose money.

00:07:25The minor defensive formation is done, and it can block a full power strike from a mid-stage

00:07:29foundation cultivator.

00:07:31Turns out I am a genius.

00:07:32Keep going, keep going.

00:07:33All for my comfortable little life.

00:07:35Right, 30 for a minor defensive formation, 20 for a spirit gathering formation, that

00:07:39is plenty.

00:07:40Sir, what would you like to buy?

00:07:41I am not buying, I am selling.

00:07:43What does the customer wish to sell?

00:07:45Minor defensive formations and minor spirit gathering formations.

00:07:48They block a full power mid-foundation strike and raise spiritual energy absorption by 20%.

00:07:53Please, please wait.

00:07:55I will go fetch the shopkeeper.

00:07:56Sorry to keep you waiting, friend.

00:07:58Friend, your minor formations have been appraised.

00:08:01For each one, I am willing to offer 20 mid-grade spirit stones.

00:08:04This is a huge win, a huge win.

00:08:06A piece of jade I bought for one low-grade stone now sells for 20 mid-grade stones.

00:08:10That converts to 2,000 low-grade stones.

00:08:13If I sell 40 formations, that is 80,000.

00:08:16Friend, your goods come to 800 mid-grade spirit stones in total.

00:08:20Also, I see you lack a storage item.

00:08:22Please accept this storage ring as a small gesture.

00:08:25And this token is a treasure pavilion VIP token.

00:08:28With it, all purchases here are 30% off.

00:08:31Then I thank you, shopkeeper.

00:08:33If I ever sell more formations, I will come back to you.

00:08:35You are too kind, friend.

00:08:37The pavilion welcomes you anytime.

00:08:39Huge win.

00:08:40For a cost of 40 low-grade spirit stones, I leveraged 80,000 in profit, enough to make

00:08:44a Wall Street tycoon drool.

00:08:46Now I never have to worry about money again.

00:08:48Ha ha ha.

00:08:49Friends, may I ask what business you have stopping me?

00:08:53You just walked out of the treasure pavilion, and it looks like you did very well.

00:08:56We do not mean much by it, we are just a little short on cash, and we would like to

00:09:00borrow

00:09:00a few spirit stones to spend.

00:09:02You must be joking, I only went to buy some little trinkets.

00:09:05What could I possibly have gained?

00:09:06The three of us staked out the pavilion all afternoon.

00:09:09If you had gained nothing, would the shopkeeper have walked you out himself?

00:09:12And that storage ring on your hand is not something an ordinary man can afford.

00:09:16Be smart, hand over the storage ring, or do not blame us for being merciless.

00:09:21Three of you, we are standing at the foot of the Misthaven sect.

00:09:24Fighting is forbidden inside the city.

00:09:26Are you not afraid of being held to account?

00:09:28Fighting is forbidden in the city.

00:09:30But who knows how many people vanish in Cloudrise Town every day.

00:09:33Guess how many of the culprits ever get caught.

00:09:35Besides, we finish this one job and leave.

00:09:37Hide out somewhere for a few years.

00:09:39Who could ever find us?

00:09:40Big brother, second brother.

00:09:42Why waste words with him?

00:09:43Let us deal with him.

00:09:44A defensive formation.

00:09:46This kid is loaded with good stuff.

00:09:48All of you on him.

00:09:49All three are early stage, foundation, on par with me.

00:09:52But I am still injured, and I have spent these past days carving formations, so my spiritual

00:09:56power is nearly drained.

00:09:58Against them I have no real chance.

00:10:00Of all the thirty-six strategies, running is the best.

00:10:02After him, brothers.

00:10:04This kid is a fat fish.

00:10:05Take him down and we are set for years.

00:10:07Today there will be no path to heaven for you, and no door to the earth.

00:10:11I cannot keep this up.

00:10:12I had little spiritual power to begin with, and I have only a few defensive formations left.

00:10:17I will not last much longer.

00:10:18Is a side character really doomed to nothing but death?

00:10:21Do not let him get away.

00:10:22Where does this kid keep getting so many defensive formations?

00:10:25Smash one and another appears instantly.

00:10:27What does that tell you?

00:10:28This kid is carrying a load of treasures.

00:10:30Keep chasing.

00:10:31Dammit, my spiritual power is completely gone.

00:10:33Cannot hold on anymore, kid.

00:10:35If you stop resisting, we cannot let you live, but we promise to make it quick.

00:10:38If you do not, take the advice.

00:10:40Once we crack open that little shell of yours, we will make you wish you were dead.

00:10:44So this is the cultivation world?

00:10:46I love it.

00:10:47I love it.

00:10:47If I put her on a live stream, it would make an absolute fortune.

00:10:50Robbery in broad daylight.

00:10:51You dare to flout the rules of the Misthaven sect?

00:10:54Mercy, my lady.

00:10:55Mercy, my lady.

00:10:56Hey, are you all right?

00:10:58You look hurt.

00:10:58Thank you for saving me, friend.

00:11:00It is only a small wound, nothing serious.

00:11:02Take this.

00:11:03It will heal your injuries.

00:11:04Good medicine.

00:11:05This pill is several times stronger than what the Misthaven sect hands out.

00:11:09Please wait, my lady.

00:11:10May I ask your name?

00:11:11If the chance ever comes, I will surely repay you.

00:11:15Serafina.

00:11:16Serafina?

00:11:16No way.

00:11:17It is actually Serafina.

00:11:18In the original story, Liam, that two-faced snake, cheated her out of her money and her

00:11:22heart.

00:11:22Her cultivation was high, but she was frighteningly naive, and in the end she fell into chi deviation.

00:11:27Now that I have met her, and she even saved my life, all the more reason I should help

00:11:31her change the fate the story laid out for her.

00:11:33What are you looking at?

00:11:34Nothing.

00:11:35I just think you are as kind as you are beautiful, Serafina.

00:11:37We are barely strangers, yet you gave me such a precious pill.

00:11:40I am truly grateful.

00:11:42Those defensive formations you used?

00:11:44Did you carve them yourself?

00:11:45A small skill, hardly worth mentioning.

00:11:48They are well made, better than any I have seen.

00:11:50I will be going now.

00:11:51No, I cannot just let her leave.

00:11:53Serafina saved me and gave me a healing pill.

00:11:55The least I can do is repay her somehow.

00:11:57Why not treat Serafina to a meal?

00:11:59A meal?

00:12:00Yes, a meal.

00:12:01I am modest but well off, eat all you like as much as you want.

00:12:04All right, by the way, what is your name?

00:12:06I am Cyrus, as in cease.

00:12:08Cyrus.

00:12:09I recall the Misthaven sect's grandmaster had a disciple named Cyrus too.

00:12:12Did you hear?

00:12:13The Misthaven grandmaster's personal disciple, Cyrus, was sentenced to reflect in seclusion,

00:12:17and in a fit of anger he chose to leave the sect.

00:12:20They say he was punished for failing a task his junior brother gave him.

00:12:23If you ask me, this Cyrus did well to leave.

00:12:25I heard, life in that sect is not fit for a human, bad food, bad lodging, and constant

00:12:30cold treatment from the senior sisters, and he was supposedly a personal disciple.

00:12:34What a joke, but I have some inside news.

00:12:36I hear that junior brother is named Liam, and he is surrounded by three gorgeous senior

00:12:41sisters every single day.

00:12:42You think there might be something going on there?

00:12:44They are talking about Cyrus.

00:12:46You are also named Cyrus, is that you?

00:12:48Whoever that is, I am simply me.

00:12:50Let us eat first.

00:12:51I said I would repay you for saving my life.

00:12:53Order anything you like, whatever you want.

00:12:56Really?

00:12:56Then I am really going to order.

00:12:58Order freely, eat all you want.

00:13:00Then I will have this, this, this, and that too.

00:13:02One of each.

00:13:03A true glutton, just as the character is written.

00:13:05If I had not just made a fortune, this meal would have me sleeping on the street.

00:13:09Serafina, that appetite of yours, is something the matter?

00:13:13It is nothing.

00:13:14I am just curious.

00:13:15You are so thin.

00:13:16So how do you eat this much?

00:13:18My master is strict.

00:13:19He always says we cultivators must keep our hearts pure and our desires few, and never

00:13:24crave the pleasures of the mouth.

00:13:25So I have not had a real meal in a long time.

00:13:28That is strict indeed, not even letting you eat.

00:13:30It has to be strict.

00:13:32The junior sisters are unruly, so as the eldest sister I have to lead by example.

00:13:36And even so, the master is constantly driven up the wall by them.

00:13:39Oh, you all dare to tease your master.

00:13:41Are you not afraid of her?

00:13:42Our master is short, a little old man with a quick temper, but he is good to all of us.

00:13:46So naturally we are not afraid.

00:13:48That picture sounds rather warm.

00:13:50Compared with the Mistshaven sect, this is far more like the sect I want.

00:13:53As for the Mistshaven sect, Cyrus you are useless.

00:13:56Cyrus left the sect.

00:13:58Cyrus, oh Cyrus, why are you thinking about those brain-dead clowns?

00:14:01It only ruins your mood.

00:14:02You, why are you suddenly hitting yourself?

00:14:04I just remembered something disgusting.

00:14:06Anyway, Serafina, is your myriad sect still taking people?

00:14:10Your cultivation is a bit low, but those defensive formations you carve are good, so it should

00:14:14be fine.

00:14:15I can take you to try out when the time comes.

00:14:17This girl is beautiful and kind-hearted.

00:14:19No, I absolutely cannot let that animal Liam ruin her.

00:14:23Serafina, where are you headed on this trip to Cloudrise Town?

00:14:25Just passing through to rest, and visiting the Mistshaven sect along the way.

00:14:29If it is just along the way, then do not go.

00:14:32Why?

00:14:32Because everyone in the Mistshaven sect top to bottom has something wrong with their heads,

00:14:37especially that one named Liam.

00:14:38Stay far away from him.

00:14:40Getting close to him will only bring you misfortune.

00:14:42You seem not to want me to go, and not to want me near that Liam.

00:14:45Why?

00:14:46Just say I do not want good people to suffer for their kindness.

00:14:49After all, I just climbed out of that pit of fire myself, and I do not want you jumping

00:14:53in too.

00:14:54All right.

00:14:54What did you say?

00:14:55You will skip it just because I asked?

00:14:57Brilliant.

00:14:58As long as she does not go, she will not meet Liam.

00:15:00If she never meets him, he never sets his sights on her.

00:15:02And Serafina's fate is changed.

00:15:05Serafina, then when do we head back to the Myriad sect?

00:15:08Probably in a little while.

00:15:09The food is not finished yet.

00:15:10That will not do.

00:15:11The sooner we leave, the safer I feel.

00:15:13What if Liam's protagonist, Halo, kicks in, and he suddenly pops out, then we are finished?

00:15:18It is only a few dishes.

00:15:20Getting back to the sect is what matters.

00:15:21I am well off, Serafina.

00:15:22I will take you out to eat again another time.

00:15:24Really?

00:15:25You had better keep your word.

00:15:27Guaranteed.

00:15:28From now on, even if you want dragon liver and phoenix marrow, I will take you to eat it.

00:15:31You said it.

00:15:33From now on, if you do not take me, I will beat you until you cry.

00:15:36Climb on, we are flying back.

00:15:37We are flying back?

00:15:38Sword flight.

00:15:39This is a technique only a golden core cultivator can perform.

00:15:43Hold on tight.

00:15:44Slow down, Serafina.

00:15:45Fly slower.

00:15:46Relax, I am very steady.

00:15:48Master, surely we cannot just let the rosewood herb matter slide.

00:15:51Liam told me himself that the rosewood herb was to be refined into rosewood pills as a gift for us.

00:15:56How can we let Liam's good intentions go to waste?

00:15:58It is all Cyrus's fault.

00:16:00Utterly useless.

00:16:01He actually botched the task Liam gave him.

00:16:04Three months of confinement is letting him off too easy.

00:16:07Sisters, do not speak of Brother Cyrus that way.

00:16:09Perhaps he had his own difficulties.

00:16:11What difficulties could he have?

00:16:13Was it not just sending him to the beast for us?

00:16:15It is not as if we sent him to die.

00:16:17And so what if he got a little hurt?

00:16:18He has only his own uselessness to blame.

00:16:21Exactly.

00:16:22Only you are kind enough, Liam, to keep defending that ungrateful wolf.

00:16:25No ability of his own, yet he blames everyone else.

00:16:27All right, leave him be.

00:16:28Cyrus was not always like this.

00:16:30Master, why are you still speaking up for him?

00:16:32He is simply jealous of Liam.

00:16:34Bitter inside, that is all.

00:16:35He should take a good look at himself.

00:16:37How could he ever compare to Liam?

00:16:38A grown man and so narrow-minded.

00:16:40If he had even half of Liam's good qualities, would it have come to this?

00:16:44Sisters, please stop talking about Brother Cyrus.

00:16:46It is all my fault.

00:16:48If I had not come, Brother Cyrus would never have become like this.

00:16:51What does it have to do with you?

00:16:52This is clearly his problem.

00:16:54Right.

00:16:54If you ask me, you came too late.

00:16:56Had you joined the sect sooner, we would have seen through his true face earlier.

00:17:00Yes, exactly.

00:17:01The harsher you curse him, the better.

00:17:02Best if he can never rise again.

00:17:04That way you all become mine, and then I will take my time breaking each of you.

00:17:08Master, Cyrus's injuries have not healed, and no one is bringing him medicine.

00:17:12The back mountain is cold and damp.

00:17:14I fear that after three months, he will be left with some lasting harm.

00:17:17Why not let him out?

00:17:18After these few days, surely he has come to his senses.

00:17:22Not enough.

00:17:22Still not enough.

00:17:24Wynne actually dares to worry about him.

00:17:26Wynne?

00:17:26What are you saying?

00:17:27You are actually pleading on his behalf.

00:17:30Wynne, you—it is nothing.

00:17:32I just think the lesson has been enough.

00:17:34There is no need to keep dwelling on it.

00:17:35You were not like this before.

00:17:37But ever since Liam arrived, why have you become the way you are now?

00:17:40Her meridians are damaged.

00:17:42Just as I feared, without Meridian Herb it truly will not work.

00:17:45Sister Wynne.

00:17:46Sister, here, Meridian Herb for you.

00:17:48Where did you find this?

00:17:50Some mountain or other.

00:17:51But I do not know the way, so I wandered for many days.

00:17:54That place is dangerous, one careless step and you could perish.

00:17:57Were you not afraid of dying?

00:17:58I was, but I could not bear to watch you suffer, Wynne.

00:18:01Go and bring Cyrus here.

00:18:02Reporting to the Grandmaster.

00:18:04Brother Cyrus may not be able to come.

00:18:06What do you mean cannot come?

00:18:07I think he simply wants to defy my orders.

00:18:10Or did he actually die at the back mountain?

00:18:12Reporting to the Grandmaster.

00:18:13Brother Cyrus withdrew from the sect a few days ago.

00:18:16He said to tell you Cyrus ran off.

00:18:18Grabbed his bucket and bailed.

00:18:19What?

00:18:20Withdrew?

00:18:21Who gave him the nerve?

00:18:22My own disciple left the sect and I, his master, did not even know.

00:18:25The withdrawal, request, where is it?

00:18:27What a fine, no further ties.

00:18:29Master, please calm your anger.

00:18:31Liam's cultivation is low.

00:18:32He cannot bear the weight of your pressure.

00:18:34He actually dared to leave.

00:18:36That ungrateful wretch.

00:18:37Cyrus, you freaking ran off.

00:18:39And you still dared to drag me down with you.

00:18:41And Wynne, losing her composure at the worst moment, not caring whether I live or die.

00:18:46Wynne too.

00:18:46Just you wait, all of you.

00:18:48Once I have each of you in my grasp, I will make you kneel and beg me.

00:18:51My own disciple leaving just like that.

00:18:53If word gets out, I lose all my face.

00:18:55Send out the order.

00:18:56Dispatch people down the mountain to find him.

00:18:58If he dares resist, break his legs.

00:19:00Bring him back alive, or bring back his corpse.

00:19:03Yes.

00:19:03Cyrus, you had better pray you are never found.

00:19:05If you dare come back, I will cripple you completely.

00:19:07A sudden sneeze.

00:19:08Someone must be cursing me behind my back.

00:19:10Could it be that crowd of lovesick fools?

00:19:12Did you say something?

00:19:13It is nothing.

00:19:14Probably someone talking about me.

00:19:16Oh?

00:19:16Then hold on tight.

00:19:17I'm speeding up again.

00:19:18Hold on now.

00:19:19This dirt, ugly banner.

00:19:20Is this really the myriad sect, one of the eight great sects of the cultivation world?

00:19:24Serafina did not just sell me out, did she?

00:19:26Well, nice banner, right?

00:19:27I had it made.

00:19:28I do not even know what to say.

00:19:30She is so beautiful, but her taste is genuinely questionable.

00:19:32The eldest sister is back.

00:19:34The eldest sister is back.

00:19:35Welcome back, Serafina.

00:19:37Serafina, did you bring back anything tasty this time?

00:19:39No, but I saved someone.

00:19:41Who is this?

00:19:42Not bad looking.

00:19:43Where did you pick him up, Serafina?

00:19:44He would not happen to be your Tao partner, would he?

00:19:47Nonsense.

00:19:47Where would I get a Tao partner?

00:19:48If you dare spread rumors again, I will tear your mouth apart.

00:19:51So the eldest sister is quite popular.

00:19:53Honestly, I do not enjoy acting this way.

00:19:55It is tiring.

00:19:56But the master says that as eldest sister, I should put on a bit of an air.

00:20:00That air is the same as no air at all.

00:20:02Sister, gossip all you want.

00:20:03Who is afraid of you, eldest sister?

00:20:05I call it like it is.

00:20:06Rather adorable, actually.

00:20:08This is no aloof, icy senior sister.

00:20:10She is plainly a child pretending to be a grown-up.

00:20:13Gideon, you still have the nerve to say we sword cultivators burn money?

00:20:16As if you chi cultivators do not.

00:20:18Last time that junk you were practicing scorched half a mountain bald.

00:20:22Nonsense.

00:20:23You think your sword peak is any better?

00:20:24Last month you bought 40 top-grade flying swords, 160,000 mid-grade spirit stones in total.

00:20:30You tell me, does sword training not burn money?

00:20:32Can you train the sword without spending?

00:20:34Can swordsmanship be mastered for free?

00:20:36Look at the Mishthavon sect's disciples.

00:20:38Every one of them is a stronger fighter than the last.

00:20:40And us, it is, honestly painful to watch.

00:20:43Yara, say a little less.

00:20:45Is what I said not the truth?

00:20:47Our myriad sect used to rank in the top three of the eight great sects.

00:20:50And now we have dropped straight to the bottom.

00:20:52In a few more years, we may not even keep the title of one of the eight great sects.

00:20:56You think I am not anxious?

00:20:57But what can be done?

00:20:58All the good seedlings are snatched up by the Mishthaven sect and the Swordheart sect.

00:21:02We only get the leftovers.

00:21:03You cannot blame the disciples entirely.

00:21:05Mainly because our myriad sect truly has had no shining results these past years.

00:21:09The grand sect tournament is almost here again.

00:21:11And if we come in last this year, our myriad sect may really drop out of the eight.

00:21:15Great sects.

00:21:16Stop.

00:21:17My head already aches.

00:21:18Last tournament, our disciple stepped up and was finished in three moves.

00:21:22I do recall that Fighter was Lionel's personal disciple, was he not?

00:21:25Pinned down.

00:21:26Gideon has escalated to personal attacks now, has he?

00:21:29Come on, come on, let us spar.

00:21:32Serafina, are you sure these are our sect's elders and not old men bickering at a market?

00:21:36I will get you.

00:21:37Uncle Gideon, Uncle Lionel, Uncle Drake, Uncle Orson.

00:21:39Why are you arguing again?

00:21:41Serafina, the trip down the mountain must have been tiring.

00:21:44I will have someone send you a few spirit weapons later.

00:21:47Serafina, did you suffer out there?

00:21:48If anyone bullied you, you tell your uncle.

00:21:51Serafina, who is this behind you?

00:21:52Someone I saved.

00:21:53Saved?

00:21:54The young man is rather good looking.

00:21:55Lionel, did you see?

00:21:57Serafina actually brought back a man.

00:21:58I am not blind, he does look decent, but his cultivation is only early foundation.

00:22:02Is he worthy of Serafina?

00:22:04Worthy or not is a separate matter.

00:22:06The point is, when have you ever seen Serafina bring a man back?

00:22:10This girl, from childhood to now, has barely spoken a few words to any male disciple.

00:22:15You think her heart has finally awakened to love?

00:22:17This girl usually seems so absent-minded.

00:22:20Who knew she had it in her?

00:22:21Looks like our worry was for nothing, only his cultivation is a bit low.

00:22:25Cultivation is no issue.

00:22:26As long as Serafina likes him, we will help raise his cultivation later.

00:22:30Hold on.

00:22:31Does no one bother to hide their voice transmissions anymore?

00:22:33And bringing a man back, did I truly not stumble into some den of bandits?

00:22:37Elders, what are you all whispering about in voice transmissions?

00:22:40Gideon, your transmission was not shielded.

00:22:43It seemed on and yet not.

00:22:45Serafina, you heard all of it?

00:22:46I heard it.

00:22:47Serafina, let us explain.

00:22:49No need to explain.

00:22:50First I will cut down a few of you shameless old men.

00:22:53Gideon, you scoundrel.

00:22:54I saw nothing.

00:22:55Please, do not be rash, we are your elders.

00:22:57So how many times has the eldest sister chased the elders with a blade this month?

00:23:01Third time.

00:23:01After the last chase, Elder Gideon did not dare leave his quarters for three days.

00:23:05All Gideon's fault for not turning on his shield.

00:23:08I like this place.

00:23:09Ow, ow, ow, my old back.

00:23:10Ouch, Serafina.

00:23:11You really do not hold back at all.

00:23:14Serafina, where do you leave us our old faces?

00:23:16Where does an elder's dignity go?

00:23:17Whose fault is it for being shameless old men?

00:23:20Boy, laugh if you want.

00:23:21But mind you, if you actually laugh out loud.

00:23:23This old man knows a few fists and kicks, too.

00:23:26Elder, what are you talking about?

00:23:27I was only shivering from the cold.

00:23:29Never mind them.

00:23:29Come, I will take you to meet our master.

00:23:31I knew there was something off.

00:23:33Look at this.

00:23:34She is already holding his hand and taking him to meet the Grandmaster.

00:23:37How is this any different from meeting the parents?

00:23:39Come on, keep up before we miss the show.

00:23:41So you are Cyrus?

00:23:42Wait.

00:23:43This man is the Grandmaster of the Myriad Sect, one of the eight great sects,

00:23:47the legendary nascent soul powerhouse?

00:23:49How is he any different from a beggar?

00:23:51Junior Cyrus greets the Grandmaster.

00:23:53Enough, enough.

00:23:54This is not the Misthaven Sect.

00:23:56Here with me.

00:23:57Drop all this empty ceremony.

00:23:58But this old man has one question, and you had better answer it honestly.

00:24:03If you dare lie to me, I will make you regret ever being born into this world.

00:24:07Grandmaster, speak freely.

00:24:09Cyrus will keep your words in mind and would never dare conceal anything.

00:24:12You had a perfectly good place in the Misthaven Sect, yet you ran off to my Myriad Sect instead.

00:24:17What exactly are you after?

00:24:19What?

00:24:20This kid is actually Grandmaster Mira's personal disciple?

00:24:23Instead of staying in the Misthaven Sect, you come to my Myriad Sect.

00:24:26What is your intent?

00:24:27My Myriad Sect is no weakling either.

00:24:29But the Misthaven Sect is powerful right now, and it has the deepest foundation among the

00:24:34eight sects.

00:24:34You withdraw from them and come to my Myriad Sect.

00:24:37You had better give me a reasonable explanation or else, all right, all right, what are you

00:24:41all doing?

00:24:42Whatever the situation, you have to let the man speak first.

00:24:45Go on, tell us.

00:24:46Grandmaster Lance.

00:24:47Honored elders, leaving my sect was truly my only choice.

00:24:51For the simple reason that everyone in the Misthaven Sect, top to bottom, has something

00:24:55wrong with their heads.

00:24:56Bold words, boy.

00:24:58Though I am not quite sure which side this sect of yours leans, I have heard a few things,

00:25:02their heads do have some holes.

00:25:04But that is still not enough to join our Myriad Sect.

00:25:06You may have left the Misthaven Sect, but you are still one of their people, and they are

00:25:10searching for you right now.

00:25:11You have to give me a reason I cannot refuse, or my Myriad Sect has no room for you.

00:25:15I can carve minor formations.

00:25:17Out of about thirty, twenty-eight succeed.

00:25:19Is that enough?

00:25:20Hmm, boy.

00:25:21Are you sure you are not bragging?

00:25:23Minor formations, even a great sect like the Misthaven Sect, Masters of Formations, would

00:25:28never claim a hundred percent success.

00:25:30You may be a Grandmaster's personal disciple, but this is core foundational work.

00:25:34And how many years have you even studied?

00:25:36Right, if you want into the Myriad Sect, bragging will not cut it.

00:25:40You lot, have your mind slowed down with age?

00:25:42If you do not believe him, just let him prove it right here.

00:25:45Boy, do you still have any formation materials on you?

00:25:47Yes, a few scraps left over from before.

00:25:50These count as scraps?

00:25:51These are scraps of scraps.

00:25:52Even a whole intact jade would barely qualify as scrap material.

00:25:56Boy, you are not planning to fob us off with this junk, are you?

00:25:59Whether I am or not, one test will tell.

00:26:01Grandmaster Lance, I would like to borrow a small space here.

00:26:04No problem, since you are confident.

00:26:06Then show us.

00:26:07I am rather curious myself how you intend to lay out a minor formation with this junk.

00:26:12A spirit-gathering formation is the most basic one, yet the one that tests your skill the most.

00:26:17This is master-grade work.

00:26:19Done.

00:26:20A perfect-grade spirit-gathering formation.

00:26:23Carving perfect grade on a scrap piece.

00:26:24I've struck gold.

00:26:26Come, Cyrus.

00:26:26I'll take you as my direct disciple.

00:26:28Come here.

00:26:28Cyrus, come.

00:26:29Cyrus should practice the sword.

00:26:31A real diamond in the rough.

00:26:33Just as I thought, no matter where this guy goes, as long as you show your worth, you become a

00:26:36hot commodity.

00:26:37Stop it.

00:26:38What does this look like?

00:26:39I'm taking this kid.

00:26:40No way, I saw him first.

00:26:41I want him to.

00:26:42He belongs at Sword Peak.

00:26:43I'm the Grandmaster.

00:26:44My word is final.

00:26:45If any of you dares to grab him by force, I'll have the Grand Elder come out of seclusion.

00:26:48Call the Grand Elder, and I won't even get the scraps.

00:26:51Fine, I give up on you lot.

00:26:52Here's the plan.

00:26:53Cyrus first becomes an Outer Sect disciple, then gets assigned after the test.

00:26:57The Outer Sect?

00:26:58You're wasting a genius.

00:27:00He gets assigned by talent after the test.

00:27:02We follow proper procedure.

00:27:03The Outer Sect is under me, so sooner or later he's mine.

00:27:06Go stay in the Outer Sect.

00:27:07For a few days.

00:27:08Once the test is done, we'll decide where you go.

00:27:10Thank you, Grandmaster.

00:27:11If you really want to thank me, carve me a few more formations down the road.

00:27:14This Grandmaster is way too blunt.

00:27:16Doesn't even bother to pretend.

00:27:18Master is only joking.

00:27:19Don't take it to heart.

00:27:20I'll take him to the Outer Sect now.

00:27:22Serafina, is the Grandmaster always like this?

00:27:24The elders don't seem afraid of him.

00:27:26You'll find out soon enough.

00:27:27Oh, right.

00:27:27Treat me to a meal down the mountain.

00:27:29Eat whatever you like.

00:27:29I'm pretty well off.

00:27:30I hear the guy beside Serafina is someone she brought back from down the mountain.

00:27:34Not bad looking, just a bit low in cultivation.

00:27:36So what if his cultivation is low?

00:27:38If Serafina's willing to keep him around, that's his skill.

00:27:40If you've got the skill, get her to keep you around too.

00:27:43You know what?

00:27:43You myriad sect disciples are quite the gossips.

00:27:46Quiet.

00:27:46I need to keep up my cool aloof image.

00:27:49From now on you'll live here.

00:27:50It may not be as nice as the Misthaven Sect, but it wins on peace and quiet.

00:27:54What do you think?

00:27:55It's great.

00:27:56I'm very satisfied.

00:27:57I couldn't be happier.

00:27:58No Liam.

00:27:59No Yun Yun.

00:28:00None of those three brain-dead senior sisters.

00:28:02For that alone, this place is priceless.

00:28:04This is the outer sect disciple token and handbook.

00:28:07Keep them safe.

00:28:08Even meals are written in there.

00:28:09This handbook is pretty down to earth.

00:28:11That's the housing covered.

00:28:12Let me show you around the rest.

00:28:14Serafina, is this the one you picked up?

00:28:16Hmm.

00:28:17I heard from people in the sect that you'd found yourself a Tao partner.

00:28:19At first I didn't believe it, but it's true after all.

00:28:22He's not a Tao partner.

00:28:23He's someone I saved.

00:28:24Someone you saved.

00:28:25I don't buy it.

00:28:25Who saves a person, brings them straight back to the sect, and personally shows them

00:28:29around?

00:28:29Hey, what's your name?

00:28:31Cyrus.

00:28:32That's a nice name.

00:28:33I'm Serafina's junior sister, the Grandmaster's second disciple.

00:28:37Serafina, one of the tragic figures of the original story.

00:28:39She had a fair name and reputation, but sadly she crossed paths with Liam, who toyed with

00:28:43her and then cast her aside, leaving her to grow old, alone.

00:28:46Such a wonderful girl.

00:28:47How did she end up stuck with that scumbag Liam?

00:28:50Looks like I'll have to watch out for this later.

00:28:51Save whoever I can.

00:28:53Hey, what are you thinking about?

00:28:53Nothing, just that Vesper is rather pretty.

00:28:56Serafina this one you picked up sure knows how to talk.

00:28:58Maybe I'll go pick one up myself someday.

00:29:00But why do you two keep wandering around the outer sect?

00:29:02The Grandmaster said I'd start in the outer sect, and decide after the test.

00:29:05You're this good at carving formations?

00:29:07I'll go find Master right away.

00:29:09I'm definitely getting my hands on you, and making you the Grandmaster's direct disciple.

00:29:12That's just how she is, don't mind her.

00:29:14I don't mind.

00:29:15Vesper is rather cute.

00:29:16This formation requires exactly 30% of your spiritual power, too much and it overflows,

00:29:21too little and it collapses.

00:29:23You are a born genius of the Tao of formations.

00:29:25Take me as your master.

00:29:26I'll pass on every formation I know.

00:29:28Come to Artifact Peak.

00:29:30Dual cultivate formations and artifacts.

00:29:32The sword is the truly romantic path.

00:29:34Come with me.

00:29:35Pills in endless supply.

00:29:36Eat them, and your cultivation doubles.

00:29:38Come on.

00:29:39I'll take it.

00:29:40Master's formations are top tier.

00:29:42Have you heard?

00:29:43That Cyrus is actually here in the outer sect to pad his resume.

00:29:46Pad his resume?

00:29:47Seriously?

00:29:48I think you've cultivated your brains out.

00:29:50Haven't you seen the four elders seeking him out every day?

00:29:53And Vesper and Serafina dropping by all the time?

00:29:55Could an outer sect disciple get this treatment?

00:29:58Then why is he in the outer sect at all?

00:30:00Your brain's really gone rusty.

00:30:01He's here to get some grassroots experience, obviously.

00:30:03Stay a few days, go straight to the inner sect, then become a direct disciple.

00:30:07It's called procedure, get it?

00:30:09This rumor is wild, but let them talk.

00:30:10I really am here at the myriad sect to coast, far from Liam, far from those romance-brained

00:30:15senior sisters.

00:30:16Life couldn't be more comfortable.

00:30:18Cyrus airing out your sheets again?

00:30:19Nice weather today, so I washed and hung them.

00:30:21Your own private courtyard is so comfy, not like the four of us crammed in one room, where

00:30:25the stink of socks and sweat could kill a mosquito.

00:30:27If you're so envious, move in here.

00:30:28There's a spare room anyway.

00:30:30No, no.

00:30:30If I moved in too, they'd say I'm here to pad my resume as well.

00:30:33But Cyrus, what's your deal with Serafina, really?

00:30:36What deal could there be?

00:30:37She saved me, and I treated her to a meal.

00:30:39How is that possible?

00:30:40Anyone with eyes can see Serafina treats you well, personally showing you around the

00:30:43sect and all.

00:30:44That's a first.

00:30:45Maybe she thinks I'm good-looking.

00:30:47Makes sense.

00:30:48So Cyrus, next time you see Serafina, can you bring me along?

00:30:51What are you up to, you little rascal?

00:30:52To worship Serafina, of course.

00:30:54She's the strongest of the myriad sect's younger generation.

00:30:57Peak golden core, taking on three at once.

00:30:59I wanted to practice the sword too, but I had no talent, so I ended up hammering metal

00:31:03instead.

00:31:04Fine, next time I see Serafina I'll bring you along, and get you an autograph too.

00:31:08Cyrus, you're the best.

00:31:09Let me treat you.

00:31:09Eat whatever you want at the dining hall.

00:31:11Serafina, why are you getting food here?

00:31:13Nothing better to do.

00:31:14Serafina has been getting her meals here for years.

00:31:16Down to earth, a world apart from the lofty Mistshaven sect.

00:31:20Gideon, come here.

00:31:21Serafina, his name is Gideon, and he's a fan of yours.

00:31:24He admires you so much.

00:31:25Says Serafina.

00:31:26Serafina, I'm your fan.

00:31:27I'll train hard at the sword and grow as strong as you.

00:31:30Keep it up.

00:31:31What are you standing there for?

00:31:32Go get your food.

00:31:33Cyrus, did you see that just now?

00:31:34Serafina told me to keep it up.

00:31:36I saw it, now hurry and get your food.

00:31:37Cyrus, Cyrus.

00:31:39Vesper, what is it?

00:31:40Come on, come down the mountain with me for a stroll.

00:31:41You've been at the myriad sect this long and haven't gone down once,

00:31:44so come keep me company.

00:31:45I suppose that works.

00:31:46I can sell the formation discs I carve while we're down there.

00:31:49Let's go.

00:31:49I was planning to sell some things, too.

00:31:51Come on, come on.

00:31:52Look, is this hairpin pretty?

00:31:54It's pretty.

00:31:55Then who looks better wearing it, me or Serafina?

00:31:57You both look good.

00:31:58No, you have to pick one.

00:32:00You look better.

00:32:00You look better, okay?

00:32:01That's more like it.

00:32:02This classic pick one of two routine is truly exhausting.

00:32:06I need an excuse to slip away, or she'll start up again soon.

00:32:09Vesper, you browse for now.

00:32:10I'm off to the restroom.

00:32:11Never going down the mountain with a woman again.

00:32:13Costs money and costs my life.

00:32:15Still, today wasn't a wasted trip.

00:32:17Three foundation stage advances, easy as drinking water, no sense of achievement at all.

00:32:22Cyrus, the spiritual energy here is so thick it catches in your throat.

00:32:25Here's a minor spirit-gathering formation, take it and use it.

00:32:28Doubles your cultivation.

00:32:29Oh, I almost forgot.

00:32:31Cyrus.

00:32:31The intersex selection starts in three days hosted by Lyra.

00:32:34Lyra.

00:32:35The myriad sex artifact-forging genius who, in the original story, sacrificed herself.

00:32:40Step one to a happy life.

00:32:41Stay far from that scumbag Liam.

00:32:43Lyra is an artifact-forging genius.

00:32:45Looks gentle but hammers metal fiercely.

00:32:47For her craft she'll go without food or drink.

00:32:49So delicate.

00:32:50And she forges metal?

00:32:51But Gideon, as obsessed as she is, do you think she'll one day forge herself into a

00:32:55sword too?

00:32:56Cyrus, what are you talking about?

00:32:57No matter how crazy a forger gets, she wouldn't throw her own life into it.

00:33:01How does he know my obsession?

00:33:02Today is the intersex selection.

00:33:04First we test realm and talent, then tomorrow we hold the combat trials.

00:33:07Step up in order as your name is called.

00:33:09First, Cyrus.

00:33:11Cyrus, you've got this.

00:33:12Ah, ah!

00:33:13Foundation stage, third layer?

00:33:15Third layer foundation, how old is he even?

00:33:16He looks about my age.

00:33:18Isn't he just a nepotism hire?

00:33:20How is his cultivation this high?

00:33:22Third layer foundation this young.

00:33:24His talent must be extraordinary.

00:33:25I'm dying of laughter.

00:33:26I thought he was some genius.

00:33:28But he's got a crippled five element spirit root.

00:33:30A crippled root is a crippled root.

00:33:32So what if he reached third layer foundation?

00:33:34He's probably going no further than this.

00:33:36He clearly has a mixed five element spirit root.

00:33:38So why does Master value him so much?

00:33:40Just a crippled root?

00:33:41What's third layer foundation worth?

00:33:42He'll surely lose in tomorrow's combat.

00:33:44Master wants to see you.

00:33:46A golden core cultivator shouldn't go around scaring people like that.

00:33:49Cut the chatter and get up here.

00:33:50I'm not even ready yet.

00:33:51Disciple Cyrus greets the Grandmaster and the elders.

00:33:54Kid, I know all about today's test.

00:33:56Welp, looks like I can't stay at the myriad sect.

00:33:58Disciple has a mixed five element spirit root and has let the Grandmaster down.

00:34:02Down?

00:34:02I couldn't be more pleased.

00:34:04Why do you say that, Grandmaster?

00:34:05Do you know why a five element spirit root is called crippled?

00:34:08Slow cultivation?

00:34:09Heavy resource drain?

00:34:10Then do you know why the Misthaven sect was so set on confining you?

00:34:13Disciple does not know.

00:34:14You've studied formations, alchemy, artifact forging, swordplay, and talismans, all of it,

00:34:18correct?

00:34:19Yes.

00:34:19Then there you go.

00:34:20Now you choose.

00:34:21Take me as your master or one of the four elders.

00:34:24Come with me to Formation Peak.

00:34:25Come with me to Artifact Peak.

00:34:27Don't you want to become a sword immortal?

00:34:28Come with me.

00:34:29Come to Alchemy Peak.

00:34:30Eat pills till you're sick of them.

00:34:31Let's do it by sect rules.

00:34:33Wait.

00:34:33Even with my mixed five element spirit root I'm the sought after?

00:34:36I'm honored by the elders' favor.

00:34:38But Serafina did me a kindness, so I'm willing to join the Grandmaster's line.

00:34:41Good kid, since you chose me, then from this day on, you are my direct disciple.

00:34:46Now what was it I said earlier?

00:34:47Foolish me.

00:34:48Kid, if you ever regret it, just tell me.

00:34:50Artifact Peak welcomes you any time.

00:34:52Cyrus, stick with me from now on and I'll show you the good life.

00:34:55Enough, enough.

00:34:56No filter on that mouth.

00:34:58This mid-grade spirit sword will do for now.

00:35:00Once your cultivation climbs, I'll get you a better one.

00:35:02This is from me to you.

00:35:03Stick with me and you'll eat pills like candy.

00:35:06Thank you, Vesper.

00:35:07Hmm.

00:35:07Just call me sister no second.

00:35:09It sounds bad.

00:35:10A mid-grade defensive spirit treasure, wear it against your skin, it can block a full

00:35:13force strike from an early Golden Core cultivator.

00:35:16Lyra, this is far too precious, just take it when I tell you to.

00:35:19Also, didn't you say yesterday that I'd forge myself into an artifact?

00:35:22I really did consider it once, but I don't anymore.

00:35:24This is the kind of sect I wanted, not some twisted romance-brained one.

00:35:28Oh, you still have to attend tomorrow's combat trial.

00:35:31Just go through the motions but don't make it look too weak either.

00:35:33Alright, everyone head back, good luck.

00:35:35See that?

00:35:36Vesper was cheering me on.

00:35:37Get Lost, who is clearly cheering for me.

00:35:40Cyrus, a guy with a mixed five-element spirit root, daring to stand on that stage.

00:35:44For that alone, I respect you as a real man, but that's as far as it goes.

00:35:47Mixed five-element spirit root this?

00:35:49Mixed five-element spirit root that?

00:35:51Today I'll see just what you've got.

00:35:52Hmm, how arrogant.

00:35:53Today I'll show you the gap between us.

00:35:55Wow, Pyron's move is so overpowering.

00:35:57Ever since the tournament began, no one has been able to take this strike.

00:36:00Cyrus is sure to lose.

00:36:01Pyron has a superior fire spirit root.

00:36:03Do you think Cyrus can pull it off?

00:36:05It's hard.

00:36:06His mixed five-element spirit root makes controlling spiritual power difficult, the drain is heavy

00:36:10and recovery is slow.

00:36:12Against a superior spirit root, he's basically done for.

00:36:14That's exactly the weakness of a five-element root.

00:36:17True, once it breaks through to golden core, it's unmatched within its realm, but a five-element

00:36:21root breaking through to golden core is brutally hard.

00:36:24Uncle Lionel, I actually think Cyrus can win.

00:36:27Have you forgotten he's still wearing the soft armor Lyra gave him?

00:36:30Then let's wait and see.

00:36:31How is this possible?

00:36:32How could a mixed five-element spirit root like yours possibly block it?

00:36:36If this is all you've got, just admit defeat.

00:36:38In that case, I'll see what you're really capable of.

00:36:41I hear you came over from the Misthaven sect.

00:36:43Makes sense.

00:36:43Who would take in a piece of trash like you?

00:36:45A crippled root is a crippled root.

00:36:47Is that so?

00:36:48In that case, let me show you what a crippled root can do.

00:36:51Am I seeing this right?

00:36:52Pyron, with his superior fire spirit root, was dropped in a single sword strike.

00:36:55Is this still the mixed five-element spirit root I know?

00:36:58Cyrus wins this match.

00:36:59From this day on, Cyrus is my direct disciple and my final disciple.

00:37:03A direct disciple, and the final one too?

00:37:05What gives a guy with a mixed five-element spirit root the right?

00:37:07Right.

00:37:08Sure, he beat Pyron, but with a five-element root, he'll be stuck at the foundation stage

00:37:11his whole life.

00:37:12What gives him the right to be the Grandmaster's direct disciple?

00:37:15Exactly why.

00:37:16It's true I have a mixed five-element spirit root, so if anyone's unconvinced, come up and

00:37:20fight me.

00:37:21He's really showing off, far too sharp-edged.

00:37:23This kid really should come to Artifact Peak to grind down that temper.

00:37:26To hammer metal at your place every day?

00:37:28The one place he should come is my sword peak, all sharp edges, a fine seedling for the sword.

00:37:34It's been over a month, and you still can't find a single person.

00:37:37What use are you to me?

00:37:38Grandmaster, we've searched every nearby town and the beast forest, and truly found

00:37:42no trace of Cyrus.

00:37:43So then, what is it you want to tell me?

00:37:45Disciple suspects suspects that Cyrus may already be dead, since he was injured when

00:37:49he left the sect.

00:37:50Search again.

00:37:51Bring me him alive, or his body if dead.

00:37:54Back when Cyrus was around, she never seemed to value him much.

00:37:56Now that he's gone, she searches the whole world over, such a shame.

00:38:00Cyrus was a genuinely good person, nothing but good to us junior disciples.

00:38:04Devotion that comes too late is worth less than dirt.

00:38:06Grandmaster, the grand sect tournament is almost here.

00:38:09By custom, the sects pay visits to one another beforehand.

00:38:12Who do we send to the myriad sect?

00:38:14Send Wynne, and have her take Liam along to broaden his horizons.

00:38:18But master, Liam's cultivation is still shallow.

00:38:21Sending him to the myriad sect may be unwise.

00:38:23It's fine.

00:38:24In recent years, the myriad sect has declined.

00:38:27You plus Liam will be more than enough.

00:38:29Besides, the myriad sect Grandmaster's third disciple has a decent talent for forging.

00:38:33Take Liam over, and have that girl forge a spirit weapon suited to him.

00:38:37Yes.

00:38:38Disciple knows his cultivation is shallow, going may bring shame on the sect.

00:38:41Perhaps send another senior brother instead, and I'll stay obediently in the sect to cultivate.

00:38:46Silly child.

00:38:47It's precisely because your cultivation is low that you should get out more.

00:38:50Thank you for nurturing me, master.

00:38:52I didn't notice while Cyrus was here, but now I see Liam is far too lacking in manly spirit.

00:38:57Liam is just too considerate.

00:38:58A small place like the myriad sect.

00:39:00Just go, it's not going to wrong you, is it?

00:39:01I hear that Lyra really has a gift for forging.

00:39:04Have her make you a fine weapon, and it'll serve you well.

00:39:06Master, sister, you're both so good to me.

00:39:08I have no way to repay you.

00:39:10There you go saying that again.

00:39:11We're family.

00:39:12Why talk of repaying?

00:39:13You're nothing like that, Ingrate.

00:39:14Just cultivate well.

00:39:15That's the best repayment to us.

00:39:17Hmm.

00:39:17I'll cultivate hard.

00:39:19An artifact forging genius.

00:39:20And good looking too, I hear.

00:39:22I'll claim her on this trip as well.

00:39:23No wonder everyone wants to be a direct disciple.

00:39:25With spiritual energy this thick, who could resist?

00:39:28What a miserable life I used to live.

00:39:30So good.

00:39:30This is amazing.

00:39:32What do you mean, amazing?

00:39:33What, Miss Taven sect?

00:39:34It's nothing but roadside dirt, out of my way.

00:39:36Cyrus, you're the senior.

00:39:38Give way to your junior.

00:39:39Liam is frail and sickly to begin with, and needs a place rich in spiritual energy to recover.

00:39:43Your spot would do nicely, so hand it over to Liam from now on.

00:39:46Senior brother, I'm truly sorry.

00:39:47Also, so as not to disturb the feng shui, from now on you should stop staying on the main

00:39:51peak.

00:39:51A cultivator telling me he's frail and sickly, and talking about feng shui.

00:39:55This favoritism is truly unbeatable.

00:39:57Forget it, I'd rather not dwell on that wretched old life.

00:39:59Now I'm a direct disciple of the myriad sect.

00:40:02Still, thick as this spiritual energy is, it's a bit of a shame how much leaks away.

00:40:05That's more like it.

00:40:07Isn't that Lyra's cave dwelling?

00:40:08Could it be that even the forging genius blew up her furnace?

00:40:11What's going on?

00:40:12Why has the spiritual energy suddenly cut off?

00:40:14Could it be someone is breaking through?

00:40:15That's Cyrus's cave dwelling, this little rascal, twelve spirit-gathering formations.

00:40:21He's trying to drain the spiritual energy of the whole mountain dry.

00:40:23There, now the spiritual energy is just right.

00:40:26Next, I should go ask my new master about the myriad sect situation.

00:40:29After all, Elder Gideon and the others were arguing about the sect declining year after

00:40:33year, and I don't want to join only to bail right away.

00:40:35Since you're already here, don't just stand outside the door, come in and try my tea.

00:40:39Master, there's something I'd like to ask you about.

00:40:41What is it?

00:40:42What exactly is our sect's financial situation right now?

00:40:45Why the sudden interest in this?

00:40:47I'm the Grandmaster's direct disciple now.

00:40:49I can't just know nothing, can I?

00:40:50If something happens to the sect one day, I won't even know which way to run.

00:40:53Well, income's all right, spending's all right.

00:40:56Overall, it's fairly stable.

00:40:57His eyes are wandering.

00:40:58This is very wrong.

00:40:59My freebie master is lying.

00:41:01Since master won't say, I'll go ask Serafina to get the full story.

00:41:04Cyrus, wait.

00:41:05Ah, forget it.

00:41:06Let him ask.

00:41:07Maybe this kid will surprise me yet.

00:41:08What brings you here?

00:41:10Serafina, does our sect still have money?

00:41:12Yes, but not much.

00:41:13How little is not much?

00:41:15Enough to eat for a few years.

00:41:17Serafina, I've got a weak heart.

00:41:18I can't take shocks.

00:41:19Don't scare me.

00:41:20I'm not scaring you.

00:41:21Master worked it out.

00:41:22The sect's spirit stone reserves can feed everyone for three years, except spending has

00:41:26been a bit heavy lately, so it's probably only enough for half a year.

00:41:30I'm done for.

00:41:31What kind of luck is this?

00:41:32I just joined the sect and already I'm told we're going bankrupt?

00:41:35No, I've got to confirm this with Vesper.

00:41:37Serafina, I won't keep bothering you.

00:41:38I'll be off.

00:41:39Cyrus, are you here to hang out with me?

00:41:41Vesper, I want to ask you something.

00:41:43Is our sect about to go bankrupt?

00:41:44Who told you that?

00:41:46Serafina.

00:41:46Serafina is just too honest.

00:41:48Actually, though, it's not that serious.

00:41:50Income's just a bit down, spending's a bit up, the stores are a bit empty, but otherwise

00:41:53it's all fine.

00:41:54Isn't that exactly about to go bankrupt?

00:41:56If that's how you want to put it, sure.

00:41:58Cyrus, what's wrong?

00:41:58It's nothing.

00:41:59My blood pressure just spiked for a second.

00:42:01I'm a little dizzy.

00:42:02It really does look like the myriad sect is going broke.

00:42:04I need to figure something out.

00:42:06If it truly goes bankrupt, I'll be homeless again.

00:42:08And then, with my mixed five-element spirit route, which sect would even take me?

00:42:12What's more, if I joined yet another sect, I'd be a bona fide household lackey of the

00:42:16cultivation world.

00:42:17No, I refuse to be a lackey.

00:42:19I have to find a way to keep the myriad sect alive.

00:42:21I'm going to audit the accounts.

00:42:23Kid, can't you ever do things a little more calmly?

00:42:25So rash and jumpy.

00:42:27Master, if I don't act fast, the sect is going to fall apart.

00:42:29So what do you want to do?

00:42:30I want to audit the accounts.

00:42:32I want to call a meeting, hold a budget reckoning assembly, summon every elder and steward in

00:42:37the sect, and question them one by one.

00:42:39Cyrus, this can't be rushed.

00:42:40Pull one hair and the whole body moves.

00:42:42Besides, the sect's been like this for a long time.

00:42:44We just need to ride it out.

00:42:45Master, are you holding this meeting or not?

00:42:47Hold what meeting?

00:42:48It's such a hassle.

00:42:49In that case, Master, don't blame me.

00:42:51Serafina.

00:42:52Master, I think this meeting needs to happen.

00:42:54Yes, this meeting needs to happen, right away.

00:42:56What do you all think the Grandmaster means by calling this meeting?

00:42:58We're not sure either, we only know Cyrus wants to hold some budget reckoning assembly

00:43:02and audit the accounts.

00:43:03An audit?

00:43:04Didn't the Grandmaster never care about such things?

00:43:06And as for an audit, is that even Cyrus's place?

00:43:09Hold on, how did Cyrus end up sitting in the Grandmaster's seat?

00:43:12Cyrus, what's the meaning of this?

00:43:13You may be the Grandmaster's direct disciple, but sitting in the head seat is hardly appropriate.

00:43:18Right, and an audit on top of that.

00:43:20Our sect has gone all these years without a single problem, and the moment you show up you

00:43:24want to audit.

00:43:25Do you not trust the sect?

00:43:26This is overstepping your bounds.

00:43:28You have no right to audit.

00:43:29Enough.

00:43:30Right or no right today, here, Cyrus has the final say.

00:43:33If any of you has an objection, come find me after the meeting.

00:43:36Elders and stewards, I've gathered you today to get to the bottom of one thing.

00:43:40How exactly did our sect get this poor?

00:43:42I need a few things.

00:43:43First, the sect's income records for the past ten years.

00:43:46Second, a detailed breakdown of the past ten years' spending.

00:43:49Third, a full inventory of current assets.

00:43:51You should have all this, yes?

00:43:53We do.

00:43:53But these have always been for the Grandmaster's eyes only.

00:43:56Letting you, Cyrus, look at them may not quite fit the rules.

00:43:59I said let him audit.

00:44:00You just cooperate.

00:44:01Tish, what the heck is this, an account book?

00:44:03Are you trying to fool an idiot here?

00:44:05Elder Wooten.

00:44:05Building the new hall, at Formation Peak, cost 30,000 mid-grade spirit stones.

00:44:10Is that true?

00:44:12When did Formation Peak ever build a new hall?

00:44:14I have no memory of it.

00:44:16Elder Wooten, have you forgotten?

00:44:17Three years ago, Formation Peak really was renovated.

00:44:20Was there such a thing?

00:44:21Elder Larkin, Sword Peak purchased 20 superior spirit swords, for a total of 60,000 mid-grade

00:44:26spirit stones.

00:44:27Is that true?

00:44:2720 superior spirit swords?

00:44:29How do I not know about this?

00:44:30Elder Larkin, they were bought in batches, so perhaps you didn't notice.

00:44:33Bought in batches, but these 20 superior swords, not one of them has Sword Peak ever

00:44:38seen.

00:44:38I want to ask, where did the purchase go?

00:44:41Elder Zane, your alchemy material losses come to 20,000 mid-grade spirit stones.

00:44:45Can you explain that?

00:44:46I do blow up a furnace now and then, but my material losses have always been carefully

00:44:49counted.

00:44:5020,000 stones worth of materials.

00:44:52How many furnaces would I have to blow up?

00:44:54External reception?

00:44:555,000 mid-grade spirit stones.

00:44:57Disciple Welfare, 8,000.

00:44:59Spirit Beast Feeding, 3,000.

00:45:01This is no account book.

00:45:02This is plainly a record of robbery.

00:45:04With parasites like these around, the myriad sect could hardly avoid decline.

00:45:08Tell me, who kept these accounts?

00:45:09Cyrus, what's the meaning of this?

00:45:11Are you accusing us of faking the books?

00:45:13I didn't say faked.

00:45:14I only want to know where these spirit stones came from and went, and whether the deals

00:45:17were ever real.

00:45:18It's all written plainly in the books.

00:45:20Can you not read them?

00:45:21Reading them is one thing, but Elder, do you think this is reasonable?

00:45:24What does a green little brat like you know about running a sect?

00:45:27These are all normal losses.

00:45:28If you can't make sense of it, then stop poking around blindly.

00:45:31Right, you've only been here a few days and you dare audit our accounts.

00:45:34Who gave you the nerve?

00:45:36I did.

00:45:36What?

00:45:37Do any of you have an objection?

00:45:38Grandmaster, it's not that we won't cooperate, it's that this kid just joined, knows nothing,

00:45:42and right away starts auditing the books.

00:45:44He clearly doesn't trust us.

00:45:45Right, we've toiled for the sect all these years, and even without merit there's been

00:45:49hard labor.

00:45:49But now this kid means to ride right over us.

00:45:51We can't swallow this insult.

00:45:53That's right, we've bled for the sect too.

00:45:55An audit like this is truly chilling to the heart.

00:45:57These old foxes want to crush me with grand righteousness, but I'm not buying it.

00:46:01Let's leave it here for today.

00:46:02Elders, head back for now.

00:46:03Mmm, pa!

00:46:04A wet behind the ears little brat thinking he can climb over our heads and lord it over

00:46:07us.

00:46:08A little maneuvering and that kid can't hold up.

00:46:10Still wants to audit the books?

00:46:11Maybe in his next life.

00:46:13Don't dwell on it.

00:46:14I just got a fine batch of spirit wine.

00:46:15Come have a few cups at my place, wash off the bad luck.

00:46:18Come on, come on.

00:46:19Now that everyone's gone, only our own people are left.

00:46:21So tell me, what did you find?

00:46:23Master, whether it's the formation peak renovation, or sword peaks parts purchases, or the alchemy

00:46:28and forging material losses, all of these clearly have spending records, so why do the

00:46:31elders have no memory of any of it?

00:46:33And here, the sect's daily expenses run from a few thousand to tens of thousands.

00:46:37Does keeping the myriad sect running really burn this many spirit stones?

00:46:41No wonder.

00:46:42I kept wondering why life kept getting harder when we were already so frugal.

00:46:45So the reason I never had enough to eat is that someone was stealing the sect's

00:46:49spirit stones?

00:46:49You could put it that way.

00:46:51Then who stole the sect's spirit stones?

00:46:53Serafina, don't get worked up.

00:46:55We don't have solid proof yet, we have to investigate slowly.

00:46:58Cyrus, from today on, you're in full charge of this matter.

00:47:01Master, now that all the problems have been found, wouldn't it be better for you to investigate

00:47:05yourself?

00:47:06I can't be bothered.

00:47:07Once you've sorted it out, do whatever needs doing.

00:47:10Tsh, so the old man's using me as his workhorse.

00:47:12But you don't need to worry, I'll have Celeste follow you, with her protecting you your safety

00:47:16is guaranteed.

00:47:17The old man's even pulling, out, the honey trap, but I'm a sucker for that.

00:47:20Celeste, for the time being you'll stay with Cyrus.

00:47:22He investigates out in the open and you guard him from the shadows.

00:47:25But master, there's one thing I don't understand.

00:47:28Cyrus has already uncovered the problems, if you simply stepped in, the truth would come

00:47:32out on its own.

00:47:33So why master do you insist on handing it to Cyrus?

00:47:36Celeste, do you really think your master pays attention to nothing?

00:47:39How could I not know the things they've done?

00:47:41But in the end, they did bleed for the sect.

00:47:43Yet now the sect has been bled dry by them.

00:47:46That's why I'm using Cyrus as the pretext to clean house in force.

00:47:49If anyone makes a move against Cyrus, none of them will be spared.

00:47:52In the past, out of old sentiment, I turned a blind eye.

00:47:56But if you dare step out of line, don't blame me for being ruthless.

00:47:59A green little brat fresh out the door, and he actually dares to audit us.

00:48:03It's not him.

00:48:04It's the Grandmaster's will.

00:48:05Looks like the Grandmaster is determined to move against us.

00:48:08So do we just sit here waiting to die?

00:48:10If that kid really digs it all up, with the Grandmaster's temper, we're all surely dead.

00:48:14This ship called the Myriad Sect is sinking.

00:48:17Rather than go down with it, better to line up a new home in advance.

00:48:20So you already have a plan.

00:48:22I've long since reached out to the Jade Sword Sect.

00:48:24They're very interested in the Myriad Sect's spirit vein layout, formation cores, and pill recipes.

00:48:28You mean to sell out the sect?

00:48:30Men die chasing wealth, birds die chasing food.

00:48:33The Myriad Sect's current state, you've all seen it.

00:48:35Sooner or later, it'll be swallowed up.

00:48:37Rather than a slow death, I might as well speed things up and pocket a fortune along the way.

00:48:42You're right.

00:48:43If we're going to sell, then let's sell at a good price.

00:48:45I'm in.

00:48:46I'm in too.

00:48:47A mere brat dares to ruin my plans?

00:48:49Since you won't behave, then you'll just have to die.

00:48:52So tired.

00:48:52This job is really no work for a human.

00:48:55Once this business is over, I'd better get something good out of it.

00:48:57They mean trouble.

00:48:59Looks like some people are getting desperate.

00:49:00I have to call the head.

00:49:02The four-direction ceiling formation.

00:49:04What a lavish move.

00:49:05They mean to leave me dead.

00:49:06Instead, stop resisting.

00:49:07Inside the four-direction seal, you can't escape.

00:49:10I'm Grandmaster Lance's final disciple.

00:49:12If you kill me, aren't you afraid of the payback afterward?

00:49:15Lance?

00:49:16A near-bankrupt Grandmaster, what can he do to us?

00:49:18These four, I can't read their cultivation.

00:49:20At the very least, they're all late Foundation stage.

00:49:23Add this formation on top.

00:49:24TCH, am I really going down today?

00:49:26Kid, in your next life, don't be so clever.

00:49:28What isn't yours to handle?

00:49:29Keep your hands off it.

00:49:30A defensive formation disc.

00:49:31Didn't expect you to have such deep pockets.

00:49:34Interesting.

00:49:34No wonder you took first in the Outer Sect tournament.

00:49:36But it ends here.

00:49:37Before true strength, every outside trick shatters.

00:49:40A Golden Core cultivator?

00:49:42Looks like those old men really spared no expense.

00:49:45Waking up only now.

00:49:46Too late.

00:49:47Sure enough, no matter where I go, wealth is the original sin.

00:49:50What a shame.

00:49:51Are you all right?

00:49:52I'm fine.

00:49:53The ones in trouble now are them.

00:49:54It's about time.

00:49:55I wonder if they pulled it off.

00:49:56What's the rush?

00:49:57Three late Foundation cultivators, one mid-Golden Core and a formation disc on top.

00:50:02What has Cyrus got to survive that?

00:50:04But Cyrus is the Grandmaster's direct disciple.

00:50:06If this gets exposed, how do we clean it up?

00:50:08You think not killing Cyrus would clean it up?

00:50:10With all the spirit stones we took, and colluding with the Jade Sword Sect, if Lance found out

00:50:15we'd be dead, Cyrus has to die.

00:50:17Only with him dead can we keep hiding.

00:50:19Once the Jade Sword Sect has everything sorted, we go straight over, with better treatment and

00:50:23standing than now.

00:50:24Good.

00:50:24Stop dwelling on useless things.

00:50:26For now we only need to wait for word of Cyrus' death.

00:50:29Good news has arrived.

00:50:30What's going on?

00:50:31Where's Cyrus?

00:50:32Is he dead?

00:50:32You're all here.

00:50:33Great.

00:50:33Saves me hunting you down one by one.

00:50:35Cyrus.

00:50:36Serafina, thank you for your concern.

00:50:38You didn't expect me to survive, did you?

00:50:39Since you failed to kill me, then it's you old men who'll die.

00:50:42Cyrus, we are elders of the Myriad Sect.

00:50:44You, fresh through the door, are far too insolent.

00:50:47You were all about to kill me, so why would I care whether you're elders or not?

00:50:50Serafina.

00:50:51We are sect elders.

00:50:52Even if you're the Grandmaster's senior disciple, you've no right to kill us.

00:50:55Do you remember when you first joined the sect?

00:50:57Back then you couldn't eat your fill, couldn't keep warm.

00:51:00I gave you your chance.

00:51:01Yet you embezzled the sect's money, sold its secrets, killed its disciples, and tried to

00:51:05kill my own final disciple.

00:51:06Fine.

00:51:07Very well.

00:51:08Kid, I know you're angry, but you can't kill them.

00:51:10I'll give you a fair answer.

00:51:12Wooten.

00:51:12What more do you have to say?

00:51:14Lance, you can't do this to me.

00:51:15I've spent half my life in the Myriad Sect, suffered half my life, and just because of

00:51:19one newly arrived disciple, you'd wipe us out completely?

00:51:21I gave you many chances, but you wouldn't repent.

00:51:23You only grew worse.

00:51:24By sect law, death is the sentence.

00:51:27Lance, you think catching us lets you rest easy?

00:51:29Let me tell you.

00:51:30The Jade Sword Sect's people are already here.

00:51:32The Myriad Sect will be swallowed up sooner or later.

00:51:34Take him away and deal with him by sect law.

00:51:36Lance, the Myriad Sect is finished.

00:51:38The Jade Sword Sect he mentioned.

00:51:40I recall that in the original story it was the foremost of the eight great sects, and

00:51:43an important stepping stone for Liam's rise.

00:51:45The Jade Sword Sect did have friction with the Myriad Sect, but the book never seemed to

00:51:49mention it.

00:51:50Could my memory be wrong?

00:51:51Look.

00:51:52What is that?

00:51:53The Jade Sword Sect's people have actually come.

00:51:55That's the Jade Sword Sect's vice grandmaster.

00:51:57What are they here for?

00:51:58Wait, didn't you hear Elder Wooten just now?

00:52:00The Jade Sword Sect won't let us off, but no one thought they'd be this fast.

00:52:04Are they here to wage war on the Myriad Sect?

00:52:06I hear that my Jade Sword Sect's people have been detained by your sect.

00:52:09I've come today to demand an account.

00:52:11Master Zoran jests.

00:52:13My Myriad Sect has always kept to its own waters with your Jade Sword Sect.

00:52:16Where would any detention come from?

00:52:18These three are of course my Jade Sword Sect's people.

00:52:21Elder Wooten among them joined my Jade Sword Sect long ago.

00:52:24Master Zoran saved me.

00:52:25I don't want it to die.

00:52:26Since Master Zoran admits Elder Wooten is one of your Jade Sword Sect's people,

00:52:30does that not also admit that your Jade Sword Sect planted a mole inside my Myriad Sect?

00:52:34Grandmaster Lance, what kind of talk is this?

00:52:36A wise bird picks its tree.

00:52:38Elder Wooten came over to my sect of his own will.

00:52:40Is there a problem with that?

00:52:41So then, what do you of the Jade Sword Sect, or rather you, Vice Grandmaster Zoran, want?

00:52:46Grandmaster Lance, you and I both know the rules of the cultivation world.

00:52:49Elder Wooten is now my Jade Sword Sect's man, so I must take him away.

00:52:53And if you can't take him away today?

00:52:55Grandmaster Lance, do you mean to cross my Jade Sword Sect?

00:52:58Hey Wooten embezzled sect resources, sold sect secrets, and plotted murder against sect

00:53:02disciples.

00:53:03By sect law he's to be executed, and no one, whoever comes, can change that.

00:53:08Hold on, more people are arriving, now who's that?

00:53:10Looks like Wynne, the senior disciple of the Misthaven Sect.

00:53:13Why has she brought a man along?

00:53:14Ugh, why is it these two wretched things?

00:53:16No good, I'd better hide.

00:53:17Cyrus.

00:53:18I never expected the Myriad Sect to have such fine prizes.

00:53:21If I could take them all, Cyrus, why is he here?

00:53:24And standing right beside those three.

00:53:25Damn it, damn it, stop right there.

00:53:27What are you trying to do?

00:53:28Move aside.

00:53:29Wynne, the senior disciple of the Misthaven Sect, why would she show up here?

00:53:32No, wait.

00:53:33Wynne is the senior disciple of the Drifting Cloud Sect.

00:53:36Sending her now, they must have a scheme.

00:53:38And the old man Lance has been unusually forceful today.

00:53:40There may be a trap.

00:53:42Let me pull back a step.

00:53:43Grandmaster Lance, I'll report today's events to the Sectmaster exactly as they happened.

00:53:47I only hope that when the time comes, you're as tough as you are today.

00:53:50And in this Grand Sect tournament, my Jade Sword Sect will show no mercy.

00:53:54Let's go.

00:53:55Master Zoran, we're still here.

00:53:57We're Jade Sword Sect people, too.

00:53:59Master, spare us.

00:54:00We didn't do it willingly.

00:54:01It was all that Zoran forcing us into it.

00:54:03Take them away.

00:54:04Cripple their cultivation.

00:54:05Throw them in the dungeon and execute them on a chosen day.

00:54:07Master, spare me.

00:54:08Give me one more chance.

00:54:09This is too much.

00:54:10The Jade Sword Sect goes too far.

00:54:12Sigh.

00:54:13In recent years, my sect has indeed grown weak.

00:54:16If my sect truly faced the Jade Sword Sect, we'd have not the slightest chance.

00:54:20The tournament and the Jade Sword Sect matter we'll discuss later.

00:54:23What's the deal with this?

00:54:24Misthaven Sect girl.

00:54:25The mood is off.

00:54:26Why is Wynne, the Misthaven Sect's senior disciple squaring off against our Seraphina?

00:54:30I hear Cyrus used to be of the Misthaven Sect.

00:54:32It looks like Wynne wants to seize him, and Seraphina won't allow it.

00:54:36Who do you think is stronger, Seraphina or Wynne?

00:54:38Both are top disciples, both peak golden core, no telling.

00:54:42Wynne cultivates the path of no emotion, but our Seraphina is no weaker.

00:54:45A battle maniac.

00:54:46Move aside.

00:54:47No.

00:54:48Whoa, that strike of Seraphina's was so fierce.

00:54:50But Wynne is no weakling either.

00:54:51She took Seraphina's strike head-on without her hand even trembling.

00:54:54Lyra, Seraphina won't be in danger, will she?

00:54:56No.

00:54:57Both are peak golden core, equal in talent.

00:54:59At most, it's a draw.

00:55:00Besides, Master won't let them fight to the death.

00:55:02Lionel, go up and break it up before something really goes wrong.

00:55:05I'm flattered you think so highly of me, but with these two little monsters fighting,

00:55:08stepping in would just make me cannon fodder.

00:55:10Aren't you the sword elder?

00:55:11I'm the sword elder, not the suicide elder.

00:55:13The few of us are peak golden core too, but if it came to blows,

00:55:16none of us is a match for those two girls.

00:55:18Drake is right, everyone has their specialty.

00:55:20We're the technical sort, not the fighting sort.

00:55:22Relax, just watch, no good.

00:55:23I've got to find a way to stop them.

00:55:25They'll both be mine someday, so how can they slaughter each other?

00:55:28Seraphina, both of you, stop fighting, don't ruin the peace.

00:55:30Damn it, damn it.

00:55:31Not only do they ignore me, they strike at me too.

00:55:33You just wait.

00:55:34Once I've got you both, see how I deal with you.

00:55:36Ha ha ha.

00:55:37Dying of laughter.

00:55:38A Chiwai refining cultivator actually charging into a fight between two peak golden cores.

00:55:43Isn't that a death wish?

00:55:44Is this guy truly stupid or just faking it?

00:55:46He's not pulling some scam, is he?

00:55:48Fortune's turn, east one decade, west the next.

00:55:51Never look down on a poor young man.

00:55:53Never look down on a poor young man?

00:55:54A Chi refining nobody, what are you putting on airs for here?

00:55:57A moment ago, one step closer and you'd already be a dead man.

00:56:00I think you've read too many cheap novels.

00:56:02This is the cultivation world, fool.

00:56:04Did you see that Chi refining fool just now?

00:56:06I'm dying of laughter.

00:56:07Sister, let me tell you something.

00:56:09From now on, if you ever run into that Chi refining guy, get as far away as you can.

00:56:13Why?

00:56:13He's a jinx.

00:56:14Whoever gets close to him has bad luck.

00:56:16At best they lose money, at worst they lose their life.

00:56:19That's exactly why I left the mist haven sect.

00:56:21That eerie, really?

00:56:22Don't you trick me.

00:56:23Why would I trick you?

00:56:24Do you remember the way he looked at you just now?

00:56:26So creepy.

00:56:27Brother, rest assured, I won't have anything to do with a creep like that.

00:56:30Good that you understand.

00:56:31Though the original plot was already set, with me here as a variable, surely it can be changed.

00:56:35Do you think Serafina and that win will be alright?

00:56:37They'll be fine, Master is watching.

00:56:39Serafina fights recklessly, always trading wound for wound, and bleeding really hurts.

00:56:43Sister, are you afraid of blood?

00:56:45Hmm, brother, you-

00:56:46Whoa, what on earth was I just doing?

00:56:48This is a sister of mine, she got a little carried away just now.

00:56:51But I do have a way to throw Wyn off.

00:56:52Wyn, why is it that the moment you see me, you want to seize me?

00:56:56Could it be that you like me?

00:56:57Cyrus, shut your mouth.

00:56:58I won't allow you to slander Wyn like that.

00:57:00This is huge gossip.

00:57:02Who'd have thought the mist haven sect's senior disciple actually likes Cyrus?

00:57:05But Wyn cultivates the path of no emotion.

00:57:08Has the path of no emotion turned into a path of emotion?

00:57:11It's false.

00:57:12Everything Cyrus said is false.

00:57:13Don't you dare spread nonsense.

00:57:15Whoa, that actually worked.

00:57:17Time to push harder.

00:57:18Celeste, you've got this, keep it up.

00:57:20Why?

00:57:20Cyrus used to treat me as the person closest to him, so why is he now cheering for an outsider?

00:57:25Celeste, go.

00:57:26This is bad.

00:57:27That girl Wyn's dowheart is faltering.

00:57:28If that madwoman found out, she'd probably storm the myriad sect.

00:57:32Enough.

00:57:32Today's sparring ends here.

00:57:34Wyn, today's affair was my myriad sect's poor hospitality.

00:57:36Please forgive us.

00:57:38And Celeste, you struck without restraint.

00:57:39She was trying to seize Cyrus.

00:57:41Why shouldn't I strike at her?

00:57:42Wyn, what do you want with my final disciple?

00:57:44Did he provoke you somehow?

00:57:46Grandmaster Lance, Cyrus is a disciple of my misthaven sect.

00:57:49I used to be, but not anymore.

00:57:51Cyrus is now a disciple of the myriad sect, and my final disciple at that.

00:57:55Grandmaster Lance, Cyrus hasn't formally left the sect, so he still counts as my misthaven

00:57:59sect's person.

00:58:00Besides, Master hasn't agreed.

00:58:02Wyn, the kid told me about this.

00:58:04He completed the procedures, handed in his identity jade token.

00:58:07That means he's left the sect.

00:58:09Cyrus, you grew up in the misthaven sect from childhood.

00:58:12Master picked you up and brought you back.

00:58:13Not only taught you to cultivate, but gave you a direct disciple standing.

00:58:17So why did you leave without a single word?

00:58:19Master is very angry now.

00:58:21Wyn, do you truly want to know why I left?

00:58:22You weren't like this before.

00:58:24You used to be so good you said you wanted to treat Master and us senior sisters as family.

00:58:27And now you won't even have family.

00:58:29No, I don't get it.

00:58:30From this it sounds like Cyrus lived pretty well in the misthaven sect.

00:58:33Right, after Cyrus left the Grandmaster even sent people to look for him.

00:58:36Isn't that being valued?

00:58:37The way this girl tells it it sounds like Cyrus really had it cushy over there.

00:58:40Cushy, my foot.

00:58:41If it were really cushy, would he have run?

00:58:43Right, listening only to her good version, who knows how much of it is watered down.

00:58:47Wyn, I remember everything you said.

00:58:49But do you remember where my cave dwelling was moved to after Liam arrived?

00:58:52I'm afraid you don't even know.

00:58:53It was to a far corner of the sect, the place where spiritual energy is thinnest.

00:58:57As a direct disciple, the place I lived was worse than an outer sect disciples.

00:59:00You could have told Master.

00:59:02If Master had known, surely she'd...

00:59:03You think I never went?

00:59:04But what did your dear Master say?

00:59:06She said I was a senior brother and should give way to my junior.

00:59:09Cyrus, don't call me brother.

00:59:10That brother is more than I can bear.

00:59:12As your good junior, as Liam's good senior, I deserve to have all my spirit stones withheld

00:59:16to fuel Liam's cultivation.

00:59:18I deserve to have my natal flying sword stolen.

00:59:20I deserved, because Liam wanted a single spirit herb, to nearly die in the beast forest.

00:59:25And when I came back?

00:59:26Besides a body covered in wounds, what did I get?

00:59:28Not a single word of concern.

00:59:30Only kneeling in the great hall, hearing you call me ungrateful, and finally being punished

00:59:34to face the wall and reflect.

00:59:35Good grief.

00:59:36Give up my dwelling.

00:59:38Give up my spirit stones.

00:59:39Give up my spirit weapon, sent to die in the beast forest, and punished when I came back.

00:59:44What kind of monstrous sect is this?

00:59:45And to think I'd just been feeling Wynne had a point.

00:59:48I must have been blind.

00:59:49In that situation, I'd run too.

00:59:51Right, won't even have family.

00:59:53Did they ever treat Cyrus as a human being at all?

00:59:55To hell with the Misthaven sect, what a trash sect.

00:59:58Sigh, Cyrus, this child has been wronged.

01:00:00Cyrus, I never imagined you had it so hard, I don't know how you endured it.

01:00:04Get out of the Myriad sect, you're not welcome here.

01:00:06Cyrus, I admit it was our fault before, but now I know I was wrong.

01:00:09Just come back with me, apologize properly to Master, and everything you have in the

01:00:13Myriad sect, the Misthaven sect, can give you too.

01:00:16Wynne, oh Wynne.

01:00:17Even now, you still think it was my fault?

01:00:19Did you ever, from start to finish, treat me as family?

01:00:22Did you ever care about how I felt?

01:00:23You didn't even care whether I lived or died.

01:00:25The Misthaven sect is too filthy, I can't live there.

01:00:28Cyrus, don't call me brother.

01:00:30My name is Cyrus.

01:00:31I'm of the Myriad sect, and Grandmaster Lance's final disciple.

01:00:34Wynne, did you hear that clearly?

01:00:36Cyrus is my junior, not yours.

01:00:37Now I ask you to leave the Myriad sect at once.

01:00:40Cyrus, we owe you, I won't give up.

01:00:42Serafina, wait for me.

01:00:44Cyrus, today's humiliation I've noted down, and one day I'll repay it a hundredfold.

01:00:48And you Wynne.

01:00:49Sooner or later I'll make you understand what it means to be wrong.

01:00:52Damn it though, there's no external injury.

01:00:54That shockwave damaged every one of my internal organs.

01:00:56A full recovery will take at least several months.

01:00:58It's all Cyrus's fault and Wynne's.

01:01:00I'm this badly hurt and not one of them cares about me at all.

01:01:03You'd all better not fall into my hands.

01:01:05Cyrus, we heard you and Serafina were back, so we came to find you.

01:01:08This is the perfect chance to milk some sympathy with my injury, and turn the blame toward Cyrus.

01:01:13Cyrus, how did you get hurt this badly?

01:01:14Vera, sister, you're both so good to me.

01:01:16I don't know how to repay you.

01:01:18What silly talk is this?

01:01:19You're our junior brother.

01:01:20If not good to you, then to whom?

01:01:22And how did you get these wounds?

01:01:24Where's Wynne?

01:01:25Wynne really is something.

01:01:26Does she even keep you in her heart at all, letting you get hurt and not even caring?

01:01:29Sisters, don't blame Wynne.

01:01:31She probably has her own reasons.

01:01:32He may have been influenced by Cyrus.

01:01:35Cyrus?

01:01:35Didn't you go to the Myriad Sect?

01:01:37How does Cyrus come into it?

01:01:38Could it be Cyrus ran off to the Myriad Sect?

01:01:40Cyrus seems quite happy at the Myriad Sect, and the Grandmaster and the sisters there treat

01:01:44him well, too.

01:01:45Traitor, Master was so good to him, yet he went over to that washed-up Myriad Sect.

01:01:48And Wynne, not only did she fail to get the spirit weapon Master asked for, she even let

01:01:53you get hurt.

01:01:53No, this must be taken to Master.

01:01:55Right, we can't let you suffer this wrong for nothing, Liam.

01:01:58Good.

01:01:58Liam has taken the bait.

01:02:00You mean, Cyrus went to the Myriad Sect, and even became Grandmaster Lance's final disciple?

01:02:05Yes, and not only that.

01:02:06The Myriad Sect's Serafina wounded both Wynne and Liam.

01:02:09Well, well, Cyrus, well done, Myriad Sect.

01:02:12And what else?

01:02:12Where's Wynne gone?

01:02:13Ever since she returned she's locked herself in her cave dwelling, and hasn't come out

01:02:17since.

01:02:17It's all my fault.

01:02:18If I hadn't insisted on going to the Myriad Sect, Wynne wouldn't have been hurt.

01:02:22It has nothing to do with you, you're injured, so rest well.

01:02:24It's nothing serious for me, it's just that Wynne seems to have been influenced by Cyrus.

01:02:28And Cyrus seems very happy at the Myriad Sect.

01:02:31Happy?

01:02:31He's a disciple of my Miss Thaven Sect.

01:02:33Without my permission, who dares?

01:02:34Master, don't be angry.

01:02:36Cyrus may have just been confused for a moment.

01:02:38A moment of confusion?

01:02:39That's plainly betrayal of the sect.

01:02:40Master was so good to him, yet he defected to the Myriad Sect.

01:02:44He simply doesn't know what's good for him.

01:02:45Enough.

01:02:46I'll handle the matter of Cyrus myself.

01:02:48You're hurt.

01:02:48Go back and rest.

01:02:49I'll figure out the spirit weapon another way.

01:02:51Master, could you not blame Cyrus?

01:02:53After all, he's your disciple too.

01:02:54You.

01:02:55You're just too kind-hearted.

01:02:56Go now, rest and heal well.

01:02:58I take my leave, Master.

01:03:00Cyrus, oh Cyrus.

01:03:01I can't let you die now.

01:03:02If you died, who would cultivate for me that so-called realm-unmatched five-element golden

01:03:06core?

01:03:07Master, do you think something's happened to Seraphina?

01:03:10We'll know once we go inside.

01:03:12Wynne, your Tao heart is faltering.

01:03:14Don't tell me it's because of Cyrus.

01:03:15If it is, then I am deeply disappointed in you.

01:03:18The Grand Sect tournament is almost here.

01:03:20You are the eldest sister of the Miss Thaven Sect.

01:03:22You cannot go into battle like this.

01:03:24I'm giving you one month.

01:03:26Pull yourself together.

01:03:27Yes, I understand.

01:03:28Let's go.

01:03:29Seraphina.

01:03:30Are you all right?

01:03:31Don't blame yourself too much.

01:03:32What happened with Cyrus wasn't your fault.

01:03:34Get out.

01:03:35Seraphina, I only wanted-

01:03:36I said get out.

01:03:37Fine.

01:03:38Seraphina, rest well.

01:03:39I'll go now.

01:03:40Ungrateful little.

01:03:41Just you wait.

01:03:42Sooner or later I'll have you kneeling before me.

01:03:44Cyrus, did you really suffer so much in the Miss Thaven Sect?

01:03:46But you were the Master's own direct disciple.

01:03:48How could you have been wronged?

01:03:50All this care of mine.

01:03:51So you must have been lying to me.

01:03:52I'm going to find out.

01:03:54I'm going to see what you went through all these years.

01:03:56Lyra, go to the Myriad Sect and take Cyrus back.

01:03:59No disciple of my Miss Thaven Sect may abandon the sect without my permission, much less join

01:04:04another.

01:04:04Master, if Cyrus won't return, how should I deal with him?

01:04:07If he won't come back, then cripple him.

01:04:10Destroy everything he ever gained in the Miss Thaven Sect.

01:04:12Yes.

01:04:13This spirit rice porridge gets thinner every day.

01:04:16I'm only just realizing it.

01:04:17Ever since Cyrus left, this whole sect has been falling apart.

01:04:20You're only realizing that now?

01:04:22Back when Cyrus was here, the Grandmaster and the Senior Sisters all took out their tempers

01:04:26on him.

01:04:26Now that he's gone, all that anger naturally lands on us.

01:04:29Back then, I thought, Cyrus had a screw loose, but now it turns out he saw it all coming.

01:04:33And I hear Seraphina and Lyra both went to the Myriad Sect looking for him.

01:04:37Where were they before?

01:04:38They couldn't treat him decently while he was here, and now they're desperate.

01:04:40If I were Cyrus, I'd never come back.

01:04:43The life we lived here wasn't fit for a human being.

01:04:45When Cyrus left, was he really happy?

01:04:48Yes, Seraphina, very happy.

01:04:50He laughed so easily, like a great weight had lifted off him.

01:04:53And did he say anything when he left?

01:04:54About the sect?

01:04:55About the Master?

01:04:56About me?

01:04:57No.

01:04:58He just said something about grabbing his bucket and bailing.

01:05:00Nothing else at all.

01:05:01Seraphina, are you all right?

01:05:03I'm fine.

01:05:03Don't worry about me.

01:05:04Wait.

01:05:05Am I seeing this right?

01:05:06Seraphina's cultivation has dropped.

01:05:08I think I heard it too, a golden core shattering inside her.

01:05:12Cyrus, so everything you said was true.

01:05:14Your heart was broken long ago, wasn't it?

01:05:16That's why you wanted so badly to leave.

01:05:18You'd lost all hope in us.

01:05:19Don't worry.

01:05:20As your sister, I will repay every last thing I owe you.

01:05:24Damn it.

01:05:24The furnace blew again?

01:05:26This is the pill I'm best at.

01:05:27Why does it keep exploding today?

01:05:29Why?

01:05:29Calm down.

01:05:30I need to stay calm.

01:05:31I am the alchemy genius of the Mistshaven sect.

01:05:34The furnace blew, so I'll start over.

01:05:36Cyrus, where have you crawled off to?

01:05:37Get over here.

01:05:38Can't you see?

01:05:39Second sister Vera, this pill needs a lower flame.

01:05:42Add the spirit-gathering herb first, then the ice-heart lotus.

01:05:45Don't reverse the order.

01:05:46And you're channeling too much power.

01:05:48Ease off.

01:05:49Fine.

01:05:50So annoying.

01:05:50Useless thing.

01:05:51Why did he even leave the sect?

01:05:52All he does is make trouble.

01:05:54I refuse to believe that without Cyrus assisting me, I can't refine a single pill.

01:05:58I am the foremost alchemist of the Mistshaven sect.

01:06:00Impossible.

01:06:01This is the pill that made my name.

01:06:02How could I fail just because Cyrus is gone?

01:06:05How could I be inferior to Cyrus again?

01:06:07Impossible.

01:06:08Impossible.

01:06:09Everything I've achieved.

01:06:10I achieve through my own effort.

01:06:12It has nothing to do with Cyrus.

01:06:13Even if his talent for alchemy is higher than mine, one alchemy genius is enough for this sect.

01:06:18Serafina.

01:06:19Why have you come?

01:06:20And why has your hair turned white?

01:06:21Never mind that.

01:06:22Isn't the breakthrough pill your specialty?

01:06:24Why did the furnace blow?

01:06:25I don't know what's wrong today.

01:06:27Something I used to make with ease today I just can't.

01:06:29I meant it for Liam's breakthrough.

01:06:31Now it's hopeless.

01:06:32For Liam again.

01:06:33Vera.

01:06:34Have you ever thought about something?

01:06:35Thought about what?

01:06:37All these years we've been good enough to Liam, so why couldn't we have been a little

01:06:40kinder to Cyrus?

01:06:41Cyrus?

01:06:41Why bring him up?

01:06:43He's a traitor now, not my brother.

01:06:44And how dare he be compared to Liam?

01:06:46He's not fit to carry Liam's shoes.

01:06:48Vera.

01:06:48Why do you hold such hatred for Cyrus?

01:06:50It's all his fault.

01:06:52Always making trouble for me.

01:06:53If he were here, how could I fail to refine even the core-breaking pill?

01:06:56He must be throwing me off.

01:06:58Vera.

01:06:59You say you can only refine the fire core pill when Cyrus is there, what do you mean by

01:07:02that?

01:07:03Nothing.

01:07:04He'd just say a word now and then, remind me about the flame.

01:07:06And such.

01:07:07Vera be honest.

01:07:08When I used to refine pills Cyrus would help me.

01:07:11Many pills only came out right because of his reminders.

01:07:13So you're saying, Cyrus's talent for alchemy is even higher than yours, Vera?

01:07:17How could I be beneath Cyrus?

01:07:19I'm the foremost alchemy genius of the Misthaven sect.

01:07:22Then why, without Cyrus, can't you even refine the breakthrough pill?

01:07:25That's because I'm worried about Liam's unsteady state of mind.

01:07:28It'll pass in a couple of days.

01:07:30Vera, I didn't come to doubt your talent.

01:07:32I only want to confirm one thing.

01:07:33Did you secretly divert Cyrus's cultivation resources to Liam?

01:07:37Of course.

01:07:38Liam is still growing.

01:07:39His cultivation is weak.

01:07:40He needs more resources.

01:07:41Cyrus is only a crippled five-element spirit root.

01:07:44Giving him that many resources is a pure waste.

01:07:46So it's true.

01:07:48Cyrus really was treated unfairly all along.

01:07:50And I, his eldest sister, noticed nothing.

01:07:53Vera, if you think Liam needs more resources, then why don't you give up your own?

01:07:56Because I need to cultivate, too.

01:07:58Cyrus, with a crippled spirit root, cultivating him.

01:08:01That's a waste.

01:08:02Better to give it to Liam.

01:08:04Vera, don't you think you've gone too far?

01:08:06Serafina, why do you keep bringing him up?

01:08:08Why did one trip to the Myriad sect change you?

01:08:10If you mention him again, you're not welcome here.

01:08:13Vera, you're sick.

01:08:14Serafina, what are you doing?

01:08:16Put me down.

01:08:17Come with me.

01:08:17I'm taking you somewhere.

01:08:19Grandmaster Lance, I come on my master's orders to handle some matters in your sect.

01:08:23Please make this easy.

01:08:25Matters?

01:08:26What matters?

01:08:27Grandmaster Lance.

01:08:28My master says, Cyrus is a traitor to our sect.

01:08:31Hand him over and let me bring him back to report.

01:08:33Traitor?

01:08:34Cyrus completed every withdrawal procedure.

01:08:36He turned in his identity jade token.

01:08:38How is he a traitor?

01:08:39We already settled this with your senior sister, Wynne.

01:08:42Please leave.

01:08:43The withdrawal was processed by a steward of the affairs hall.

01:08:46Without my master's written order it doesn't count.

01:08:48So Cyrus has indeed betrayed the sect.

01:08:50This is the Myriad sect.

01:08:51Not your Mishaven sect.

01:08:53Your sect rules hold no power over us.

01:08:55Elders, I am merely conveying my master's will.

01:08:58If you have objections, take them up with my master.

01:09:00Insolent.

01:09:01Cyrus belongs to our sect.

01:09:03Grandmaster Lance, is this your meaning?

01:09:05Girl, if you've come as a guest I welcome you.

01:09:08If you've come for Cyrus then I'm sorry.

01:09:10Cyrus is my final disciple.

01:09:12He stays in the Myriad sect.

01:09:14Grandmaster Lance.

01:09:15Have you thought this through?

01:09:16My master says, if your sect refuses to cooperate, the Mishaven sect will end all cooperation.

01:09:22With you.

01:09:23And at the coming Grand Sect tournament, we will pay you special attention.

01:09:26But my master also says, if you hand over Cyrus, cooperation can continue.

01:09:30I believe Grandmaster Lance, is a wise man, who won't make a reckless choice over a single

01:09:35piece of trash.

01:09:36Cyrus is not trash.

01:09:38He is a good man, better than any of you.

01:09:40Hmm.

01:09:40Cyrus is the best person in this world.

01:09:43That Liam of yours is the real trash.

01:09:45Whoever you are, anyone who insults Liam will pay.

01:09:47Wanna fight?

01:09:48I'm always ready.

01:09:49Child, this is the Myriad sect, not your Mishaven sect.

01:09:53Cyrus is my, disciple.

01:09:55I will never hand him over.

01:09:56If you want to end cooperation then end it.

01:09:58But tell Wynne, if she truly does this, then she'd best be ready to face the wrath of the

01:10:02Myriad sect.

01:10:03Child, I've said what needed saying.

01:10:05You may go.

01:10:07Cyrus, something's wrong.

01:10:08What is it?

01:10:09Take your time.

01:10:10Someone's come from the Mishaven sect.

01:10:12Lyra, I think.

01:10:13She looks fierce.

01:10:14She says she's taking you away.

01:10:15Right now she's...

01:10:16Arguing with the elders in the main hall.

01:10:19Lyra, she says she's taking me?

01:10:20Yes.

01:10:21She says if the sect won't hand you over she'll end cooperation and target us at the Grand

01:10:25Sect tournament.

01:10:25Just go hide, quickly.

01:10:26Hide?

01:10:27I can hide for a while.

01:10:28Can I hide for a lifetime?

01:10:30Cyrus, please don't go.

01:10:31The Grandmaster says with them here, the Mishaven sect can never take you.

01:10:35Some things can't be avoided.

01:10:36Besides, I've already run once.

01:10:38I won't run a second time.

01:10:39Grandmaster Lance, today's matter.

01:10:41I will report faithfully to my master.

01:10:43I hope you're still this, defiant when the time comes.

01:10:46Off you go, child.

01:10:46I won't see you out.

01:10:48Liam, what are you doing here?

01:10:49Go quickly.

01:10:49There's a wicked woman here.

01:10:50She wants to drag you away.

01:10:52Hurry back and hide.

01:10:53Vera, it's all right.

01:10:54Since I've come, I never meant to leave.

01:10:56No one is taking me.

01:10:57Cyrus, even now that you're in the myriad sect, you'll still only hide behind a woman?

01:11:02Still as gutless as before.

01:11:03Having a sister to protect me is my good fortune, right, Vera?

01:11:07Right.

01:11:07I'm glad to.

01:11:08I'm happy to.

01:11:09You think Liam is your two-faced little darling, Liam?

01:11:11Cyrus, I'll say it once more.

01:11:13Come back with me and apologize to the master, or I'll cripple your cultivation.

01:11:17Hmm.

01:11:17Wynne tells me to come back, so I come back?

01:11:19Who does she think she is?

01:11:21Insolent.

01:11:21How dare you speak the master's name?

01:11:23Wynne is your master, not mine.

01:11:25What's wrong with saying her name?

01:11:27Fine.

01:11:27Very well.

01:11:28Then you've chosen the second path.

01:11:30You won't come back with me, so I'll cripple your cultivation.

01:11:32Lyra, oh, Lyra, still so full of yourself.

01:11:35Let's duel, just us two.

01:11:36If you win, do with me as you please.

01:11:38If I win, then for the rest of your life, you lower your head before me.

01:11:42And learn humility.

01:11:44Cyrus, are you mad?

01:11:45She's late golden core.

01:11:46How can a foundation cultivator beat her?

01:11:49Cyrus, this is reckless, go back.

01:11:51Cyrus, calm down.

01:11:52With us here, the Mishthaven sect can't touch you.

01:11:54Cyrus, be good, go back.

01:11:56Elders, sisters, my mind is made up.

01:11:58I've fled once already.

01:11:59I won't flee again.

01:12:00Some things I must settle myself.

01:12:02You boy.

01:12:02Ah, fine, do as you wish.

01:12:04Cyrus, don't worry.

01:12:05With me here, no one is taking you.

01:12:07Vera, trust me.

01:12:09If you lose, I won't forgive you.

01:12:10You, a piece of foundation stage trash.

01:12:12How dare you speak to me like this?

01:12:14But since you're so confident, I accept.

01:12:16I'll even suppress my cultivation.

01:12:18Today, I'll show you the gulf between us.

01:12:20Do you think this kid has something up his sleeve?

01:12:22He looks awfully sure of himself.

01:12:24He must have a plan.

01:12:25And what if he does?

01:12:26Lyra is a born sword heart.

01:12:28Late golden core.

01:12:30Even with her cultivation suppressed to Cyrus's level, that's still nothing a foundation

01:12:34cultivator can match.

01:12:35At this point, we can only trust the boy.

01:12:37Cyrus, you can still yield.

01:12:39It's not too late.

01:12:40Come back with me and at least spare yourself the pain.

01:12:43But once I strike, you'll be nothing but trash.

01:12:45Lyra, you always wear that lofty look.

01:12:47You're really asking for a beating.

01:12:49I've put up with you long enough.

01:12:50Very well.

01:12:51Then I'll finish you.

01:12:53Dodged fast.

01:12:54The next strike, you won't be so lucky.

01:12:56Spirit sword immortal.

01:12:57Still so arrogant.

01:12:58Arrogant or not, you'll see soon enough.

01:13:00Take this.

01:13:00Is that all?

01:13:01Trash is trash.

01:13:02You can't even take one strike from me.

01:13:04And yet you dare challenge me.

01:13:05One last chance.

01:13:06Come back with me to the Misthaven.

01:13:07Sackton, accept your punishment.

01:13:09Cyrus.

01:13:09Just yield.

01:13:11Revenge can wait ten years.

01:13:12Cyrus.

01:13:13Fortunes rise and fall.

01:13:15Today is not forever.

01:13:16There's no shame in yielding.

01:13:17Cyrus, did you hear that?

01:13:18This is the gulf between us.

01:13:20Even your own sect can see why you're a fool.

01:13:22And you don't even know it.

01:13:24Hmm.

01:13:24Lyra, too much confidence.

01:13:26You're a good thing.

01:13:27Lyra, didn't you say all I do is dodge?

01:13:29Then taste this first.

01:13:31What is that?

01:13:32Where did that blast come from?

01:13:33What did Cyrus just throw?

01:13:34Why did it suddenly explode?

01:13:36Look at the platform.

01:13:36Lyra's been hurt.

01:13:37What is this?

01:13:38Like it?

01:13:39If it's not enough for you, I've got more.

01:13:41Uncle Lionel.

01:13:42Did you see that?

01:13:43The thing that boy threw, its force rival's early golden core.

01:13:46You big oaf.

01:13:47Let go of me.

01:13:48I'm not blind.

01:13:49Which of you gave him a forbidden weapon like that?

01:13:51Not me.

01:13:51Certainly not me.

01:13:52Could the Grandmaster have given it?

01:13:54Doesn't seem so.

01:13:55I've never seen this thing before.

01:13:57Could the boy have forged it himself?

01:13:58Whether he forged it himself, we'll know once this is over.

01:14:01But if he thinks he can defeat Lyra with just this, that's a tall order.

01:14:05Cyrus, you have truly enraged me.

01:14:08And what if I have?

01:14:09From here on, if you can even touch me, I'll be impressed.

01:14:12Taste this.

01:14:13You bastard.

01:14:14Hold on.

01:14:14How many of these things does Cyrus have?

01:14:16Each one bursts with force like a full early golden core blow, and he tosses them like

01:14:20candy.

01:14:21That's absurdly extravagant.

01:14:23Cyrus is throwing these things all you can do?

01:14:25If it works, it works.

01:14:26What do you care what I use?

01:14:28Very well.

01:14:29Then brace for my strongest move.

01:14:31Let's see which is faster.

01:14:32Your little toy.

01:14:33Or my blade.

01:14:34Heaven splitting strike.

01:14:35Then take this.

01:14:36Storm of falling petals.

01:14:38Ah.

01:14:38That force rivals late golden core.

01:14:41Grandmaster, aren't you worried about the boy?

01:14:42Don't be.

01:14:43Since he dares use it, it means he's certain.

01:14:45Just watch.

01:14:46Lyra, you've lost.

01:14:48Whoa.

01:14:48Cyrus actually won.

01:14:49He flattened a late golden core cultivator.

01:14:51Incredible.

01:14:52What were those things?

01:14:53They let a foundation cultivator beat a golden core.

01:14:55Wait.

01:14:56Am I?

01:14:56Seeing this right?

01:14:57The boy really blasted Lyra flat with those little things, and she's a born sword heart.

01:15:01The young are to be feared.

01:15:03Truly to be feared.

01:15:04In our sect's younger generation, apart from Celeste and a few others, at last another prodigy

01:15:09has appeared.

01:15:10This one will surely revive our myriad sect.

01:15:12Did you hear?

01:15:13The myriad sect has a foundation stage disciple, who flattened the misthaven sect's late golden

01:15:18core Lyra.

01:15:19The spirit sword immortal.

01:15:20Isn't she a born sword heart, a future sword immortal, and a foundation cultivator flattened

01:15:25her?

01:15:25Not only that, I hear that foundation cultivator is named Cyrus.

01:15:29He defected from the misthaven sect to the myriad sect, and he has a mixed five-element

01:15:34spirit root.

01:15:34A mixed five-element root, beating a born sword heart, and a mixed root at that?

01:15:39Still, this Cyrus has something to him.

01:15:41Could he be some once-in-a-thousand-years?

01:15:44Peerless prodigy?

01:15:45A prodigy, no doubt.

01:15:46Why else would two grandmasters take him as a direct disciple?

01:15:49You're saying that Cyrus, of the myriad sect, beat the spirit sword immortal?

01:15:52Yes.

01:15:53According to the word that came back, the spirit sword immortal was gravely wounded, her natal

01:15:57sword damaged.

01:15:58Interesting.

01:15:59A foundation cultivator, and a crippled mixed root one at that, won against the spirit sword

01:16:03immortal using a forbidden weapon.

01:16:05What's it called?

01:16:06Vice Grandmaster Zoran.

01:16:07The forbidden weapon is called the spirit burst thunder.

01:16:10They say Cyrus forged it himself, with force rivaling a full early Golden Core blow.

01:16:15How old is the boy?

01:16:16How could he forge such a weapon?

01:16:17I'd say the myriad sect has been declining lately, and is just trying to make noise with

01:16:21this.

01:16:22A cheap trick, beneath notice.

01:16:24Here's what we'll do.

01:16:25Send someone to the Misthaven sect.

01:16:26See if Grandmaster Mira will work with us against the myriad sect.

01:16:30After this grand sect tournament, I want the myriad sect out of the eight great sects

01:16:34for good.

01:16:35The myriad sect really produced a dragon this time.

01:16:37Defeating the Misthaven sect's little sword immortal before the bronze mirror.

01:16:41It is interesting.

01:16:42To beat a born sword heart with a mixed five-element root.

01:16:45In all the cultivation world, there's never been its like.

01:16:48That old fox lance has real luck, picking up a treasure of a disciple in a situation like

01:16:53this.

01:16:53I'd like one myself, but I don't have the luck.

01:16:56Grandmaster, with respect, though Cyrus defeated Mira, he relied on an external object.

01:17:01In the end, his five-element root limits his growth.

01:17:04You're too rigid, boy.

01:17:05They do call the five-element root a crippled root, true, but that's before forming a core.

01:17:10After the core forms, a five-element golden core is unmatched within its realm.

01:17:14You said it yourself.

01:17:15Forming a core.

01:17:16A five-element root forming a core is hard, it only happened in ancient times, and today's

01:17:20conditions no longer allow it.

01:17:22That's prejudice.

01:17:23I say the boy has a chance to form one.

01:17:25If you don't believe me, we can wait and see.

01:17:27Quite the myriad sect.

01:17:29Quite the Cyrus.

01:17:31Grandmaster, now that Lyra is being held, the myriad sect demands a reasonable explanation.

01:17:35Or they'll keep holding her.

01:17:37Shall we send someone to negotiate?

01:17:39No need.

01:17:40Let them hold her.

01:17:41Lyra is my disciple.

01:17:42The myriad sect won't dare harm her.

01:17:44But Grandmaster, if she's held and word gets out, it may damage our sect's reputation.

01:17:49Reputation?

01:17:50That's long gone.

01:17:51Let Lyra sit in the myriad sect and reflect.

01:17:53She, a born-sword heart.

01:17:55Lost to Cyrus, a mixed five-element root.

01:17:57Disgraceful.

01:17:58Liam, look what I brought you.

01:18:00What is it?

01:18:00These are newly grown over at Uncle Drake's.

01:18:03So sweet.

01:18:04I picked.

01:18:04Every last one.

01:18:05Try them.

01:18:06You picked them all?

01:18:07Aren't you afraid Uncle Drake will be furious?

01:18:09Even if he is, it won't matter.

01:18:10I've got Serafina to back me.

01:18:12Let me out.

01:18:13Do you know who I am?

01:18:14Stop shouting.

01:18:15Aren't you tired of it?

01:18:16Scream your throat raw.

01:18:17No one's coming to save you.

01:18:18Right.

01:18:19Make all the fuss you want.

01:18:20You're not getting out.

01:18:21Just sit still, can't you?

01:18:22You're the one who tried to take Cyrus away.

01:18:24Now you're held.

01:18:25You deserve it.

01:18:26Cyrus already said, even if Grandmaster Myra herself came, she couldn't take you.

01:18:30Cyrus, how dare you treat me like this?

01:18:32What are you anyway?

01:18:33A crippled five-element root not even fit to carry my shoes.

01:18:37If you've got the nerve, let me out.

01:18:38I want another fight.

01:18:39I'll kill you.

01:18:40Stop struggling.

01:18:41Kill Cyrus?

01:18:42At the bronze mirror, you couldn't even beat him.

01:18:44And once Cyrus reaches Golden Core, who carries whose shoes is anyone's guess.

01:18:48You bastard.

01:18:49Cyrus, how dare you?

01:18:50You're nothing but a crippled five-element root.

01:18:52You still think this is the mist-having sect?

01:18:55Here.

01:18:55Even a dragon has to coil up.

01:18:57Exactly.

01:18:58Exactly.

01:18:59Thought a born sword heart was so impressive.

01:19:01Turns out Cyrus flattened her all the same.

01:19:03What's there to be smug about?

01:19:05Cyrus, how's Lyra in there?

01:19:06Doing?

01:19:07How do you think?

01:19:08Throwing.

01:19:08Fits all day.

01:19:09Says she wants another fight with you.

01:19:11Says she'll kill you.

01:19:12Same as ever then.

01:19:13Open the door.

01:19:14You?

01:19:14You trash.

01:19:15You dare show your face to me?

01:19:17I'll kill you.

01:19:18You dare hit me?

01:19:19How dare you?

01:19:19How could you dare?

01:19:21Well, well, great.

01:19:22Sword immortal.

01:19:23So you have a day like this, too.

01:19:24How does it feel?

01:19:25Being bullied doesn't sit well, does it?

01:19:27Cyrus, you piece of trash.

01:19:29What right do you have to look at me like that?

01:19:30I am a born sword heart.

01:19:32I was born a prodigy.

01:19:33You, a crippled five-element root.

01:19:35You.

01:19:35Lyra, you know what?

01:19:36Just seeing you makes me sick.

01:19:38Everything I'm doing, you once did to me.

01:19:40But there's one difference between us.

01:19:41I happen to be kind.

01:19:43Don't let me hear of you making trouble again, or I'll come back.

01:19:46Cyrus was rather rough there.

01:19:47Rough?

01:19:48Hmm.

01:19:48Haven't you heard what Cyrus once went through?

01:19:50If it were me, I'd have fallen into deviation and cut Lyra down long ago.

01:19:54True enough.

01:19:55Lyra brought this on herself.

01:19:56Hold on.

01:19:57How can a person change so fast?

01:19:59Do you remember how haughty Lyra was when she first arrived?

01:20:02I do.

01:20:02But she's changed so much I wonder if her body's been seized.

01:20:05You've got a point.

01:20:06A moment ago she was raging, and now she almost seems to look forward to Cyrus showing up.

01:20:10Cyrus, has Lyra stopped making trouble lately?

01:20:12She has.

01:20:13She just keeps asking us about you, when you're coming.

01:20:16Oh?

01:20:16That's strange.

01:20:17I'll go in and look.

01:20:18Cyrus, you came.

01:20:19Wait.

01:20:20What is this?

01:20:20How did Lyra end up like this?

01:20:22Did I do something wrong lately?

01:20:23Are you here to discipline me?

01:20:25Hold on.

01:20:26What on earth have I gotten myself into?

01:20:28What's with that eager little look?

01:20:29In her eyes.

01:20:30You've behaved well lately.

01:20:31I'm not here to discipline you.

01:20:33I just brought you some food.

01:20:34Oh man, I really did see it right.

01:20:36No way, no way.

01:20:37I disciplined Lyra a few times, and deep down she's a yander.

01:20:41No.

01:20:41I'd better test this further.

01:20:43Lyra, do you actually look forward to being disciplined by me?

01:20:46No, I don't.

01:20:47Uh-oh, she really does.

01:20:48I shouldn't linger here.

01:20:50Since you're behaving, I won't come around anymore.

01:20:52I only hope you reflect well and see just how detestable you used to be.

01:20:56Cyrus, you bully me, and then think you can run?

01:20:58In all the world, where do you find a bargain like that?

01:21:01No matter where you run, you won't escape my grasp.

01:21:04I knew it.

01:21:05People from the Misthaven sect aren't right in the head.

01:21:07I only wanted a bit of simple revenge, to win back some justice for my old self, and

01:21:11instead I'd run into a yandere.

01:21:12This is insane.

01:21:13Liam, you went to see Lyra again?

01:21:15Hmm.

01:21:16But that was the last time.

01:21:17I won't go anymore.

01:21:18Why?

01:21:19Vera, listen to me.

01:21:20From now on, if you ever meet people from the Misthaven sect, especially Grandmaster

01:21:24Miras, direct disciples get as far away as you can.

01:21:27They really aren't right in the head.

01:21:28All right, whatever you say, Liam.

01:21:30But today you're coming down the mountain with me to wander around.

01:21:33Shopping?

01:21:33Sure.

01:21:34You've got quite the fortune to spend.

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