"Also, pass down the order: activate the Sect Protection Array. There's no need to conserve Spirit Stones. All Spirit Movement Stage disciples are to withdraw to Ice Heart Pavilion. Their cultivation is too low to affect the overall situation, and we cannot damage the foundation of our sect because of this conflict." Fairy Ruyan's cool, clear voice entered their ears.
"Yes."
As time passed, Meng Ruyan issued one order after another. The female cultivators in the great hall all showed respect on their faces, and not a single person dared voice any objection.
For one thing, compared to the mortal world, the cultivation world had always possessed an even more rigid hierarchy. As a Lihe Realm cultivator, Meng Ruyan held a special status in Horizon Sea Pavilion.
For another, Ten Thousand Buddhas Sect and Li Soul Valley were pressing down on them with great armies. At this moment, even if the women present had any grudges, how could they fail to distinguish what mattered most?
All unpleasantness had to be set aside. Right now, the most important task was how to repel the enemy.
How could they allow their sect's inheritance to be destroyed in their own hands?
Following Fairy Ruyan's decree, large numbers of cultivators began withdrawing from the nearby small islands toward Horizon Sea Pavilion's headquarters.
Up in the sky, multicolored streaks of escaping light could be seen everywhere. Squad after squad of beautiful female cultivators maintained order in the vicinity.
The atmosphere was incomparably grave. News that Ten Thousand Buddhas Sect and Li Soul Valley were bearing down on them with great armies had already reached the ears of every disciple.
Chen Xue had entered Horizon Sea Pavilion more than twenty years ago and was a Foundation Establishment Realm cultivator.
Though within the sect, her