Chapter 997 Identity (2/2)
A large quantity of Spiritium had appeared after the nine regions tournament, which meant many people in Hunyuan Heaven at the pinnacle of the Divine Dwelling stage would start their breakthrough and attack the highest-grade Heavenly Sun. If Zhou Yuan didn’t take advantage of the time to break through, he would be left behind again.
Even if he had broken the limits of the Divine Dwelling stage, he still couldn’t be compared to a Heavenly Sun stage expert.
Therefore, he needed to begin his breakthrough.
“There is another thing. Since you said that supreme sovereign Wan Zu and supreme sovereign Wu Shen are already aware of your identity, it isn’t necessary for you to conceal your identity anymore. I intend to announce your identity in the next grand elder meeting, because according to the rules that our master set, his disciples can become grand elders of the Tianyuan Region,” Chi Jing explained. “And as this war approaches, the announcement of your identity can reassure some people that our master hasn’t fallen. It was just that he hasn’t returned yet.”
Zhou Yuan scratched his head when he heard Chi Jing’s words. The position of grand elder could be said to be the highest in the Tianyuan Region, and in terms of status, it was much higher than his current position of chief pavilion master.
If he were to become a grand elder, even Nascent Source stage elders would have to pay respect to him.
However, in the end, Zhou Yuan muttered, “I don’t mind announcing my identity to reassure the citizens, but you don’t need to restore my status as a grand elder yet.”
That position was too high and too eye-catching. Even if he successfully broke through to the Heavenly Sun stage, he was still only a Heavenly Sun stage expert, and wouldn’t it be strange to have a grand elder only at the Heavenly Sun stage? Even if no one dared say a word because of Cang Yuan’s prestige, could anybody guarantee that there wouldn’t be any resentment in other people’s hearts?
It wouldn’t be a problem if Cang Yuan was overseeing the Tianyuan Region, but the Tianyuan Region was about to face a fierce war. Therefore, it was important to set the mind of the people at ease, and Zhou Yuan didn’t want to ruin the state of the Tianyuan Region for his own power rights.
If he announced his identity as one of Cang Yuan disciples, even if he refused to be a grand elder, no one within the entire Tianyuan Region would dare point a finger at him.
Chi Jing was taken aback seeing Zhou Yuan decline, but she soon understood. She couldn’t help but take a deep look at him. She stretched out her slender hand to gently rub Zhou Yuan’s head. “You’re so considerate, but I, your senior sister, was too reckless.”
Her admiration for Zhou Yuan had grown even greater. She knew more than anyone else what the grand elder position represented, but Zhou Yuan was able to resist the temptation. It was no wonder her master thought so highly of him.
“When we return to Tianyuan Utopia, you should prepare to enter closed-door cultivation to attack the Heavenly Sun stage.” Chi Jing smiled. “As for this war, you don't need to worry about it. Even though the Tianyuan Region has deteriorated over the years, not just any jumping clown can provoke us.”
Zhou Yuan gently nodded, but he knew that it wouldn’t be as simple and easy as Chi Jing said. It was just that a Divine Dwelling expert couldn’t do anything to affect the situation given the war’s scale. His priority should be to break through to the Heavenly Sun stage.
A Heavenly Sun stage expert was considered a top elite even in the entire Hunyuan Heaven.
And within the Cangxuan Sect, he would be considered an elder-level expert.
Since the top five forces had declared war on the Tianyuan Region, the Law Domain experts were naturally the top power, and both sides wouldn't act recklessly for the time being. Therefore, Nascent Source stage experts were the second strongest power. However, the main collision would be between Heavenly Sun experts!
The Heavenly Sun experts of both sides were bound to break out into an extremely fierce battle.