For Yu Ci, with matters having reached this point and the Shadow Step Cloak serving as a smokescreen, they did not even need to exert themselves further. Those with ulterior motives would naturally connect the events before and after.
The fact that the Ghost King Lock Ring was on You Rui was no secret within the Witch Sect. Someone would certainly let the wind leak out.
This news implicated the Witch Sect, Sword Discussion Pavilion, and the Heavenly Evasion Sect. It had tremendous sensational value; turning it into rumors would take little effort. With the slightest stirring, truths and falsehoods could be spread far and wide.
The Heavenly Evasion Sect's exclusive Shadow Step secret art;
The empowerment bestowed by the seventh-generation Shadow Step before death;
The ultimate reason Yin Yang betrayed the sect;
Whether reasonable or worthy of belief, it was enough to give the Heavenly Evasion Sect a reason to intervene.
And not just the Heavenly Evasion Sect. Even a fool could understand the value of the Absolute Shadow Three Evasions and the Heavenly Escape Killing Sword.
According to Zhao Xiangshan, the Heavenly Evasion Sect had always protected its sect's scriptures with an iron fist, guarding them tightly and readily exterminating entire families. This was because its core cultivation methods truly lacked the natural systemic barriers of the Mystical and Buddhist sects, nor did they reject the Outer Dao as sword arts did. They leaned toward empirical, practical methods, making entry relatively easy. Once spread abroad, they would be almost impossible to restrain.
Now, if one could obtain a secret canon capable of achieving "Shadow Step," who would not want it?
Conflict and plunder were what made things worthwhile.
Once the information spiraled out of control, the Heavenly Evasion Sect would have no choice but to run itself ragged.