While Wang Yue was overseeing the spirit stone mine and using its spirit stones to replenish the formations in various locations, a great battle between the Seven Sects and the Six Sects of the Demonic Path broke out near Yan Family Fortress.
After the Demonic Path's plot at Yan Family Fortress was exposed, word spread that the fortress had sided with them. The righteous cultivators were thrown into a panic, and the major sects quickly gathered to discuss what to do. The result, of course, was to send people to resist the Demonic Path. The two sides clashed fiercely near Yan Family Fortress. At first, they were evenly matched, but then Cloud Dew Old Demon of the Hehuan Sect personally arrived at the front lines. The Seven Sects could no longer hold out, and began to retreat.
At that point, the sects among the Seven Sects that refused to surrender even gave the order to withdraw.
Unlike the other sects, which fled outright, Yellow Maple Valley was split into three groups by Old Ancestor Linghu.
One group fled directly to the Nine Nations Alliance with Old Ancestor Linghu. Another stayed behind to resist to the death at Yellow Maple Valley, while the last fled with Hong Fu.
Wang Yue had finished replenishing the spirit stones in the formations around the various locations, but he returned to Yellow Maple Valley a little late. As a result, he ended up among those who stayed behind.
By the time Wang Yue arrived, Hong Fu and her group had already left. He watched Old Ancestor Linghu depart from Yellow Maple Valley, then immediately activated the formation himself. At the same time, he sent disciples from the Seven Profound Sect to the various sects to take possession of their assets.
Just as Wang Yue activated