Heavenly Demons, Too, Were Resources

"The Sect Master is still in seclusion, tending to his injuries." Xue Yunya looked faintly embarrassed.

Lingxu Sect was, after all, one of the Righteous Path's foremost sects. Ten thousand years ago, it had even possessed Chaos Heaven Immortal Level experts. Yet now, it could not even enter the Calamity Suppression Alliance's Elder Council. The Sect Master's achievement of the Chaos Heaven Immortal Level had only barely stabilized their situation, but before this great war had even begun, he had suffered severe injuries and been forced to seek aid from the Calamity Suppression Alliance. Otherwise, if these three cities fell, Lingxu Sect would not only suffer grievous losses itself, but would find it even harder to gain a foothold within the Calamity Suppression Alliance.

And in the present-day Spirit Realm, to a certain extent, one's standing in the Calamity Suppression Alliance was equivalent to one's standing among the Spirit Realm's sects.

For a sect that had once stood at the summit to fall to such a state, it had truly lost all face.

Fortunately, the person who had come had ties to the sect's Dao heir, Li Miaoxuan. Otherwise...

"Is it serious?" Gu Yuanqing asked.

Xue Yunya smiled bitterly. "I fear he will need at least several months of recuperation. As for the specifics, the Sect Master should explain them to Elder Gu himself. Elder, this way, please!"

Gu Yuanqing followed Xue Yunya to the Garrison Commander's residence. Another Garrison Commander had also arrived, likewise a cultivator of Lingxu Sect, though his cultivation was only at the initial stage of Yin-Yang Circulation.

It was said that among the three Realm Cities guarded by Lingxu Sect, one city's other Garrison Commander was even a Yin-Yang Circulation cultivator from Zhengyi Sect.

This alone showed just how dire Lingxu Sect's overall strength had