The Yuan Family's secret realm held important secrets, and naturally was an object of the Yuan Family's focused attention and protection. Ordinarily, many Yuan Family disciples stood guard outside and watched over it.
But now that the Yuan Family head knew the Liang Family had set its sights on this place, and that a Nascent Soul battle might even erupt next, he naturally would not leave his own disciples, whose cultivation was merely low to middle tier, here to die.
The Yuan Family disciples who normally guarded the secret realm had now either been brought into the secret realm by him or sent back to the family.
Moreover, the outcome of this conflict was impossible to predict. Whether their "Water Ape" Yuan Family could remain in Liu Province afterward was uncertain. Naturally, the Yuan Family head had instructed the family disciples to return and prepare early, ready at any time to flee Liu Province.
Thus, when the Kunpeng Dharma Aspect descended from the nine heavens and landed outside the Yuan Family secret realm, no one came forward to cause trouble. The surroundings were utterly empty, without a soul in sight.
Neither Yuan Family disciples, low- and middle-tier cultivators of the Dharma Aspect Sect, nor low- and middle-tier members of the Liang Family had any place in this struggle between the Liang Family and the Dharma Aspect Sect.
However, although no one was guarding the outside of the Yuan Family secret realm at this time, before entering it, the Yuan Family head had already activated all the formations arranged around it. And with the Dharma Aspect Sect at their backs, the Yuan Family had actually set up a fourth-tier Dao formation outside this secret realm. Mist shrouded the Yuan Family secret realm, while layer upon layer of beastly shadows darted back