[Cultivation through the Way of Cause and Effect + No CP + A touch of ensemble cast + Slow plot at first, then it picks up]
Good news: I'm a rare Heavenly-Grade Light Spirit Root, a powerful weapon against the demons.
Bad news: The demons have been sealed for ten thousand years. With no demons left to fight, I can only serve as a mascot.
My name is Qichi, a sword cultivator of the Way of Cause and Effect from One Sword Sect. I can see the evil karma and merit of all things. When the fire of cause and effect ignites, it severs karma and dispels evil.
Song Jinye from neighboring Lingxiao Sect cultivates both the Way of All Living Beings and talisman formations. She has the sharpest tongue. When we first met, we got into a brawl: she twisted my lower back, and I bit her butt. That's how we became friends.
I never expected that one day the elders would press her: "Song Jinye, you cultivate the Way of All Living Beings. Are you really going to abandon everyone for Qichi alone?"
Miss Song replied frankly, "Qichi is one of the people, too. Give me just three years. By then, even without Qichi, I can seal the demons."
Song Jian, the sickly disciple of Wuji Sect, fires up his pill furnace whenever other people fight, claiming that pills made at such a time are especially good!? Every day, he's either refining pills or handing them out. What a handsome, kind-hearted soul!
At least, that's what I thought before he stabbed me.
That blade went straight for my dantian, just as I'd taught him. But he said all he wanted was to survive.
When we met again, I put two holes in him. That settled the score. I avoided his vital points and spared his life, so I hadn't let Su Mu down.
As we parted, Song Jian pulled out several sacks of pills he'd accidentally made too many of. "Would you still dare take pills I refined?"
Qichi: "We only had a fight, we didn't end our friendship. You'd better live to a hundred."
The demons' seal is on the verge of collapse. The young cultivators each follow their own path. Will they eventually go their separate ways, or fight side by side like they did in the tournament?
