“It was the sixth-generation Grand Master,” Sun Hewu said in a flat tone.0

Qi Xuansu grew even more perplexed. During the sixth-generation Grand Master's tenure, the Zixiao Palace was at its weakest, barely better than its current fragmented state and far from the prominence it held during the era of the fifth-generation Grand Master.0

Sun Hewu noticed Qi Xuansu’s confusion and took the initiative to explain, “It’s true that the sixth-generation Grand Master was considered weak, but only in comparison to the other Grand Masters. Compared to anyone else, including the three Deputy Grand Masters, not a single one of them could match him.0

“After all, the sixth-generation Grand Master was still the most revered figure in the Daoist Order and possessed the cultivation of an Immortal. Who would dare defy his direct command? If he wanted the Tianshui Core Tower sealed, then of course we had to obey.”0

Based on the Daoist Order’s hierarchy, Sun Hewu was of the same generation as the Grand Master and had even worked with him in the past, so his tone lacked excessive reverence.0

Qi Xuansu cautiously asked, “Sage Sun, what kind of person was the sixth-generation Grand Master?”0

Sun Hewu was...0