Making a Move

"Are there still remnants of the Red Cloud Sect hiding in White River City?"

Ye Yunguang was slightly taken aback upon hearing these words, then quickly said, "Everyone, the remnants of the Red Cloud Sect have been wiped out, and White River City is now under the control of our Creation Sect..."

"Can't you see? They simply want to blockade Baihe City and seize the Hongyun Sect's grotto-heaven. Quickly activate the grotto-heaven divine crystal!"

Before Ye Yunguang could finish speaking, Yu Xu had already sent a stern shout through his voice.

This reminder jolted Ye Yunguang awake, and he quickly took out the celestial crystal that had been refined with Daoist principles.

However, almost the instant he took out the Heavenly Crystal, a streak of light suddenly broke through the air and arrived at an incredible speed.

Immortal Yun Zhen, who was standing to the side, noticed the sudden attack of the stream of light immediately, but he moved and finally suppressed it, his expression cold.

"Not good!"

The remaining elders of the Creation Sect quickly discerned the whistling light and swiftly attempted to intercept it.

At this moment, Long Congyun let out a sharp cry, "As expected, there are still traitors! Sword Qi flashes!"

The power of a peak True Immortal erupted from his hand, and dozens of Sword Qi capable of posing a fatal threat to a Void Immortal, swept over the stream of light like a storm. Similarly...

It also intercepted all the illusory immortals from the Creation Gate who were heading towards that stream of light, forcing them to retreat hastily.

"Dragon Clouds!"

Ye Yunguang roared angrily and activated the Cave Heaven Divine Crystal immediately.

Before the Daoist essence within the Divine Crystal could disperse, the crystal was shattered instantly by the bombardment of the flowing light.

At the same time, the figure emitting the flowing light fled towards the Red Cloud Sect's cave at an extremely fast speed, seemingly wanting to use the cave's power to fight to the death.

"Stop him! Don't let him regain control of the cave! Everyone else, seal off Baihe City! Don't let him escape!"

At Zi Ruyan's command, the Heavenly Fire Sect Immortals behind her rushed towards the cave.

Judging from their appearance, they weren't after that illusory immortal.

They clearly wanted to take advantage of the chaos to forcibly seize control of the cave.

"You..."

Seeing the Divine Crystal of the Cave Heaven in his hand shattered, Ye Yunguang was both shocked and furious.

Anyone who wasn't blind could guess that the illusory immortal who shattered the celestial crystal in his hand and fled to the Red Cloud Sect's celestial realm was actually a master from the Heavenly Fire Sect in disguise.

This can be seen from the fact that it didn't take much time or effort for the experts from the Heavenly Fire Sect, Dragon Sword Sect, and Wind and Rain Pavilion to hunt him down.

But unfortunately...

Ye Yunguang had no way to solve the problem.

At that moment, Yu Xu suddenly appeared beside him and gave him a hard shove. "Quick, break out of Baihe City! Go outside Baihe City and send a message to the Supreme Elder!"

Ye Yunguang, who was pushed away, quickly reacted and then unleashed his movement Movement Method.

At this moment, the remaining Void Immortals quickly erected a barrier through an hastily arranged formation.

Three of the Void Immortals quickly blocked Ye Yunguang's path, saying, "The remnants of the Red Cloud Sect have not yet been identified. No one is allowed to leave White River City!"

Ye Yunguang wanted to rush out, but he couldn't break through the blockade of the three Void Immortals at all.

"What a piece of trash!"

Looking at this series of changes Gu Jinlai, I was speechless.

He had thought that Ye Yunguang's forceful rebuttal to True Immortal Yunzhen might indicate he had some hidden trump card, but...

That's it!?

Fortunately, True Immortal Yun Zhen and the Yunxiao Sect behind him considered that they came from the same sect and were unwilling to completely break ties with them, which allowed him to make a sophistry.

Otherwise, if the Heavenly Fire Sect could launch a surprise attack and destroy the Cave Heaven Divine Crystal, then True Immortal Yun Zhen could do the same.

Ultimately, he's all bullies at home.

"If this continues, this grotto-heaven might really fall into the hands of forces like the Heavenly Fire Sect and the Dragon Sword Sect..."

Gu Jinlai, all eyes have turned to the crowd rushing towards the grotto.

The next moment, his gaze turned to True Immortal Yun Zhen, and he transmitted his voice, "Is our previous agreement still valid?"

"Hmm? What does Daozi mean?"

Yun Zhenzhen was somewhat surprised.

"I have already taken control of this cave heaven. I can mobilize its power to amplify your combat strength, allowing you to force Zi Ruyan of the Heavenly Fire Sect and Long Congyun of the Dragon Sword Sect to retreat."

Speak frankly, Gu Jinlai.

Immortal Yun Zhen was somewhat incredulous. "You, mobilized the power of your grotto-heaven? A Mahayana Realm?"

The minimum standard for mobilizing the power of the grotto-heaven and spiritual energy is to be a virtual immortal.

"The Mahayana Realm is only a part of my cultivation. I also fortuitous opportunity cultivate the Innate Sacred Path as a protective technique back then. This is also why my elder brother has spared no effort in supporting me and made me his Dao Child."

Gu Jinlai, he immediately said, "Even though the Crimson True Immortal and the experts of White River City have all been killed by that mysterious Immortal Lord, you don't really think that a Mahayana Realm could suppress the chaotic White River City at that time, do you?"

Upon hearing this, Immortal Yunzhen suddenly understood.

He had previously found it extremely unreasonable that the Creation Sect had taken control of Baihe City. However, due to the close relationship between the Creation Sect and the Cloud Soaring Sect, despite their many doubts, they could only accept the explanations from Gu Jinlai and attribute the cause to luck.

Now it seems...

Where does all that good luck come from?

"One hundred Dao artifacts! Or one hundred thousand sets of top-tier materials! Our Cloud Soaring Sect will have no objections!"

Immortal Yunzhen immediately spoke.

"I don't need Dao artifacts or top-tier materials. I'm more interested in other resources, but let's talk about that after you've used the power of the cave to defeat the Heavenly Fire Sect, the Dragon Sword Sect, and the Wind and Rain Pavilion."

This Gu Jinlai.

As soon as he finished speaking, he entered the state of the Child of the Stars.

In this state, he instantly entered into a resonance with the Hongyun Sect's grotto-heaven. At the moment of resonance, the remaining spiritual energy in the grotto-heaven was completely drawn in and poured into Yun Zhen Zhenxian.

Almost simultaneously, True Immortal Yun Zhen also shouted, "Enough!"

His figure soared into the air, his aura rising steadily under the infusion of the power of the cave heaven. "Have you all forgotten the agreement we made before besieging Baihe City? Whoever seizes the Red Cloud Sect's interests belongs to them! Now, the Red Cloud Sect's cave heaven has been refined by my Cloud Soaring Sect, and Baihe City is also under my control. Are you all going to break the agreement and seize it by force?!"

"This is..."

The sudden change in the cave heaven instantly altered the expressions of Zi Ruyan, Long Congyun, and the others.

Seeing Yun Zhenzhen, the True Immortal, whose aura was rising steadily under the infusion of the power of the cave, the faces of the group showed disbelief.

"How is that possible!?"

"The Red Cloud Sect's cave heaven is so badly damaged, how could it be reactivated so quickly?"

"The Cloud Soaring Sect has taken control of this grotto-heaven so quickly!?"

Not only the Heavenly Fire Sect, Dragon Sword Sect, and Wind and Rain Pavilion, but even the members of the Creation Sect found it hard to believe.

Ye Yunguang, in particular, widened his eyes, his gaze filled with shock and a hint of anger.

They seem to regard Yun Zhenzhen as a thief, believing that they stole the cave heaven that originally belonged to the Creation Gate.

"Boom!"

The energy within the grotto was continuously poured into True Immortal Yun Zhen, quickly raising his aura to a level comparable to that of a peak True Immortal.

At this point, however, the dilapidated cave was clearly running out of steam.

After all, the cave was severely damaged, and even with deliberate repairs over the Gu Jinlai, it was still insufficient to withstand further damage.

And the peak True Immortal...

However, they might not be able to suppress Zi Ruyan and Long Congyun, who also possess peak True Immortal combat power.

"The competition for resources in this world is too crazy."

From Gu Jinlai, I have sighed with heartfelt emotion.

Immediately afterward, taking advantage of everyone's attention being drawn to True Immortal Yun Zhen, he directly threw a spirit crystal into the cave.

Spirit crystals are refined and extracted spiritual energy; a single spirit crystal is enough to activate the Heavenly Dao once.

Although the duration was short, it was enough to prove the miraculous power of the spirit crystal.

As the cave absorbed the power of the spiritual crystal, Yun Zhen, who had been amplified to the peak of True Immortal, was further strengthened, directly reaching the level of Supreme True Immortal, or even approaching the level of Peerless True Immortal.

The overwhelming pressure emanating from his entire body spread outwards, causing even Zi Ruyan and Long Congyun to feel fear.

"What, are the people from the Heavenly Fire Sect, Dragon Sword Sect, and Wind and Rain Pavilion still unwilling to retreat? Do they insist on causing a huge disturbance, even to the point of fighting to the death, before they are satisfied?!"

Yun Zhenzhen stared at the two leading True Immortals, Zi Ruyan and Long Congyun, and said sternly, "Too many people have died today. I don't want to commit any more killings. Don't force me to take action!"

The two sensed the aura of True Immortal Yun Zhen...

The most powerful true immortal!

Approaching the level of a peerless true immortal!

With this kind of strength, they absolutely cannot regain control of the Red Cloud Sect's cave in a short period of time, and their blockade of White River City is also unlikely to last.

If we wait a while longer, experts from the Creation Sect and the Cloud Soaring Sect will inevitably arrive in droves. Unless they launch a major war that affects all forces in the Flame River Path, this matter will be difficult to resolve.

If a major war were to sweep across the Flame River, it would inevitably attract the intervention of the Mo Clan, the rulers of the Northern Region, at which point the situation would be beyond their control.

With this in mind, some forces that had followed Zi Ruyan and Long Congyun had quietly retreated a distance and were having second thoughts.

Even if it's as purple as smoke...

Although she was somewhat unwilling, she could only sigh in her heart and say, "Since the Red Cloud Sect's cave and White River City have been taken over by the Cloud Soaring Sect, according to our previous agreement, we will naturally not interfere any further."

After saying that, she cupped her hands in greeting. "I hereby congratulate everyone in the Cloud Soaring Sect on acquiring another grotto-heaven."

"Thank you, Sect Master Zi."

Yun Zhenzhen looked at Long Congyun again.

Long Congyun gazed at the dilapidated cave of the Red Cloud Sect for a moment, seemingly considering whether he could outlast True Immortal Yun Zhen until the spiritual energy within the cave was exhausted.

However, he could sense that True Immortal Yun Zhen's strength was almost that of a peerless True Immortal, and considering that the Heavenly Fire Sect was no pushover either, he didn't dare to take a gamble for fear of being taken advantage of.

He then cupped his hands in greeting and said, "Congratulations, True Immortal Yun Zhen. Farewell."

As soon as he finished speaking, he turned and left.

With his departure, the remaining forces, which didn't even have a True Immortal, naturally dared not linger in front of a powerful True Immortal who had clearly intended to expel them.

If you have a good relationship with someone, say a few kind words.

If the relationship is bad, just turn around and leave.

Before long, these forces withdrew one by one, and the simple blockade of Baihe City was also completely lifted.