Chapter 1209: Allegiance Acknowledged (1/2)

Patriarch Pure Heaven slowly came back to his senses.

Since the five evil spirits had withdrawn from his misty gray domain, the violent turbulence soon stopped. Stability was restored to his domain.

The eight Pure Heaven Arcane Orbs spread out evenly around his domain. The heaven and earths within the the orbs drew power from his domain to gradually fix the cracks and tears in them.

Patriarch Pure Heaven’s eyes snapped open.

The moment he opened his eyes, he saw that Zhongli Jian, Dong Qisong, and all the others were looking at him from afar with strange expressions.

He didn’t realize what had happened at first.

Dumbfounded, he recalled everything that had just happened. Bitterness rapidly filled his heart.

“Did I just lose...?” It was as if he was asking the observers, but at the same time, himself.

At this moment, a sad, bleak look seemed to be added to his stately, strongly-built figure.

All of a sudden, Dong Qisong and the other Qi warriors from the Domain of Heaven’s Boundaries ended their discussion.

Dong Li pondered for a moment before saying, “Yes, you lost.”

Patriarch Pure Heaven canceled his domain and took a stride in the air to rapidly shorten the distance between him and Nie Tian.

Holding the Spirit Pearl, Nie Tian, who was surrounded by a sea of crimson flames, circulated his qi and blood to quietly withdraw his blazing flame aura.

By the time Patriarch Pure Heaven reached him, he had already returned to his regular state, with his Spirit Pearl returned to his ring of holding.

Calm and composed, Nie Tian said to him, “Even though I used spiritual tools in battle, they were mine. I didn’t rely on experts with cultivation bases higher than yours to defeat you.”

Patriarch Pure Heaven remained silent for a few seconds before bowing slightly and saying in a low voice, “I know. This old one submits. From now on, the Pure Heaven Sect and I will be yours to command, as the Beast-controlling Sect and the Divine Flame Sect are.”

As soon as he said these words, he somehow felt a strong sense of relief.

He suddenly realized that on a certain level, he had always known how meaningless his insistence had been.

The fact that he hadn’t been able to drop his status and dignity as the strongest cultivator from the Domain of Heaven’s Boundaries was the reason why the Pure Heaven Sect had ended up in such an unfavorable position and been surpassed by the Beast-controlling Sect and the Divine Flame Sect.

Now that he had let that go and acknowledged allegiance to Nie Tian, he realized that it wasn’t so difficult.

Seeing this, all of the important Saint and Void domain figures from the five major sects and three major clans gathered to congratulate Patriarch Pure Heaven.

“Hahaha! I knew this day would come!”

“Congratulations! We’ll be on the same boat from now on!”

“The Pure Heaven Sect is a sect from the Domain of Heaven’s Boundaries. It’s only right for this to happen!”

With a somewhat awkward smile, Patriarch Pure Heaven nodded slowly, but didn’t say anything.

Nie Tian, however, accepted Patriarch Pure Heaven’s new identity with a light heart, and declared that the Pure Heaven Sect would be treated the same as his other subordinate forces.

As the atmosphere warmed up, elders and disciples of the Pure Heaven Sect heard the news and came.

After learning that Patriarch Pure Heaven had been defeated by Nie Tian, not only were those elders of the Pure Heaven Sect not angered, but they even cheered for the fact that their sect had become Nie Tian’s subordinate sect.

This made Patriarch Pure Heaven’s expression even more awkward.