Enemies Are Better Reconciled Than Kept at Odds

Lu Dengxian's expression changed.

However, the intelligence was still handed over to Zhang Liefeng.

This Supreme Elder has always been pessimistic about the conflict between Gu Jinlai and Dragon Sparrow Manor, unaware that he would see this intelligence...

"The entire Dragon Sparrow Manor was wiped out!?"

Zhang Liefeng was taken aback, and his reading speed noticeably increased.

Then, his expression changed. "Huo Yuqing... has fallen!? She was a peak True Lord, how could she have fallen!?"

He continued looking down in disbelief, his eyes widening in disbelief. "Dragon Sparrow Manor suffered a crushing defeat at the foot of Dragon Ascension Mountain?! Three True Lord, including Huo Yuqing, Long Xiangtian, and Ye Qianqiu, along with thirteen Nascent Spirit Transformation and over a thousand elite troops, were wiped out in a single battle?! How is this possible?!"

When he saw the last part of the intelligence report, "Gu Jinlai has led his troops to attack Dragon Roar City," he suddenly flung his sleeves and exclaimed, "Impossible! Absolutely impossible!"

"Huo Yuqing is dead?"

Lu Zhanxian appeared beside Zhang Liefeng with a single step, and took the intelligence report with a wave of his hand.

After a quick glance, even the top expert of the Purgatory Sect, a peak True Lord and one of the top ten experts of the Demonic Path, changed his expression drastically.

"Dragon Sparrow Manor has been completely defeated!? This..."

"Is Lu Zhanfeng joking?! How could the power of Star Province possibly defeat Longque Manor? With Huo Yuqing in charge, even in Gu Jinlai, it would not be an easy thing to destroy everything together."

Zhang Liefeng stared at Lu Dengxian with wide eyes. "Send a message immediately to inquire! What exactly happened!"

"Yes!"

Lu Dengxian knew that Lu Zhanfeng would never joke about such an important matter.

Zhang Liefeng questioned the report because the information contained in it was too shocking.

The fact that the Lingxiao City forces led by Gu Jinlai could defeat Longque Mountain Villa was already the limit of their imagination.

As for the complete annihilation of the three Nascent Primordial Spirit of Dragon Sparrow Manor, including Huo Yuqing, a peak Primordial Spirit, this...

I never dared to think of such a thing.

"Lingxiao City won!? They've won Gu Jinlai!?"

Liu Jingtao also strode forward. "Lu Zhanfeng would never dare to conceal such a major event. Could it be... that the three Primordial Spirit and twelve Nascent Spirit Transformation of Dragon Sparrow Manor have truly been killed Gu Jinlai..."

"Impossible."

Lu Zhanxian said in a deep voice, "Huo Yuqing, the Sparrow Sword Immortal, was a peak Nascent Primordial Spirit who had already made a name for herself a hundred years ago. Her strength is comparable to mine. In a full-force battle, I might be able to defeat her, but killing her would be as difficult as ascending to heaven! Her Spirit Sparrow Soaring Swan is an extremely fast sword technique. She was able to escape unscathed from the Battle of Celestial Person and Man back then. How could anyone in Gu Jinlai possibly kill her?"

He paused, then continued, "Unless..."

"Huo Yuqing is old and has lost more than one-tenth of her cultivation."

Zhang Liefeng picked up on Lu Zhanxian's guess. "The reason why Longque Manor pushed her out was just to bluff and scare Gu Jinlai! But Gu Jinlai saw through this by some means, so he did not hesitate to enter Jiangzhou territory and take advantage of the situation to destroy Longque Manor in one fell swoop."

Lu Zhanxian nodded.

This is the most factual guess.

But he still urged, "Send a message to Lu Zhanfeng immediately and get the first-hand information as quickly as possible."

"Yes."

Lu readily agreed and quickly went to do it.

Less than an incense stick's time after the sect leader of the Purgatory Sect sent out the message, Lu Zhanfeng received a new message.

This time, the three Grand Elders showed no restraint and quickly stepped forward to receive the information.

"A treasure of the Aries constellation!?"

Lu Dengxian suddenly realized.

"Is that so?"

Zhang Liefeng's expression changed several times. "In Gu Jinlai, they actually turned the tide with such a trump card, wiping out all the experts of Dragon Sparrow Manor, and even Huo Yuqing, a peak True Lord, died with regret."

"Reports indicate that Lingxiao City has stormed into Longxiao City and wiped out the main force of Longque Manor, and has now even occupied those palaces of Longque Manor..."

As Liu Jingtao spoke, his gaze shifted to Lu Zhanxian and Zhang Liefeng: "Does this mean..."

"Mean..."

Zhang Liefeng opened his mouth. "Dragon Sparrow Manor... is it over?"

As soon as he finished speaking, he seemed dazed.

Such a large manor, Dragon Sparrow Manor, just like that, it's gone?

Lu Zhanxian remained silent.

He looked toward Dragon Sparrow Manor, his expression somewhat wistful.

I have some feelings about this.

"Dragon Sparrow Manor."

The Ten Great Demon Sects and the Six Immortal Sects are theoretically all at the same level.

Or, to put it another way, they refer to the fourteen forces that survived the great battle between the Heavenly Immortal Palace and the Three Pure Ones Palace.

Although these fourteen forces can be further divided into forces with divine weapons and forces without divine weapons, and also belong to different camps...

But at least, everyone was equal in status back then.

But now...

A top-tier power that has been passed down for over six hundred years, an ancient sect founded by Celestial Person, has now been breached by Lingxiao City and destroyed by the Gu Jinlai. He still feels a sense of kinship and sorrow for the fallen.

"In the southern land, a new star is rising, with an unstoppable momentum."

Lu Zhanxian, "Perhaps in terms of foundation, Lingxiao City is not worth mentioning, but... as the first Heavenly Lord to be promoted in more than forty years, it Gu Jinlai represents a foundation!"

Zhang Liefeng opened his mouth, seemingly feeling that no matter Gu Jinlai, this emerging powerhouse could not compare to the top sects like theirs.

The fate of Dragon Sparrow Manor, which is on par with the Purgatory Sect, is right before our eyes.

Whatever he wanted to say, Lingxiao City had indeed accomplished something that even their Purgatory Sect could not.

So he shut his mouth and stopped talking nonsense.

"Inform the Yellow Spring Sect of this news; our standoff is now meaningless."

As Lu Zhanxian spoke, he turned to Liu Jingtao and said, "Elder Liu, I would like to trouble you to make preparations and go to Jiangzhou to express our congratulations from the Purgatory Sect... I hope... it won't have too much of an impact."

Liu Jingtao knew why Lu Taishang had sent him to Jiangzhou.

"He..."

After organizing his thoughts, the True Lord of the Primordial Spirit finally said, "He should understand our difficulties."

There is no need for the Purgatory Sect to send a message.

The Yellow Springs Sect paid just as much attention to the battle between Dragon Sparrow Manor and Lingxiao City as the Purgatory Sect.

Shortly after they received the intelligence, the four True Lord —Youquan Ancestor, Sansheng Ancestor, Xueyun Ancestor, and Wuyou Ancestor—located on another mountain peak of Jueyun Peak, had already received the information from Star Province.

Their only shortcoming is that they don't know what methods have been used Gu Jinlai.

Therefore, their guesses are more in line with what Long Xuanguang had previously thought.

"Dragon Sparrow Manor is gone."

"Celestial Person! Celestial Person! There must be Celestial Person Being behind Lingxiao City! It was their Celestial Person Being who made the move, otherwise, how could Lingxiao City have defeated Dragon Sparrow Manor, one of the Six Immortal Sects!"

"Lingxiao City... Gu Jinlai..."

The expressions of the Primordial Spirit True Lord changed as they looked toward Star Province, or rather, Jiangzhou, filled with deep apprehension.

After a while, everyone's gaze finally fell on Youquan.

"Senior brother, what's next..."

"Since someone Gu Jinlai behind him, it's impossible for him to completely obey the orders of the Purgatory Sect..."

As Youquan spoke, it seemed to confirm his suspicions. "That's right. Gu Jinlai name, he is the Supreme Elder of the Purgatory Sect, but the Purgatory Sect can't command him at all. There have even been conflicts between him and the Purgatory Sect. Some things that I couldn't understand before can now be understood by considering the fact that there is a Celestial Person being behind him."

After listening, the Three Lives Ancestor pondered for a moment and said, "Although we suspect that he has been aided by Celestial Person Gu Jinlai, he ultimately originated from the Purgatory Sect..."

"Born into the Purgatory Sect? If it weren't for that Celestial Person being's strong support, he would probably be dead at Lin Xiao's hands by now. And before that, the higher-ups of the Purgatory Sect turned a blind eye to Lin Xiao's actions. With these experiences, I don't believe the Purgatory Sect has much of a relationship with Gu Jinlai."

As Old Ancestor Youquan spoke, he sneered, "Friendships are all built through cultivation. Junior Brother, you should go to Jiangzhou on behalf of our Huangquan Sect and offer your congratulations to Gu Jinlai."

"We don't necessarily have to go that far."

The carefree patriarch frowned and said, "Don't forget, the Divine Sword Tournament will be held soon. No matter who becomes the Heavenly Sword Master, the ten sects of the Demonic Path will unite as one. So what if they have Celestial Person behind them Gu Jinlai?"

"It is better to resolve enmity than to create it. What you think in your heart is one thing, but whether you do it or not is another."

Ancestor Youquan looked at the group and said, "You don't want to provoke a Celestial Person Realm opponent, do you?"

His words silenced the several elders.

Celestial Person beings!

If Spirit Transformation Grandmaster might still have a chance to turn the tide against Primordial Spirit True Lord, then five or six Spirit Transformation Grandmasters unleashing their flying swords simultaneously would force even Primordial Spirit True Lord to avoid their attacks.

But the Celestial Person...

It's like an insurmountable chasm.

That's power in every aspect.

Let alone five or six Nascent Primordial Spirit True Lord, even if ten True Lord joined forces to set up a battle formation, they might not be able to defeat a Celestial Person Being.

In contrast, consider the relationship Celestial Person...

Killing the Ten True Lord would simply take some time.

After all, these ten True Lord cannot be in battle formation and stay together all the time.

If they relax even slightly, the Celestial Person beings can kill a True Lord in a very short time.

"I'll go to Jiangzhou right now."

The Three Lives Ancestor said.

Not just the Purgatory Sect and the Underworld Sect.

Yellow Heaven Sect and Cold Moon Sect, who had already mobilized their troops and deployed numerous armies to the border, withdrew their troops as quickly as possible after learning that the battle between Lingxiao City and Longque Manor had ended in a great victory, the Gu Jinlai.

Fearing that a slow pace might cause misunderstandings, the powerful governor of Star Province Gu Jinlai his attention to them.

Unlike Longque Manor, Yellow Heaven Sect and Cold Moon Sect were already facing their own troubles, and the watchful eyes of Demonic Beasts made it impossible for them to concentrate the strength of the entire sect on any one thing.

In this situation, if they were to provoke Gu Jinlai and attract the Star Province army to attack, their sect would be in danger of being destroyed under the combined attack from both sides.

Therefore, maintaining a good relationship with Gu Jinlai is the best option.

The Cold Moon Sect, in particular, used the guise of being allies to immediately send Fang Yumin with gifts to offer their congratulations.

The victor is king, the loser is a bandit.

No one would risk offending the currently powerful Lingxiao City for the sake of the Dragon Sparrow Manor, which is destined to become history.