Chapter 770: The Chaos of the Badaxian Sect

When the Palace Master of Brother Xuanwu Heavenly Palace, Master Canghai Canghai Tianjun, took out the Eastern Extreme Demon Sect's armistice treaty and placed it on the table, the entire alliance venue fell silent in an instant—so quiet one could hear a pin drop.

Master Canghai Canghai Tianjun set down the Baxian Sect alliance pact he had drafted, gently placed it to one side, stood up, said nothing, walked to the window, and gazed out at the distant sea of clouds.

The alliance venue was called the Ascending Immortal Tower.

This tower, fifty thousand years ago, had been jointly built and jointly refined by the Jiudaxian Sect including the Great Sun Sword Pavilion, as a treasure of the Void Refinement stage whose might was unfathomable.

The purpose of building this tower was to celebrate the birth of this Minor Thousand World, the Lesser Spirit Realm—the name "Ascending Immortal" was given for this reason.

The Lesser Spirit Realm gathered the resources of all the Minor Thousand Worlds across the entire starfield, and held the hope of becoming a Zhong Senior Qian Shi Gao Jie; in theory, it held the possibility of giving birth to cultivators above Void Refinement. It was the joint effort made by the Jiudaxian Sect in ancient times for the sake of what lay beyond Void Refinement.

Unfortunately, the Great Dao is selfish.

Before the Lesser Spirit Realm was even completed, the Jiudaxian Sect erupted into a bloody civil war. The Great Sun Sword Pavilion rose amid this chaos, gradually walking the path of hegemony—and nearly succeeded. Later, the Eastern Extreme Demon Sect appeared, the Great Sun Sword Pavilion perished, and so it has remained until now.

Although the Lesser Spirit Realm never reached the expected standard of a Zhong Senior Qian Shi Gao Jie, it still far surpassed an ordinary Minor Thousand World, including the mountain-gate minor realms of each of the Jiudaxian Sect, and was extremely beneficial to cultivation.

After destroying the Great Sun Sword Pavilion, the Badaxian Sect ostracized the immortal gates and divided up the Lesser Spirit Realm among themselves.

This place was very special—it symbolized the unity of the Jiudaxian Sect.

Throughout the ages, whenever there were matters concerning the entire realm, they were always deliberated here, and afterward influenced the shifts in the realm's situation.

"Fellow Daoist Master Canghai, this is a scheme by the Eastern Extreme Demon Sect to drive us apart—I refuse to believe you cannot see it!"

The Sect Master of the Wan Shouxianzong was named Qianxu Canghai Tianjun, who had a splendid long beard refined from a thousand top-grade spirit beasts. Seeing this, he grew somewhat anxious: "The Heavenly Palace has always been the elder; you absolutely must not do something that pains your kin and gladdens your foe!"

"Yes, yes."

Around them, other cultivators chimed in—all of them Sect Masters and Palace Masters of the various immortal sects, Canghai Tianjun of extremely exalted status—earnestly offering their counsel.

"The speed of the Eastern Extreme Demon Sect's rise is truly shocking to behold. A mere three thousand years—no longer than the lifespan of a Soul Transformation cultivator—negligible for an entire immortal sect, yet their strength has already swelled to such a degree!"

"If we let them run rampant again, once a Void Refinement cultivator appears among them, how shall we still have our ancestors' foundation?"

"If we do not seize this once-in-a-thousand-years opportunity, the eight of us Badaxian Sect set aside our past grievances and unite to slay this villain, and let things go on as they are—how shall our descendants fare in the days to come?"

Every word of counsel was courteous and measured, each phrase a pearl, stirring and thought-provoking.

After a long while,

Master Canghai Canghai Tianjun turned around, patiently waited for the last cultivator to finish speaking, then said with a half-smile: "Fellow Daoists, your words carry reason. We should indeed unite as one, destroy the Eastern Extreme Demon Sect, and bring blessings to our descendants."

He returned to the table and tore the previously drafted Ba Sect alliance pact to pieces, bit by bit.

"Very well, we may now begin discussing how to attack the Eastern Extreme Demon Sect."

"Brother Xuanwu Heavenly Palace, unremarkable as it is, is willing to serve as the vanguard."

Master Canghai Canghai Tianjun said unhurriedly.

The earnest counsel of Qianxu Canghai Tianjun and the others came to an abrupt halt, and a sliver of fury showed on their faces.

Brother Xuanwu Heavenly Palace's meaning was very clear:

it was a complete denial of the previous Ba Sect alliance pact, and the establishment of a coalition of sects in which the eight sects were equal and contributed together!

Brother Xuanwu Heavenly Palace could give a little more.

But if they wanted Brother Xuanwu Heavenly Palace to cede minor realms—begging and yielding as before—that was absolutely impossible!

"Master Canghai!"

"How dare you?!"

Qianxu Canghai Tianjun erupted in fury and cursed: "Is this how your Brother Xuanwu Heavenly Palace behaves? If we had not pulled you lot along, Brother Xuanwu Heavenly Palace would already have been destroyed by the Eastern Extreme Demon Sect!"

"In the blink of an eye, with the slightest provocation, such a crude and laughable scheme—and you turn your backs and deny us. What are your intentions?"

"Aren't you afraid that the next time the Eastern Extreme Demon Sect attacks, there will be no allies left, and your deaths will be certain?"

The Sect Masters, Abyss Lords, and Palace Masters of the surrounding immortal sects were full of fury, killing intent spilling outward, an icy chill piercing to the bone.

They felt that the dignity of themselves and their peers had been insulted, trampled upon!

"You lot"—that form of address also carried deep significance.

Master Canghai Canghai Tianjun's resolute tearing-up of the Ba Sect alliance pact was certainly not the idea of a single Soul Transformation cultivator; he must have received the instruction and approval of a Void Refinement great power.

This made them all the more furious.

This was betrayal, pure and simple!

"Fellow Daoist Qianxu,"

Facing Qianxu Canghai Tianjun's furious cursing, finger jabbing at his nose, Master Canghai Canghai Tianjun's expression cooled little by little, and he said: "Is the Eastern Extreme Demon Sect the enemy of my Brother Xuanwu Heavenly Palace alone?

Or is it that the Eastern Extreme Demon Sect holds a grudge only against my Brother Xuanwu Heavenly Palace alone, and after devouring the Heavenly Palace it will immediately stop and live in eternal peace with the Wan Shouxianzong?"

"No, that is absolutely impossible!"

"A demon sect of this kind—its greed is never quenched; give it an inch and it wants a mile. Once it gains momentum, it will annihilate every immortal sect and turn them into its own nourishment."

"My Brother Xuanwu Heavenly Palace fights alone, for the sake of you all!"

"And yet what did you lot do?"

A vicious look appeared on Master Canghai Canghai Tianjun's face; no longer so gentle and refined, no longer humbling himself, he roared in fury: "When the Heavenly Palace was in its greatest difficulty, you lot took advantage of the fire to rob us, forcing the Heavenly Palace to cede Minor Thousand Worlds—cutting off both arms, severing the Heavenly Palace's retreat!"

"And after all that, you still want the Heavenly Palace to be grateful, weeping with gratitude?"

"Very well then, Fellow Daoist Qianxu—let your Wan Shouxianzong step up at once, just as the Heavenly Palace did before. What Brother Xuanwu Heavenly Palace asks for will certainly not be much—at most one minor realm. Surely this price is far lower than what your Wan Shouxianzong asked for before, no?"

"How about it, Fellow Daoist Qianxu—are you weeping with gratitude, thanking the Heavenly Palace for its boundless grace?"

The angrier Master Canghai Canghai Tianjun spoke, the more furious he became. The emotions pent up over many years burst forth, nearly a roar, no longer caring about the face of the other immortal sects.

Qianxu Canghai Tianjun of the Wan Shouxianzong's expression turned ugly.

The Sect Masters of Wuxingtian Sect, Qingmuxian Sect, Upper Clarity Spiritual Treasure Sect, Heavenly Mechanism Immortal Palace, and others wore expressions shifting between dark and light, killing intent plainly visible—all of them furious.

"What of the fellow Daoists of Wuxingtian Sect?"

"How about you lot step up instead? The Heavenly Palace can be even more generous—not a single Minor Thousand World required. We would never strike in secret, playing that despicable, shameless little trick."

"Fellow Daoists of Qingmuxian Sect, what say you?"

"And what of the Upper Clarity Spiritual Treasure Sect?"

"Shadow Demon Abyss…"

They said nothing, but Master Canghai Canghai Tianjun did not stop. With a cold laugh, he called on them one by one, wanting to hear their answer.

Anger, even killing intent, had been building within Gedaxian Sect. The air froze, bone-chillingly cold, but for various reasons it never erupted, and a basic restraint was maintained.

"Fellow Daoists, since you are unwilling to consider the bigger picture—when the Heavenly Palace was battling the Eastern Extreme Demon Sect, you repeatedly struck from the shadows, carving up our Heavenly Palace, severing our Heavenly Palace's limbs."

"Then the Heavenly Palace need not consider the bigger picture either."

Master Canghai Canghai Tianjun said coldly: "If nothing changes, this ceasefire treaty with the Eastern Extreme Demon Sect will be signed by the Heavenly Palace. For at least several tens of thousands of years, the Heavenly Palace will have no worries."

"If any sect wishes to strike from the shadows and swallow up the Heavenly Palace's foundation, they may also bare their blades and spears and come fight."

"The Heavenly Palace will absolutely not be afraid!"

He said, word by word.

(End of chapter)