Had the Eight Great Immortal Sects been destroyed?
The Great Sun Sword Master's blunt words made it seem as though a frigid tide from the Nine Netherworlds had appeared here, washing over Ji Liuyue and the other Dao Children, freezing their souls stiff and chilling them to the bone.
Even the Solar Abyss, blazing like an inferno prison, could not dispel this coldness.
The nine Dao Children remained silent for a long time.
"...Yes."
Ji Liuyue did not hide anything. Her eyes reddened slightly as she said, "Two years ago, the Phantom Mist Beasts breached Black Tortoise Heavenly Palace's mountain gate, the last sect formation."
"For the past several centuries, we had retreated step by step, losing city after city and territory after territory, unable to stop them."
"Until two years ago, even the last Black Tortoise Heavenly Palace fell. The ancestors fled into the Endless Starry Sky beyond the realm, while we brought a small number of sect disciples here to you."
"This is the present situation."
The beauty who cultivated Life Rules possessed an extraordinary affinity for life and an innate fondness for living beings. Her mournful sorrow at this moment made hearts ache, unbearable to witness.
"Shouldn't Dao Children have fled far away together with the sect's future?"
"Why did you come to me?"
Jiang Ding was thoroughly accustomed to such scenes and asked blandly.
"Because the Endless Starry Sky is desolate and vast; there is no path to survival there."
"And the Eastern Extreme Demonic Sect... and the Immortal Sect, had always been known for keeping its word in the past, with outstanding political credibility. Perhaps it could preserve our sect, so this was also a path."
Ji Liuyue sighed deeply. "If the future Sword Child can ascend to near-immortal, then we chickens and dogs may