To truly destroy a sect, simply demolishing its grounds didn't count. Say you bombed a sect into ruins—how could that be considered wiping out the sect itself? That wasn't a genuine extermination. To truly destroy a sect, three conditions had to be met. First, they had to lose all ability to make a comeback!
Simply put, a sect needed strong experts, right? Either kill all those strong experts, or make enough of them leave the sect. Without strong experts, could your sect still be called a sect?
Second, destroy the Sect Master's sect token!
Once the sect token was destroyed, they could go to the Heavenly Sect Association and have a replacement issued!
Third, empty out the sect's foundations and resources!
Only when all three points were fulfilled could a sect truly be considered destroyed!
Of course, if you destroyed their sect grounds and looted all their resources, it was basically the same as destroying the sect. After all, who among their strong experts would still remain in your sect then? Leaving at that point wouldn't count as breaking their contracts either. Who would want to stay in a sect that others could so easily wipe out?
Ling Yue trembled all over as he looked at his destroyed sect!
The Heaven Transcending Sect... had become ruins... it had truly become ruins!
Dust filled the sky, and his heart went cold.
"Wo Cao! The Heaven Transcending Sect is gone!"
"No, no, no. You still can't say the Heaven Transcending Sect has been destroyed. After all, so many of its strong experts are still here. These experts could easily take over someone else's sect, change its name, and it would become the Heaven Transcending Sect again. Just Saying, their reputation is completely ruined now! We'll have to see what happens next, see