Chapter 442: The Sun and Moon Illuminate Mountains and Rivers (Part 1)

Su Chen opened his eyes.
He was dead.
Immortal Kings couldn't die, but this concept seemed ineffective against the 'Calamity'.
Su Chen opened the Book of Reversal of Fate.
"What exactly is going on?"
As Su Chen opened the Book of Reversal of Fate,
the 245,362nd Incarnation
this page was blank, as if everything had ceased to exist.
Looking at the remaining two thousand Reversal of Fate points, Su Chen remained calm, showing no panic.
He began to ponder.
"Perhaps everything is as the Supreme Immortal King said."
"The world has been corrected, the traces of our existence have been erased, but my memories haven't been lost, meaning those scenes weren't dreams, but real events."
Su Chen turned to the previous page; the previous page, belonging to the recorder's incarnation, hadn't disappeared. This meant that the 'Calamity' hadn't corrected everything.
At least, the 'Calamity' wasn't insurmountable.
His existence had a significant impact on the 'Calamity'.
[Talent: 0 (+)
Comprehension: 0 (+)
Family Background: 0 (+)
Mental State: 30,000,000]
As long as the Fate-Defying Points haven't reached zero, there's still hope.
Su Chen casually allocated 100 points each to Talent, Comprehension, and Family Background.
He slowly closed the Fate-Defying Book in his hand.
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"Sect Master, Sect Master, something terrible has happened!"
Su Chen slowly opened his eyes. Before him was a solemnly decorated hall, and he sat in the Sect Master's seat.
However... of the elders who should have stood side by side, only an old man with white hair, wearing a black robe, remained.
This was the Enforcement Elder of the Mountain and River Sect.
"Elder Yan, do you mean all the other elders have chosen to leave the Mountain and River Sect and join other sects?"
Elder Yan nodded. "Sect Master...so you already knew?"
Su Chen rolled his eyes. "I'm not blind. Now, I'm afraid you're the only elder left in the sect."
Upon hearing this, Elder Yan looked at the empty surroundings, overwhelmed with grief, and prostrated himself, weeping. "Our Mountain and River Sect has shone brightly for ten thousand years, its lineage unbroken. We have had sages who illuminated the nine provinces, and venerable ones who pacified the world. But fate is hard to defy...Today, we old fellows of the Mountain and River Sect have failed our young sect master. Our small sect should have been the one to revitalize it, yet we have become its last sect master..."
Mountain and River Sect
A sect on the Sun and Moon Continent.
It has had its glory days, and its decline.
In this life, Su Chen is named Han Chen.
Unfortunately, he was born in an era of decline for the Shanhe Sect. His exceptional talent led to his adoption by the sect's previous leader, and Su Chen lived up to that expectation, his cultivation surpassing all his peers from a young age.
However, this world is inherently unpredictable, and fate plays cruel tricks.
The Shanhe Sect's glorious past became the sharpest blade piercing its heart. Rumors circulated within the Great Yan Dynasty that the sect still possessed the legacy of a sage. Han Chen's meteoric rise to become the Great Yan Dynasty's number one genius among the younger generation amplified this rumor to its fullest extent.
Seeing his sect oppressed, the previous leader of the Shanhe Sect was unwilling to accept this fate and chose to fight desperately, striving to break through to the Emperor Realm.
In the end... he failed, tragically perishing. Upon hearing the news, the outside world, like wolves and tigers, swarmed towards him.
The Mountain and River Sect was beset by internal and external troubles, teetering on the brink of collapse.
No one wanted to take on this hot potato.
Thus, the title of Sect Master fell to Han Chen. This was largely due to the sudden death of Han Chen's master, the previous Sect Master, which had thrown the sect into a state of panic. Now, they were no longer bothering with pretense; the six major sects had joined forces, directly attacking the Mountain and River Sect, falsely accusing it of being a demonic sect and attributing all the crimes of the Great Yan Dynasty to the sect. Their true intentions were obvious to everyone.
"Birds of a feather flock together; when disaster strikes, they fly away separately."
Even more so for a powerful sect like the Mountain and River Sect.
The elders and disciples loyal to the sect had long since perished outside its walls; those remaining were mostly petty scoundrels. Han Chen wasn't surprised by their escape; he had stayed to defend the sect to the death. However, in this moment of crisis, his memories had awakened.
Su Chen slowly rose and descended the steps, as gracefully as a gentle breeze, unhurried and unhurried. Before Elder Yan could even notice, Su Chen was already beside him.
"Elder Yan, everyone has the right to choose. I am gratified that Elder Yan has chosen to stay. My master, if he knew this in the afterlife, would surely be pleased. As for the other elders and disciples who left the sect, there is no need to feel resentful about their choices. The victor is king, the loser is villain; that is the way of the world."
"However, Elder Yan is mistaken in one sentence. I will not be the last sect leader of the Mountain and River Sect. My Mountain and River Sect has a history of ten thousand years, with Venerables and Sages. In the past, you were proud of them; from today onward, they will be proud of our sect's existence. Ten thousand years of prosperity is only the beginning. The sun and moon shine on the mountains and rivers; the Mountain and River Sect will endure forever."
Elder Yan raised his head upon hearing this, looking at the young man in the turquoise Mountain and River robe. He seemed to vaguely see the figures of the Mountain and River Sect's past sages slowly overlapping. He sensed no trace of defeat in the young man, only unparalleled confidence.
Seeing the outstretched hand, as if possessed, Elder Yan reached out and met its grasp, then slowly stood up.
If anyone else had said they could turn the tide in this situation, Elder Yan would have taken it as mere comforting words. But now, the young man before him spoke these words, and he believed them, even at the cost of death…
Su Chen walked out of the sect's main hall, Elder Yan following behind.
Outside the hall, Su Chen saw a beautiful woman holding a long sword, followed by more than ten disciples.
“Xi Yue, you haven't left yet?”
Han Xi Yue said, “Han Chen, although I hate you, everything in the Shanhe Sect is my father's hard-earned wealth. I absolutely cannot watch it be easily destroyed.”
The inner disciples behind Han Xi Yue also shouted, “Sect Master, the sect has treated us well; we will live and die with the sect!”
Han Xi Yue, the daughter of Su Chen's master in this life, the second genius of the Shanhe Sect.
However, with the appearance of Su Chen, all the glory that originally belonged to her—her father's favor, the sect's expectations—all fell on Su Chen. Ever since Su Chen's master in this life failed to break through and perished, Han Xiyue's hatred for Su Chen has reached its peak.
Su Chen decided to go along with it and let Han Xiyue leave, while he stayed to bear the consequences.
However, he never expected that Han Xiyue would eventually return.
But none of that mattered anymore.
He no longer needed to feel powerless, harboring a determination to live and die with the sect.
As he said, the sun and moon shine on the mountains and rivers, and the mountains and rivers will endure forever.