Once that thought took root, it grew impossible to contain.
But as the sect master of the Azure Cloud Divine Sect, he could not intervene directly without compromising his standing.
So he sent voice transmissions to the elders, ordering them to use every means possible to obtain that mysterious cultivation art from Xiao Yan.
As for the gravely wounded Saintess Liu Yiyi, kneeling on the ground and barely clinging to life, she no longer seemed all that important.
A worthless fool. The sect had poured resources into nurturing her and even sent her into the Gate of Life and Death to temper herself.
Yet this was all she had to show for it. She had utterly disgraced the Azure Cloud Divine Sect.
Still... she had lured such a fat sheep here. That was not bad at all.
After receiving the sect master's voice transmission, the elders exchanged glances, the greed in their eyes plain for all to see.
They immediately stepped onto the raised platform. Even the weakest among them was a Saint!
Such was the foundation of the Azure Cloud Divine Sect. Few powers on the Firmament Continent dared oppose it.
"All disciples of the Azure Cloud Divine Sect, leave this place!"
"Anyone who disobeys will be executed!"
A Saint elder shouted, driving away every Azure Cloud Divine Sect disciple watching here, whether inner or outer disciples. He would not let any of them remain.
The disciples dared not say anything. After all... they assumed the Saintess's defeat had been so humiliating that even the elders could not bear to let them keep watching.
An elder in the Saint King realm raised his eyes, illusory light flashing within them. With overwhelming power, he hurled a vicious punch into the void outside.
In an instant, light blazed and runes flowed,