As one waned, the other waxed; the balance of strength between the two sides had long since ceased to exist on the same level. If Lin Xuan wanted to erase the Tianjue Sect, he would not even need Xinyue City to make a move, nor would he need to mobilize Cloud Hidden Sect's own forces. All he had to do was pass down a decree, and naturally there would be subordinate powers attached to the sect who would go and wipe out the Tianjue Sect's cultivators one by one.
Cloud Hidden Sect was now a colossal entity ranked twelfth in the Nailong Realm. The sects and clans attached to it were no longer merely the Spirit Ghost Sect, Taixuan Sect, and Heavenly Crystal Valley of those days, but countless in number.
There was not much exaggeration in that statement. From powerful forces with Spirit Division Stage cultivators to tiny clans of only a few dozen people, large and small together, there were probably several hundred of them.
The reasons these sects and clans attached themselves to Cloud Hidden Sect were not all the same.
But whether they were willing from the heart or had other hidden worries, with Cloud Hidden Sect's present momentum like the sun at high noon, if Lin Xuan wanted to erase the Tianjue Sect, they would absolutely obey the order and carry it out.
Hearing his senior brother ask now, Lin Xuan pondered briefly, then parted his lips slightly and spoke his plan.
"There is no need for that. Where you can spare others, spare them. In any case, the Tianjue Sect did gather quite a few treasures for this Lin. Why must we drive them to extinction?"
"Then, according to Junior Brother's intention, you plan to let them off?" A trace of surprise flashed through