News of Liao Xing's defeat and death spread back to Azure Cloud Sect, throwing the entire sect into an uproar.
They had originally believed Supreme Hall to be nothing more than an ant-like existence. Yet it had caused Azure Cloud Sect, the greatest sect power in the Later Zhou Dynasty, to suffer two successive defeats and pay the grievous price of two Nascent Soul elders, Liao Xing and Duan Chengtian.
"A mere Supreme Hall has made our Azure Cloud Sect pay such a heavy price. What will the Sect Master think? What will the imperial family think? And what will the world think?"
Yun Jizi's voice, brimming with fury, echoed through Azure Cloud Sect's main hall. At his side remained only Yun Xiaozi and Liu Xiong, two veteran Nascent Soul elders. To fill the vacancies among the sect elders, Yun Jizi had hastily promoted three Inner Disciples who had recently broken through to the Nascent Soul Realm. As they listened to Yun Jizi's rebuke, not one dared speak.
"A mere Shen Yi, a greenhorn who has only just broken through to the Nascent Soul Realm, dares disregard our millennium-old sect. This is simply an unspeakable humiliation, a laughingstock for the world!"
Just as Yun Jizi's rage was at its height, it was interrupted by a disciple who burst in panic-stricken.
"Elders, disaster! Someone is attacking the sect!"
The man's face was full of terror. The instant he entered, he dropped to his knees, his words trembling with fear, only to be slapped across the face by Yun Jizi.
"Why are you panicking? Have you no sense of decorum?"
After knocking the disciple unconscious with a single slap, Yun Jizi took one step into the sky above the sect. There, he saw an enormous flying vessel hovering overhead. A vast surge