Chapter 19: Gathered at the Overlord's Heaven, the Sects Plot in Secret

Young master, they're chasing us!

Qin Ruoxue said anxiously; she now had no strength to fight, her spiritual energy exhausted and not yet recovered, she couldn't even flee.

It's fine; I said before that entering the Azure Cloud Sect will keep you safe.

Why are you so timid? With our sect here, what do you have to fear?

Yes… Sect Master.

Ye Bai, send them to see King Yama.

Feng Qingyang said casually.

In the cultivation world where the strong devour the weak, a single word from a powerful one decides whether you live or die.

Then he continued on his way without looking back.

Qin Ruoxue secretly guessed that a powerful one from the Azure Cloud Sect must be following them.

But who is King Yama? Why would we need to see him?

A moment later.

Great Zhou's Xing Daorong arrived with his men on horseback, but didn't see those three; instead, a black-robed man appeared blocking the road ahead.

Hey, why are you blocking this general's road? Move aside now, or I'll kill you together with them.

Xing Daorong shouted angrily, and his spiritual energy surged forth.

Your skills aren't great, but your voice is loud.

Today, I've already slain dozens of arrogant fools like you.

Ye Bai heard this and sneered, looking amused at this bunch of clowns.

Hahaha, you're blowing smoke!

With this general's Pear Blossom Mountain-Splitting Axe, a thousand coming means a thousand dead—let alone just you.

Charge and capture the Empress alive!

Xing Daorong gave a loud shout and led his troops in a charge.

The thunderous hooves of the spiritual horses shook the earth.

Destroy!

Having said that, Ye Bai circulated his spiritual energy.

The overwhelming pressure of the Majestic Shatter Void Realm swept out.

Ah! No!

Countless wails that shook the heavens rang out from ahead.

In an instant, Xing Daorong and the others were ground into blood mist by the immense pressure.

Ye Bai gave a cold laugh, turned, and flew away.

For clowns like these, no need to lift a finger—just leaking a bit of pressure is enough to crush them.

Elsewhere.

Feng Qingyang and the others had already returned to the Azure Cloud Sect.

In the blink of an eye, a thousand li.

Inside the Azure Cloud Sect.

Master, your junior disciples have returned!

Shi Hao was playing chess with an old man when he sensed someone arriving at the sect gate; he hurried over to check.

Shi Hao glanced at Lin Bai and felt that this junior brother had undergone some change; his appearance was the same, but his demeanor was different—more stern.

Senior brother.

At the same time, Shi Hao noticed the woman beside Feng Qingyang.

At first glance, she was stunning!

The master's luck with women is great—just two days ago he sent away two, and now he's brought another.

As expected of the master!

Qin Ruoxue was even more shocked!

She thought the Azure Cloud Sect, which had pierced the heavens, was already a hegemon-level power.

This… this… could the Azure Cloud Sect be a holy land? But that doesn't seem right—does a holy land have these kinds of facilities?

As the Empress of Great Zhou, Qin Ruoxue still knew quite a bit; the holy lands of the Eastern Region certainly don't have such blessed caverns.

Gazing out.

Pavilions, terraces, and towers; immortal qi hazy, spiritual energy turning to mist.

Scene after scene simply refreshed her worldview.

Master, who is this young lady?

Could it be that the master found us a mistress?

Looking at the dust-covered Qin Ruoxue, Shi Hao had already imagined a story: the woman was being chased, then the master heroically rescued the beauty and brought her home.

You little brat, are you just itching for a fight?

Feng Qingyang broke into a sweat.

Just a servant for pouring tea, right, Empress of Great Zhou?

How would he know!

Sect Master, I wasn't deliberately hiding it; Great Zhou has changed dynasties, and my title of Empress is now a thing of the past.

Empress! Pour tea!

Master, you're truly strong!

No problem, I just don't like being kept in the dark.

At that moment, the old man who had been playing chess with Shi Hao also walked over, "Sect Master."

Shi Hao's face lit up with joy upon seeing that.

Senior, you've come as well; I must say your chess skill is truly superb, surpassing that of disciples by ten thousand times!

Li Qingyun merely smiled and stroked his beard.

As a Great Emperor realm cultivator, he regards this heaven and earth as a chessboard and all beings as pieces.

Let me introduce you to a few people; this is our Qingyun Sect's ancestor.

Ancestor!

Shi Hao knew the old man he was playing chess with was a senior of the sect, but he never imagined he would actually be the ancestor!

His cultivation is beyond the heavens!

Right, you two should cultivate well these two days; three days later the Ancient Sage Secret Realm will open, and at that time, grabbing…… inside there are many resources and fortuitous encounters, which can serve as a good trial.

Cultivate well, don't disgrace my Qingyun Sect.

Yes, Master.

Shi Hao and Lin Bai immediately turned solemn upon seeing Master speak of serious matters.

Ancestor, please continue your stroll elsewhere; we don't need you to act for now.

Feng Qingyang, who was just about to turn and leave, suddenly thought of something else.

The sect uniforms haven't been issued to them yet; although there are few disciples now, we originally planned to wait until the sect's fame shakes the Eastern Domain and we open the mountain gates to recruit disciples before bringing them out.

But we're going to that Ancient Sage Secret Realm, so we need to show off to outsiders.

Wait a moment.

You've been in the sect for a few days, and the sect uniforms haven't been issued to you; today I'll give them to you.

System, claim two sets of sect attire.

The outfit is mainly white with blue accents; on the back is depicted a great roc flying among the clouds, symbolizing soaring straight up and rising to the heavens; on the front left chest, the three characters of Qingyun Sect are embroidered in gold thread.

Damn!

Master, our sect's uniform is too handsome, right?

Shi Hao and Lin Bai, holding the sect uniforms, couldn't put them down.

Don't just admire its looks; wearing the sect uniform makes one unstained by dust, invulnerable to water and fire, and infused with Daoist essence.

Alright, although he also thinks it looks good, indeed, appearance is justice!

Later we need to ask the system to custom-make a Sect Master's outfit.

……

Overlord Heaven City.

Today, many powerful cultivators suddenly flooded into the city.

However, the city's residents are not at all panicked, for the Heavenly Secrets Pavilion sits in command, and no one who fears death would dare cause trouble.

The Hall of Deliberation of the Heavenly Secrets Pavilion.

The three-day deadline is almost upon us; have you all decided what to do?

What to do? What can we do! Are we really supposed to go door-to-door to apologize?

Where did this Qingyun Sect come from? Weren't they said to be in decline? How do they still have such strong experts? Could it be that a holy land backs them!

Don't look at them being the hegemonic power of Lingzhou and a top-tier force; compared to a holy land, they're nothing.

On that day, the strong experts from the various sects who participated were all killed, leaving only a few to return and report.

If you don't come to apologize within three days, not a chicken or dog will be left!

But isn't apologizing just the same as bowing to the other side?

Fortunately, today the Heavenly Secrets Pavilion sent out an invitation specially to discuss this matter.

The Pavilion Master of the Heavenly Secrets Pavilion has arrived.

Everyone, this Qingyun Sect killed our Heavenly Secrets Pavilion elder and slaughtered the strong experts of your sects, yet they expect us to go apologize?

We must unite together and exterminate the Qingyun Sect.

I agree!

As soon as the Pavilion Master finished speaking, some sects came forward to support and agree.

Making them bow down, how else can we mess around in the Eastern Domain?

But they actually have a peak Void-Shattering realm expert; could there be even stronger beings? Surely a holy land backs them.

Right, that mysterious woman who appeared, said to be from the transcendent force Jade Clear Palace of the Central Domain, is still protecting the Qingyun Sect; we can't afford to provoke them.

Some sects wishing to keep peace also put forward their ideas.

Let's just apologize; it's better than losing our lives, and besides, they were indeed in the wrong first.

It was only after being provoked by the Heavenly Secrets Pavilion elder and enticed by the Shi family's promise that they acted, leading to these consequences.

Even if they have a holy land backing them, I've already reported to our Heavenly Secrets Pavilion's Central Domain headquarters; the main pavilion has already dispatched strong experts to rush over.

Upon hearing the Pavilion Master say that, everyone also felt relieved.

With Heavenly Secrets Pavilion strong experts taking the lead, what is there to fear?