Nine Splendor Sword Sect Seals the Mountain! The Zhang Family's Misunderstanding!

He just stood there, motionless.

He let the wind and rain wash away the blood and grime from his face.

Black blood continued to flow from the deep, bone-revealing wound on his chest, which constantly emitted black energy.

But Hua Shisan paid no attention to it.

At this moment, his heart ached even more, ached to the extreme.

Scenes of my time with my Senior Sister flashed through my mind.

Two lines of bloody tears flowed unnoticed down her face.

"Senior Sister..."

His black hair turned white at a visible rate.

Jian Yuntian looked at Hua Shisan, whose eyes were glazed over, opened his mouth, but didn't know what to say.

He knew some of Hua Shisan's past, but as a junior, he couldn't say anything.

The most important thing right now is to appease the remaining disciples of the sect.

Dragging his heavily injured body, he flashed to the sect's martial arts arena.

Looking at the remaining less than 30% of the elders, deacons, and disciples.

Jian Yuntian clenched his fists tightly, his eyes bloodshot.

I wish I could rush to the Soul Devouring Cult's lair and fight them to the death right now!

But he knew he couldn't.

Zhou Tianjian staggered over and knelt before Jian Yuntian.

His voice trembled as he said, "Master..."

"Clean up the battlefield, heal the wounded, and rebuild the great formation!" Before he could finish speaking, Jian Yuntian's hoarse but unquestionable voice rang out.

He glanced at the blood-stained landscape, "Sword Sect Lu Qinghan! Zhu Jingyi!"

To protect the sect, I will sacrifice myself to vanquish evil!

Their will is as firm as a mountain, their spirit as sharp as a sword!

Enter the Ancestral Mausoleum of the sect, and forever guard Jiuhua Mountain!

"Furthermore... From this day forward, the Nine Splendor Sword Sect will be closed for a hundred years to recuperate and rebuild!"

Within a hundred years, no disciple may leave the mountain unless there is an urgent matter.

A century later, the mountain gates will reopen, and disciples will be accepted from far and wide!

The sound reached everyone's ears, and a somber look appeared on everyone's face.

But they knew this was the best option for the Sword Sect at the moment.

There was no resentment, only helplessness.

A month later, the Nine Splendor Sword Sect held a memorial ceremony.

The area around Sword Mountain no longer resembles the Decline scene it had a month ago.

There were no more Blood Sacrifice, no more broken walls and ruins, no more Corpse Mountain and seas of blood.

Only the Sword Sect 'Ancestral Mausoleum has more tombstones now.

Everything seemed to be back on track.

Various Immortal City.

Occasionally, green grass sprouts from the ruins.

Wildflowers quietly bloom between the broken walls.

All the signs are telling a timeless truth:

After destruction, there will be new life.

The land watered with blood will eventually bloom with the most magnificent flowers.

Canglan Immortal City, Center.

A magnificent building still stands intact in its original location.

It showed no signs of damage whatsoever.

Bai Zijing sat in the elegant room as always, but this time he did not play the zither, instead gazing out the window towards the Nine Splendor Sword Sect.

The sound slowly began to emerge.

Four Nascent Soul and nearly a thousand Golden Core cultivators perished.

After this battle, the cultivation world of the Heavenly Dragon Sea Domain will likely not recover for several hundred years.

The Nine Splendor Sword Sect has been in seclusion for a hundred years, and the Soul Devouring Cult has also retreated into hiding.

This sea area will soon become chaotic.

Without a dominant power to oversee things, the forces in the North and South Seas will certainly not let go of this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.

They will inevitably interfere.

Uncle Gu, which force do you think will be the ultimate winner in this chaotic world?

Bai Zijing looked at Gu Yuan, a hint of a smile in his eyes.

Hearing this, Gu Yuan also became interested.

A thoughtful expression appeared on his usually calm face.

After a moment, he spoke, "I guess it's still the Nine Splendor Sword Sect."

Although the Nine Splendor Sword Sect suffered heavy losses, its foundation, built up over ten thousand years, is unmatched by any other force.

As for the Soul Devouring Cult, although their evil arts are powerful, they are unpopular.

Not everyone has the strong will to resist the aftereffects of evil practices.

As for other forces, even if any of them were lucky enough to gain the support of other sea-dominant powers, they would still be no match for the Nine Splendor Sword Sect.

Even a severely injured tiger is a sick tiger, not a sick cat.

Upon hearing this, Bai Zijing smiled without saying a word, only shaking his head slightly.

He picked up the teacup filled with Spirit Tea from the table, blew on it, and took a sip.

Seeing this, Gu Yuan frowned slightly, pondered for a moment, and then spoke again:

"That is the Eastern Lan Wei Clan. In terms of foundation and strength, the Eastern Lan Wei Clan is the strongest besides the Nine Splendor Sword Sect."

Only the Wei family possesses the strength to rival the Nine Splendor Sword Sect.

Bai Zijing smiled, shook his head, chuckled softly, and stood up.

Standing by the window, watching the people rebuilding the Immortal City, he slowly said, "I guess the ultimate winner will be neither the Nine Splendor Sword Sect nor the Eastern Lan Wei Clan, but the Xuanxiao Zhang Clan!"

Upon hearing this, Gu Yuan was greatly alarmed!

He subconsciously retorted:

"How is this possible! How could it be the Zhang Family!"

The Zhang Family currently consists of only one cultivator who has just broken through to the Late Golden Core and one mutant monkey demon who Golden Core Mid Stage.

"Our strength is even inferior to that of the Bihai Immortal Sect, how can we possibly compete with the Eastern Lan Wei Clan and the Nine Splendor Sword Sect?"

Bai Zijing had anticipated Gu Yuan's reaction.

Gu Yuan himself was Nascent Soul Cultivator, so he naturally understood the difference between Nascent Soul and Golden Core.

Although there is only one realm separating them from the Golden Core stage, it is like an insurmountable chasm!

Even if the physical body is destroyed upon breaking through to the Nascent Soul, as long as the Nascent Soul remains intact, one will not die.

Of course, someone like Lu Qinghan who self-destructed his nascent Nascent Soul had no chance of survival, not even the opportunity to be reincarnated.

What qualifications does a Golden Core cultivator have to compete with Nascent Soul cultivator?

"Since Uncle Gu doesn't believe it, then we'll wait and see..."

Unlike the tranquility of the Nine Splendor Sword Sect, the peaceful life of the Xuanxiao Mountain Zhang Clan in the Penglai Islands was interrupted by a letter.

The Lineage Main Hall.

Zhang Hongzhan urgently summoned the Great Elder Zhang Zujun, the Fourth Elder Zhang Zu'an, Zhang Hongyan who had broken through to the Foundation Establishment, and Zhang Hongkai who was in charge of the Xuanxiao Merchant Guild.

Of course, there are also the deputy leaders selected by each of the various branches.

At this point, their cultivation of Hundred Arts of Cultivation had reached the First-grade Top-tier.

It's not far from being Second Stage.

Since the heads of each hall are not present at the meeting, they will naturally attend on their behalf.

However, there are no junior members with the Xuan Generation.

Among the Xuan Generation, apart from Zhang Xuanbing and Zhang Xuanchen, the rest either lack talent or are too young to have truly matured.

It will take some time before he becomes a pillar of the Lineage.

At this moment, there was a letter on the table in front of Zhang Hongzhan, which had just been delivered from Horizon Restaurant.

The letter contained speculation that the Bihai Immortal Sect might attack the Zhang Family, urging the Lineage to recall its members as soon as possible and activate the Sect Protecting Grand Array to await Zhang Chongxian and the others' return.

No one knew what had happened; they simply turned their attention to Zhang Hongzhan.

With Zhang Xuanchen absent, Zhang Hongzhan, the Acting Clan Leader, became the backbone of the clan.

They simply need to obey orders.

Once everyone had arrived, Zhang Hongzhan, without the slightest hesitation, ordered, "Summon all clansmen Family General back, and retrieve heavenly materials and earthly treasures from Lineage clan's industrial strongholds scattered throughout the various Market Ward and Immortal City."

Immediately, right now!

Upon hearing this order, surprise and confusion were evident in the eyes of everyone in the Lineage.

Then, as if he had just thought of something, he realized something.

In recent years, the Soul Fire in the Lineage Ancestral Hall has been going out one after another, and this time we saw Zhang Hongzhan do the same.

A possibility arose in my mind.

That means the Ancestor and all the elders have perished.

Otherwise, how could the Acting Clan Leader possibly issue such an order?

Thinking about this, everyone felt like their world had collapsed.

Some people even knelt on the ground and burst into tears.

"Ah, Ancestor, how could you have perished like this!"

"Master, I didn't want to be promoted so early! How could you die like this? Waaah~"

"Ah..."

"Father, you haven't given me your Storage Bag yet, how can you die out there..."

Zhang Hongzhan was taken aback when he heard the cries of his clansmen.

No?!

What does this even mean?

Some Lineage have died, but not everyone has.

At that moment, he realized that what he had just said was somewhat problematic.

He didn't blame them, after all, if what they said really happened, Zhang Hongzhan wouldn't be able to stand still either.

He slapped the table and said in a deep voice:

"Shut up, all of you!"

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