To make the hierarchy a bit more clear with spoilers:

The current system in place at the sect is difficult to change because it has been in place for thousands of years, and the only precedent of someone from the Labor Office rising up is the High Venerable. In this chapter, they make the High Venerable seem like one place lower than Sect Leader, and the High Venerable can never reach the Sect Leader spot. However, in terms of power, the current High Venerable is much stronger than the Sect Leader, and he even is the Sect Leader’s master—he decides who gets to be Sect Leader (behind the scenes). To prove this is true: later on, the High Venerable made Zhuo Fan the Sect Leader (of course, Zhuo Fan has to earn the approval of most of the sect first) and basically demoted Xie Wuyue (current Sect Leader) to a Venerable position.

That’s all, folks~

Good mans. I respect 🙏 LMAOOOO

This stuff is willlld—you gotta see it to believe it (in the LN) 👌

good analysis 👌

You make a good point, and even in the LN, the author emphasized that most of the demonic path cultivators let out their inner demons and are calculative and ruthless—however, there is a spectrum: some demonic cultivators are just plain evil while others hold their own principles no matter what (Zhuo Fan is the second type, someone who even the righteous path cultivators can respect 👌)

When the artist draws her like that, we know how she’s gonna turn out 😌
In the light novel, her description was very much hinting towards this as well

Unfortunately,
since they share the same enemy as Zhuo Fan, an enemy of an enemy is a friend, so they actually stay on Zhuo Fan’s side and survive till the end 😳…

Satoru Gojo
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More on Mei’er:

She has had an affair with Kui Lang before, and he left her bc he already has a wife who has been kidnapped from him. Thus, ofc she despises him :)

Even more on Mei’er.
Also, she dies. Read on to find out how :)

OML, KUI GANG IS SO WHOLESOME

He becomes Zhuo Fan’s disciple soon, so I’ve be looking forward to the artist’s portrayal of him :)

There are much juicier fights to come ;)

There is a point later on where Zhuo Fan just massacres groups of ppl at a time, and there are also times when Zhuo Fan has some formidable opponents that forces him to push himself past his limits~

The surprising thing about Yue Ling and Kui Lang is that,
they are actually the “good” guys in this demonic sect, while the oldies factions with Venerable Shi, who stick with the traditional ways and are preventing the sect from growing, are considered the “bad” guys of the sect. That’s why the Sect Leader brought Zhuo Fan in to disrupt the old ways and start a revolution from the grassroots. Later on, due to matching interests, Yue Lin and Kui Lang become Zhuo Fan’s underlings and follow his orders in the sect

Yepp, except most ppl in “righteous” sects are hypocrites, and they will make their actions seem justified, even if they have done much wrong :)

If you are curious about what will happen, I can indulge with some spoilers~
Just ask and I shall deliver 🙂‍↕️ (ask abt specific characters or about Double Dragon Gathering or whatever you are curious abt)

Zhuo Fan is sure right about one thing: this is probably the most peaceful he has been, aside from his time with Chu Qingcheng, and it will be the most peaceful time he gets to experience for awhile. After this time of peace (yes, this is peace compared to what is about to come), Zhuo Fan will be continuously on the run from one expert to another. Even with how OP the author makes Zhuo Fan, the author never goes easy on Zhuo Fan plot-wise. With every gain, an even greater loss follows…

LMAOOOO YEAA

Elder Yuan spoilers (to add on~):
It becomes more obvious later on, but Elder Yuan is actually the High Venerable of the sect (meaning he is the strongest), and currently, he is much stronger than Zhuo Fan. He is also the sect leader’s master. It’s just that he trains in the True Self Art, which appears to regress his cultivation level but actually brings him closer to his origin. His actual power is at the peak Ethereal stage right now :)

I gotchu.

Shaoyu had a somewhat unstable heart from the start, even though he comes from a supposedly “righteous” sect, but after an encounter later on with a demonic cultivated, his inner demons pretty much took over him, and he becomes more and more envious of Zhuo Fan and his relationship with Chu Qingcheng (whom he has feelings for). Nothing goes his way regarding Qingcheng, so Shaoyu resorts to using his position as son of the sect leader to force Qingcheng to dual cultivate with him and become his wife. Despicable scum and hypocrite “righteous” cultivator.

If you’re curious about what happens to her afterwards:

Zhuo Fan is OP by that point—in many ways. He, in his fury, did everything in his power to get her back—she is safe dww. For more details on how this happened, I suggest reading the LN or wait for manhua chapters, since it’s too good to spoil 😩👌

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