This was a grand gathering of the Cloud Immortal Palace, personally overseen by Yun Tianque.
As he sorted through the "flora spirits" harvested from the Azurecloud Divine Tree, he openly announced before hundreds of thousands of the sect's top cultivators and disciples that they would sever ties with the Order Celestial Clan.
The moment his words fell—
The "Myriad-Layer Heavenly Cloud Barrier" surrounding the Cloud Immortal Palace was directly activated to wartime capacity.
This was the highest alert level.
The Cloud Immortal Palace had originally been a slowly mobile city in the sky, built upon the corpse of the "Cloud Emperor."
When the Myriad-Layer Heavenly Cloud Barrier spread open, it resembled ten thousand spherical shields shaped like white clouds, enveloping the entire Cloud Immortal Palace.
Its volume expanded severalfold.
This "seventh-order Order Barrier" was a war fortress constructed generation after generation by the Cloud Immortal Palace's ancestors over a million years, and also the "wall" that protected the Cloud Immortal Palace's inheritance.
A protective barrier was the foundation of any sect.
Without a protective barrier, a sect could not even be said to have a "home."
Buzz, buzz, buzz.
The clouds and mist formed a storm, sweeping around the Cloud Immortal Palace.
This meant that the Cloud Immortal Palace had now fully entered a state of war.
Keeping the Myriad-Layer Heavenly Cloud Barrier active consumed enormous resources every moment.
But for the future, such expenditure was certainly worthwhile.
However!
When Yun Tianque suddenly made this decision, the heads of the hundreds of thousands present all began to buzz.
"Palace Lord..."
Including Yun Tianque, the Cloud Immortal Palace had a total of seven cultivators with "fifth-grade status," and Lu Yuanji was one of them.
The Netherdeer Clan she represented was likewise a major clan of the Cloud Immortal Palace.
Now, these