Chapter 72: If the Ten Thousand Immortals Would Not Retreat, Who Dared Write Down the Entire Interception Sect?
The moment Zhao Xuan finished speaking, the gray-white aura on the Remnant List pressed down.
[Ten Thousand Immortals United in Protection.][Can be merged into the tribulation.] [They may be drawn into the tribulation together.]
Two lines hung above Golden Turtle Island.
The threat in those two lines was blunt.
The Remnant List was no longer bearing down on Zhao Xuan alone, nor only on direct disciples such as Duobao, Jin Ling, and the Three Xiao Sisters.
It was telling everyone on Golden Turtle Island.
Anyone who continued protecting Zhao Xuan might be recorded in the tribulation alongside him.
Anyone who stood with the Interception Sect might have their name noticed by the Investiture of the Gods List.
The Outer Sect disciples felt the chill first.
A hairline crack appeared in the protective jade pendant inside one disciple's sleeve.
An old talisman at another's waist suddenly grew hot.
A speck of gray appeared on someone else's hand, as though something were testing their name from across the void.
This did not kill anyone immediately.
But it was harder to bear than immediate death.
Because it was forcing people to retreat of their own accord.
If they retreated, perhaps they would be safe.
If they stood their ground, they might be written into the tribulation.
Silence fell before Golden Turtle Island.
When the immortals had acknowledged their "Partiality" earlier, warmth had still surged in their chests.
But now, those two lines hung over everyone's heads.
When it truly became possible for their own names to fall under the Investiture of the Gods List's gaze, no one could remain entirely unafraid.
Zhao Xuan watched that gray-white aura.
He did not raise his brush.