At the same time, the senior figures of numerous sects, led by the Azure Tide Sect, had gathered together.
Of course, this gathering included not only the senior figures of the major sects, but also many High-Ranking Cultivators with unfathomably deep Cultivation Levels.
These people did not participate in the discussion. They appeared here only as representatives of their respective sects and schools, ensuring that no one dared overlook them.
The topic under discussion was still that Red Scar.
By now, most of those present already knew what the Red Scar represented, though some smaller sects and schools had yet to realize the severity of the problem.
They dismissed the Red Scar, believing that these major sects were simply making a mountain out of a molehill.
Their attitudes consequently grew somewhat more cavalier.
Of course, the Heavenly Dawn Sect was the most conspicuous among them.
Ever since relations between the two sects had deteriorated a hundred years ago, the Heavenly Dawn Sect had taken pleasure in singing a contrary tune to the Azure Tide Sect. With another such opportunity laid before it, how could it let it slip by?
While Hong Ling's senior Personal Disciple was still explaining matters to the many cultivators who did not understand the situation, someone from the Heavenly Dawn Sect could no longer sit still.
At a certain elder's signal, one of the Heavenly Dawn Sect's disciples slammed the table and sprang to his feet.
"The sky splitting? The heavens changing? What nonsense are you spouting? Why would the sky split open for no reason? As far as I can see, this is nothing more than a phenomenon we've never encountered before, and you're making all this fuss over it."
Watching the disciple nearby who clearly intended to stir up trouble, Hong Ling, who had