"Nascent Soul Late Stage?
Before an existence of that caliber, it probably wouldn't even be worth looking at.
What you may not know, Fellow Daoist, is that by regulation, the Hall Masters and Deputy Hall Masters of the various halls at the Cultivator Association headquarters must all be giants of the Half-Venerable Realm!
Those are terrifying figures with one foot already across the threshold of Spirit Transformation, utterly worlds apart from Nascent Soul cultivators!"
"So that's how it is!
Half-Venerable... no wonder, no wonder that merely releasing their aura was enough to make the magic power of us Golden Core cultivators stagnate and our souls feel ready to split.
That enforcement elder from the Ten Thousand Immortals Sect was a genuine Nascent Soul True Lord, yet didn't he obediently descend as well?"
"That isn't the point!
Ten Thousand Immortals City has always been the Ten Thousand Immortals Sect's private domain, managed as tightly as an iron bucket.
Though the Cultivator Association holds an exalted position, it rarely directly interferes with the internal affairs of immortal cities under the direct jurisdiction of various sects.
Yet today, they charged in so brazenly, forcibly took control, and even flew the banner of 'purging the remaining traitorous cultivators'...
Something earth-shattering must have happened to the Ten Thousand Immortals Sect!"
"Silence!
This is absolutely not something people like us can discuss.
Are the words 'traitorous cultivator' something one can casually get involved with?
One misstep, and the outcome will be body and soul utterly destroyed!"
"You are right to remind me, Fellow Daoist... I misspoke.
But with such a formation... I fear the heavens are about to change."
"Whether the heavens change is not for ants like us to fathom.
From this moment on, seal the Cave Mansion and activate every Restriction. Receive no visitors,