Xuantian Dao Sect/Quotes

== Long Chen ==
“Valley master, if you have any problems, you can talk to Long Chen. Long Chen’s attitude is the attitude of my Xuantian Dao Sect. Whether we fight to the death or settle things peacefully, it’s all up to Long Chen.”
=== Resonance ===
Long Chen’s Spiritual Strength was truly frightening. Just relying on it to convey his emotions, he was able to form a resonance with a hundred and eighty thousand experts.
It was similar to a hypnotic art, but Long Chen hadn’t used any techniques. He had relied purely on his Spiritual Strength to transmit his emotions, and even the Empyreans were affected.
This emotional transmission made them forget their fear. By making them think of the ones they loved the most, they could summon the greatest power.
== Peak of the continent ==
“The old man often teaches that in front of absolute power, all schemes are useless. Plus, this isn’t a trap to us. I’ve already dealt with it, so don’t worry,” said Long Chen. He turned to the Xuantian Dao Sect’s disciples.
“Brothers, sisters, you’ve now seen that our Xuantian Dao Sect is surrounded by enemies. You’ve also seen their expressions toward us. No one wishes for our Xuantian Dao Sect to soar. So if we want to reach the peak of the Martial Heaven Continent, we’ll have to face countless obstacles. There will be different kinds of obstacles. Some will be clear and aboveboard, while some will be hidden pitfalls. There will also be some that, knowing they can’t stop you, will still wipe their snot on you just to irritate you. 
“This is the path of cultivation, one of no return, one where there is no right or wrong, a completely heartless path. If we want to rise, we have to climb over the corpses of our enemies. If your heart holds mercy, it will only result in you being the one whose corpse is climbed over. That is why I never care about my opponent’s point of view or other people’s slander, because anyone who has stepped onto the cultivation path is no longer completely innocent or pure. What I do care about are my brothers, my sisters, my parents, my family. For them, I cannot pause in front of obstacles, nor can I retreat.
“The current Xuantian Dao Sect looks grand and majestic, but I will tell you that this is just a start. As long as we don’t fall, the Xuantian Dao Sect will definitely become one of the overlords of the Martial Heaven Continent. Sometimes fate is just like this. Only when you are willing to share honor and disgrace are you true life and death brothers, just like my Dragonblood Legion. The reason you cannot join the Dragonblood Legion isn’t because you aren’t outstanding or righteous enough. It’s the opposite. I see many among you who are worthy of being my life and death brothers. However, that time has already passed. The Dragonblood Legion is no longer accepting new members. That is because our memories of walking from the Eastern Wasteland to the Central Plains will forever be engraved in our minds. Those years cannot be relived, and those emotions cannot be replaced. The current Xuantian Dao Sect is similar.
“This is a special time, where danger and opportunity exist together. If you wish to stay in the Xuantian Dao Sect, you might prosper with it and leave your names in history. You also might be destroyed along with the Xuantian Dao Sect and become an unremarkable ripple in the river of time. This is a gamble where you bet your life.
“I ask you, do you have the bravery to follow my Xuantian Dao Sect? Do you dare to make a grand gamble with me against our powerful enemies that surround us on the Martial Heaven Continent?”
“We dare!”
All the experts felt their blood boiling with a grand, heroic feeling. Their excitement from killing the enemy invaders had yet to fade before Long Chen’s words further stimulated them.
Life itself was a series of gambles. You won some, you lost some. Each choice was a gamble, and before you reached the end, no one could say whether you won or lost. However, they all trusted Long Chen because Long Chen was a legend, a miracle. They firmly believed that whether he won or lost, this gamble would be exceptionally brilliant.
“Good. Then everyone, prepare yourself. The Devil Abyss’s eruption is nearing, and we will first use that battle to signify the rise of our Xuantian Dao Sect! Let us fight shoulder to shoulder, slaughtering our enemies!”
All the Xuantian Dao Sect’s disciples cheered. They finally had a chance to fight alongside Long Chen. To them, this was a glory that they had been waiting for.
“He really knows how to raise morale!”
In the Xuantain Tower, Li Tianxuan couldn’t help sighing emotionally.
== Resources ==
"To put it simply, within the Xuantian Dao Sect, there is an ocean's worth of resources. It most likely far surpasses your imagination. So talking too much about it is useless. The only reason why I bring it up is for your own motivation. I hope you'll work hard so you don't live a life of regret. This world has its own rules, and they are bloody and cruel. Resources are things the strong have to work hard to get, while the weak can only watch others eat, or perhaps end up getting eaten by the strong. The Xuantian Dao Sect is no exception, so if you want to get special care here, don't hold back. That's all I'll say, so let's start the registration."
No matter how talented a disciple was, without any resources as support, their talent would be wasted. Whether it was the cultivation environment, the support of formations, trials, weapons, pills, and medicines, they all needed money.
== Dao ==
In truth, no one in the world was completely good or completely bad.
Each person's heart had a dark side. But some people could suppress that side, and some couldn't. The most terrifying thing was for a person to be corrupted by their dark side without even realizing it. They would feel that what they were doing was correct, that they were right, and that no matter how vile their actions were, they wouldn't need to feel any guilt.
Back when he had first arrived at the Xuantian Dao Sect, he had disliked this place. People were scheming against each other every day.
Yet today, through the Nine Star Hegemon Body Art, he could sense everyone's emotions. Everyone here had absolute trust in him.
Perhaps only trust could give birth to belief, and once a person had a belief, it would form a guide for them.
People without any belief would have no bottom line and be easily drawn into depravity. That was terrifying.
However, if their faith was wrong, it would be even more terrifying. They would become crazy people filled with bigotry. 
On one hand, there were the Wine God Palace's disciples who believed in their Wine God and that the Wine Dao could lead them to the Heavenly Daos. They lived leisurely without any struggles.
There was also the Huayun Sect's disciples. Their faith was in the Wealth God, and they believed that the Business Dao could lead them to the Heavenly Daos. Using their wealth, they could get rid of hunger and pain. They lived as businessmen, and so they treated their customers well. They also helped out countless poor people.
One of them detached themselves from the rest of the world, while one was intricately connected with the world. But in the end, what they pursued was the wealth of the mind and of the heart. They spread their happiness to others.
On the other hand, there were the Corrupt path and the Bloodkill Hall. The Corrupt path believed that the weak were prey to the strong, and that the weak could be slaughtered at will. Their version of the Heavenly Daos was one where only the strong would survive.
The Bloodkill Hall wasn't much better, focusing on their Assassination Dao. They believed that every person in the world had sins that made it so they could kill them without any guilt. Killing people simply reduced the sin in the world. They were the servants of the Killing God, and were carrying out their divine mission.
In truth, each belief had its own principles and justifications. They were all paths that pursued the Heavenly Daos.
However, the path to the Heavenly Daos was built on the Human Dao, on the Mortal Dao.
== Expansion ==
“I want to join the Xuantian Dao Sect. My sect is too cowardly and ordered me to join Sha Guangyan’s side. Such weak and cowardly higher-ups almost caused me to die. Fortunately, I was smart enough to choose the neutral camp, or I wouldn’t exist any longer. If I had listened to my sect’s orders, I’d have lost my life, so this life was won by me. I want to leave my sect and join the Xuantian Dao Sect. Would the Xuantian Dao Sect want a traitor like me?” asked a rank nine Celestial.
His voice quivered slightly, but he said what countless other disciples wanted to say. Of the disciples present, over eighty percent of them came from sects that had told them to join Sha Guangyan’s side.
Some sects had even ordered them to join that side, or they would be viewed as criminals who had betrayed their sects.
However, geniuses were naturally rebellious. It was hard to change what they had set their minds on.
Not all of them chose to stand on the neutral side because they believed Long Chen was falsely accused. There was also another portion that had simply been irritated by their sect’s orders and so they deliberately went against them.
However, now they felt a burst of fear, as well as anger toward their higher-ups. Those higher-ups had almost sent them to their deaths. 
Betraying one’s sect made them traitors, and others would look down on them. That was a name that they would never be able to get rid of in their life.
However, who wouldn’t want to join the Xuantian Dao Sect? They had the old patriarch, a Netherpassage expert, as well as Long Chen’s Dragonblood Legion. Who could stop their rise now?
Anyone who joined the Dragonblood Legion would instantly have their status rise. The Xuantian Dao Sect’s brilliance would surpass all expectations for sure. Joining them was definitely the wisest decision.
However, would the Xuantian Dao Sect accept them, people who had betrayed their sect?
“The Dao is endless, while love should be limitless. The Xuantian Dao Sect’s cultivation is based on cultivating the Dao. The Dao contains all things, so we naturally have room to expand. As long as your hearts remain righteous, then no matter your status or talent, my Xuantian Dao Sect will welcome you.” Li Tianxuan smiled amicably.
== Fear of death ==
All the Dragonblood warriors clenched their fists. Their bond with Long Chen was forged through blood and fire, and their emotions were something only they could comprehend.
“As for you, you are geniuses, pampered since birth and raised as the future hope of a family or sect. As for your parents, they don’t understand that true experts are not raised. When you say that you want to get stronger, it’s just a catchphrase, something your elders taught you. But you don’t really know why you have to get stronger. Is it to pick up girls? Is it to trample over others? Is it to show off? If that’s what drives you to get stronger, then it’s a limited motivation. Do you know what your motivation to get stronger is?” Long Chen looked out at the one hundred and eighty thousand disciples of the Xuantian Dao Sect.
“Our motivation to get stronger is to live, to defend, to protect the things in our hearts from being snatched away by the cruel reality. I know that many of you don’t truly understand what it means to protect, but I’m sure you have things you cherish in your heart as well. Perhaps it’s your parents, your masters, or your lovers. In truth, what many people love is just themselves. Let me put it to you this way. If what is in your heart is solely yourself, then that will give rise to one kind of emotion: fear. Fear of death.
“Before, I said that the more someone fears death, the faster they die. Now the battle is about to start. Find what you have to protect inside your heart. Imagine it being killed right here in front of you.
=== Overcoming ===
In the Devil Abyss, Long Chen says:
“Your current method of fighting is the most primitive type. All you know how to do is foolishly strike with your full power instead of looking for your opponents’ weak points. Not only does that waste energy, but it will also put you in danger. All lifeforms have their own weaknesses. If you can grasp that, then even a terrifying enemy will become a rabbit. Other than that, fighting and killing are two completely different concepts. When you fight, you are protecting yourself. When you kill, you are putting your life on the line to take another life. I previously said that those who fear death the most die the easiest. Only when you forget your fear of death can you fight to your full potential. But just saying this, it’s merely theories and principles. If you can’t understand it, then you probably won’t understand it even in death. This is the precious experience obtained by the Dragonblood Legion after walking the line between life and death. Zhao Lin, come back.
“This is your battlefield. If you want to become experts, if you want to reach the peak of the martial path, you have to overcome your fear of death. There are no shortcuts to this path. If you want to become an expert, this is something you’ll have to face. The reason you aren’t as strong as the Dragonblood warriors is because you are restricted by your fear, while they managed to overcome it years ago.
“If you are really afraid of death, you can still retreat. The Dragonblood Legion will block these enemies. But if you want to become experts like us or even surpass us, then you can only go all-out!”
“Don’t randomly hack around. Use the least energy and price to kill your opponents. Furthermore, pay attention to attacking and retreating. Make it a cycle, and it will allow you to fight longer. Also, make sure to reserve some energy for life-protecting measures against anything unexpected…”
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