The God Realm had descended into chaos over the Phoenix Soul Fruit. After the cultivators from Soul Severing Cliff, the Gu Family, and Divine Sword Cliff had set out, large numbers from the Mo Family, Heaven's One Path, and the other major sects also left their headquarters and headed for the northern region of the God Realm. Needless to say, cultivators from the other factions and the many Rogue Cultivators were doing the same. By a rough estimate, three-tenths of the cultivators on Chi Xue's side who had been stationed in the central region of the God Realm had already left their sect headquarters, and more were still departing as time went on.
Although Chi Xue's side had enough strength to defend their headquarters, losing three-tenths of their forces all at once would greatly weaken their defenses. With their true strength, Ling Tian and the others could now capture and destroy them.
That was exactly why Fairy Sword was so excited. After this operation, none of their troubles would be a problem anymore.
"Brother Ling, since so many of Chi Xue's people have left their posts, can we make our move now?" Gu Ao asked. "Though the forces they've left behind are still strong, it wouldn't be too hard for us to capture their headquarters. At worst, we could use the same feint to the east and attack in the west. And once we've taken the first headquarters, the rest will be even easier."
The feint-to-the-east-and-attack-in-the-west tactic would split the forces defending Chi Xue's headquarters. That would make it much easier for Ling Tian and the others to break through.
The reason they said it would be easier after they took the first headquarters was that Ling Tian and the others had already decided to kill as many of Chi