Under the combined assault of Song Wen and Qingxuanzi, two Tribulation Transcendence stage cultivators, not one of the hundreds of cultivators from the dozen or so factions escaped. All died horribly on the spot, their bodies and souls swallowed by the Blood Sea Imperial Seal.
Qingxuanzi cupped his fists and bowed slightly to Song Wen.
"Sect Master, your subordinate has fulfilled his mission."
Song Wen nodded slightly.
"Thank you for your efforts, Fellow Daoist Qingxuanzi. Please wait a moment while I attend to the sect's internal affairs."
"Yes!"
Qingxuanzi answered, then flashed behind Song Wen, clearly acknowledging him as his superior.
Meanwhile, over a hundred cultivators flew out through the Divine Blood Sect's gates and headed toward them.
Every one of them was at the Mahayana or Body Integration Realm. There was not a single low-level cultivator among them; they were the backbone of the Divine Blood Sect.
Though they had remained inside the Divine Blood Sect earlier, they had seen everything that happened here clearly.
Xuan Li, the Spirit-Stripping Venerable, and the Nether Owl Dao Lord finally stepped out of Blood Radiance City's defensive formation as well.
Countless cultivators emerged both within the Divine Blood Sect and in Blood Radiance City, watching from afar without rashly approaching.
Everyone knew that the choice the Divine Blood Sect's high-level cultivators made next-whether to recognize Song Wen as sect master-would determine the sect's fate.
Song Wen and Qingxuanzi had already joined forces. If Song Wen succeeded as sect master, the Divine Blood Sect would have two Tribulation Transcendence stage cultivators presiding over it, and its turmoil would surely end.
If Song Wen's position as sect master was not recognized, the two Tribulation Transcendence stage cultivators would undoubtedly destroy the Divine Blood Sect together.
Song Wen's gaze swept over the Divine Blood Sect's