"The Heavenly Evolution Immortal Sect?"
Yang Dingtian could not help curling his lip, his face full of disdain.
"Bullshit. The Heavenly Evolution Immortal Sect is ancient history from over a hundred thousand years ago."
"Never mind you and me. Even your ancestors probably hadn't been born back then."
"The Nine Sons of the Endless Sea add up to eight sects. There's no damned Heavenly Evolution Immortal Sect."
With a few words, he had thrown the Sun Family elder's and the Sea Prosperity Pavilion elder's earlier claims back in their faces.
After all, even the strongest person present had only one foot in the Great Vehicle Realm. How could any of them have witnessed secrets handed down from ancient times?
Seeing that he had left the two elders speechless, Yang Dingtian withdrew his gaze in satisfaction.
Then his eyes grew colder and sharper.
"Fellow Daoists, if you ask me, it's better to rely on ourselves than beg others."
"Since the immortal sects of the Nine Sons of the Endless Sea have openly declared they'll no longer protect us, we can't simply sit here waiting for death."
"I say our three factions should join forces and form an entirely new sect."
"With our strength, we might not leap straight into the ranks of powers as formidable as the Nine Sons of the Endless Sea. But on this vast, boundless Endless Sea, we'd have more than enough power to protect ourselves and the families behind us."
"What do you all think?"
The moment he finished speaking, Yang Dingtian swept his piercing gaze across the crowd, already eager to hear their answers.
Uncomfortable under his searching stare, the Sun Family and Sea Prosperity Pavilion elders came to their senses and hurriedly discussed the matter through secret transmissions.
Before bringing their families and the pavilion's