At those words, Ye Han's expression darkened. "Is that so?! What secret is it?" he asked gravely.
In fact, when Ye Han heard that Heavenly Billows had also fallen into turmoil and war had broken out between the sects, he realized that the deaths of several Azure Profound Sect elders might have made the other sects see an opening, prompting them to attack.
Another reason was that, among the four great sects, the Azure Profound Sect firmly followed the Orthodox Path, while the Thousand Mountains School, the Green Mountain Sect, and the Black Water Sect all leaned somewhat toward the Demonic Path and the Heretical Path...
Since ancient times, righteousness and evil had never stood together, and cultivators were no exception. It was not that the Azure Profound Sect was particularly noble. This so-called Orthodox Path chiefly referred to the Immortal Arts they practiced and the cultivation methods they advocated, which leaned more toward the natural, orthodox way...
The so-called struggle between righteousness and evil was chiefly a conflict over paths of cultivation, not a question of which sect committed more murders and stole more treasures...
In fact, even among the Azure Profound Sect's disciples, quite a few had committed deeds outside that outraged heaven and man alike.
The three great sects colluding against the Azure Profound Sect certainly angered others, but on closer thought, swallowing up the Azure Profound Sect and plundering its cultivation grounds was indeed no small temptation for them.
After all, among the four great sects, the Azure Profound Sect actually had the finest cultivation resources. It occupied the Qing Xuan Mountain Range, where Heaven and Earth Spiritual Energy was most abundant in all of Heavenly Billows...
Moreover, the Azure Profound Sect had once been the strongest sect in Heavenly Billows. It had merely encountered a