Two days later, the allied army formed by Yellow Maple Valley, the Qingxu Sect, Heavenly Gate Fort, and Blade Transforming Dock finally arrived.
The disciples of the four sects were led by more than a dozen Golden Core cultivators and numbered over ten thousand, roughly matching the forces of the first three sects.
With that, the Seven Sects had gathered twenty-seven or twenty-eight Golden Core cultivators, fifteen or sixteen hundred Foundation Establishment cultivators, and more than twenty thousand Qi Refining Stage cultivators in the basin.
Among so many people, there were naturally old friends, as well as bitter enemies.
Friends exchanged warm greetings when they met and arranged to get together.
Enemies, on the other hand, glared at one another, itching to hack their foes into eight pieces. Unfortunately, they were away on campaign to resist the Demonic Path invasion, and no one dared act recklessly. They could only keep their personal grudges firmly suppressed; if a fight broke out, neither side would come out of it well.
Xiao Yu knew few people in the Seven Sects and could not be bothered to go wandering around. Occasionally, he exchanged insights on cultivation with a few acquaintances from his own sect, but he spent most of his time in his cave, resting and building up his strength.
After two days of bustling activity, the basin had already undergone a complete transformation.
The most conspicuous change was an enormous pale yellow barrier of light that enclosed the entire basin, along with the surrounding peaks. This was a temporary grand formation jointly laid down by the Array Masters of the three sects over the past two days. Apparently, its power would be strengthened further.
At the very center of the basin, a massive stone building constructed from blue stone had appeared as if