Closing the Mountain

Half a month later, everyone gathered once more in the main hall of Violet Thorn Peak, though nearly half their number was missing this time.

"Reporting to the Sacred Lord, more than half of the disciples of our Violet Thorn Sacred Land have already scattered and withdrawn to several hundred islands around the Violet Thorn Continent," Yun Chen, the former Sacred Lord of Purple Light Sacred Land, said with cupped fists.

Ever since Changfeng had killed Zhou Cang and the other invading foreign-domain Immortal Venerable at Great Perfection, his prestige within the newly merged Violet Thorn Sacred Land had soared to its peak in a short time.

Cultivators revered strength above all else. Changfeng's strength had already far surpassed their imagination.

Wu Chen continued, "These disciples will conceal their names and identities, lying low on those islands as they await the day our Violet Thorn Sacred Land rises again."

"Right now, roughly a million elite disciples remain behind in the Violet Thorn Mountains. They are the foundation of our Violet Thorn Sacred Land."

"They have all been gathered on the peaks surrounding Violet Thorn Peak."

Changfeng nodded. "You've worked hard, Senior Brother Wu Chen."

"Dispersing and withdrawing our disciples was also something we had no choice but to do. Though I can kill an Immortal Venerable at Great Perfection, he was only one person."

"If several Immortal Venerables at Great Perfection besiege me, I will have no choice but to flee as well."

"Since the laws of our Violet Thorn Continent are complete, experts from all 360 domains will surely swarm here. By then, there may even be hundreds or thousands of Immortal Venerables at Great Perfection."

"Those experts, especially those from the major powers of the foreign domains, will certainly set their sights on our Violet Thorn Mountains. We