A round of push and pull had solidified Lu Yun’s determination to choose Argent Snow, resulting in a mission to retrieve its legacy and cultivation methods for the Star Sect.

He wasn’t opposed to this as he was now a sect disciple. When he’d overseen the Dao Academy in the world of immortals, he’d often used similar methods to reward his disciples. A sect could nurture disciples and give them resources that most suited them if they possessed the appropriate potential. At the same time, however, disciples must work for the benefit of the sect.

Only then did a positive feedback cycle form.

But from this, Lu Yun could tell that Ah Zhi had kept his background and many other things about him from Xing Chen. All the world sovereign knew was that he’d shaken off his destiny and forged his own path.

The young man smiled and put Argent Snow away, then left the treasu...