The disciples were quickly rounded up, and every disciple of the Shenxiao Sect and Flying Sword Sect was taken into custody as well.
Yet it was obvious that even the Flying Sword Sect disciples who had attacked Li Su back then wore faces of utter shock. Clearly, they knew nothing about what had happened within their own sect.
The Dao Mastery Realm cultivator from the Flying Sword Sect whose kidney—and half his body along with it—Li Su had cut away had fled.
Before his injuries had even healed, he vanished without a trace.
Above all, he had never expected his natal flying sword—a top-tier divine ability spell with near-unbreakable properties—to be cut apart instead. Substitute-death artifacts were generally bound to a person through a blood pact rather than to a divine ability, so they had failed to take effect.
But no one had time to worry about him now. Their foremost priority was to contact the upper echelons on the mountain and find out what exactly had happened inside.
All the disciples were gathered together. They gave up on the foot of the mountain altogether, and everyone headed straight up.
After arranging everyone halfway up the mountain and leaving several Dao Mastery Realm cultivators behind to oversee the scene, the Dao Mastery Realm cultivators from the Celestial Master's Mansion and the other sects directly invited Li Su to head for the summit with them.
After all, Li Su possessed an exceptionally special status. An eighth-generation disciple and a true inheritor of the Shangqing Sect, he was effectively one of the sect's upper echelons, and held an extremely high position at that.
Not to mention the strength he had displayed. By himself, he could practically suppress everyone present.
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