In just over half a month, the Heavenly Dawn Sect had become the laughingstock of the entire Azure Realm.
Everyone took breaks between battles, and whenever they chatted, someone would invariably bring up the Heavenly Dawn Sect again.
"Back then, the Heavenly Dawn Sect could stand shoulder to shoulder with the Azure Tide Sect. How did it sink this low?"
Someone looked thoroughly displeased. "Don't compare that sort of sect to the Azure Tide Sect. One keeps getting better, while the other keeps getting worse. They stopped being on the same level long ago."
"Exactly. Putting it that way feels like you're insulting the Azure Tide Sect..."
"The Azure Tide Sect would never flee without a fight, much less surrender without one."
"Surrender without a fight? They weren't even given a chance to surrender. Did a single person who begged for mercy survive? Those demonic cultivators really are vicious. They don't seem to bother taking prisoners either. They kill everyone they see. I heard rivers of blood flowed through the Heavenly Dawn Sect that day. All seventy-two steps leading to the main hall were covered in its disciples' blood."
"It's not that they don't take prisoners. It's that none of the people begging for mercy had any value. If someone like Su Jiu, Yun Chao, or Yun Huanling begged them for mercy, do you think they'd be willing to kill them?"
"Wouldn't they be even more determined to kill geniuses like those?"
"They'd certainly kill them, but only after squeezing every last drop of value out of them. As for those with no value, they'd end up paving the steps like the Heavenly Dawn Sect's disciples."
"Back then, the Heavenly Dawn Sect copied the Azure Tide Sect, appointing Five Peak Masters and Eight Elders and establishing an Enforcement Hall. In