The immense pressure brought by the Thousand Faces Sect had made these Southern Bright Sect cultivators almost forget their original purpose.
Unifying the Southern Bright Region, welcoming the Sage's return...
The greatest problem before these Southern Bright Sect cultivators now was how to survive.
In fact, the Thousand Faces Sect cultivators who placed the most pressure on them were comparatively more merciful in their attacks.
So long as the Southern Bright Sect cultivators did not employ forbidden arts to push their strength beyond the limits human cultivators could reach, those Thousand Faces Sect cultivators would often refrain from killing them outright.
The ones slaughtering Southern Bright Sect cultivators most ruthlessly were instead disciples of cultivation sects such as Glazed Mountain, Listening Willow Temple, Purple Sky Sect, and Pear Blossom Pavilion.
No matter what, the Southern Bright Sect cultivators were being driven ever further into a dead end.
"If..."
The Divine Ability Realm cultivator in a dark red Daoist robe, who appeared to be in his forties, spoke. His fingers had been stroking the short blade at his waist all this time, as though he were wavering, unable to make his final decision.
"If Qin Tian doesn't return, should we continue to remain in the Southern Bright Region, or..."
Flee.
Their current circumstances truly were despairing.
True Lord Liyao was nowhere to be found, Southern Bright Sect cultivators had enemies on every side, and the number of Southern Bright Sect cultivators once hidden throughout every corner of the Southern Bright Region had plummeted from over a hundred thousand to fewer than a thousand.
All of this had happened in the short span of three years.
The old man's expression grew somewhat solemn at those words.
"Serving the Southern Bright Sage and welcoming the Sage back into heaven and earth is the