Chapter 20 The Rise of the Feather Clan

In the past few hundred years, the long era of peace seemed to have finally come to an end. In the world of the Heaven Path, conflicts between major forces and clans continued to take place, and the flames of war continued to escalate. Although the major sects such as the Swordsmanship-seeking Sect had tried their best to stop the outbreak of large-scale wars, small-scale conflicts had taken place one after another and were difficult to suppress.

The rebel forces on the Heaven Path continent seemed to have figured out the tempers of the major human forces. They constantly stirred up all kinds of small conflicts, making it impossible for those major forces to interfere.

In the past thousand years, especially in the past few hundred years, the major forces of the Human Clan and the decent forces of the Demon Clan had constantly suppressed those restless forces, but the commotion in various places had still continued.

In the general stability of the Heaven Path continent, there were endless conflicts.

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“It’s obvious that the Feather Clan has joined forces with other opposing forces to play tricks behind our backs. Why don’t we wipe out the Feather Clan and make it an example for the rest?”

On the Swordsmanship-seeking Peak, the elders were discussing the current situation. The person who spoke just now was the elder of the Sentencing Hall.

“Wipe out the Feather Clan? What evidence do we have to prove that they are up to no good? If we do this, won’t it mean that those opposing forces have something on us? If we provoke the Feather Clan for no reason, we’ll only attract even more opposition,” said the peak master of the Sky Sword Peak.

“Humph, as members of the Swordsmanship-seeking Sect, why would we need to explain to others what we are doing? The Feather Clan deserves to die for making trouble. In the past, our sect suppressed them once. Now, even without Imperator Ding doing anything, we can suppress them again,” the peak master of the Divine Sword Peak added.

“Elder is right!”

“Killing is just a temporary solution. Even Imperator Ding is reflecting on his previous deeds and is planning to weaken the deterrent effect on the continent.”

“Then tell me, is there any better way?”

Freedom debate had always been the feature of the Swordsmanship-seeking Sect. At this time, when the discussion reached its climax, several elders almost quarreled.

“Huh?”

Ding Chunqiu, the head of the Swordsmanship-seeking Sect, suddenly showed a look of surprise and stood up.

Everyone immediately quieted down, and all the elders looked at the position of the Sect Leader.

Ding Chunqiu fixed his eyes on the distance and said with a happy face, “Father is back!”

Outside the main hall, a light shadow flashed. A faint cyan silhouette could be seen floating toward the main hall.

When everyone took a closer look outside the hall, all they saw was a blur. That person was already inside the hall.

This man was dressed in a cyan robe. He was handsome, with sharp eyebrows and bright eyes. Who else could it be but Ding Hao?

The long and drawn-out cyan shirt overlooked the world.

Although this man was dignified without a mortal aura and looked like an ordinary scholar, all the people present felt an uncontrollable tremble from the soul, which was a kind of uncontrollable submission and respect.

Some of the elders present looked extremely shocked.

It was especially true for some young elders.

They were the rising stars of the Swordsmanship-seeking Sect in the past thousand years. They had also made a name for themselves in the entire Heaven Path world. They were regarded as big shots and peerless geniuses who ruled the Karmic Luck of a region. Now, they had very high status in the Swordsmanship-seeking Sect and had made some great contributions.

Before today, they had not even seen Ding Hao.

However, some portraits and statues of Ding Hao were placed everywhere in the Swordsmanship-seeking Sect, so even if they had never seen him in person, they could recognize the real identity of the man in cyan in front of them at this moment.

“Highest Elder!”

Someone cried out in surprise. When he saw his idol, he couldn’t contain his excitement.

The young elders knelt on the ground in an instant. They couldn’t help cheering.

The elders of the older generation were also extremely excited. No matter when, the man in front of them was the real foundation of the Swordsmanship-seeking Sect, the cornerstone of the sect’s pride in facing the entire Heaven Path world, and the most important reason why the whole world feared the Swordsmanship-seeking Sect.

It had been more than a thousand years since they had seen the man who had created the legend of the Swordsmanship-seeking Sect. The old men were overjoyed to finally see Ding Hao again.

“Father!” Ding Chunqiu saluted respectfully.

With a smile on his face, Ding Hao gently waved his hand, and an irresistible invisible force gushed out like a spring breeze, helping everyone up. “You may rise. Now you are all the real leaders of the Swordsmanship-seeking Sect, so you don’t have to salute me.”

The crowd was extremely excited.

Since this man was back, nothing in the world could stop him.

Some problems in the Heaven Path world could be resolved.

At this moment, there was a sudden flash of brilliance in the hall, and some other figures appeared.

“Senior Brother Ding!”

“Haha, sure enough, Senior Brother Ding is back.”

Zhang Fan, Fang Tianyi, Wang Xiaoqi, and others all appeared in the hall. These people were now the Highest Elders of the Swordsmanship-seeking Sect. With high status, they were the ones who many disciples worshipped. In daily life, they were elusive and rarely appeared. Today, they all appeared at once, which caused a burst of exclamation and joy from the young elders and core disciples.

For thousands of years, the Swordsmanship-seeking Sect had never had so many legendary figures gather together as today.

Ding Hao talked about the old days with everyone. After greeting them, he looked at Ding Chunqiu with a smile and said, “It seems that you have encountered some trouble.”

Ding Chunqiu looked guilty and told Ding Hao what they had discussed before.

“Have the affairs of all these years been recorded in the file hall?” Ding Hao asked.

“Yes. There are detailed records about the battles and deaths of God Realm Masters and above,” Ding Chunqiu said respectfully.

Ding Hao nodded.

The next moment, Ding Hao separated his Divine Senses, and a wisp of it went straight to the file hall of the Swordsmanship-seeking Sect. The files there were piled up like a mountain, and countless jade slips were placed densely among them. They recorded in detail all the events that had happened on the Heaven Path continent for more than a thousand years.

Ding Hao’s Divine Senses permeated every file as he got to know all the major events that had happened in this world.

“In the first year of Imperator Ding’s era, Ding Hao spent a hundred years successfully going through God’s tests. Hades True Immortal was eliminated. Ding Hao successfully transcended eternity and became the dominator of the world. Since then, the world of the Heaven Path has begun its bright future…

“In the fifth year of Imperator Ding’s era, Ding Hao developed the No-war Alliance Treaty, which is an unprecedented peaceful pattern. The disputes between the Human Clan and the Demon Clan gradually stopped.

“In the 100th year of Imperator Ding’s era, Ding Hao preached in the Western Desert, affecting the entire Western Desert continent.

“In the 200th year of Imperator Ding’s era, Ding Hao’s aura on the continent was gradually calming down and weakening. Most people speculated that he had gone to another world to seek a new realm of martial arts. During this year, there were constant turmoils in the Eastern Frontier.

“In the 250th year of Imperator Ding’s era, there was a large-scale conflict between the Human Clan and the Demon Clan in the Eastern Frontier. This is the first provocation of the Demon Clan to the No-war Alliance Treaty, and God’s Palace stopped it. At the same time, Xiang Zeyu, the young master of the Feather Clan, took the throne and announced that he would support various declining forces of the Demon Clan.

“In the 300th year of Imperator Ding’s era, battles broke out in the Southern Wilderness, the Central Continent, and the Northern Region one after another after the Eastern Frontier.

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“In the 500th year of Imperator Ding’s era, the foreign forces of the Demon Clan tried to stir up trouble in the Western Desert, but it was quickly quelled. Now, there is only a pure land in the Western Desert left untouched by war.

“In the 800th year of Imperator Ding’s era, Ding Hao’s aura on the Heaven Path continent has almost disappeared entirely. The remaining power of Imperator Ding is not enough to suppress the forces that are ready to take action. There are constant conflicts everywhere within the Heaven Path. According to analysis, the Feather Clan is a big wire-puller behind the scenes.

“In the 1000th year of Imperator Ding’s era, the situation on the Heaven Path continent is generally stable. The Swordsmanship-seeking Sect has just settled the war of the Beast Clan in the Northern Region, and small-scale conflicts have broken out everywhere. According to statistics, the places where the war broke out frequently are areas with a large population.

“In the 1100th year of Imperator Ding’s era, a demon force under the command of the Feather Clan, the Walking God Palace, launched a large-scale invasion of the Sea Clan in the Seven Seas.

“In the 1110th year of Imperator Ding’s era, many conflicts broke out on the Heaven Path continent at the same time. The four great powers of the Human Race took action at the same time, and the situation was under control within ten days.”

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In the main hall, time seemed to have frozen in an instant.

Ding Hao withdrew his Divine Senses, absorbed in thought.

Right then, everyone looked at Ding Hao eagerly.

Ding Hao looked at Ding Chunqiu and asked, “It’s surprising that the Feather Clan’s strength has recovered so fast. It seems that they are restless again.”

“Exactly. There are constant conflicts all over the Heaven Path continent. According to our investigation, the culprit behind the scenes is probably the Feather Clan. Today, we have a meeting here to discuss whether we should eliminate them as a warning to others. We can’t decide on this matter at the moment. Please give us some instructions, Father,” Ding Chunqiu said respectfully.

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Ding Hao did not speak immediately.

He looked around and said with a smile, “Let’s all discuss this.”

Hearing this, everyone became excited.

It required courage to speak freely in front of Ding Hao, but it was also a kind of glory.

“The Feather Clan has been developing at a rapid pace for thousands of years, and all the disasters are closely related to them. Highest Elder, they can’t be forgiven!”

Another high-level elder refused to fall behind. Seeing that Ding Hao wanted to hear everyone’s opinion, he hurriedly stated his. “Please think twice, Highest Elder. It can be big or small to fight against the Feather Clan. Under the circumstances of seeing clearly all the advantages and disadvantages, it is not appropriate to take action rashly. Otherwise, once the contradiction in the world of the Heaven Path is intensified, there will be endless troubles in the future.”

“The Demon Clan regards the No-war Alliance Treaty as nothing. It has been confirmed that all of this trouble was instigated by the Feather Clan. If we don’t get rid of them now, only more people will be harmed,” another high-level elder said.

Those who dared to speak had all indirectly or directly experienced Ding Hao’s way of doing things more than a thousand years ago. They knew that Ding Hao was a wise decision-maker, so they boldly expressed their opinions.

In the main hall, there was a faint tendency for another quarrel to begin, but Ding Chunqiu, Zhang Fan, Fang Tianyi, and other people who were most qualified to speak remained silent at this time.

“I understand what you mean. Let’s leave the Feather Clan alone for the time being and wait for some days.”

Seeing that it was difficult to reach a consensus among the elders, Ding Hao finally made a decision.

To a certain extent, the two views of the elders also represented the entanglement in Ding Hao’s mind now, which was subtly interrogating his concept of ruling the Heaven Path world.

Ding Hao needed to think about it carefully.

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The Swordsmanship-seeking Sect was now many times larger than before.

The Six Peaks and Six Bases were also expanded to a large scale. Being among them, people would feel as if they had arrived in another world.

As for the Sword-hidden Peak, its size did not change at all.

The peak that was exclusive to Ding Hao was floating leisurely in the Swordsmanship-seeking Sect.