The moment Hua Feiyu opened the booklet, he shot to his feet, his expression turning grim.

"Sect Master, what happened?" someone asked. Only a handful of people in the main hall knew about the approaching calamity.

"The calamity has arrived ahead of time, and the Heavenly Dragon Sect will face an unprecedented crisis one month from now."

After more than a year of calculations, the Spirit Sealing Institute had finally determined the exact time of the crisis. But the calamity had arrived nearly half a year earlier than expected.

According to Hua Feiyu's earlier speculation, the Heavenly Dragon Sect's crisis should have come from the Skyfall Realm, and the immortals there should not have been able to return until half a year later. What would happen one month from now?

The moment they heard of the crisis, all the elders rose to their feet, shocked. The news spread quickly among them, and soon everyone's expression in the hall turned grave.

Many elders, still doubtful, asked, "Sect Master, is the information trustworthy?" The Heavenly Dragon Sect had stood in the Indigo Bamboo Astral Domain for nearly a million years, and they had endured countless crises before. This was the first time they had ever heard of a calamity that could wipe them out entirely.

"You're questioning the Spirit Sealing Institute?" Elder Han asked coldly as he looked at the elder who spoke.

"Elder Han, please calm down. I don't mean it that way. I can't understand what sort of calamity could threaten us with our current strength," the elder hurriedly explained, even though he knew the Spirit Sealing Institute's calculations had never been wrong.

"There's no time to waste. Wuxie, begin choosing now," Hua Feiyu said, offering no further explanation.

Since they could not avoid the calamity, they had no choice but to face it head-on. That meant they had to forge the team even faster, a team capable of contending against immortals.

The four astral domains had developed over a million years, and their population had reached unprecedented levels. Countless experts had risen, and the world's structure changed every single day. If the Heavenly Dragon Sect wanted to continue standing firm in the Indigo Bamboo Astral Domain, it had to prepare for the danger before it arrived.

After all, no one could confidently say that a sect with a legacy spanning over a million years would exist forever. The Immortal Slaughter Palace was the clearest example, having already been destroyed by Liu Wuxie not long ago.

"I'll submit a list tomorrow," Liu Wuxie said. He did not choose people on the spot, as doing so would only offend those who weren't picked. He planned to return to the Heavenly Dao Society, sort out the list there, and hand it over to his master afterward.

"Very well. We'll end today's meeting here. Wuxie, Elder Han, and Han Feizi will stay behind. Everyone else may return for now," Hua Feiyu said, officially dismissing the meeting.

Only moments earlier, everyone had still been celebrating the Heavenly Dragon Sect's enormous gains from the Outer Astral Spacetime. But Elder Han's sudden news had instantly plunged everyone into tension.

One by one, the elders left the hall until only the four of them remained.

"Elder Han, can you give us the details now?" Hua Feiyu asked once the others had gone.

"Dark clouds will loom overhead," Elder Han said.

According to their earlier calculations, there had once been a speck of light in the darkness, indicating the possibility of survival. But this time, they had calculated that dark clouds would blanket the entire sky, a sign of great calamity that they would not resolve easily.

"This calamity will last for a long time, and when the dark clouds finally recede, sunlight will return. As long as our Heavenly Dragon Sect handles this carefully, we still have hope of surviving it," Han Feizi said. The dark clouds signified that the calamity would endure for a long while.

"Elder Han, how is the Heavenly Sealing Array progressing?" Hua Feiyu asked with a nod. He knew Han Feizi was right. Once the darkness passed, light would naturally return.

"It still needs more time," Elder Han said as he turned to look at Liu Wuxie.

The Heavenly Sealing Array had been Liu Wuxie's idea from the very beginning, and the entire Spirit Sealing Institute had been working day and night to shorten the required time as much as possible.

"Wuxie, what exactly is the purpose of this Heavenly Sealing Array?" Hua Feiyu asked. He trusted Liu Wuxie without reservation, and the moment Liu Wuxie had proposed it, he had begun making preparations. He had even poured immense resources from the sect into the project. Many elders had opposed it in the past, but Hua Feiyu had suppressed every objection.

"It seals the heavens. As for the rest, I can't explain it in detail," Liu Wuxie said, a hint of difficulty appearing on his face. Some things defied explanation, and he certainly could not reveal that the method came from the Fleeting Cloud Celestial Realm.

Now that the people of the Fleeting Cloud Celestial Realm had discovered him, they were trying to open a passage into the mortal realm to kill him. But as long as they could seal the heavens, the immortals would not be able to descend.

"Okay. We trust you. Just tell us what we need to do. It's getting late, and you should head back quickly," Hua Feiyu said.

The people of the Heavenly Dao Society had already been waiting for Liu Wuxie for a long time.

Han Feizi and Elder Han remained in the main hall to continue discussing matters with the sect master.

"Sect Master, the Lingqiong Clan has been making unusual moves lately, and we need to stay on guard against them," Elder Han said after Liu Wuxie left.

"I already know. The Lingqiong Clan is showing signs of rising from the ashes again," Hua Feiyu replied with a frown. After their failure on the Path of Fate, the Lingqiong Clan had remained quiet for a while.

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By the time Liu Wuxie returned to the Heavenly Dao Society, everyone was already seated in the main hall. Among them were a few unfamiliar faces, people who had risen over the past several months.

A unified greeting rang out throughout the hall. "Welcome back, Heavenly Lord!"

"Heavenly Lord?" Liu Wuxie asked, baffled, as he had no idea when he had acquired such a title.

"Wuxie, you never had a formal title in the Heavenly Dao Society, and the disciples weren't sure how they should address you. Strictly speaking, you're the leader of the Heavenly Dao Society, so we took those two words and called you Heavenly Lord," Mu Tianli explained.

Although Liu Wuxie didn't formally hold the title of sect master, he was still the one making many of the Heavenly Dao Society's key decisions.

Everyone took their seats, with Liu Wuxie at the head and Mu Tianli beside him.

"This is a list, and I want everyone whose name I call to step forward," Liu Wuxie said, getting straight to the point.

After Luo Hai and the others returned, everyone had initially planned to celebrate. But they could tell from Liu Wuxie's tone that something major was about to happen again in the Heavenly Dao Society.

"Liu Feng, Liu Tian, Liu Xing, Miao Jianying, Mu Yueying..." Liu Wuxie began calling out names, all of them belonging to the younger generation's top elites. Not a single elder from the older generation appeared among them. Even Liu Wuxie's wives were absent from the list, along with Bi Gongyu, Lan Yu, and the others.

"Song Ling, Gu Yu, and Xiao Luo!" Song Ling's plump figure walked out from the crowd, but after Liu Wuxie called Xiao Luo's name, no one stepped forward for a long while.

Xiao Luo was Liu Wuxie's youngest disciple, and from a young age, she had already displayed astonishing talent.

Song Ling possessed the Primal Chaos Physique, while Xiao Luo possessed the Ancient Desolate Divine Physique. Both constitutions were exceedingly rare.

"Where's Xiao Luo?" Liu Wuxie asked.

"Junior Sister went to the Blue Origin Star to avenge her parents, and she still hasn't returned," Bi Gongyu stepped forward and answered.

Liu Wuxie already knew Xiao Luo's origins. Back then, a powerful expert had killed her parents, and her grandfather had taken her away in search of a cure.

Liu Wuxie selected more than a dozen people, each of whom was among the Heavenly Dao Society's finest younger talents.

"The people I've chosen will enter a special place to cultivate, and within half a year, you will aim to reach the Quasi-Immortal Realm," Liu Wuxie said as he looked at those who had stepped forward.

Everyone selected was excited. They knew that only the Heavenly Lord could make a promise like this, to bring someone to the Quasi-Immortal Realm in half a year.

Next, Liu Wuxie began arranging the affairs of the Heavenly Dao Society. Once he had finished making all the preparations, he took out a list and had Mu Tianli send it to the Heavenly Dragon Sect.

The moment Hua Feiyu received the list, he began making arrangements. But strangely, not a single quasi-immortal appeared on it.

The cultivation of those listed ranged from high to low, with the strongest at the pinnacle of the Heaven Gaze Realm and the weakest only at the seventh-level Earth Immortal Realm. The disparity in strength was enormous, and logically speaking, Liu Wuxie should have chosen those at the pinnacle of the Heaven Gaze Realm first.

When Liu Wuxie returned to his familiar courtyard, his five wives were already there waiting for him.

"Wuxie, why aren't we on the list? Do you think we can't keep up?" Xu Lingxue asked, with obvious displeasure written on her face. She knew Liu Wuxie was worried about their safety, and anyone in that team would inevitably face danger.

"I have something else for you five," Liu Wuxie said. He had his reasons for not making arrangements for them yet.

"What is it?" Xu Lingxue and the others asked as soon as they heard he had another task for them.

"Legacy," Liu Wuxie said as he extinguished the candles in the room.

He was right. He needed to leave behind a legacy. Even he did not know whether he could survive this calamity and leave behind a bloodline; if he could, the Liu Clan would continue even if he died.

After the passion had subsided, Xu Lingxue still wanted to help Liu Wuxie.

"We also want to take part in this," Murong Yi said firmly as she brushed back her hair and leaned against Liu Wuxie's chest.

"Of course, all five of you will take part, but not as part of the hundred-man army," Liu Wuxie replied. He was not only planning to forge a hundred-man army, but also to raise everyone else's cultivation.

At dawn the next day, Liu Wuxie brought those he had selected and headed toward the Heavenly Dragon Sect.

No one in the Heavenly Dragon Sect had rested that night. Hua Feiyu had already selected the eighty-four people whose names appeared on Liu Wuxie's list, and all of them were already standing in the main hall.

After Liu Wuxie left the remaining fifteen from the Heavenly Dao Society inside the hall, there were now ninety-nine people in total, aside from Xiao Luo. Once she returned, the team would finally reach 100.

"From this moment onward, all of you will follow Liu Wuxie's arrangements. If anyone dares to disobey him, I will treat that person as a traitor. You may still step forward and leave now if you wish," Hua Feiyu said in a heavy voice as he released the aura of the Quasi-Immortal Realm throughout the main hall.

Not a single person spoke. Everyone admired Liu Wuxie, and they all knew this was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity they couldn't miss.

"Since none of you have any objections, I'll take that as your consent to proceed," Hua Feiyu said after sweeping his gaze across the crowd. He then turned back to Liu Wuxie and added, "Wuxie, they are all under your command now."

With that, the transfer of authority was complete.

"I welcome all of you to this team. From this moment on, every one of you will enter secluded training for six months. The process will not be easy, and death may very well come. But I can tell you with absolute certainty that if you endure it, all of you will become top-tier experts," Liu Wuxie said.

He rarely made promises, and whenever he did, he always fulfilled them.

A unified shout echoed through the main hall. "We won't quit!"

Everyone chosen shared a clear trait. They were all young. Not even Zhuge Ming qualified to stand among them. From that alone, it became obvious that Liu Wuxie had selected this team without any personal favoritism. Even his own wives were absent.

The oldest among them was only around five hundred years old, while Xiao Luo, the youngest, was barely twenty.

In the Indigo Bamboo Astral Domain, a cultivator who had reached the Heaven Gaze Realm at the age of five hundred could still be considered young.