The Steward Demonic Emperor

Rumble~

A flashy beam of light pierced the cave and shot into the sky, and there was nothing Impermanence Five's barrier could do to stop it.

Then came a huge pressure from the heavens and the draconic roars assaulted this barrier, making even these seasoned experts bleed from the mouth.

With the shaking of the ground and the sect around them, they found it impossible to maintain the barrier under such might.

[What the hell is this kid doing in there to make such a scene? ]

In the Sect Leader's hall, Xie Wuyue shook and walked out, frowning at the beam of light, "The High Venerable must've reached a crucial step indeed to enter seclusion."

Venerable Shi in his little courtyard, flew onto his roof and ruminated on the changes, "Ha-ha-ha, no matter what fancy method High Venerable is using, the least of all it'll keep him busy and out of my hair, ha-ha-ha…"

The whole sect was roused awake by the sudden commotion, the beam of light grabbing their attention. Everyone looked on with shock and doubt, [What is happening?]

Whoosh!

Elder Yuan appeared next to Impermanence Five, watching them go through signs with stern looks. Even as blood flowed from their mouths, they still wanted to maintain the barrier, "Just what on earth happened to damage you so much?"

"Who knows what that kid is cooking in there. It made the whole word tear and shake. Even we can't take it any more." Elder She was sweating, "We can't keep holding the Vicissitudes Barrier for too long. There's no way this is the kid's power. Just what crazy stunt is being pulled in there…"

Elder Yuan's brow shook, turning from the weary elders to the beam of light and the draconic roars. Adding the dragon power into the mix, his reaction grew more flabbergasted by the second, "Y-you mean to tell me he's forming the heaven dragon soul?! Is this the Ten Dragons Opening the Heavens?"

"That's impossible!" Impermanence Five cried together, with Elder She speaking for all when saying, "He went in as a Profound Heaven cultivator. The most this advancement will take him is the Radiant Stage. Ethereal Stage is too far away to condense his soul."

Elder Yuan's eyelids twitched, shaking in confusion, but his eyes gleamed, "I don't know, but it's following the legend of the Ten Dragons Opening the Heavens. The next step should be the prismatic glow and the descent of the dragon soul. Others might come here in greed and interfere. Impermanence Five, we must stabilize the barrier and hide it!"

Elder Yuan's power exploded and a yellow glow came out from his body along with a draconic roar. A golden dragon flew out of him.

It circled the Vicissitudes Barrier as its tail whipped around the entire barrier.

The great power of earth seeped into the barrier while Impermanence Five made signs before relaxing at last.

"Earth dragon soul, Crouching Dragon Seal!" Elder Yuan shouted.

Whoosh~

The beam of light vanished and the earth calmed down. The audience ended up scratching their heads, "What, it's over?"

"Break it up! That is a restricted area!" Venerables and elders came to restore order by the order of Sect Leader.

There was no need for him to say anything. It was clear as day to these oldies that messing with High Venerable's cultivation was a death sentence.

Xie Wuyue returned inside. [High Venerable's cultivation has succeeded and now comes a period of acclimatization.]

Venerable Shi smiled, "It's over. At best, it should buy me three days in which the old man's recouping. Better make the most of it…"

While most figured this was the end, it was only the beginning for the storm brewing within the barrier.

The beam of light shined brightly, only covered up under the combined work of six people.

Following the constant heavenly draconic roar, it went just as Elder Yuan said, with prismatic lights following the beam and into Zhuo Fan's cave.

Images of dragons with fangs and claws roamed the beam as they tried going inside.

This scene shocked them silly.

[The kid's actually forming a heaven dragon soul!]

"Ha-ha-ha, genius I tell you! He's the second one in western lands to form his soul so early. Our Demon Scheming Sect finally has such a genius, ha-ha-ha. Heaven is with our sect!"

Elder Yuan laughed, touched to the core, while the elders nodded.

"Being his guards was totally worth it." Elder She chuckled.

Elder Yuan nodded, "So this is the reason behind the heart warning, to condense the soul. Then again, with his soul power going beyond common sense, all that was left was forming it. As a genius, he can't walk the common path. But the kid sure is paranoid. Saying he has only nine dragon souls when he had ten, ha-ha-ha. I was playing the lackey for nothing."

Elder Yuan didn't show any remorse his words might contain.

Though how was Zhuo Fan supposed to know that Dragonslaying Crescent Blade had a dragon soul within it? He was innocent in this.

Not that it mattered, as everyone wished for Zhuo Fan to finish up forming his soul and become the core of the sect revolution.

"Ten Dragons Opening the Heavens is only the beginning. The crux is forming the heaven dragon soul. The dragon power from the ninth heaven is not something anyone can withstand." Elder She was worried.

Elder Yuan shook his head, "Relax, the kid'll be fine. His cultivation and heart are at peak. He will succeed, ha-ha-ha…"

The ninth heaven dragon power wreaked havoc in Zhuo Fan's mind. He had been bearing through it all this time with clenched teeth and a still heart, pushing back with all he had to control it into condensing. While the prismatic glow slipped inside and gave Zhuo Fan's soul a dazzling hue of colors.

Zhuo Fan rejoiced that his heart had evolved so much to allow him to cope with the dragon power and its tyranny up to this point.

Or he'd been crushed just by that increase of soul power alone.

So while his head was a ticking time bomb, excruciating more and more by the second, a serene heart held him on the brink.

He could let the pain in and out at will, a true blase feeling.

With deep breaths, Zhuo Fan suffered the savage dragon power for the next three long days. The pain never let up, but his eyes showed unmistakable clarity.

Under the onslaught these days, the dragon power lost its savagery bit by bit, forced into Zhuo Fan's soul, on the brink of fusing.

Elder Yuan and Impermanence Five were guarding outside the cave.

It had all gone easy so far, but with High Venerable away, Venerable Shi had a ball in the sect. He rang the bell for a meeting with the other venerables and elders to crush the Elite Labor Office.

Xie Wuyue mocked him, while relaxing in his throne, totally content. And why wouldn't he be, when dozens more oldies had defected for the Labor Office? Their numbers equaled inner sect's now.

That being said, he had half of the inner sect under his control and could hold his own against Venerable Shi's faction.

"Venerable Shi, what is it this time? Speak, what grave matter has happened?" Xie Wuyue said plainly.

Venerable Shi said, "Sect Leader, I propose the dissolution of the Elite Labor Office."

"Why?"

"It's against regulations. A laborer must do what he's entitled to. With the inner and outer disciples going there is totally inappropriate!" Venerable Shi said.

Xie Wuyue chuckled, letting Venerable Bai speak, "A demonic sect holds Strength supreme. For all the disciples to run to the Labor Office, it only goes to show how weak the inner sect is. Shouldn't it be the inner sect getting dissolved instead?"

"Ha-ha-ha, true, true." Xie Wuyue laughed.

The great hall used to have Sect Leader and the rest, both sides eying each other like wolves, reduced to hating him in the fight to fill their pockets.

Alone and weak, all he could do was put up a tough front before these old timers.

While now he had split their interests and got some on his side. This was the feeling of having a grand plan come to a head.