Forced to become a pure and innocent female pharmacist in order to cultivate immortality.

"Hey! You're about to become a mother, can't you act like one? This belligerence won't do," Ye Liuyun said, exasperated.

But Lin Aoxue's next words left Ye Liuyun speechless.

"What are you talking about? How about I let you get pregnant next time so you can experience it for yourself?" Lin Aoxue retorted.

Ye Liuyun was speechless. She could accept anything else, but this was the one thing she could never accept.

Lin Aoxue was incredibly bored during this time, because the elder from Taiyin Peak lived in the side hall, so they couldn't really do anything reckless.

Lin Aoxue now spends all her time sleeping and taking walks. Fortunately, she is a cultivator; if she were a mortal, she would probably have become a fat woman.

Meanwhile, in the main hall of the Supreme Response Sect, things were quite lively.

Those seated here are all Nascent Soul experts from various parts of the Nine Heavens Domain, with dozens of them reaching the seventh level of the Nascent Soul realm or above.

When the members of the Five Poisons Sect entered and saw so many powerful figures, they secretly exclaimed that there were truly many Nascent Soul cultivators in the Nine Heavens Domain.

"Esteemed guests, distinguished guests from the Five Poisons Sect of the Gu God Domain have arrived." After leading the guests in, Elder Tianmu immediately greeted them with a smile.

As soon as these words were spoken, the guests, who had been quite lively, all turned their attention to Chi Lian and Xue Wu.

Being stared at by so many Nascent Soul cultivators, the two of them were bound to feel uneasy, as they stood out like outsiders among them.

However, they were not afraid, since neither the Gu God Domain nor the Nine Heavens Domain wanted to cause trouble.

After a moment of awkward silence, Ancestor Tianyi smiled and said to the two of them.

"Fellow Daoists, I am Tianyi, the current leader of the Supreme Response Sect. You are distinguished guests from outside the realm. Please take your seats," Ancestor Tianyi said with a friendly expression.

When the two members of the Five Poisons Sect saw that the leader of the Supreme Response Sect was actually a little girl, their first reaction was that it was a bit ridiculous and they wanted to laugh, but they certainly wouldn't laugh out loud here.

"Greetings, Master Tianyi. We, on behalf of our Five Poisons Sect, extend our congratulations to your esteemed sect. This is a token of our Five Poisons Sect's goodwill; please accept it." Chi Lian and Xue Wu gave a polite reply, then took out a storage ring.

This gift was definitely going to be accepted, and Ancestor Tianyi took the storage ring away with a wave of his hand.

"Then thank you for your kindness, Fellow Daoist Tiandu. Please have a seat," said Ancestor Tianyi once again.

So the two of them walked to the two seats on the right side, which were closer to the front, and sat down.

After they sat down, Ancestor Tianyi introduced the distinguished guests present, such as the envoy from the Nine Heavens Holy Land and representatives from the other three major sects.

These few families belong to the same level of power, so it's necessary to introduce them. As for other forces, there's no need to introduce them, since they won't have any interaction.

Soon, Elder Fire Dragon and Elder Luan Phoenix from the Immortal Spirit Sect arrived. After their arrival, the crowd gave them no strange looks, only kind ones.

"The Immortal Spirit Sect, Fire Dragon and Phoenix, pay their respects to the Heavenly One Sect Master. We wish your sect continued prosperity and strength. This is our Immortal Spirit Sect's congratulatory gift to Fellow Daoist Taibai on his ascension to the position of Sect Master. Please accept it with a smile."

These two seemed more casual.

"Haha, on behalf of my disciple, I thank your sect for your kindness. Please take a seat," said Ancestor Tianyi again.

Thus, almost all the guests who needed to be specially invited by the Taishang Ganying Sect arrived. According to their arrangement, the enthronement ceremony would begin around 3 p.m., followed by a week-long exposition and discussion conference.

There are no special requirements for this discussion and exchange event; participants are free to go on stage and demonstrate their abilities, and there are no strict requirements.

The only requirement is to stop when it's too late and not to cause any death.

It was still morning, and there was still a long time before the ceremony at 3 p.m. The powerful cultivators who controlled the Taishang Ganying Sect had already arrived at the disciple market.

"Wow, it's so lively! This market of the Supreme Response Sect disciples is huge, it's practically a city. Senior brother, let's go check out these shops and see what good things the Nine Heavens Domain has to offer." After settling in, the disciples of the Immortal Spirit Sect left their lodgings and went to the market.

Not long after they came out, a group of disciples from the Five Poisons Sect also came out, and they bumped into each other again.

The atmosphere became somewhat delicate as soon as the two forces met. They stood at the door, looking at each other with rather hostile expressions.

"Immortal Spirit Sect, what are you looking at?" The members of the Five Poisons Sect immediately became dissatisfied with the strange looks from the Immortal Spirit Sect disciples.

The disciples of the Immortal Spirit Sect chuckled.

"How do you know we're watching you if you're not looking at us? This isn't your Gu God Domain, so don't be so arrogant," a male disciple from the Immortal Spirit Sect said, squinting his eyes.

The two factions of cultivators were so tense that they blocked the entrance and exit for the guests. If this were on the border between the Immortal Spirit Sect and the Five Poisons Sect, this one sentence could easily have led to a fight.

Just as the atmosphere was becoming rather tense, an arrogant voice rang out in the ears of the two sects of cultivators.

"Excuse me, you're blocking our way."

As soon as these words were spoken, the cultivators from the Immortal Spirit Sect and the Five Poisons Sect looked behind them and saw a group of handsome men and beautiful women dressed in colorful clothes standing behind them.

The weakest among this group is at least at the Four Extremes Divine Body Realm, and there are even cultivators at the Transformation Mystic Realm.

These people were disciples sent by the Nine Heavens Holy Land to add to the festivities; they were all top disciples from various palaces within the Nine Heavens Holy Land.

Chapter 526 The Ceremony Begins (5000 words + 4100 monthly votes bonus chapter)

The Nine Heavens Holy Land originally had no need to send any disciples to participate in the activities of lower-level sects.

However, the current situation has changed, and the Nine Heavens Holy Land also needs to rebuild its prestige, while also taking the opportunity to flex its muscles in front of all the major powers in the Nine Heavens Domain.

The members of the Immortal Spirit Sect and the Five Poisons Sect were naturally very unhappy to be suddenly reprimanded by a disciple from an unknown faction, especially the members of the Five Poisons Sect.

"Who are you, daring to make our Five Poisons Sect give way?" a disciple of the Five Poisons Sect at the Nascent Soul stage asked with a sinister expression.

The disciples of the Five Poisons Sect and the Immortal Spirit Sect are at the Transformation Realm. Each sect has a different structure, and reaching the Transformation Realm does not necessarily require them to be promoted to elder.

However, if you break through to the Transformation Realm and are willing to become an elder in the Supreme Induction Teachings, it is generally equivalent to giving up the right to inherit the leadership of the faction. Of course, this only applies to direct disciples.

"Yang Tianqi of the Nine Heavens Holy Land," the young man leading the Nine Heavens Holy Land said arrogantly.

After this self-disclosure, the Immortal Spirit Sect and the Five Poisons Sect were stunned for a moment. They frowned and then simultaneously gestured for their junior brothers and sisters to make way.

As they made way, the people from the Nine Heavens Holy Land walked out between the two forces with their heads held high and disdainful eyes, quickly disappearing from their sight.

It seems that in their eyes, the disciples of these two factions are as if they don't exist.

"As expected of the disciples of the Holy Land, each one of them is so powerful. It seems that the cultivators of the Holy Land will shine brightly in the Dao Discussion and Martial Arts Tournament starting tonight." Disciples from other forces couldn't help but sigh in admiration at the Nine Heavens Holy Land's impressive performance.

As for the people from the Immortal Spirit Sect and the Five Poisons Sect, their contest was suddenly interrupted by the disciples of the Nine Heavens Holy Land, leaving them feeling somewhat embarrassed and like clowns.

"Hmph! We'll have a martial arts competition tonight with the Immortal Spirit Sect. I hope your people can be as fearless as they are now." The Five Poisons Sect member said sarcastically before leaving.

The Five Poisons Sect has three strongest disciples: two at the first level of the Nascent Soul Realm, one at the second level of the Nascent Soul Realm, and the rest are all Divine Soul Realm cultivators.

The Immortal Spirit Sect is a bit weaker, with only one person at the second level of the Nascent Soul Realm and one person at the first level of the Nascent Soul Realm; the rest are all at the Divine Soul Realm.

In fact, the quality of cultivators from both of their families is significantly higher than that of the Supreme Response Sect. This is to be expected, as the Supreme Response Sect does have a large number of disciples, but as a result, very few disciples are truly dedicated to their training.

There is an age limit for those participating in this martial arts competition; only disciples under the age of one thousand can participate.

Compared to this, it seems that the Supreme Response Sect has very few, or even none, Nascent Soul cultivators under a thousand years old.

There were originally four, but they were all killed by Lin Junxian during the battle of Black Wind Mountain.

If those four unlucky guys are still alive, they would meet the requirements for this martial arts competition.

"The disciples of these two major sects from other regions are of such high quality, some even reaching the Nascent Soul stage. According to the rules, the age limit for participating cultivators is under a thousand years old. Does our Supreme Induction Sect still have any Nascent Soul cultivators who meet the age requirement?" The disciples of the Supreme Induction Sect were all very worried.

It would be quite embarrassing if no one volunteered, since today is their Taishang Ganying Sect's ceremony.

"Sigh! I hope someone in our sect can step forward, otherwise holding this event will just be shooting ourselves in the foot."

Time passed slowly, and before we knew it, it was around two o'clock in the afternoon.

At approximately 2:30 PM, an imposing and unyielding voice rang out from the grounds of the Supreme Response Sect.

"Order all disciples of the Supreme Response Sect to assemble at Taiji Square and immediately prepare for the succession ceremony of the new sect leader."

As soon as these words were spoken, the disciples of the Supreme Response Sect immediately sprang into action, quickly using their teleportation arrays to reach the disciple market.

This Tai Chi Square is located at the foot of Tiandao Peak.

This place is very large; it can accommodate more than 100,000 people.

Upon hearing this message, Lin Aoxue and Ye Liuyun immediately came out of the Goddess Pavilion.

They definitely need to attend the ceremony as well.

"It's finally starting, Aoxue, let's go." Ye Liuyun pulled Lin Aoxue onto Liusu's back and flew towards the Taiji Square.

The disciples from various factions who came to participate in the ceremony gathered one by one, and beautiful music rang out in the sky. The disciples of Tianyin Peak would once again be musicians today.

Half an hour later, all the disciples gathered at Taiji Square, and the important figures also came out from the main hall of Tiandao Peak.

Upon closer inspection, the person walking in the very center is none other than Li Bai! Here, Li Bai has changed into a formal Taoist robe, wearing the attire of the leader of the Taishang Ganying Sect, completely different from his previous carefree image.

Li Bai naturally arrived first to meet these guests.

Ye Liuyun and Lin Aoxue are currently standing at the very front among the disciples.

From their vantage point, they could see the main hall of Tiandao Peak, with a long staircase leading directly from Taiji Square to the main hall.

"All disciples of the Supreme Response Sect respectfully welcome the new sect leader..." Lin Aoxue stood up and called out towards the main hall.

The sound resounded throughout the heavens and earth, causing the guests to be secretly astonished.

“The Supreme Response Sect has a lot of disciples. If our Five Poisons Sect were to fight them, we would probably suffer a great loss,” Chi Lian and Xue Wu communicated through their divine senses.

As for the disciples of the various factions who came to participate in the ceremony, they stood on both sides. These people did not pay attention to the ceremony, but were observing the disciples of the Tai Shang Gan Ying Sect.

"Strange, why doesn't the Supreme Response Sect have a single disciple at the Transformation Realm? And those two standing at the front, shouldn't they be important disciples of the Supreme Response Sect? One is a pregnant woman, and the other is at the Spirit Stream Realm? This is too strange!" The guests on both sides couldn't help but look at each other in bewilderment.

Especially the Five Poisons Sect and the Immortal Spirit Sect, they didn't understand the Supreme Response Sect and weren't sure what those two people were.

"That must be the Mysterious Goddess of the Supreme Response Sect, right? How did she get pregnant? This is too sudden! And who is that person standing next to her whose gender is indistinguishable? Their cultivation level is too low!" The disciples from other forces in the Nine Heavens Domain were equally confused.

The enthronement ceremony was actually quite boring. First, the disciples respectfully welcomed Li Bai to the throne, then the Heavenly One Ancestor gave a speech, and finally handed over the leadership token, representing the authority of the Supreme Response Sect, to Li Bai. After receiving the leadership token, Li Bai officially became the leader of the Supreme Response Sect.

Then, naturally, he also needed to give a speech on his succession. After completing the process, everyone moved to the Dao Discussion Peak.

It was dusk in the afternoon when we discussed the Dao at the peak.

The Dao Discussion Peak has also been modified recently, with many floating platforms added around it, which are naturally for guests.

The masters of each peak led their disciples to sit on their respective platforms, while Ye Liuyun and Lin Aoxue remained on the Medicine Peak's platform.

The Five Poisons Sect, the Immortal Spirit Sect, the Northern Holy Spirit Sect, the Kaiyang Divine Firmament Sect, the Blazing Sun Valley, and the Nine Heavens Holy Land each have their own separate platform, as do the important figures.

Li Bai sat in the center of the platform for important figures, with Tianyi Ancestor sitting beside him, and the other important figures sitting behind him.

"During the ceremony just now, I had a question for your sect. Could that pregnant woman over there be your disciple, the Mysterious Goddess?" The envoy from the Nine Heavens Holy Land asked Li Bai with a strange expression.

This person was Dao Hua. Dao Hua was originally in charge of the Supreme Response Sect, so he was sent to represent the Nine Heavens Holy Land to congratulate Li Bai on his succession.

"That's right, Senior Daohua, do you have any questions?" Li Bai asked with a calm smile.

As soon as Li Bai said this, not only was Dao Hua stunned, but the representatives of the other forces were also taken aback.

"This? This girl is your future successor, and you just let her become a Daoist partner with someone else like this?" Dao Hua looked completely bewildered.

Li Bai remained calm and composed after hearing this.

“Senior Dao Hua, our Tai Shang Gan Ying Sect, except for a few factions, does not prohibit disciples from having Daoist partners. My disciple was already married before joining the Tai Shang Gan Ying Sect,” Li Bai explained.

Chi Lian and the other powerful figures from the outer realms looked even more puzzled.

They carefully observed Lin Aoxue and Ye Liuyun, and seeing how intimately they sat together, they made a bold guess.

"This? Sect Leader Taibai, your disciple's husband isn't the person sitting next to her, is he?" Blood Centipede asked tentatively.

Li Bai not only didn't feel ashamed, but also nodded with a smile.

“Fellow Daoist Blood Centipede has good eyesight. Indeed, my disciple’s husband is an elder of Medicine Peak,” Li Bai replied.

"What?" Dao Hua and the others were all taken aback when they received Li Bai's acknowledgment.

It was already strange that a goddess of the Taishang Ganying Sect would have a Daoist partner before even succeeding to the throne, let alone become pregnant.

But all of that was fine; they could accept it. The only thing they couldn't accept was why the husband of the future successor of the Taishang Ganying Sect was actually a mere Spirit Stream Realm cultivator.

They always felt there was something wrong with it, something very strange.

They really wanted to ask Li Bai, "Are you serious? Isn't this like a cabbage being eaten by a pig? You're really willing to do that!"

Everyone fell silent for a moment.

"This, hehe, is there something special about this kid? Your Supreme Response Sect is actually willing to marry your goddess to a mere Spirit Stream Realm brat, unbelievable, utterly unbelievable." The representative of the Kaiyang Divine Firmament Sect said speechlessly.

Li Bai did not answer the question, nor did Tianyi Laozu and the others.

They were all observing the overall situation of the disciples from the various factions who had come to participate in the ceremony, but after looking around, their hearts sank slightly.

“We are truly like frogs in a well, with no view of the sky. The Five Poisons Sect and the Immortal Spirit Sect actually have Nascent Soul cultivators who are a thousand years old. Alas! If those four hadn’t been killed in the Black Wind Mountains back then, perhaps we would have had a chance. This is troublesome. Now we can only place our hopes on this kid.” Ancestor Tianyi turned his gaze to Ye Liuyun in the distance.

Because among their current disciples, there are no Nascent Soul cultivators who meet the requirements; if we really have to say, then it's only Ye Liuyun.

Of course, some disciples at the Divine Soul Realm might have the power to contend against those at the first level of the Primordial Spirit Realm.