Lingxiao Sect's Grand Army!

"Master, your power reaches the heavens. Is there any way to save her?"

Seeing the pitiful state of the girl, Xiao Lingxi could not bear it and spoke up.

"Within the Heavenly Dao Sect, I can suppress the Demonic Flame within her body. But once she leaves the Heavenly Dao Sect, even I have no way to do so." Su Bai shook his head.

"Must she simply wait for death?"

Hearing Su Bai's words, everyone's faces darkened with sorrow, grief welling silently in their hearts.

"Not necessarily. If she can enter the Foundation Establishment Realm before turning eighteen and construct a Demonic Dao Platform, she can suppress the Demonic Flame within her body and survive this calamity," Su Bai said.

"Then, Master, how long until she turns eighteen?" Zhuge Feng asked softly.

"Two years." Su Bai looked at the information before him.

Name: Mu Lingxian

Age: Sixteen

Cultivation: Mortal

Physique: Heavenly Demon Physique

Everyone felt as though they could barely breathe after hearing that.

Foundation Establishment in two years...

It was simply a fantasy from the heavens!

An utterly impossible task!

But...

Xiao Lingxi said, "If she joins the Heavenly Dao Sect and cultivates the Heavenly Dao Sect's Immortal Arts, is there a chance she could reach Foundation Establishment within two years?"

"I have cultivated for less than a month and am already about to reach Fifth-Level Qi Refinement. Reaching Foundation Establishment in two years is not without hope!" Zhuge Feng's eyes also lit up.

Yet Su Bai shook his head. To join the sect, one's sect loyalty had to be above sixty!

But Mu Lingxian's loyalty was zero!

She did not understand the Heavenly Dao Sect at all, so where could any loyalty come from?

"Zhuge Feng, Xiao Yan, continue cultivating. Lingxi, Qingyao, go comfort her. She must have suffered a shock."

"And do not tell her about the Heavenly Demon Physique or that she only has two years left to live," Su Bai instructed.

"Yes, Master!" The two women nodded, then stepped forward, intending to comfort Mu Lingxian.

"Y-You... who are you?!" The moment Mu Lingxian saw Xiao Lingxi and Ye Qingyao, she cried out in alarm, her face full of vigilance.

"Don't be nervous. There's no danger here anymore." Xiao Lingxi smiled.

A short while later, Mu Lingxian's emotions had stabilized, though she still refused to interact with anyone.

Xiao Lingxi found Su Bai and reported some information.

"Master, this disciple has learned some things about her."

"Her name is Mu Lingxian. She is from Azure Cloud City, several hundred li away. This time, she came to Cloudwater City with a merchant caravan to purchase medicine, but they were attacked by bandits. The entire caravan was wiped out, leaving only her alive."

"Also, because the Demonic Flame inside her cannot be controlled and often erupts without warning, she does not dare come into contact with anyone..."

Listening to Xiao Lingxi's account, Su Bai slowly closed his eyes and fell into thought.

Sect Loyalty: 20.

Thanks to the comfort of Xiao Lingxi and Ye Qingyao, Mu Lingxian's emotions had settled. Perhaps because they had saved her, her sect loyalty had increased somewhat.

Yet she was still far from meeting the standard for taking disciples!

When the Heavenly Dao Sect accepted disciples, it did not look at cultivation, Spirit Roots, or whether one came from poverty or wealth. There was only one condition!

If sect loyalty was insufficient, then even if Su Bai wished to accept her, it was absolutely impossible!

This was the bottom line!

Cloudwater City, Hundred Sects Assembly.

The place was still packed shoulder to shoulder. Everyone wanted to join an Immortal Gate, but the number of sect banners had fallen by more than half.

"Huh? Why are there so many fewer sects? Even Lingxiao Sect's banner is gone. Could it be that they are no longer recruiting disciples in Cloudwater City?" someone asked in confusion.

"You still don't know? A Heavenly Dao Sect appeared outside Cloudwater City. The moment it arrived, it nearly destroyed the Jade Spirit Sect and even offended the Lingxiao Sect. The Lingxiao Sect has already issued a notice saying they will no longer recruit people from Cloudwater City!"

"What? There's such a thing? But that still shouldn't have caused more than half the sects to leave, right? What about the other sects?"

"You fool, how many sects are lackeys of the Lingxiao Sect or want to curry favor with it? Since the Lingxiao Sect has spoken, naturally many sects will no longer recruit disciples in Cloudwater City!"

"Damn it, I finally scraped together several hundred taels of silver. I was planning to join the Lingxiao Sect!"

"The Heavenly Dao Sect's sect master may be strong, but why did he have to offend the Lingxiao Sect and drag our Cloudwater City down with him?"

The crowd buzzed with discussion, clearly pessimistic about Cloudwater City's situation.

Just then, the sunlight was suddenly blocked out, and an incomparably terrifying aura swept down from the horizon.

"Rumble—!"

A massive shadow blanketed the entire plaza. Everyone looked up and immediately sucked in a cold breath.

An ancient war chariot stretched across the sky, radiating monstrous ferocity that made everyone tremble in fear.

Three figures stood atop the war chariot. Their overwhelming majesty made even heaven and earth quake.

Behind the war chariot followed more than ten enormous Flying Vessels. Each vessel was packed with countless cultivators, their auras soaring into the heavens!

Whether on the war chariot or the Flying Vessels, a great banner hung fluttering in the wind.

A crimson dot was painted upon the banners, and within that dot were inscribed the two characters: Lingxiao.

"It's... it's people from the Lingxiao Sect!"

"My heavens, several thousand immortal masters! Th-This is such a grand display?!"

"Too terrifying! What is the Lingxiao Sect trying to do?"

Everyone in Cloudwater City looked up, their hearts clenching violently as they stood dumbstruck.

This display of might alone was enough to cow the vast majority of forces in the world and leave them afraid to make a move!

This was the Immortal Alliance Top Five Hundred!

At that moment, an old man on the ancient war chariot suddenly opened his eyes. In an instant, the void shook.

"Rise!"

With a wave of his hand, a mountain outside Cloudwater City was uprooted from the ground. It ultimately floated in the sky, supported in one hand.

"Hiss—"

Countless people could not help but suck in a breath of cold air at the sight.

Holding up a mountain with one hand—what kind of great divine power was this?!

"My heavens! That old man is... he is True Person Yuan, an elder of the Lingxiao Sect's Enforcement Hall!"

"I heard that every elder of the Lingxiao Sect possesses Golden Core cultivation. Terrifying beyond measure!"

"Legend says Golden Core True Persons can move mountains and fill seas. So it was true!"

"Those other two can stand on equal footing with a Golden Core True Person. Could they be..."

"Hiss!"

The people drew in sharp breaths, their faces filled with utter horror as boundless reverence rose in their hearts.

"This True Person has come under the sect master's command to annihilate the Heavenly Dao Sect. Those who offend the Lingxiao Sect shall leave neither chickens nor dogs alive!"

True Person Yuan spoke indifferently. His voice echoed across the heavens like exploding thunder, resounding in all directions.

Then, with a wave of his hand, the mountain in the sky came crashing down toward the Heavenly Dao Sect's mountain.

A mountain descended from the heavens. Its terrifying might made the scalps of everyone witnessing it go numb!

The people of Cloudwater City watched the direction in which the mountain fell and could not help murmuring.

"The Heavenly Dao Sect is finished!"