There are still group matches ahead, and the prospects for the Mingshan Sect remain grim. If they fail to secure a place in the Alliance, their survival will still be difficult. Furthermore, the Alliance tacitly permitted the Mingshan Sect to annex the Golden Spear Sect, but in terms of overall strength, the Mingshan Sect falls far behind. In particular, Jin Hongzhou of the Core Formation Great Perfection is still alive, and the three elders are simply no match for him.
Settling the matter of the sect master early was meant to prevent Jin Hongzhou from seizing the opportunity. The burden was simply too heavy, and the three elders declared they could not shoulder it, which is why they needed to hand it over to Zhou Chuan.
Zhou Chuan had only focused on destroying the Golden Spear Sect and had given no thought to the aftermath. However, he intended to maintain his disguise as the Child for the time being—at least until the conclusion of the Western Range Grand Tournament. According to his rough estimate, at least a hundred Nascent Soul powerhouses had arrived at the Yingyue Sect. He suspected that quite a few of them had come specifically for his Heaven and Earth Treasure Mirror.
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