Heaven and Earth Held Great Love

The ceremony lasted an entire day. When it finally ended, the patriarchs of the various sects breathed a huge sigh of relief.

At last, we can leave!

Sitting beside Qin Sheng, who had captured Patriarch Jiuming alive with a single move, had left them squirming in their seats.

They feared that the next moment, Old Devil Qin would invent some baseless excuse and rip out their Nascent Souls too.

"True Lord, Fellow Daoist Linghu, urgent matters await me at my sect, so I'll take my leave," the patriarch of Blade Transforming Dock said.

"No rush. I still have something to discuss with everyone." Qin Sheng smiled.

The Nascent Soul patriarchs' hearts tightened. This is going to be trouble.

There's no such thing as a free banquet. We should never have come to this ceremony.

"Please, True Lord, speak."

Qin Sheng's gaze swept over the Nascent Soul cultivators of the various sects. They came not only from the Yue Kingdom; Nascent Soul cultivators from neighboring countries such as the Yuanwu Kingdom were also present.

These people and the sects behind them had one thing in common: they belonged to neither the Righteous Path nor the Demonic Path.

The sects of the Yue Kingdom and its neighbors formed a neutral faction in the Heavenly South.

"I've received word that the Demonic Path plans to invade the Yue Kingdom and the surrounding region," Qin Sheng said.

Han Li had just joined the sect. That meant the Demonic Path invasion would probably erupt in roughly ten years. Countries like the Zijin Kingdom and the Yuanwu Kingdom would bear the brunt of it.

The Yue Kingdom would fare no better. In the end, its seven sects would flee in disgrace, driven from their homes and leaving behind the foundations their ancestors had built.

They would