Next: The True Cultivation Alliance

With the destruction of the Yinming Sect, the Five Great Powers showed no intention of stopping, continuing toward their next target.

Meanwhile, outside the Immortal Realm, Saint Zhifang and the other four continued directing matters from afar. Now that the five of them stood face-to-face, no one dared to pay lip service while acting otherwise.

"Everything is proceeding as smoothly as we anticipated, with hardly any resistance."

Zhifang Mo sensed another force below being wiped out and spoke truthfully.

"Sometimes, things going too smoothly is not a good thing."

Unlike Saint Zhifang, Gu Cangsheng held a somewhat different view and voiced his objection.

In his view, that was indeed the case. Previously, an aura comparable to the Great Dao had erupted, yet the authority remained hanging in the air. Now, everything was proceeding so smoothly—they had to be more cautious.

"You're right. It really is going far too smoothly."

Devil Venerable Jilai beside them also agreed.

"Recently, some of my devil sons have been having a rather rough time. A troublesome force has set its sights on them, and quite a few devil sons have already been dealt with."

Devil Venerable Jilai then brought it up.

"What force has made you suffer such a setback?"

Saint Zhifang could not help asking. In his eyes, given Devil Venerable Jilai's temperament, if this force had dared to show itself, he could have had the Five Great Powers join forces to crush it. Yet Devil Venerable Jilai had not done so, which made it rather strange.

"It seems to be called the True Cultivation Alliance. They're righteous as ghosts. My devil sons merely wanted to take some mortal blood sacrifices to raise their strength a little, but these people kept hounding them without letting go. They even exterminated devil cultivators whenever they encountered