Who Would Rule the Roost

The news left everyone who heard it standing there in stunned silence.

Within every sect, Aperture Refining Realm cultivators were already pillars of strength. Losing even one was an injury that cut to the bone.

In Xianyun City, some of the smaller sects might have only one or two Aperture Refining Realm cultivators. If they lost one, the sect itself could face the danger of annihilation.

If Aperture Refining Realm cultivators were like this, then Joint Aperture Realm cultivators were even more so—the very existence that suppressed a sect's fate. Why could the Immortal Cloud Sword Sect dominate several thousand miles around it? Its formidable overall strength was one reason, but the crucial reason was that the Immortal Cloud Sword Sect possessed Joint Aperture Realm experts.

One person could become a sect. That was the confidence and strength possessed by a Joint Aperture Realm cultivator.

The Immortal Cloud Sword Sect had two Joint Aperture Realm experts. With such a foundation, the sects around Xianyun City could only bow their heads in submission, because they had no possibility of resistance.

If they provoked the Immortal Cloud Sword Sect too far, a single Joint Aperture Realm cultivator would be enough to sweep through an entire sect. The Long Rainbow Sect was so, and the Yuan Chen Sword Sect was no different. There was no second possibility; even guarding the mountain gate would be useless.

The Yuan Chen Sword Sect possessed an exceptional formation and had the Spirit Locking Pagoda as a deterrent, but neither was particularly useful against a Joint Aperture Realm cultivator.

If a Joint Aperture Realm cultivator truly came knocking, they would not merely trap them within their sect and keep them from leaving. They would forcibly shatter the formation, break the Spirit Locking Pagoda, and wipe out the entire