Immortal Glory, Mortal Treachery

The Devil Clan attacked and Xander, cultivating alone, took up the sky-cleaving sword and led the alliance that beat them. He was named leader of the Celestial Accord and his name carried everywhere. Years later he has a wife, a sworn brother he trained beside, and a daughter he dotes on. On the day he gives the girl a longevity necklace he learns that his wife and his sworn brother have been lovers for years and that the child is theirs. The two of them have a plan for him: once his power and his secrets have passed to the child, he dies and they run the sect. He shows them nothing. He keeps smiling at the pair of them, keeps handing out the small courtesies, and begins arranging the trap that will put both of them in front of the whole order with nothing left to hide behind.