Chapter 293

Li Zi felt a force tugging at her from the sky. A smile slowly curved her lips. "System, are you ready? We're going home to make those bastards pay."

The System's electronic voice rang with excitement. "Ready!"

The Cultivation World.

It had been a peaceful day, until a message from the sky shattered the calm.

"The Barrier is stirring. Come at once!"

The deep voice struck everyone's hearts like a heavy hammer.

Was the Barrier about to open?

The Sect Masters of the major Sects gathered their strongest members and rushed toward the disturbance.

The four great Reclusive Clans received the news just as quickly and arrived with their Mahayana Stage experts.

Spirit Sword Sect.

The First Elder and Second Elder were playing chess.

At the message from the sky, they set down their pieces and sighed.

The First Elder said, "Why did it happen so soon?"

Stroking his beard, the Second Elder frowned. "I'll move my wife and children somewhere safe. Gather the Sect disciples first. I'll follow."

The First Elder looked helpless. "If the Sect Master knew what you were doing, she'd send you straight to Reflection Cliff. You're not even putting the Sect disciples first."

The Second Elder gave a bitter smile. "Once the Devil Race breaks through, they'll... face the same fate sooner or later. None of us will survive."

The Fifth Elder and all his disciples were in seclusion, cultivating.

The Fourth Elder, the Fifth Elder, and the Sect Master were also in seclusion, attempting breakthroughs.

Many elite disciples were growing stronger inside Secret Realms.

Spirit Sword Sect truly had few people it could call upon.

Still, every disciple at the Golden Core Stage or above had mobilized. Together, they numbered more than three thousand.

It was the same across the other Sects. Nearly