(Sigh, today's recommendation votes reached 115, setting a new record. The number of fellow cultivators reading the book is still growing. Once again, many thanks to fellow cultivator Zhuge Wuhou1 for the generous recommendation. Well, I'll add an extra chapter once the conditions are met.)
As more and more cultivators from the various sects gathered in Moonwatch City, the Rogue Cultivator Alliance held a brief discussion with the sect leaders to maintain order. They divided up areas at strategically important passes outside the city, at varying distances, and each group set up camp in its own area.
It wasn't until the next day that Lei Wantian and several other Golden Core Cultivators returned. Wei Litian was nowhere to be seen. The Golden Core Cultivators all looked grim, and the Foundation Establishment Cultivators and those with lower Qi Refining cultivation didn't dare so much as breathe too loudly, afraid of angering their ill-tempered seniors.
"All Foundation Establishment Cultivators, follow me!" Lei Wantian called to the crowd. He and the three other Golden Core Cultivators turned and headed into the heart of Soaring Heavens Palace's camp.
"The situation is dire. The forces attacking the Moonwatch Cultivation Realm aren't just from the Southern Wastelands and the Firmament; now there's also the Star Constellation Cultivation Realm. Our Moonwatch Cultivation Realm is strong enough to overwhelm any one of them, and could even fight two at once while holding the upper hand. But with all three realms allied, our very survival is at stake."
Next, a Golden Core Cultivator standing beside Lei Wantian—an elegant, beautiful, middle-aged woman named Duan Xinchi—announced a piece of grave news that left everyone present stunned: Mystic Leaf City was under siege. It was already surrounded by cultivators from other realms. Given Mystic Leaf City's importance to the Moonwatch Cultivation Realm,