As for why Shi Sha, the newly empowered cultivator, did not negotiate with the Returning Origin Sect and instead prioritized searching for Great Cultivator Hua Ying, that was also because he had no choice.
The Returning Origin Sect's demand was the "Serene Tranquility Forbidden Canon," but this Serene Tranquility Forbidden Canon, which fused the "Frost Condensing Divine Tome" and the "Icy Sky True Scroll," was not stored within the Azure Wave Sect.
As the Azure Wave Sect's only previous Peak Great Cultivator, Great Cultivator Hua Ying had chosen to study the "Serene Tranquility Forbidden Canon" first after obtaining it.
That was his right. In addition, Great Cultivator Yi Xiao had joined the Azure Wave Sect and gained no small amount of authority. Out of a certain special mentality, he did not want Great Cultivator Yi Xiao to see the "Serene Tranquility Forbidden Canon."
Originally, with Great Cultivator Hua Ying being a Peak Great Cultivator, keeping the "Serene Tranquility Forbidden Canon" on him was extremely safe. In the Cultivation World, aside from mighty beings, Peak Great Cultivators were the strongest combat force.
But who would have thought that Li Shiming would defeat Great Cultivator Hua Ying merely by sending out a Phantom Clone?
No Azure Wave Sect cultivator had seen the battle. The Azure Wave Sect cultivators below the Great Cultivator Realm had been overawed by the battle aura of Peak Great Cultivators and simply had no way to observe the battlefield.
As for the six Great Cultivators who were able to observe the battle, they had also been killed by the Golden Corpse Late Stage.
Since the Soul Lamp belonging to Great Cultivator Hua Ying within the Azure Wave Sect was still lit, Shi Sha believed that Great Cultivator Hua Ying's Nascent Soul had escaped.
Shi Sha also understood that