They had thought this would be nothing more than a clash between sects, a chance to win unparalleled glory.
But now, how had it become entangled with that taboo word-"demon"?!
This was no longer a feud between sects. They would be branded followers of the evil demonic path, hunted by the entire Cultivation World, and imprisoned in the Demon-Suppressing Pagoda by imperial decree, never to see the light of day again!
Colluding with demons was no laughing matter.
Once those words got out, not a single person here today would escape implication!
A bone-piercing chill erupted from Bing Ningyue as she fixed Lu Qingshan with a deathly stare.
Ling Tianchen and the Sacred Sect representatives behind him were so furious they nearly spat blood on the spot.
Never in their wildest dreams had they imagined things would come to this. They had been hoisted straight onto the burning stake of "colluding with demons"!
Now, they had to fight whether they wanted to or not!
Because calling a truce would amount to confirming that absurd yet lethal accusation: "Both sides kidnapped each other's Core Disciples to conceal evidence of their own collusion with demons"!
The leaders of both camps wore expressions so dark they could have dripped water.
Every gaze, whether from the Thousand Sects Alliance or the Heavenly Baleful Valley, fell like a blade upon the instigator-bigmouthed Lu Qingshan.
No one had expected this old bastard to single-handedly roast nearly ten million people from both sides over a fire with nothing but his mouth!
"That mouth of his is fucking venomous!"
Before long, information about Lu Qingshan's identity spread rapidly through voice transmissions on both sides.
An elder of the Azure Cloud Sect.
The moment they heard "Azure Cloud Sect," many people understood.
Back then, the Azure Cloud Sect's Saintess