"Do you really think a sect with so little strength can keep us, its subordinate forces, safe in the Endless Sea?"
"Their strongest member has only reached Minor Accomplishment in the Combining Dao Realm. How could they protect us?"
Those few words brought hesitation into the eyes of the two Elders from the Sun Family and Sea Prosperity Pavilion, who had already made their decision.
Yang Dingtian caught that hesitation in both their eyes, and wild delight surged through him.
He struck while the iron was hot, not daring to delay. Suddenly, he raised his arm and shouted.
"A pack of natives from the Dao-Merging Grounds, none stronger than the Combining Dao Realm, dare call themselves leaders of an Immortal Sect? They truly have a death wish."
"From now on, if you want to honor them as an Immortal Sect, that's your business."
"They can't even keep their subordinate sects safe. The Talisman Sect, for one, won't play house with those children anymore."
"The Talisman Sect will stand on its own. We will no longer answer to the so-called Heavenly Evolution Immortal Sect."
"Instead, we will become a new force poised to rise in the vast, boundless Endless Sea."
As his words fell, Yang Dingtian swept his gaze across the faces of the Talisman Sect Disciples.
When he found that not one of them dared challenge what he had said, the stone hanging over his heart finally dropped.
"Such big talk. I'd like to see who gave you the nerve to speak that way to the Heavenly Evolution Immortal Sect!"
Just then, a young man's impassive voice carried from far beyond the Talisman Sect's gates, in the direction of the Endless Sea.
At the sound, many of those standing in a daze snapped back to themselves and hurriedly looked toward