"It's bad to scare me like that."
"Sorry."
Theresa could not help but look at niece's lover.
For some reason, she felt the urge to bite him.
'What am I thinking?!'
She shook her head and distracted herself with other thoughts. Theresa could remember how serious Shi Tian was. The only times he let his playfulness slip was whenever Theresa was present.
'It feels good to bully Teriri.'
Little did she know, bullying her was but one of Shi Tian's small joys in life.
"Everyone thought you wouldn't wake up until three decades or so. Kiana is very worried about you."
He could only smile helplessly at her words.
"We also want to talk to you alone." She declared. "Me and Siegfried."
"I understand."
Theresa pertained to the relationship between Shi Tian and Kiana. Nearly everyone was dumbfounded when Seele also became his girlfriend. Though it has been ten years, Siegfried and Theresa wanted to sort this out properly.
Then again, Theresa could not help but remember something.
'The population crisis… So he's the first case!'
The Previous Era's arrangements altered the genetic line of humanity. Females tend to have greater honkai resistance than males. It led to the growing number of Valkyries.
Immortal cultivation is positively correlated to honkai resistance. The greater it is, the more chances of a Spirit Root from appearing. This makes females more talented than males when it comes to immortal cultivation.
Today, the immortal cultivators' population heavily lean towards females—at an almost 7:3 ratio. The growing number of girls' love or cases of harem show this exact problem.
Faced with Theresa's strange gaze, Shi Tian felt uneasy.
"Drop a visit to Fu Hua and others. They put in a lot of effort to establish your sect."
"I heard of it. I want to ask, though. Who wrote my history?"
"That little girl, Sin."
"..."
Shi Tian heard someone he had expected.
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The Federation's history was brief. It was established twelve years ago, right after humanity's victory over the Honkai. The events of that time were simplified and disseminated into the Internet.
Out of them all, a certain someone stood out from the rest.
Me.
The First Cultivator of humankind.
The Propagator of Immortal Cultivation.
The rightful Dao Ancestor.
So many titles defined "Shi Tian" on the Internet, though these three stood out the most. Most, if not all people, held a certain respect for me. My feats are not hidden. Aside from the IX issue, it was publicized that I was one of the people who stood at the battle's forefront. I also introduced immortal cultivation to this world.
It was so much so that the name "Shi Tian" resounded throughout Earth hundreds of thousands of times daily.
"Sin… Why would you leave it to her..?"
This explains Chen Tianwu's reaction. Everyone on Earth must've heard my name by now. Young or old, I have become their inspiration.
All of it stemmed from the "history" propagated by the Federation's higher ups. When I saw it, it felt embarrassing. I am not used to an entire planet glazing me to the heavens.
Just what was on her mind when she wrote them all?
In the end, Theresa and the rest couldn't handle her Nascent Soul Realm cultivation. Everybody conceded the history-making rights to Sin Mal and allowed her to pass 70% of her original manuscript.
My resounding fame soon went to the establishment of the Wushi Dao Sect (lit. Beginningless Dao Sect). Its internal structure is classified from the Sect Master, four Vice Sect Masters, Peak Masters, Elders, Sect Deacons, and Sect Disciples.
Before I slept, the Xuanyuan twins are the elders of the Physical Cultivation Vein—rather, they are the sole members of the sect. It was more like "playing house" back then.
The one who made it true was none other than Fu Hua. She established the Wushi Dao Sect as one of its Vice Sect Masters. I did not expect that the 'arrangements' I left behind would lead to this.
Looking at the exaggeratedly tall Mount Taixuan filled with "mystical air", it felt like I stepped onto a bonafide immortal cultivation world. The mountain scaled up to eight thousand meters above.
Mount Taixuan is the equivalent of Mount Tai in my previous world. It is roughly 1,500 meters tall. Mount Taixua did not differ much from what I could remember.
Clearly, it is a result of human intervention and natural growth due to spirit veins.
It wasn't just Mount Taixuan. The entire Earth is 'growing' bigger. Its 'toughness' is increasing.
Only Mount Taixuan possesses a seventh grade spirit vein in the world.
With a single step, I bypassed the fifth grade formation. My robes fluttered among the wind.
Along the way, I saw the 'disciples' of Mount Tai. More than half of them are martial artists who are also undertaking immortal cultivation. The rest specialized in an immortal art (i.e., alchemy, talismans, formations, etc).
With another step, I reached the dwellings of the Peak Masters. I wasn't surprised when I saw Mei as the Peak Master of the Thunder Vein. The Xuanyuan twins are the Peak Masters of the Physical Cultivation Vein. Welt Yang took the post of the Artifact Forging Vein's Peak Master. Himeko did the same, but with the Fire Vein.
There are also the Schicksal Valkyries I did not interact with. Wendy is the Formation Vein's Peak Master. Anna Schariac is the Ice Vein's Peak Master. Durandal took the same post in the Talisman Vein.
Finally, there was Bronya, Sin Mal, and Rita who became the Vice Sect Masters.
Everyone is no exception. They are all cultivating in seclusion. The one who took care of other matters are the 'elders', all of whom I did not meet before.
Just then, I gazed to the place where the Alchemy Vein resided.
Seele's gaze instantly struck me. The thousands of meters of distance between us did not matter. She left the furnace open as she appeared right in front of me.
Ten years of separation…
…
She did not let me finish my quote. My lips became tightly locked with hers. Her arms refused to let me go.
Disregarding our location, she used the tip of her tongue to pry my mouth open. The passionate and sensual kiss failed to quell Seele.
It only made her worse.
For twenty minutes, she consistently explored my mouth with hers. Only then did she decide to stop.
Her heavy breathing and eyes seeping with desire made it clear she wants to do it now.
"...I missed you."
"Sorry for making you worry."
"Hum…"
When Seele was temporarily pacified, someone else appeared a few meters away. Her spiritual consciousness had long caught onto what happened.
Seeing Fu Hua, Seele tacitly undid her hug and kissed my cheeks. Her eyes told a lot she wanted to say.
"Later."
"Okay…"
I gave the newcomer an apologetic look.
"I'm sorry to have startled you like that."
"...It's not a problem."
Awkward silence ensued between us.
"You wouldn't mind, would you? I established the sect you mentioned…"
"No, no. It's alright. It should be me thanking you. You even left that position for me."
The Wushi Dao Sect, with its stacked lineup, became the undisputed number one force in the entire world.
Aside from that…
I am the Sect Master.
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A/N: Level up from Young Master to Sect Master :>