The clearing at the entrance to the Secret Realm was in utter chaos.
There were both local human cultivators and demons with their sights set on the Secret Realm.
Quite a few cultivator and demon corpses already lay scattered across the ground.
When Xu Changqing and the others slowly descended, the two sides immediately drew apart.
"They're people from the three great Immortal Sects!"
"They really did attract them here!"
"Do these cultivators from beyond the region really think this place is their own home?"
Their identities were quickly recognized.
It could not be helped—their clothing was highly distinctive and easy to identify.
Compared to other cultivation factions, disciples of the three great Immortal Sects rarely concealed their identities. In fact, they wished others would recognize them at a glance, using it to display the lofty status of the Immortal Sects.
The fundamental reason was that they could not be offended.
To the outside world, the three great Immortal Sects stood together as one.
Offending one was equivalent to offending the other two.
Others envied and hated them, yet in the end, could not defeat them.
Mo Yuan swept his gaze across the crowd, identified one faction, and introduced them to Xu Changqing and the others. "The few on the left, judging by the character 'wood' on their chests, should be members of Azurewood Hall, a local power from the Central Region."
Their leader was a bearded man holding a wooden saber.
Beside him stood two men and one woman, all of whom looked quite young.
The other group of cultivators wore motley clothing with no unified insignia.
Their leader was tall and thin, with more than a dozen storage pouches hanging from his waist. He looked like he belonged to the Rogue Cultivator Alliance.
Sure enough, before Xu Changqing