Purging the Infiltrators

"How could this have happened? What happened?" A strange look flashed through Uncle Ning Suxin's eyes. His earlier inference could not have been wrong. Heavenly Sword Sect had obtained this newly discovered ownerless Heavenly Spirit Secret Realm; if they could make it acknowledge an owner, its benefits to the sect's disciples would be extraordinary. The sect elders could not possibly have been unaware of this, yet they had now set the matter aside. Something else of greater importance must have occurred to make them change their original intentions!

"This is not a place to talk. Come with me." Ning Suxin looked around, then led her uncle and Ye Tian to a secluded place where no one was nearby before explaining the reason.

"Do you know why the disciples previously sent into the secret realm to search for the core of the inner region have all vanished without a trace? It is because quite a few Rogue Cultivators still occupy that ownerless Heavenly Spirit Secret Realm. The disciples we sent in have all been captured by them. Just now, they released one of our Heavenly Sword Sect disciples to deliver a message on their behalf, demanding that Heavenly Sword Sect abandon its plan to monopolize this Heavenly Spirit Secret Realm."

"How could that be?" Uncle Ning Suxin's expression froze. Never in his wildest dreams had he expected such a reason to be what made the elders change their minds.

"Rogue Cultivators inside?" Ye Tian's attention was focused elsewhere.

"That is right. You should know how Heavenly Sword Sect came to obtain this Heavenly Spirit Secret Realm. Those Rogue Cultivators discovered it years ago and had kept it for themselves all along, using it for cultivation and trials. Every one of them possesses considerable cultivation. Unfortunately, some rifts seem to have arisen