Since Chi Xue had used rumors to deal with him, Ling Tian naturally refused to back down. He struck back with rumors of his own, spreading the news that Chi Xue and the others had captured the core disciples of various sects and powers. The entire God Realm was once again in an uproar.
As the Lingxiao Pavilion disciples took action, Divine Sword Cliff did as well. They openly declared that several of their cultivators had gone missing and that, based on various clues, they had determined Chi Xue and Po Tian were behind it, having secretly cultivated people of their own. They even sent Sword Venerable and the others out to capture some people. Those captives were indeed among the people Chi Xue and Po Tian had secretly cultivated.
It was hardly difficult for the intelligence agencies of Divine Sword Cliff and Lingxiao Pavilion to track down the perpetrators. Sword Venerable was a Quasi-Sage expert, and one of the strongest among Quasi-Sages at that. The perpetrators, meanwhile, were only cultivators at the Great Perfection stage of Saint God. Once their whereabouts were discovered, capturing them was easy.
If it had been nothing but rumors, that would have been one thing. Even if the God Realm suspected Chi Xue and Po Tian, suspicion alone was all they had. But now there was evidence, giving everyone a reason to act. For a time, the God Realm rang with calls to condemn Chi Xue and the others. Some people even attacked members of Heavenly One Path and the Mo Family in secret, clearly seeking revenge.
The entire God Realm grew even more turbulent. Chi Xue and the others had practically become public enemies.
Chi Xue was clever enough to claim publicly that he had been framed, and that the people captured by