Chapter 261 - 161: Absolute Domination, Paying Respects to Eldest Senior Brother

Chapter 261: Chapter 161: Absolute Domination, Paying Respects to Eldest Senior Brother

"If you act like this, how are the disciples of my Beardless Sect supposed to cultivate in the future? Have you never heard that despair is the easiest way to kill a person?"

Jiang Hao raised his eyebrows slightly at these words. He gave a symbolic, wry smile and instinctively looked toward Mu Yunshang and Jun Yichen.

The moment he glanced over, Master Beardless turned pale with fright. He was terrified that with a single thought, this guy would crush the only two leading figures the sect had left.

Before it was too late, Master Beardless immediately looked at Mu Yunshang and Jun Yichen. "Why haven’t you paid your respects to your Eldest Senior Brother?"

The two were slightly taken aback, but they quickly recovered and instinctively bowed.

"Yun Shang and Yichen pay our respects to Eldest Senior Brother."

Following their lead, the hundreds of thousands of disciples of the Beardless Sect snapped back to reality and bowed in unison.

"Greetings, Eldest Senior Brother!"

"Greetings, Eldest Senior Brother!"

"Greetings, Eldest Senior Brother!"

...

Countless voices rang out in unison. Hundreds of thousands of disciples bowed to the white-robed youth, their voices resounding through Yunxiao.

Unlike two days ago, these greetings came completely from the bottom of their hearts, their tone filled with respect and utter submission.

In the boundless void.

The white-robed youth stood with his hands behind his back, his eyes as calm as water. Hundreds of thousands of Holy Sect disciples bowed in reverence—a scene that would shake both the past and present.

At this moment, in the hearts of everyone present, the youth had truly become the Eldest Senior Brother of the Beardless Sect, both in name and in fact.

Watching this scene, all of Master Beardless’s previous gloom seemed to be swept away, replaced by the sheer joy of feeling like he had "struck gold."

The Beardless Elder beamed with joy, grinning from ear to ear. He waved his hand grandly and announced, "Tomorrow at noon, we will hold the investiture ceremony and announce it to the Thousand Sects! The position of Eldest Senior Brother of the Beardless Sect is officially reestablished!"

"Hahaha, hahahaha!"

Master Beardless’s aged yet hearty laughter echoed at the peak of the Holy Sect, lingering for a long time.

Looking down from the boundless sky, that hearty laughter, coupled with the reverence of hundreds of thousands of disciples and the standing youth, made it seem as though a rising super Holy Sect had just been born.

At this moment, Jiang Hao had thoroughly secured the position of Eldest Senior Brother of the Beardless Sect, even if it was just in name. This incident had finally come to a close.

Time slowly passed.

At dusk.

Inside the Beardless Saint Hall.

"I have to climb the Ascension Ladder at the investiture ceremony?" Jiang Hao looked bewildered, staring at Master Beardless in astonishment.

Master Beardless smiled broadly. "Don’t worry, Junior Brother. With your strength, climbing to the ninety-second step wouldn’t be a problem at all. Ascending the Holy Ladder is just going through the motions. You only need to reach the sixty-sixth step. Just make absolutely sure not to surpass the ninety-first step."

"What happens if I surpass the ninety-first step?"

"You will receive a terrifying martial skill left on Thousand Sects Island by that supreme existence from the past. However, there will be representatives from countless sects attending the ceremony. It would attract unnecessary attention and trouble, and might even bring upon you a fatal disaster.

"Once the people from the several super Holy Sects determine that you pose a threat in the fight for the ’Three Flowers Gathering at the Top,’ they will likely have their geniuses find every possible way to target you for the sake of their own disciples. If that happens, your situation will be far from optimistic."

As Master Beardless finished speaking, it was as if Jiang Hao had only caught one piece of information.

The youth immediately asked, "What kind of terrifying martial skill?"

"A very terrifying one.

"No, Junior Brother Qin, that is not the point. The point is that you must remember, under no circumstances should you step onto the ninety-first step.

"Do you have that memorized, Junior Brother?"

As if still worried about Jiang Hao, Master Beardless emphasized it one more time.

"Don’t worry, Senior Brother, I remember," Jiang Hao replied casually.

He remembered!

He really remembered!

Stepping onto the ninety-first holy step would reward him with a very terrifying martial skill—how could he possibly forget that?

Did that mean the higher he climbed, the more terrifying the reward would be?

As for everything else, Jiang Hao completely ignored it. Under the condition that the older generation figures couldn’t intervene, if he didn’t even have the courage to claim a world-shocking martial skill when the opportunity presented itself, what was the point of cultivating at all?

"Junior Brother, you must keep this in mind," Master Beardless urged again as he saw Jiang Hao off.

Jiang Hao nodded. "Senior Brother, I have it firmly memorized."

Seeing Jiang Hao’s sincere expression, Master Beardless couldn’t help but nod, letting out a sigh of relief.

Little did he know that until the youth returned to Great Ming Peak, his mind was entirely consumed by the words "terrifying martial skill."

"The martial skill left behind by the supreme existence capable of opening up the Thousand Sect Island Realm might even surpass the ’Thousand Sects Secret Mirror.’

"This is a heaven-sent opportunity. If I miss this chance, there might never be another."

Setting aside those older generation figures who were restricted from acting, even though Daoist Powerhouses could easily suppress and kill Great Powers of Transcendence, and the genius hegemony was currently in its second phase where such older generation experts could intervene, Jiang Hao still had a trump card. At the very least, preserving his own life wouldn’t be a problem.

That was what his ancestor, the White-robed Divine King Jiang Renfeng, had left for him—the Divine King’s Armor.

The youth muttered to himself, seemingly having made up his mind. He couldn’t help but look toward the Beardless Saint Hall.

"After this battle, I will naturally repay the Beardless Sect in the future. But Senior Brother, you must withstand the pressure tomorrow.

"If you can’t handle it, Senior Brother, then I will have no choice but to take the martial skill and leave Beardless Island."