"Speak freely and without reservations," Zhang Jianlin said with a smile. "In truth, we are just like you; we also came from the surrounding worlds. In fact, most of the higher-ups in the Nine Cauldrons Sect came from those same worlds. From that perspective, we should be on the same side."0

Beside him, Qin Yi nodded slightly. "The legacy of the Artifact Sect lasted for a full three thousand years. After such a long time, even the most ancient immortal sects grow corrupt. A few hundred years ago, when we outside cultivators first entered the Artifact Sect, our status was incredibly low. Not only were we suppressed in every way, but we were also treated as mere servants by the local disciples of the sect, who beat or killed us at their whim. This was especially true during the period when the war against the Lunar Fiend Empire was failing... They treated us as nothing more than cannon fodder. It was for this very reason that we were forced to stand up and revolt, establishing a sect of our own, the Nine Cauldrons Sect.0

"The Nine Cauldrons Sect does not follow the old ways of the Artifact Sect or other traditional sects. Among all cultivators, there is no distinction of nobility or lowliness in terms of personal character; differences only exist...0