One person: I, Daoist Master, am a cultivator of immortality!

Zhang Zhiwei pointed to the ground beneath his feet. The reason he surrendered so easily was because he sensed the terrifying energy contained within the ground beneath him.

“Since you want to know, fellow Daoist, that’s fine. Please step back with me first.” As he spoke, Sun Yao pulled Zhang Zhiwei back nearly ten steps. The next second, Sun Yao clenched his fist, and a towering pillar of lava erupted from where they had just been standing.

"This method is called the Heavenly Fire Pillar, and it's one of my current killer moves."

"So you were really planning to kill me just now!" Zhang Zhiwei broke out in a cold sweat as he looked at the towering pillar of lava fire. He had just surrendered, and if he had hesitated for even a second, the pillar of fire would have already rushed towards him.

"How could that be? We already agreed that it would be a friendly spar, and I would never actually kill you, fellow Daoist."

Sun Yao waved his hand while laughing, but his smile was unsettling no matter how you looked at it. Especially in Zhang Zhiwei's eyes, it looked like a fake smile.

"Besides, I've already countered your Five Thunderbolts attack. I'm sure you can also counter my Heavenly Divine Fire Pillar, right?"

Sun Yao said these words with a smile, but in Zhang Zhiwei's eyes, Sun Yao seemed to be wearing a devil's mask at that moment.

"It's revenge, it must be revenge! He's definitely retaliating for me hitting him with Five Thunderbolts, which is why he prepared such a deadly move as the Heavenly Divine Fire Pillar to deal with me. The moment I surrendered, there was definitely a hint of displeasure on his face." Zhang Zhiwei muttered to himself, while feeling extremely fortunate that he had chosen to surrender.

At this moment, both the younger generation around them and the elders on the sidelines began to applaud and cheer for them. It was hard to imagine that this match was fought between two people who were not even 20 years old.

Especially the leaders of various sects and patriarchs in the audience, they themselves might not be able to achieve such a feat, yet it had been accomplished by two teenagers. They couldn't help but sigh, "The younger generation surpasses the older, and the student surpasses the teacher."

At the same time, the old master and Zuo Ruotong clapped their hands and came to their disciple's side.

"Master, Celestial Master, I have not failed you!"

Sun Yao bowed to the two men and then uttered the words, "I have fulfilled my mission." Upon hearing this, Zhang Zhiwei immediately saw his master. It turned out that Sun Yao was hired by his master specifically to deal with him. When the old master saw Zhang Zhiwei looking at him, he looked away and avoided eye contact.

Finally, deliberately changing the subject, he asked Sun Yao, "Thank you for your help this time, young friend. If you have any requests, I will certainly fulfill them."

"Is the Celestial Master's statement true?" Sun Yao was excited upon hearing this. This old Celestial Master was indeed insightful; he even received a reward for helping him discipline his disciple.

“A promise is a promise. Young friend, just tell me what you want. If I can do it, then I will do it.” The old master stroked his gray beard and said with a smile.

"I know that my path to the Threefold Rebirth, having inherited the Threefold Rebirth tradition, is now severed. I hope to consult the scriptures of Longhu Mountain to complete this path. Of course, I can promise that all insights I gain from the scriptures of Longhu Mountain will be copied down and kept in Longhu Mountain, and will not be shared with outsiders. I wonder if the Celestial Master would allow me to borrow the scriptures of Longhu Mountain to perfect the path of my Threefold Rebirth."

No one present expected Sun Yao to say such a thing. Even the Old Celestial Master and Zuo Ruotong, who had seen much of the world, were taken aback. The Old Celestial Master fell into deep thought, while Zuo Ruotong looked at her disciple with a strange expression.

The path to the Triple Rebirth Technique is blocked—these eight words were a devastating blow to the San Yi Sect. Yet, these words came from Sun Yao, someone who had completely mastered the Triple Rebirth Technique in a single night. Through his recent battle with Zhang Zhiwei, Zuo Ruotong was absolutely certain that Sun Yao had fully grasped the Triple Rebirth Technique.

He had completely mastered the Reverse Life Triple Stage in just one night. Even Zuo Ruotong didn't know the extent to which he had mastered it, but he was at least at the second level. Since he said that the path to the Reverse Life Triple Stage was blocked, it was very likely true.

Seeing Sun Yao's confident assertion, Zuo Ruotong fell silent. He wanted to refute his disciple, but he knew he lacked sufficient evidence and was incapable of doing so.

"Alright, it's a deal! In that case, young friend, why don't you come back to Longhu Mountain with us in the future? That way, we can look after each other along the way."

When the old Celestial Master uttered these words, everyone present was stunned, even Sun Yao, who had made the request. Although he had made the request, he had never imagined that the old Celestial Master would agree to it. After all, the sect's scriptures were mostly closely guarded secrets, and how could they allow an outsider to peek into them?

"Master, is what you said true?"

"Don't worry, I've said my word, and I won't take it back. But I do have a condition. It's the rule that the secret texts of the Celestial Master's Mansion are not to be passed on to outsiders. I need you to become my disciple in name only, so that you can legally and legitimately read the books of my Celestial Master's Mansion. You are already a disciple of both Brother Chu and Immortal Master Zuo, so I suppose it won't hurt for you to be my disciple in name only."

The Celestial Master stroked his beard, then looked at Sun Yao, seemingly waiting for him to make a decision. Sun Yao was taken aback by the Celestial Master's words, then looked at his master, Chu Feng.

Chu Feng was very pleased to see that his disciple looked at him immediately without hesitation upon hearing these words. He nodded to Sun Yao. Since Zuo Ruotong had already set a precedent, there was no need to fear having another old master. If Sun Yao could truly master the three schools of thought, who in the world could be his match? Having such a disciple was a source of pride for him. After all, he had already foreseen when he accepted him as a disciple that the Huode Sect alone could not retain him.

"Alright, it's a deal then. This disciple greets Master!"

Sun Yao understood after seeing his master's signal. Since a precedent had been set, there was no fear of another. He then took the opportunity to bow to the old master as a disciple.

"Alright, get up quickly. And please bear witness that from today onwards, Sun Yao will be a disciple of our three families. In the long journey of the martial world ahead, we hope that all sects will take good care of him for the sake of our three families."

The old celestial master turned his head and cupped his hands in greeting to the leaders of various forces present. Zuo Ruotong and Chu Fengyou stood up together and clasped their fists in greeting to the leaders of various forces present.