As Wei Tu sensed the Heavy Rock Intent.
Five years later, the Extreme Mountain Sect, having completed its preparations for war, took the lead under Sect Master Zhu and the other higher-ups, launching the conflict and invading territory under the Lesser Vast Palace.
Though this battle aimed to destroy a sect, Sect Master Zhu and the others were clever enough not to reveal that objective in advance.
At the outset, they merely defined it as a small-scale invasion, publicly claiming that Venerable Wei had launched this war to avenge his Dao companion and vent his resentment.
The Six Profound Dao Sects did not know that Wei Tu had already reached the peak of early Spirit Transformation. Thus, upon first hearing the news, they took it only as a continuation of the conflict between the two sects from years ago—a necessary measure by the Extreme Mountain Sect to support Wei Tu, this Spirit Transformation Venerable.
—After all, the pressure of supporting one Spirit Transformation Venerable was naturally different from that of supporting two.
With two Spirit Transformation cultivators standing in the world, it was only natural for the Extreme Mountain Sect to possess more territory.
This was the fundamental internal conflict of the Extreme Mountain Sect, one that needed to be resolved through outward expansion.
Though the Lesser Vast Palace had been the first to go under the knife and was certainly unlucky, it was not entirely innocent.
Thus, after discerning this purpose, the "Six Profound Dao Sects," aside from the Nethergod Cult—the Lesser Vast Palace's ally—which sent troops to aid it, all turned a deaf ear and watched tigers fight from across the wall.
Of course, the Nethergod Cult's assistance was also quite limited, more like a token effort to avoid violating the alliance agreement.
Rumor even had it that