Chi Yi, one of the two late Integration stage cultivators in the Yuanfeng Empire, had always thought highly of himself. He had never taken mid or early Integration stage cultivators seriously.
With his current abilities, he was already capable of shattering the void and triggering the Ascension Heavenly Tribulation.
The reason he had never attempted ascension was that the Ascension Heavenly Tribulation was simply too perilous. Late Integration stage cultivators merely possessed the conditions to shatter the void and trigger the Ascension Heavenly Tribulation. As for having the confidence to survive the tribulation and ascend to the Upper Realm, that was by no means a certainty.
Let alone late Integration stage cultivators, even peak Integration stage cultivators could hardly claim to have complete confidence in enduring the tribulation's baptism and ascending to the Upper Realm.
As the Supreme Ancestor of the Hidden Cloud Sect, Chi Yi naturally knew the sect's consistent stance toward Manghuang Mountain.
Although Manghuang Mountain claimed that it would let bygones be bygones, that was merely what they said in public. If Manghuang Mountain truly grew as powerful as the Hidden Cloud Sect, whether it would rally its cultivators to attack the Hidden Cloud Sect then was something no one could say for certain.
Given Chi Sha and Haoxuan's usual dispositions, they naturally favored wiping out Manghuang Mountain while it was still in its cradle.
Even though Manghuang Mountain now had several early Integration stage cultivators, and Qin Fengming was actually capable of facing Haoxuan head-on, in Chi Yi's eyes, everyone from Manghuang Mountain was still no more than a paper tiger.
What Chi Yi had never expected was that although Old Demon Fan of the Tianxuan Sect, the person he feared most, had not attended Manghuang Mountain's celebration, two mid-Integration-stage cultivators from the Azure Nether Sect