After the various factions and nations learned of the outcome, they naturally revised and released the news in forms favorable to themselves. However, the core of the matter could not be altered much: news that "the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan had joined forces with other unknown powers to wipe out the Clear Sky Sect and consolidate into a new faction, the 'Grace Hall'" spread across the continent from both Heaven Dou City and Spirit City.
The Heaven Dou Empire omitted the general course of its army's operations from its announcement, with the main source of the information being the three leaders of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect. Spirit Hall, meanwhile, had the Papal Palace reveal the entire sequence of events, declaring that all information came from the Speed Clan, which had once served the Clear Sky Sect, and was by no means Spirit Hall's baseless speculation.
For a time, the entire world was in uproar. No one had expected the Clear Sky Sect, which had always acted openly and honorably, to have committed so many ruthless deeds in secret. Moreover, since the information came from the Speed Clan, which had once served the Clear Sky Sect, there was little room for doubt. Although the four single-attribute clans themselves held considerable resentment—even hatred—toward the Clear Sky Sect, ordinary people believed that if the Clear Sky Sect ever reemerged, they would still follow it once more. Their people were the least likely to slander the Clear Sky Sect.
This matter caused a massive stir among the public. Even after living in seclusion for twenty years, the Clear Sky Sect still possessed the greatest reputation of all sects, remaining one of the most discussed and talked-about topics. Aside from talking about how they had once been "blind" to worship the Clear