Gathering in Tyrant Heaven, the Sects Plot

"Young Master, they've caught up!"

Qin Ruoxue said anxiously. She no longer had the strength to fight; the spiritual energy in her body had been exhausted and had yet to recover. She could not even run away.

"No matter. I said that once you entered the Azure Cloud Sect, I would keep you safe."

"Why are you so timid? With this sect master here, what are you afraid of?"

"Yes... Sect Master."

"Ye Bai, send them to meet King Yama."

Feng Qingyang spoke casually.

In the cultivation world, where the weak were meat and the strong ate, a single word from the strong could decide whether you lived or died.

Then they continued on their way without even looking back.

Qin Ruoxue secretly guessed that an Azure Cloud Sect expert must have been following them.

But who was King Yama? Why did they have to meet him?

A moment later.

Xing Daorong of Great Zhou led his men as they galloped after them. The three were nowhere to be seen, but a Black Robe man stood in the road ahead, blocking their path.

"Hey! Why are you blocking this general's path? Move aside at once, or I'll kill you along with them!"

Xing Daorong roared, spiritual energy surging from within him.

"Not much skill, but quite a loud mouth."

"Today alone, I've already killed more than a dozen arrogant fools like you."

Ye Bai sneered at his words, watching this pack of clowns with interest.

"Haha, what a boast!"

"With the Pear Blossom Mountain-Splitting Axe in this general's hand, a thousand come, a thousand die—much less one man like you."

"Kill them! Capture the Empress alive!"

Xing Daorong shouted and led his soldiers in a charge.

The thunderous hooves of the spirit horses shook the earth.

"Perish!"

With that, Ye Bai circulated the spiritual energy in his body.

The vast pressure of the Shattering Void Realm swept forth.

"Ah! No!"

Countless screams that pierced the heavens rang out ahead.

In the span of a breath, Xing Daorong and the others were crushed into blood mist by the immense pressure.

Ye Bai gave a cold laugh, then turned and flew away.

For clowns who leaped about on the stage like this, he did not even need to make a move. Letting out the slightest hint of his pressure was enough to crush them to death.

Elsewhere.

Feng Qingyang and the others had already returned to the Azure Cloud Sect.

They crossed a thousand miles in an instant.

Within the Azure Cloud Sect.

"Master, Junior Brother, you're back!"

Shi Hao had been playing chess with an old man. Sensing that someone had arrived at the sect, he hurried over to take a look.

Shi Hao looked Lin Bai over and felt that something about his junior brother had changed. Strange—his appearance had not changed, but his aura was different. Sharper.

"Senior Brother."

At the same time, Shi Hao noticed the woman beside Feng Qingyang.

His first impression was that she was absolutely stunning!

Master really has good luck with women. He only sent two away a couple days ago, and now he's brought back another one.

Master truly is master!

Qin Ruoxue was even more shocked!

She had thought the Azure Cloud Sect was, at most, an overlord-level force.

This... this... Could the Azure Cloud Sect be a holy land? But that could not be right either. Did holy lands have such a setup?

As the Empress of Great Zhou, Qin Ruoxue knew quite a few things. Even the holy lands of the Eastern Domain did not possess such Blessed Lands.

She looked around.

Pavilions and Towers stood amid drifting Immortal Qi, while spiritual energy condensed into mist.

Every sight before her completely overturned her understanding of the world.

"Master, who is this young lady?"

"Could she be the mistress Master found for us?"

Looking at Qin Ruoxue's dust-covered, disheveled state, Shi Hao had already imagined an entire story: a woman hunted down by enemies, Master saving the beauty like a hero, and finally winning her heart.

"Are you itching for a beating because you have too much free time?"

Feng Qingyang felt awkward.

"She's merely a maid who serves tea and pours water. Isn't that right, Empress of Great Zhou?"

How did he know!

"Sect Master, I did not mean to hide it deliberately. Great Zhou has already changed dynasties. This Empress has become a thing of the past."

"An Empress! Serving tea and pouring water!"

"Master is indeed formidable!"

"No matter. I simply do not like being kept in the dark."

At this moment, the old man who had been playing chess with Shi Hao also walked over. "Sect Master."

Shi Hao's face lit up when he saw this.

"Senior, you came too. I have to say, your chess skills are truly superb—ten thousand times better than this disciple's!"

Li Qingyun merely smiled and stroked his beard.

As someone in the Great Emperor Realm, he used heaven and earth as his chessboard, and all living beings as his pieces.

"Let me introduce you. This is the patriarch of our Azure Cloud Sect."

"Patriarch!"

Shi Hao knew the old man who had played chess with him was a senior of the sect, but he had never imagined that he was actually the patriarch!

Then his cultivation must reach the heavens!

"Right. The two of you should cultivate properly over the next few days. The Ancient Saint Secret Realm will open in three days. There are many resources and fortuitous encounters inside, so it will make for a decent trial."

"Cultivate well. Do not disgrace my Azure Cloud Sect."

"Yes, Master."

Seeing that their master was speaking seriously, Shi Hao and Lin Bai immediately became solemn.

"Patriarch, go wander around somewhere else for now. We won't need you to make a move just yet."

Feng Qingyang was about to turn and leave when he suddenly remembered something.

He had not yet issued them their sect attire. There were not many disciples at present, and he had originally planned to bring it out only after the sect had become famous throughout the Eastern Domain and opened its gates to recruit disciples.

But they were about to enter that Ancient Saint Secret Realm. They had to open the outsiders' eyes.

"Wait."

"You've been in the sect for several days, yet I still haven't issued you your sect attire. I'll give it to you today."

"System, claim two sets of Sect Attire."

The full set was primarily white, accented with azure. A great roc flying among the clouds was embroidered across the back, symbolizing soaring into the sky in a single flight and rising straight into the clouds. On the left breast, the words Azure Cloud Sect were stitched in golden thread.

"Damn!"

"Master, our Azure Cloud Sect uniforms are way too handsome!"

Shi Hao and Lin Bai held their sect attire, unable to put it down.

"Don't just admire how good they look. Once worn, the uniforms remain spotless, are impervious to water and fire, and carry Dao Rhythm upon them."

Fine, even he thought they looked good. As expected, beauty was justice!

Later, he would have to ask the system to customize a sect master's robe for him.

Tyrant Heaven City.

Today, many cultivators with powerful cultivation had suddenly poured into the city.

Yet the city's residents were not worried in the slightest. Heaven's Secret Pavilion was stationed here and held control over the city; no one with a death wish dared cause trouble.

Heaven's Secret Pavilion's council hall.

"The three-day deadline is almost here. Have you all decided what to do?"

"What can we do? Are we really supposed to go to their doorstep and offer gifts and apologies?"

"Where exactly did this Azure Cloud Sect come from? Wasn't it said to have fallen into decline? Why does it still have such experts? Could a holy land be backing it?"

Though they were hegemonic and top-tier forces of Spirit Province, compared to holy lands, they were not worth a fart.

The experts dispatched by the various sects that day had all been killed, leaving only a few survivors to return and report the news.

If they did not go to offer gifts and apologize within three days, not even chickens and dogs would be spared!

But offering gifts and apologies was no different from bowing their heads to the other side, was it not?

Fortunately, Heaven's Secret Pavilion had sent invitations today specifically to discuss this matter.

"The master of Heaven's Secret Pavilion has arrived."

"Everyone, the Azure Cloud Sect killed an elder of Heaven's Secret Pavilion and slaughtered the experts of your sects, yet they actually demand that we go to their doorstep and offer gifts and apologies?"

"We must unite and wipe out the Azure Cloud Sect."

"I agree!"

As soon as the master of Heaven's Secret Pavilion finished speaking, several sects stepped forward in support.

If they bowed their heads, how could they continue to hold their heads high in the Eastern Domain?

"But they have a peak Shattering Void Realm expert. Could there be even stronger existences? A holy land must surely be backing them."

"Also, that mysterious woman who appeared that day said she was from the transcendent Central Domain force, Jade Purity Palace. Didn't she insist on protecting the Azure Cloud Sect? We cannot afford to provoke them."

Some sects that wanted to settle the matter peacefully also voiced their concerns.

So be it if they had to offer gifts and apologize—it was better than losing their lives. Besides, they had indeed been in the wrong first.

They had acted only because they had been incited by a Heaven's Secret Pavilion elder and tempted by the Shi Family's promises.

"So what if a holy land is backing them? I have already reported this to the Central Domain headquarters of Heaven's Secret Pavilion. The main pavilion has sent experts, and they are already on their way."

Hearing this, everyone felt relieved.

With Heaven's Secret Pavilion's experts taking the lead, what was there left to fear?