The six Origin Core cultivators of the Cloudsoaring Sect who had colluded with outside forces, launched a rebellion, and exterminated Han Yi's faction were six in total!
Other than the three Origin Core cultivators, including Han Yi, who had defected to the Vermilion Bird Pavilion, the remaining three had taken part of the Cloudsoaring Sect's assets and separately sought refuge with three major immortal sects guarded by Divine Bridge True Lords. Their fates, however, were not much better.
After the Divine Bridge factions sheltering them gradually learned of the Vermilion Bird Pavilion's plight, they turned their backs on them before Yang Jingmu could even come knocking. They stripped the three former Cloudsoaring Sect Origin Core cultivators of their Guest Elder status and drove them from their mountain gates...
In the final analysis, cultivation factions like the Vermilion Bird Pavilion had already digested the Cloudsoaring Sect's assets and filled their coffers to bursting. They had no desire to go toe-to-toe with an unburdened Divine Bridge Realm cultivator over several Origin Core Realm Guest Elders—outsiders from another sect with the stain of rebellion on them!
Several years later, the remaining three rebellious Origin Core cultivators also fell one after another to Yang Jingmu's hand.
However, the four Divine Bridge factions, including the Vermilion Bird Pavilion, did not hand over the Origin Core disciples who had participated in the Cloudsoaring Sect's internal strife.
After all, they were genuine sect disciples and upper-echelon members of their respective factions, not in the same position as the Cloudsoaring Sect Origin Core cultivators who had sought refuge with them. If they yielded to pressure and handed them over to Yang Jingmu, setting aside the loss of face for Divine Bridge factions, their other disciples would also become alienated and disheartened. It would be a legacy of endless