After Ling Tian and the others spread those rumors, many experts in the God Realm began targeting the Heavenly One Path and the Mo Family. This eased the pressure on Soul Severing Cliff considerably. In particular, after the experts of Soul Severing Cliff made an example of one troublemaker by "killing the chicken to scare the monkeys," even the minor clashes stopped.
Of course, the people of the God Realm only refrained from attacking because they feared Soul Severing Cliff's strength. And now they had two even bigger suspects—the Mo Family and the Heavenly One Path. That didn't mean Soul Severing Cliff had cleared its name.
As the saying went, people picked on the softest persimmon. Soul Severing Cliff and Fengyun Pavilion were the hardest persimmons in the God Realm, while the Mo Family and the Heavenly One Path were comparatively much softer.
Under such tremendous pressure, the Po Family Brothers and Chi Xue began to strike back. They continued spreading rumors that Fengyun Pavilion and Soul Severing Cliff had joined forces, and that after forming an alliance, they would make it almost impossible for the other experts of the God Realm to obtain the Phoenix Soul Fruit. They also spread rumors that Fengyun Pavilion and Soul Severing Cliff had already obtained it. The best proof, they claimed, was that neither sect had sent experts into Beast Soul Valley.
In addition, the major forces of the God Realm and the Rogue Cultivators remained wary of an alliance between Fengyun Pavilion and Soul Severing Cliff. In their minds, if the two sects joined forces, they would have no chance of obtaining the Phoenix Soul Fruit. So they had to find every possible way to target them. Only by wiping them out would they have a chance.
With that in mind, although