From Beast Abilities to Sect Grand Master

Zhao Qing Ying didn’t let down his guard and he kept hurling twirling wind strikes at Li Hai’s body.

When the body was ripped into many pieces, he set a flame to burn it.

As it burned, Zhao Qing Ying retrieved the net and kept it.

He was not about to let Li Hai be revived again, so he watched until the body of Li Hai was burned into ashes.

When it was done, Zhao Qing Ying sat on the ground to recover his breath.

He looked intensely at the ashes of Li Hai, scared that they would come back to life at any moment.

He still couldn’t believe that it was over.

But he was wrong and nothing happened.

After he was satisfied that Li Hai was indeed dead, Zhao Qing Ying quickly ran out of the cave to try and catch the other disciples.

…

The boat got out of the tunnels and soon they were at the entrance of the Tai Mountains.

It turned back into its huge size, and everyone got off the boat.

Han Dang with sweat on his head looked exhausted.

This artifact had used up most of Han Dang’s Qi and energy.

"What should we do now?"

"Will senior martial uncle be all right?"

"We must find help for him!"

Many disciples were worried but couldn’t do anything else.

Lin Fan, who was mingled within the disciples, was relieved when he saw familiar figures approaching them.

It was Ho Ming, Lee Xiao and Tai Lan.

They had escaped from the caves successfully.

Lin Fan got next to them and whispered, "Welcome back."

It took a moment for them to realize who it was.

They didn’t say much but nodded at him.

They too were glad that Lin Fan was still alive.

"Let’s get moving, we don’t have much time!" Zhao Ming Ye’s voice broke their moment of reunion.

There was not much time for them, so they had to get away from the Tai Mountains as fast as they could.

"Wait for me! I’ve finished off the Dark Lord."

A familiar voice shouted and stopped them.

They turned back toward the cave and saw a familiar figure.

It was Zhao Qing Ying.

"Did I hear wrongly?"

"No, senior martial uncle said he finished off the Dark Lord."

"Are you sure he is senior martial uncle?"

They started to have doubts about the person they were looking at.

After all, the Dark Lotus Sect was cunning beyond belief.

Slap.

Zhao Qing Ying slapped the back of the disciples having doubts.

"How dare you question me. Your rewards shall be confiscated." He fumed and said.

"I’m sorry, senior martial uncle. That’s certainly you." One of the disciples held his hand onto the back of his head and said.

"What do you mean that’s certainly me? That’s how you think of me, huh." Zhao Qing Ying wasn’t pleased.

Zhao Ming Ye and the other peak lords got up to Zhao Qing Ying and greeted him.

Han Dang used his Soul Seer Ring to try and check whether it was Zhao Qing Ying.

The results were satisfactory as the ring glowed green.

Zhao Qing Ying was who he claimed to be, and his spirit wasn’t contaminated.

"Here, your net. It certainly saved my life." Zhao Qing Ying handed Han Dang back his net.

Han Dang took the net and stowed it into his storage artifact.

After he was done, Zhao Qing Ying turned and looked for Lin Fan.

But he couldn’t as Lin Fan was now disguised as an ordinary looking disciple.

Careful and cautious as usual, Zhao Qing Ying thought.

And Lin Fan was right. It was best to settle it with Lin Fan back in the sect.

So, he twitched his nose and said, "Let’s get back to the sect now."

The disciples cheered and they continued their way back to the sect.

…

Huo Ren Yi woke up when the moon was high in the sky.

Chill winds blew at him as he slowly tried to stand up.

His skin was now charred and burnt; every little movement caused intense pain.

He gritted his teeth as he trudged along the path toward the caves.

"My lord!" Huo Ren Yi cried out trying to find the Dark Lord.

But there was no answer.

On the ground were bodies of disciples and soldiers from Qing Feng Sect, Dark Lotus Sect and Raging Tiger Army respectively.

All but the body of Li Hai.

He was about to give up until he stepped onto a pool of blood.

…

A week later.

Qing Feng Sect.

Million Sword Hall.

After Lin Fan rested and recuperated, he was summoned to the Million Sword Hall.

Zhao Qing Ying was seated with his wine gourd in his hand, waiting for him.

The other peak lords and Hun Yen Kun were also around.

"I believe you have something that is very important in your possession." Zhao Qing Ying asked.

Lin Fan shrugged and took out the tiger jade storage artifact.

The peak lords looked in amusement as they saw Lin Fan taking out a bracelet from the tiger jade storage artifact.

"So, the Dark Lord wanted this bracelet?" Zhao Ming Ye asked.

"No." Lin Fan shook his head and took out the toad statue from the bracelet.

"This?" The others asked again.

Lin Fan shook his head and took out the imperial seal from the toad statue.

Immediately, the peak lords and even Zhao Qing Ying felt an urge to kneel to it.

"This was the artifact I got from the secret realm in Nan An village." Lin Fan said as he held the imperial seal up into the air.

"Keep it for now." Zhao Qing Ying frowned.

He went to search for a precious artifact back then, but he didn’t know it was somehow related to the Dark Lord.

Lin Fan kept the imperial seal and said, "I can’t wield its power as I do not have the life destiny of an Emperor."

When Zhao Qing Ying heard that, he frowned.

There was someone right now with the life destiny of an Emperor.

And he wasn’t the best person to deal with, especially after what he had done in Tai Mountains.