Cost-Effectiveness

"It seems the Cloud Soaring Sect is planning a major offensive in this siege?"

Yu Xu looked at True Immortal Yun Zhen and the illusory immortals behind him, and said with a smile.

"Let's go all out?"

Yun Zhenzhen glanced at the forces such as the Tianhuo Sect, Fengyulou, and Longjian Sect who were gathered together discussing the second step of the battle plan, and then transmitted his voice. "If I said that I was only trying to protect our Yunxiao Sect and ensure that the people from Yunxiao Sect who participated in the encirclement could escape unscathed, would Elder Yu believe me?"

"This?"

Yu Xu was taken aback.

To ensure that those from the Yunxiao Sect who participated in the encirclement and suppression could escape unscathed, it was necessary to send out such a large force.

Yun Zhen Zhen Xian seemed to see through Yu Xu's thoughts and shrugged. "Actually, I've always felt that Crimson True Immortal was able to cultivate into a True Immortal, unlike someone who acts so recklessly. Without sufficient confidence, how could he dare to forcibly construct a cave heaven?"

"His confidence lies in quickly constructing and putting the grotto-heaven into operation, right?"

Yu Xu glanced in the direction of Baihe City: "Although the cave heaven cultivated by the Crimson True Immortal is not very perfect, it can already be used with difficulty. This speed of construction is quite amazing."

He said with a solemn expression, "Crimson is a supreme figure among True Immortals. Right now, with the amplification from the barely functioning cave heaven, his combat power is probably comparable to that of a Celestial Immortal Incarnation, which is to say, an unparalleled True Immortal. It is precisely because of this strength that he has made more than a dozen True Immortals on our side, including two peak True Immortals, dare not launch a rash attack."

"But he should know that if he wants to cause trouble in the Flame River Path, the Heavenly Fire Sect will never stand idly by. And if he wants to make the Heavenly Fire Sect fear him and back down, he must at least have the power of a Dao Lord, or at the very least, a Heavenly Dao that has been nurtured, just like the Creation Sect. If the Heavenly Fire Sect dares to push too far, it will activate the Heavenly Dao with all its might, violently depleting the spiritual energy of the Flame River Path, making it difficult for the Flame River Path to recover its vitality for hundreds of years."

Yun Zhenzhen's Path to Immortality.

Yu Xu understood what he meant. "Are you worried that Scarlet has a backup plan?"

Yun Zhen nodded and glanced at the lineup sent by the Creation Sect: "In short, it's the right choice that you don't intend to fight for benefits in this siege. Just stay in the back and cheer them on."

Yu Xu listened, glanced at Gu Jinlai, nodded, and said nothing more.

At this moment, Zi Ruyan of the Heavenly Fire Sect, Long Congyun, a peak True Immortal of the Dragon Sword Sect, and Dongming, a top True Immortal of the Wind and Rain Pavilion, seemed to have reached a conclusion.

At that moment, Zi Ruyan coldly addressed the crowd. "Although this operation is spearheaded by our Heavenly Fire Sect, aside from capturing the Crimson True Immortal and bringing him to justice, we will not interfere too much with the distribution of benefits in White River City. However, without rules, there can be no order. In this siege of the Red Cloud Sect, we will follow the principle of 'the more you do, the more you get.' According to our agreement, the one who captures the Crimson True Immortal alive will be the first to succeed, followed by destroying the Red Cloud Cave Heaven, and then killing the Red Cloud Sect elders..."

Zi Ruyan distributed them one by one.

Basically, whoever makes the most contributions will receive more benefits in Baihe City.

Although the stronger party would inevitably reap many benefits from this distribution method, none of the dozen or so forces present objected.

After the distribution was completed, Zi Ruyan said directly, "Since everyone has no objections, please get yourself ready so we can launch the final attack early tomorrow morning."

"Just as Sect Master Zi said."

Long Congyun and the others agreed.

At that moment, Zi Ruyan took the lead in leaving with Yanliu Zhenxian and others, while the other smaller forces also gathered in twos and threes, intending to leave as well.

Long Congyun, however, strolled up to Yu Xu and said with a smile, "What, your Creation Sect Master didn't come?"

"The sect leader is currently in seclusion and cultivating, so naturally he won't concern himself with such trivial matters."

Yu Xu said.

"Why go through all that trouble? Besides, what's the point of such strenuous cultivation? Resources are king. With enough resources, wouldn't your cultivation progress by leaps and bounds?"

Long Congyun looked at Yu Xu and smiled, "What our sect leader said earlier still stands. Although Jiang Yuxue is married, I remember that Sect Leader Jiang has a younger brother, Jiang Yukong. If he is willing to become a Daoist partner with one of the True Disciple dao companion of my Dragon Sword Sect and then establish his offspring as the next sect leader, our Dragon Sword Sect will definitely give full support to the Creation Sect and help you get through these difficult hundreds of years."

"We appreciate the Dragon Sword Sect's kindness. However, although our current situation is somewhat difficult, maintaining the status quo is not a problem. Although the Creation Heavenly Dao is not good at fighting, it can suppress ordinary Celestial Immortals with the help of Elder Ye."

Yu Xu did not lose her momentum.

Long Congyun shook his head, but turned his gaze to Gu Jinlai: "You are Jiang Yufeng, the third brother of Jiang Yujian, right? Your talent is even better than Jiang Yukong's. You don't want the heavy responsibility of the Creation Sect to fall entirely on your eldest brother's shoulders, do you? I heard that you are already the Dao Child of the Creation Sect. My Dragon Sword Sect is willing to let a Holy Maiden become your dao companion, and give you enough Thunder Magnetic Yuan Gold to help you overcome your tribulation. We will also lend you a top-grade Dao artifact to help you comprehend the Dao. As long as you agree, you can not only reduce the pressure on your brother, but also gain both wealth and a person. Why not?"

After saying that, he handed a jade talisman to Gu Jinlai: "You don't need to answer right away. Think it over carefully. When you've thought it through, you can contact me directly through this communication jade talisman."

After saying this, he led the Dragon Sword Sect members away in large strides.

"This Dragon Sword Sect... is plotting against my Creation Sect's 'Creation' Heavenly Dao?"

From Gu Jinlai, people have been asking questions while holding the communication jade talisman.

"This is almost common knowledge."

Yu Xu sneered, "In the sixty years since the internal war in our Creation Sect, we have lost 60% of our territory. Of that 60%, 30% fell into the hands of the Dragon Sword Sect. But they are clearly not satisfied and intend to completely annex our Creation Sect."

"Two medium-sized sects are fighting, and the Heavenly Fire Sect, or rather the Mo family, is not involved?"

There have been some surprises Gu Jinlai.

"This kind of struggle is limited to the level where no spiritual energy is used. The Heavenly Fire Sect is happy to watch us medium-sized sects fight amongst ourselves."

Yu Xu said angrily.

"What if we use the power of Heavenly Dao to disturb the spiritual mechanism?"

"Isn't the Dragon Sword Sect afraid of pushing our Creation Sect to this point? That's why they've been maintaining a gradual, piecemeal approach."

Yu Xu's expression turned somewhat grave as he said this, "But if one day our Creation Sect becomes so weak that the damage caused by disturbing the spiritual energy can be compensated by the Dragon Sword Sect, they might take forceful action."

Gu Jinlai nodded.

A flash of inspiration.

The Mohists' attitude was very clear.

No matter how you fight, if you can't reach the level of consuming spiritual energy, whoever starts the war and causes the consumption of spiritual energy will have to bear the responsibility.

If the Dragon Sword Sect were to actually attack the Creation Gate, the Creation Gate could activate the Heavenly Dao. At that time, even if the Dragon Sword Sect's Celestial Immortals were to take action, they would be suppressed by the Creation Gate.

If the Dragon Sword Sect also sends its Dao Lord to intervene, it will involve a battle of the Heavenly Dao.

Once the Heavenly Dao of the Creation Sect, the amount of spiritual energy consumed in the battle will be so enormous that even if the Dragon Sword Sect were to swallow the Creation Sect, it would still suffer a complete loss.

If the Creation Sect had been even more ruthless, destroying all their resource points and grotto-heavens before their defeat, the Dragon Sword Sect would have been left with nothing if the Lord of the Northern Region had investigated afterwards.

"Speaking of which, if the Dragon Sword Sect were powerful enough to crush our Creation Sect with overwhelming force, leaving us no chance to even activate the Heavenly Dao, wouldn't it be possible to take over the Creation Sect without paying any price?"

This Gu Jinlai.

"That's true, but how is that possible?"

Yu Xu shook his head. "You think the Creation Sect can't even activate the Heavenly Dao in time? Even the Dao Lord doesn't have that ability."

He was telling the truth.

The power of the Dao Lord is built upon the amplification of the Heavenly Dao.

Activating the Heavenly Dao requires drawing upon the spiritual energy of the grotto-heaven. This process causes the entire grotto-heaven to operate at full speed, creating such a commotion that everyone knows they are about to make a big move.

Moreover, there is a considerable distance between sects.

Even a powerful Dao Lord, if he hadn't moved his grotto-heaven there, would only be able to unleash combat power at the level of a peerless true immortal when his avatars were sent out to fight across tens of thousands of miles.

Of course, thanks to the foundation of the Dao Lord, they may have cultivated stronger supernatural Divine Ability, wielded top-grade Dao artifacts, and eventually reached the level of Celestial Immortals. However, it is still not an easy task for such power to break through the Creation Gate, which possesses the Creation Heavenly Dao, in a short period of time.

If the Creation Gate still harbors enough spiritual energy, it wouldn't be surprising if it eventually wore down the Dao Lord's avatar.

"The lack of inspiration has truly brought a fragile peace to the Xuanxian Realm."

A heartfelt sigh from Gu Jinlai.

The next day, sixteen major forces, led by the Heavenly Fire Sect, arrived at the city gates, outside the White River City shrouded in an array.

On the city wall, the Crimson Immortal seemed to appear, his powerful divine sense traversing the void. "I inherited the Bai family's legacy, and Baihe City was the location of the Bai family's sect three thousand years ago. Now, I am establishing a grotto-heaven in Baihe City and rebuilding the Bai family. It is only natural. Why are you all from the Heavenly Fire Sect forcing me like this? Does this Flame River Dao True Realm have become your Heavenly Fire Sect's private territory, and everything you do must be approved by the Heavenly Fire Sect?"

"Nonsense! The Bai family line has long been severed. Who knows where you came from to try and usurp my place?"

Zi Ruyan gave a cold and sharp shout, and then, without saying another word to the Crimson True Immortal, waved her hand and said, "Attack the city, destroy the sect."

Behind her, True Immortals from more than a dozen major forces stepped forward simultaneously, each holding a Dao artifact.

In particular, the Dao artifacts in their hands seemed to be a set, and under the guidance of the True Immortal Zi Ruyan, the radiance of the Dao artifacts manifested, forming a...

That is equivalent to a beam of light of ordinary great Divine Ability power being blasted towards the Red Cloud Sect.

This scene made Yu Xu, who was waving flags and shouting behind, sigh with emotion, "This is a complete set of Dao artifacts from the Heavenly Fire Sect, the Heavenly Flame Twelve Rings. When twelve True Immortals work together to activate it, the power it unleashes is no less than the great Divine Ability released when a True Immortal manifests his true form."

His eyes were filled with envy. "The key is that it consumes very little energy. With the power of twelve True Immortals, it is not an unrealistic expectation to launch hundreds of rounds of attacks. After hundreds of rounds, even the Crimson True Immortal, as the strongest True Immortal, would find it difficult to withstand and would have to rely on the spiritual energy accumulated in the cave heaven. And how much spiritual energy can a barely constructed cave heaven mobilize?"

From Gu Jinlai, it's just a twitch at the corner of the mouth.

That's it!?

This is the extent of an attack unleashed by twelve True Immortals working together?!

"Aren't they displaying their true immortal forms?"

"Only at the moment of life and death will True Immortals unleash their True Immortal form to deliver a fatal blow. To unleash the True Immortal form in ordinary combat would consume an enormous amount of energy. Others would only need to flee and retreat, and within a dozen breaths, you would collapse without a fight. This kind of Divine Ability, which consumes little energy but has great power, is the most effective Divine Ability when True Immortals are fighting."

Yu Xu advised him with an air of experience.

The twelve True Immortals who had besieged Baihe City Gu Jinlai glanced at it, and then thought about the Spiritual Qi scarce environment of the Xuanxian Realm...

He suddenly realized that in the Xuanxian Realm, the Eternal Furnace was the true divine skill.