"Cut ourselves off from the Heavenly Dao? But every Illusion Realm is governed by the Heavenly Dao... How could we do that?"
White Crane froze for a moment, then blurted out the question.
Even if Heart Demon was a rare Integration Realm powerhouse, White Crane had no intention of following him to his death in a head-on clash with the Heavenly Dao.
"The starting point is an Illusion Realm... but the finish line doesn't have to be."
Heart Demon spoke slowly.
In the first challenge, the Illusion Alliance had sealed off almost every type of Illusion Realm and held an overwhelming advantage. It had still lost.
Continuing to meet its opponent head-on in Illusion Realms was clearly unwise.
So he decisively abandoned Illusion Realms and chose a new direction.
"How would we do that?"
White Crane still did not understand.
"Simple."
Heart Demon rose and walked to the window of the Floating Pavilion, looking down over the shore of Leisure Cloud Lake.
"Turn the Illusion Realm into a Secret Realm..."
"Shift the judging criteria from illusion to reality."
"That way, he'll lose his greatest advantage!"
The next day.
The shore of Leisure Cloud Lake, bustling just yesterday, had lost nearly half its crowd.
Lu Ze's "Slay the Immortal Spire" had been too shocking. Many cultivators saw their last shred of hope crushed and chose to withdraw from the gathering.
Most who remained had some ambition, or had set their hearts on joining the Illusion Alliance.
Though noon had not yet arrived, the cultivators gathered there early in groups of three or five, whispering among themselves.
Most were discussing how earth-shattering Lu Ze's move yesterday had been.
After all, a Nascent Soul Realm cultivator crippling a Transformation God Realm True Disciple in one move was an even more astonishing