All the elders could hear the implication in Mu Tianheng's words.
The various rumors within the sect over recent days could only have come from within, not from outside.
Although the Devil Race's recent assault had caused those rumors to die down, everyone knew the conflicts behind them had not vanished.
Their gazes swept across the faces of Lei Fuyue, Li Lingyun, the Heaven Monitoring Elder, and the others.
As for the rest, they had not even attained Chaos Heaven Immortal Level, so they had no qualification whatsoever to contend for the Boundary Gate.
Li Lingyun's expression remained calm. Naturally, he knew that more than half of Mu Tianheng's words had been directed at him. No matter how one looked at it, Mu Tianheng suspected him the most.
Yet he was the Disciplinary Elder and a Chaos Heaven Immortal Level Great Cultivator. So long as Mu Tianheng could not be certain and had no evidence, he could not touch him.
The Heaven Monitoring Elder looked even more as though the matter had nothing to do with him.
For a moment, the atmosphere in the great hall grew grave. For a sect, struggles among its upper ranks were often more terrifying than external enemies.
After a long while, Mu Tianheng finally said, "The decisive battle is at hand. Everyone, proceed according to what was discussed today!"
"We obey the Sect Master's command!"
Everyone clasped their hands together, then dispersed one after another.
A moment later, Lei Fuyue returned and appeared within the great hall.
"Senior Brother."
"How are the arrangements?"
"Everything has been prepared. But isn't this too risky? If we truly allow the Devil Race into the formation, then should anything go wrong, the many Small Worlds may suffer devastating casualties, perhaps even be destroyed in one stroke. Besides, there