Both the Captain’s proud words, and what Xu Qing had said earlier, were so lofty that they rose high into the heavens, and would have a hard time ever touching the earth.2

Biting Crimson Mother? Stealing the red moon’s essence? Rescuing the children of the Imperial Sovereign? All of that... left the Moonrebel Congregation cultivators stunned. However, none of it had anything to do with them personally. Those accomplishments were things that almighty figures would carry out, and though they were exciting to hear about, they weren’t enough to truly move the hearts of the people.3

That is just one facet of human nature. When it came to walking the line between safety and danger, most people worried about their own situation, and cared about things that related to themselves personally. A good example was how the people of Sea-Sealing County didn’t care very much who exactly served as the governor. They were mainly worried about having been poisoned. And Xu Qing took advantage of that to tap into the destiny aura of the citizens in the county capital. It was the same here in the Moonrebel Congregation.8

And that was why Xu Qing’s final statement declaring himself to be Pill Nine had a heaven-shaking, earth-toppling effect on the Moonrebel cultivators. The commotion surpassed the intensity of everything from before. Virtually every single Moonrebel cultivator was visibly taken...2