Questioning Jade Purity, the Great Battle Draws Near

Central Domain.

Divine Province.

The transcendent force, Jade Purity Palace.

Jade Purity Palace was situated within a self-created Small World.

The spiritual energy here was rich and dense, far surpassing that of the other four domains.

"Senior Sister, what are you thinking about?"

Seeing her Senior Sister staring into the distance in a daze, Liu Xue spoke up.

"Ever since Senior Sister returned from the Eastern Domain, she's been absentminded all the time."

"Let me guess."

"Senior Sister, you aren't thinking about the Azure Cloud Master, are you?"

Liu Xue asked with a mischievous grin.

"What nonsense are you talking about?"

Leng Bingning hurriedly came back to her senses.

"Senior Sister, people from Heaven's Secret Pavilion are here."

Liu Xue spotted several people entering the hall and recognized their identities from their attire.

"Huh? What are they here for?"

"Our Jade Purity Palace doesn't seem to have any dealings with Heaven's Secret Pavilion."

Leng Bingning frowned.

"Senior Sister, did you forget?"

"That day, you said you would protect Azure Cloud Sect."

"An elder from Heaven's Secret Pavilion in the Eastern Domain was killed by Azure Cloud Sect. Do you think they came because of that?"

"What! No, I have to see Master!"

Leng Bingning hurriedly rose and ran toward the main hall.

"Haha!"

"Senior Sister, and you still say you weren't thinking about the Azure Cloud Master."

Liu Xue laughed behind her and quickly chased after her.

Inside the main hall.

"Palace Master, then we shall take our leave."

"We have disturbed you greatly. Farewell!"

Just as Leng Bingning and Liu Xue arrived, the people from Heaven's Secret Pavilion had already left.

"Master."

"Bing'er, Xue'er, you've come."

The Jade Purity Palace Master was a middle-aged woman, yet her charm remained undiminished. Her skin was maintained as flawlessly as a young girl's, and the years had left no trace upon her face.

"Master, what did the people from Heaven's Secret Pavilion come here for?"

Leng Bingning walked over on her long legs and asked in confusion.

"Strangely enough, the Elder of Heaven's Secret Pavilion came to ask whether we had any connection with Azure Cloud Sect in the Eastern Domain."

"That bunch is truly baffling. Jade Purity Palace is a dignified transcendent force—how could we possibly have ties to some small sect in the Eastern Domain?"

The Jade Purity Palace Master looked somewhat disdainful. Jade Purity Palace was, after all, a transcendent force of the Central Domain. How could it have anything to do with some obscure sect in the Eastern Domain?

"Master... Azure Cloud Sect does have some connection to Bing'er."

Upon hearing that it was indeed so, Leng Bingning hesitated before speaking.

The Jade Purity Palace Master, seated in the chief seat, furrowed her brows slightly.

"What? Bing'er, you know Azure Cloud Sect?"

At that, Leng Bingning and Liu Xue told the Palace Master every detail of their travels through the Eastern Domain and everything they had seen and heard of Azure Cloud Sect.

"Hiss! By that account, Azure Cloud Sect is fully capable of standing shoulder to shoulder with the transcendent forces of our Central Domain!"

"Who would have thought that the tiny Eastern Domain held such a transcendent sect!"

The Jade Purity Palace Master was genuinely surprised, her brows knitting even tighter.

"Yes, Master. When Senior Sister and I first arrived at Azure Cloud Sect, we were shocked at every turn as well."

"If Azure Cloud Sect is truly as you describe, then there is even less to worry about. A transcendent sect like that naturally has no fear of Heaven's Secret Pavilion."

"But..."

Leng Bingning wanted to say more, but the Palace Master cut her off.

"No buts. If they wish to earn the friendship of Jade Purity Palace, they must naturally display the corresponding strength."

A weak sect had no diplomacy. Friendship between two factions was built upon equal strength and the exchange of interests.

Elsewhere.

Eastern Domain, Tyrant Heaven City.

Heaven's Secret Pavilion's main hall.

"Haha, this Azure Cloud Sect really put on a grand show and fooled all of you."

"I told you so. How could some obscure sect from the Eastern Domain possibly have ties to a transcendent force in the Central Domain?"

The elder of Heaven's Secret Pavilion laughed loudly upon receiving the news.

"Word has come from the main pavilion. They sent people to Jade Purity Palace to inquire, and that palace simply does not know this Azure Cloud Sect at all."

"The woman who stepped forward that day was nothing more than a plant Azure Cloud Sect had arranged."

"That's wonderful."

"My lord, when do we make our move?"

They could no longer wait to take revenge.

And if they happened to divide up Azure Cloud Sect's Great Emperor inheritance afterward, wouldn't that be splendid?

"Today."

"This old man's time is precious, and the spiritual energy in this Eastern Domain is far too scarce."

"This old man starts coughing if he doesn't breathe the spiritual energy of the Central Domain."

"Yes, yes."

The leaders of the various sects could only smile along.

Cough if you don't breathe the spiritual energy of the Central Domain? If it weren't for your formidable cultivation, I'd make you see that getting slapped in the Eastern Domain hurts just as much as getting slapped in the Central Domain!

Before long, the major factions set out one after another.

The three overlord-tier forces.

Louyang Pavilion, Blazing Fire Sect, Heaven Sword Sect.

The ten top-tier forces.

Fuyang Sect, Chi Fa Sect, Mo Hai Sect, Heavenly Illumination Sect, Blazing Fire Sect, Sword and Blade Sect, Heaven and Earth Society, Beast Taming Sect, Chase Yang Sect, Sun Moon Divine Church.

As well as more than twenty first-rate forces.

Led by Heaven's Secret Pavilion, the multitude of factions surged toward Azure Cloud Sect like a tide that blotted out the sky and covered the earth.

Enormous warships that obscured the heavens and darkened the sun charged ahead, and wherever they passed, crowds packed the land.

Everyone wanted to witness this epic battle with their own eyes.

"They're coming, they're coming!"

"The various factions have moved!"

"Heavens! So many warships!" a man cried out.

The people in the city were all stunned by the densely packed warships in the sky.

The entirety of Spirit Province boiled over!

The last time so many major forces had besieged a single faction was the last time!

"Looks like Azure Cloud Sect is finished. So many major forces are involved."

"Exactly. Even the second-rate sects in our city wanted to join in, hoping to trail behind the major forces and pick at a few scraps. But guess what?"

"They were rejected outright and told to stay wherever it was cool."

"Haha!"

Meanwhile, at Azure Cloud Sect.

"Sect Master."

Ancestor Li Qingyun stood respectfully behind Feng Qingyang.

His Great Emperor Realm divine sense covered the entire Eastern Domain. He had long known every slightest stir among the major factions like the back of his hand.

"Let's go. It's time to stretch our limbs."

"Since they want to play, then Azure Cloud Sect will play with them properly."

Outside the Azure Cloud Mountain Range.

After traveling several hundred thousand li, the various factions arrived.

"My lord, according to the information, Azure Cloud Sect is located within this mountain range."

"Hiss——"

The old man at the front of the warship took a deep breath.

"This truly is a treasure land of perfect feng shui!"

"Even the spiritual energy is so dense."

"Even this old man's coughing has eased."

The others hurriedly sensed it as well.

"!"

"The spiritual energy here is actually several times denser than the outside world!"

Everyone had their own schemes, all thinking that once Azure Cloud Sect was destroyed, such a treasure land could not go to waste. Should they move their own sects here instead?

"If you want to attack Azure Cloud Sect, step over the corpses of my Lin Family first!"

Just then, a voice that resounded through the clouds came from the east.

A warship sailed over.

It was the members of the top-tier Lin Family, who had rushed over in haste.

"Who are they? Do they have a death wish?"

"Yeah, with so many major forces here, they've still come to throw away their lives."

This scene also left the passersby in the distance bewildered. Could they be reinforcements Azure Cloud Sect had summoned?

"Judging from the emblem on the warship, they seem to be the top-tier Lin Family of Tianwu City."

"The Lin Family? Why would they help Azure Cloud Sect?"

"I heard the Lin Family is a subordinate force of Azure Cloud Sect."

Lin Zhan took the lead, standing at the very front.

Their Lin Family had dispatched two True Person Realm cultivators, ten Spirit Transformation cultivators, and fifty each at the Nascent Soul and Void Insight realms.

It could be said that the Lin Family had sent out every expert above the Golden Core Realm.

Everyone understood that compared with the major factions, these people were merely eggs smashing against stone, a mantis trying to stop a chariot.

But if Azure Cloud Sect won, the Lin Family would soar to the heavens in a single step!