"Let's choose Cloud Province. There's no Overlord-Level Faction there. It originally had eight top factions with Top Grandmasters, but now it's down to seven. Compared with the other prefectures in the Central Thirty-Six Prefectures, it'll be easier to establish ourselves there."
Supreme Elder Gu Changqing pondered for a moment before making his decision.
"Begin preparing to relocate. We have five days. We must leave in five days at the latest, or it may be too late."
"Yes, Supreme Elder."
Everyone nodded in assent.
Almost as soon as the Azure Profound Sect received news that the Profound Heaven Sect had destroyed the four sects of Nanchuan Prefecture, the other six top factions in Qingyang Prefecture received the same news.
The Nether Pavilion.
"The four sects of Nanchuan Prefecture have all been destroyed? Sect Master, is this news reliable?"
Li Wushang asked, his face pale.
"The news has been checked repeatedly. There's no mistake."
Ling Wuyuan's face was grim.
"They gave them no chance to survive. They struck them down without hesitation. The Profound Heaven Sect is far too domineering."
Li Wushang's pupils contracted sharply in his pale face.
The other two top factions of Xiling Prefecture had occupied the same prefecture as the Profound Heaven Sect and had long-standing grudges with it. Their destruction was not beyond understanding.
But the four sects of Nanchuan Prefecture had not shared a prefecture with the Profound Heaven Sect. There should have been no grudges between them, yet the Profound Heaven Sect had still destroyed them without mercy.
That made the Profound Heaven Sect's ruthlessness and tyranny plain to see. Grudge or no grudge, it left no path to survival. It wiped them out to the last.
"Nanchuan Prefecture is now the Profound Heaven Sect's territory. Qingyang Prefecture will likely be its next target,