Several days later, the Cloud Water Sect suddenly halted all preparations for relocation.
Not only did they cease preparing to leave, they instead summoned and gathered the sect disciples under their command, as well as the cultivators within their sphere of influence.
They contracted their defensive lines and concentrated their elite forces.
At tremendous resource expenditure, they established an exceptionally sturdy line of defense near the Cloud Water Mountain Range!
This move of shrinking their sphere of influence, contracting their defenses, and concentrating their strength seemed to signal that they were preparing to fight a head-on war against the Abyssal Demons!
This sudden turn of events
caused no small stir throughout the Cloud Water Sect, and even cultivators outside the sect discussed Cloud Water Sect's actions heatedly.
Especially when word spread that this order had come from the Great Power, Myriad Transformations Dao Venerable, above,
the discussions grew even more intense.
Anyone with clear eyes could see
that those above had no intention of abandoning the sect's foundation.
There were those who supported it,
believing that their ancestors' legacy could not be abandoned lightly.
There were also those who opposed it,
believing the Abyssal Demons to be far too powerful, that their homeland could not be defended, and that preserving a single spark of inheritance should take priority.
The latter view
clearly held the majority.
Under the current circumstances, despair outweighed hope in the hearts of many.
The tumult outside
had nothing to do with Zhang Qingyuan at this moment.
By then, Zhang Qingyuan had already entered the Cave Heaven Secret Realm of the Cloud Water Sect and begun another round of seclusion cultivation.
He was preparing to raise his strength.
"Which part should I absorb first?"
Zhang Qingyuan pondered.
There had been too many gains from the Taiyi Sect