"What, the academy head?"
"You mean Grand Confucian Fang of Luli Academy?"
"Didn't he head over to Golden Light City..."
Hearing everyone's astonished remarks, the middle-aged man smiled faintly. "Please be patient, everyone. Hear me out."
"All right, Fellow Daoist Zhu, go ahead."
This man was Zhu Si, a libationer of Luli Academy and a renowned expert in the core formation realm.
For this campaign against the Outer Dao, the Immortal Alliance and the Great Qian Dynasty had joined forces, allowing practitioners of the various Daos to mingle. But anyone whose reputation had reached even the Outer Dao, inspiring respect and admiration and making him the unofficial leader of a small group, had to be extraordinary.
In this campaign, none of them were subordinate to one another. Each followed the orders of his own Great Power. They worked together merely for convenience and because their Dao Paths and cultivation methods complemented one another.
Yet Zhu Si had been able to step forward and lead this operation, effectively issuing orders. He clearly commanded considerable prestige.
This was also because he was a peak core formation expert. When the various Daos had gathered earlier and quietly tested one another, he had earned their respect through strength.
Zhu Si said, "Golden Light City has already slipped into the void and left the Vast Sea far behind. Experts from the Creation Sect arrived in the meantime, too. The pursuit failed just short of success!"
"That actually happened? What a shame..."
"Indeed. Taking their Sky City would deal the Puppet Dao a greater blow than taking a hundred cities and market districts on the ground!"
"To think even Grand Confucian Fang and the White Bone Dharma King couldn't..."
Zhu Si said, "That isn't quite fair. A Puppet Dao Sky City is, after all, a fortress