Chapter 331: The Immortal Sects Gather

At the border between Yongzhou and Liangzhou, in all directions of the high mountains and dense forests.

Whistling Qi energy whipped up a gale, carrying rolling, turbid waves that spread continuously outward, accompanied by a heavy, bloody stench and a deafening roar that made the four directions tremble.

In a river valley on the east side of Nanhua Mountain, fresh blood dyed the entire river surface a vivid, eerie red.

The disciples of the Mountain Sea Pavilion and the noble clans from Yongzhou tore open the north side, retreating continuously at the cost of heavy losses.

On the other side, at the southwest border of Qingzhou, the group from the Dao Seeking Sect also changed course to the east amidst the sniping, tearing open the only weak point in the black-fog-like tide of corpses, and retreated in an arc toward the northwest, panting for breath.

Then there were the Profound Origin Immortal Mansion and the Chen Clan.

Both great immortal sects were located on the west side of the Azure Cloud Continent, and their paths of advance were close.

Amidst the ambush, the two sects tore open the encirclement in their respective directions, borrowing each other's strength to head toward the same location.

Next was the Spirit Sword Mountain, whose whistling sword Qi was like a sky full of bright moonlight, galloping north, then detouring to the west side, dragging their heavy wounds as they traveled upstream along the banks of the Mist River.

They had all encountered ambushes while the Heavenly Tian Shuyuan was being besieged, losing several high-realm elders who had been regarded as their foundations.

There were also those noble clans who had followed them; the smaller ones were wiped out directly, while the larger ones were torn to pieces.

This was a situation they had never anticipated before. They suddenly realized that their opponent this time was far from what they had imagined. The high-and-mighty emotions in their hearts collapsed with a crash, and the solemnity on their faces never faded again.

In the first encounter, before they even approached the ruins, they saw countless evil seeds with Spirit Travel combat power appear. They dared not predict what would happen next.

"Where is Elder Qi?"

"Elder Qi... has fallen."

"These damned demon-people..."

In the original plan, the six great immortal sects were supposed to encircle the seven ruins from all directions, but at this moment, they were scattered and had to detour in a panic.

At this time, on the Lotus Mountain on the south side of the Great Wilderness Forest, a pitch-black figure rolled a letter into a scroll, tied it to the leg of a black bird, and released it.

And just as this bird suddenly spread its wings and headed toward the depths of Liangzhou, dozens more figures stepped over the mountains.

Some of them were already wounded, though the injuries were not considered serious. At this moment, they stood on the mountain ridge, looking around.

Tonight's ambush had been planned long ago, but some things had slightly exceeded their expectations.

Simply put, the opponents came too quickly and too uniformly.

From the moment this matter began to be plotted, all their movements had been hidden very secretly.

Everyone who should have been killed was killed, and when they set out, they also used the tide of corpses to clear all traces. By all logic, no one should have known what they were going to do.

Especially since the Azure Cloud Immortal Sects had always acted on their own, and the noble clans were even more at odds with each other, never having been united. Their reaction should not have been so swift and orderly.

But no one expected that the six great immortal sects and the Azure Cloud noble clans would move together, coming with scale and planning, so that although they had slaughtered countless people tonight, they still let a large number of people escape in scattered groups.

This situation truly exceeded their predictions.

While pondering, everyone could not help but recall the angry shouting they heard when they were besieging the Chen Clan.

"Chu Clan, Li Clan, Zhuang Clan, Du Clan, Li Clan... you noble clans lured the immortal sects to open the ruins, disrupting the Heavenly Dao and bringing disaster to the world. You have already caused a great catastrophe. Surrender now, and you may receive lenient treatment."

The list read out was not complete, but it was extremely accurate.

But the problem was that before the plan began, even they themselves had not met each other. They did not expect the immortal sects to know so clearly.

Undoubtedly, the immortal sects had long since known roughly what they were doing and had vaguely realized what they were going to do.

But whether they were testing drugs or killing people, all their actions were carried out at the very bottom of Azure Cloud.

With the high-and-mighty attitude of the immortal sects, they were like the deaf and blind to the bottom layer; they should not have been able to capture such a clear thread so quickly.

"The Heavenly Tian Shuyuan group just withdrew. Bai Zhengze's eldest son seems to be among them. It's quite surprising."

As the words fell, everyone's brows could not help but knit together solemnly.

Not long after, another figure came to the mountainside, bringing two cold crows, and spoke in a deep voice.

"Chu City sent a message that there are disciples wearing Heavenly Tian Shuyuan attire who have been wandering in the city for several days for some reason."

"There is also news from Fengzhou saying that someone gave an order to suddenly start a thorough investigation of the missing immortal manors on the ground, and someone has also been to their original abandoned residences."

After the plan was implemented, the tide of corpses first broke out, cleansing the Nine Provinces, so that communication became extremely difficult and efficiency became extremely low.

They only received news from many remote places tonight.

Hearing the report, the eyes of the people on the mountain instantly became gloomy.

The Heavenly Tian Shuyuan, Bai Rulong, and Fengzhou—such pointers easily made them realize who it was, and they vaguely began to understand where the six great immortal sects' understanding of them originated.

No one in this world cares about the bottom layer, and no one cares what is done in a backwater place like Fengzhou, but there is only one exception.

"BOOM!!!!"

A burst of roaring fist sounds quietly rang out in the night.

Everyone turned to look, and saw that under the night, someone clenched a fist and smashed the mountain wall on the right. The face revealed amidst the evil spirit was exceptionally angry.

He was one of the people who besieged the Heavenly Tian Shuyuan. When he arrived covered in sword marks just now, he had already attracted the attention of those around him.

Spirit Travel Realm is not considered many even in the immortal sects, and it is difficult to be injured, but the longest wound on his body looked like it had already exposed the bone, and the wrist that was almost severed had hard skin and flesh turned outward, with evil spirits surging out continuously.

The Heavenly Tian Shuyuan is not an immortal sect that respects sword Dao like the Spirit Sword Mountain. There is only one person who wears the Heavenly Tian Shuyuan immortal robe but uses the Spirit Sword Mountain's sword Dao, which coincides with the figure everyone thought of earlier.

An inner court disciple of the Heavenly Tian Shuyuan, born as a private cultivator in the countryside, with no noble clan background, not favored by the immortal sects, once entered the academy with Chu He, was regarded as a foil, later entered the inner court to kill immortal manors to reduce taxes, and was sent to the Snow Region to take the top of the Heavenly Dao List.

Tonight, he beheaded a Spirit Travel expert with a sword.

After a brief silence of meeting, those ferocious figures on the mountain stepped away again.

In an instant, the four sides of Liangzhou and Qingzhou were once again stirred up by a surging tide of corpses, whistling continuously like poison, chasing and attacking along the direction the immortal sects had scattered.

If you look from the distant sky, you can see the evil seeds that were originally raging in various places in Azure Cloud continuously gathering toward the Central Plains, just like a slowly forming large black bowl, swallowing the sky and devouring the earth.

At this time in Shengjing City, the gatekeeper guarding the great array on the city wall slowly widened his eyes, and then immediately carried his sword and rushed down the city tower.

Not long after, the people of the Immortal Supervision, Prince Chong, the noble clans remaining in the capital, and many Heavenly Tian Shuyuan disciples climbed the city wall, looking outward along the city wall with solemn expressions.

The dense tide of corpses had already left Shengjing, as if guided by something, surging southward in a dense mass.

They knew very well in their hearts that that direction was where the Heavenly Tian Shuyuan and the major noble clans had gone.

In fact, their mentality was the same as those noble clans who set off with the Heavenly Tian Shuyuan when they just left the city, feeling that since the six great immortal sects had joined forces to crusade, the petty people who confused the world would surely be executed.

But looking at this surging tide of corpses flowing against the current, they vaguely felt that this seemed to be a strangulation of luring the enemy into the urn.

At this time, the Heavenly Tian Shuyuan group was detouring south, stopping slightly when passing the border of Liangzhou.

The disciples who still had energy continued to clear the evil seeds from all directions, while the elders were seizing the time to take medicine and heal their wounds.

It is true that the Pill Sect sealed the mountain, but all the major immortal sects and noble clans had healing medicines stored previously.

At this moment, using spiritual energy to stimulate it, they could stabilize their injuries and accelerate the healing of the wounds.

Shi Junhao, He Lingxiu, and Chai Ze were also injured, but with the defense of various methods, they did not hurt their foundations, so the pain eased a lot after taking a few pills.

When the healing was over, He Lingxiu raised her head and looked at Yu Shiliu and Wang Gaocen under the tree opposite.

"Is Elder Wang okay?"

"The spiritual essence was almost shattered. Now he is seriously injured and unconscious, and his breath is very weak."

He Lingxiu's brows frowned slightly: "Yu Shiliu... why is this?"

Shi Junhao lowered his voice: "Elder Yu has fallen. The three managers said just now that the team he led had already met with disaster before reaching the border, and six elders among them had died."

"It seems we did underestimate the opponent and almost caused a great catastrophe."

"Last night was just the first encounter, and there were Spirit Travel demon-people taking action. Hall Master Zuoqiu and Hall Master Chai also seemed to have experienced a battle yesterday. The only ones who can fight them must be combat powers at the perfection of the Upper Five Realms."