After leaving the Azure Scale Sect, Yan Li returned to the Cloud Mist Sect.
The moment he returned to the sect, he ordered his disciples to summon the elder whose name was on the list.
That elder hurried over at once and met with several elders.
Yan Li beckoned him closer and whispered in his ear. The elder, not expecting a trap, leaned in, only for the other elders to suddenly strike and subdue him on the spot.
"Sect Master, what is the meaning of this?" the elder cried out in shock.
Yan Li's expression was slightly sorrowful as he said, "Junior Brother Yuan, we do not wish to do this either, but with the greater situation at stake, our Cloud Mist Sect must make a choice."
Yuan An's face was filled with fury. "A choice? When we discussed this matter before, you never said anything of the sort!"
"Are you truly going to kill the donkey once it has ground the millstone?"
As an elder of a sect, he was naturally no fool. Once Yan Li spoke those words, he already understood what had happened.
Now that the Dragon Whale Army was overwhelmingly powerful, the Cloud Mist Sect had no resolve to resist.
Yan Li said, "Your name is on the Dragon Whale Army's purge list. If we do not remove you ourselves, they will take action."
Yuan An was dumbfounded. He swiftly swept his gaze over everyone present. "Who leaked it? Who exactly leaked this matter!"
Yan Li said helplessly, "There are people from the Divination Palace within the Dragon Whale Army. The heavenly secrets of the Nine Provinces World cannot be hidden from them."
"Junior Brother Yuan, for the sake of the sect, you... take your own life!"
Seeing the resolve in the eyes of the several