An elder in charge of gathering intelligence immediately stepped forward to report.
"Reporting to the Sect Master! The other side is massing its forces. According to our scouts, they've gathered five hundred Top-Tier Sects, and more forces are still arriving!"
"Only five hundred sects, and they dare challenge our Heavenly Baleful Valley?"
An elder immediately sneered. "Haha! They know sheer numbers are useless against our Heavenly Baleful Valley!"
"Indeed!" The elders nodded in agreement.
Yet at that moment, Ye Xiaotian's mind was filled with thoughts of his precious daughter. He knew that with her in enemy hands, she was probably facing far more peril than hope.
He channeled that towering fury into hatred and immediately said in a low voice.
"Keep scouting! Find out their exact deployment!"
Just then, another urgent report came from the distance, the disciple's voice cracking as he shouted, "Report! Sect Master! The Palace Master of the Mystic Ice Palace is personally leading the Ten Great Sacred Sects... straight at us!"
"What?!"
At those words, the elders who had been brimming with confidence and swagger turned white as paper in an instant, their souls nearly fleeing their bodies in terror!
After all, neither the Thousand Sects Alliance nor Heavenly Baleful Valley was remotely in the same league as the Sacred Sects!
The Sacred Sects were called "sacred" because they had transcended the ranks of Top-Tier Sects, reaching a realm beyond worldly affairs. People called them Super Central Sects.
Every Sacred Sect possessed unfathomable foundations and its own complete system of inheritance. Experts filled their ranks like clouds, and rumors even spoke of ancient Spirit Transformation monsters who had lived for thousands of years presiding over them.
They could sustain themselves entirely without relying on any outside resources.
"Outrageous!"
Ye Xiaotian was utterly enraged.
Only now did