270: sneak

Above the Yin Yang Harmony Hall,

six enormous spirit boats floated, each bearing banners with different names.

These were the names of the branch lineages to which the various Nascent Soul True Lords within the Yin Yang Harmony Hall belonged.

In the center,

was an even larger spirit boat, with a banner emblazoned with the ancient seal characters 'Yin and Yang' fluttering in the wind.

At the bow of the Yin Yang spirit boat,

eleven figures stood with their hands behind their backs.

These were the seven great Nascent Soul True Lords of the Yin Yang Harmony Hall, as well as the four True Lords, including True Monarch Chao Mu, who had responded to the summons.

“Junior Brother Yu Qing, it's up to you.”

In the middle of the eleven figures,

Yang Venerable's Divine Sense swept across.

Seeing that on each boat, the Golden Core Protectors, Foundation Establishment Stewards, and Qi Refining elites were all in position,

he then spoke to a Cultivator who appeared to be a young man on his left.

True Monarch Yu Qing, who appeared as a young man, nodded slightly.

His body slowly rose,

and the Aura belonging to the Middle Nascent Soul Stage gradually revealed itself.

A profound glint flashed in True Monarch Yu Qing's eyes and then disappeared.

He gently raised his right hand.

“Stealth.”

True Monarch Yu Qing murmured.

“Buzz~”

A stream of light flashed from True Monarch Yu Qing's body,

covering the six enormous spirit boats.

As his words fell and the stream of light covered them, the spirit boats slowly vanished from the sight of the Yin Yang Harmony Hall Disciples below.

Even the Divine Sense of the Foundation Establishment and Golden Core Cultivators guarding the Sect could not detect them.

The spirit boat, bearing the banner of the Yin Yang Harmony Hall, after being shielded from Divine Sense and sight, quickly sailed out of the Yin Yang Harmony Hall, flying towards the direction of Qingzhou... On the peak of Tiannan Peak.

Jin Yan's gaze looked into the distance, pondering something unknown.

Behind her, a Black-robed Figure suddenly appeared, completely enveloped in a black robe.

The Black-robed Figure bowed respectfully.

“Pavilion Master, they've disappeared. We can't ascertain their direction.”

The Black-robed Figure reported in a hoarse voice.

Jin Yan did not turn around.

After a moment, she sighed.

The Five Families had acted suddenly, without any news leaking out.

“I understand.”

Jin Yan waved her hand.

The Black-robed Figure's form faded, merging into the surrounding environment, and then left the peak.

No one wants to be controlled by others, to become someone else's Puppet, and Jin Yan was naturally no exception.

“You actually dared to do this...”

Wuji Palace and the other five major powers simultaneously summoned their entire Sects.

Immediately after, they vanished from sight.

Jin Yan already had some suspicions in her heart.

However, at this moment, she could do nothing.

Her current strength was insufficient, her wings undeveloped; she could not stem this overwhelming tide... Qingzhou.

The borderland between Yingyang Commandery and Huichuan Prefecture.

Zhou Leren and Immortal Master Gu Li parted ways.

One went left, one went right.

Outside Cloud Dream Marsh.

Zhou Leren's figure appeared.

Only then,

did Zhou Leren truly relax.

The impression left by the Nascent Soul True Lord who had ambushed him from the shadows was simply too deep.

Zhou Leren composed himself.

He decided to first go into the marsh to meet Mo Xuan.

He would report what had happened on the way,

including that 'Yan' token.

In the center of the boundless marsh.

“Old Ancestor.”

Zhou Leren bowed respectfully.

Above the water's surface,

circles of water rippled outwards.

A massive black snake head slowly emerged.

“Is Old Ancestor awake?”

Zhou Leren's heart stirred.

Normally, when Mo Xuan was in deep slumber, if there was something to report, it was always the wind and rain pearl containing a Divided Soul that would appear.

The enormous snake body slowly rose, revealing a small portion of its form, which completely blocked Zhou Leren's view.

“Old Ancestor's size seems to have grown again...”

A thought flashed through Zhou Leren's mind.

He immediately took out the 'Yan' token from his Storage Pouch, just about to report what he had encountered.

Suddenly,

Mo Xuan's heart stirred, and his snake eyes looked towards the direction of Spirit Void Sect.

“Be on guard.”

Mo Xuan lowered his head and instructed Zhou Leren, who was about to speak.

Zhou Leren was stunned.

He immediately understood.

He quickly flew towards Jade Moon Peak.

Zhou Leren departed.

Mo Xuan's enormous body slithered out,

coiling above the entire Cloud Dream Marsh.

His Divine Sense probed towards the direction of Spirit Void Sect.

Spirit Void Sect.

In a realm as ethereal as an Immortal's abode, six enormous spirit boats slowly emerged in the sky outside Spirit Void Sect.

True Monarch Tianya, who was cultivating in seclusion with his eyes closed within his Immortal Cave, felt his spiritual intuition wildly warn him.

True Monarch Tianya suddenly opened his eyes.

“Activate the Great Formation!”

He stepped out of his Immortal Cave,

and shouted loudly.

His voice echoed within Spirit Void Sect.

Such a commotion shook the hearts of all the Disciples, big and small, within Spirit Void Sect.

However, before they could fully activate the mountain protecting grand array,

on the Yin Yang spirit boat,

“I'll do it.”

Among the four standing on the right, a plain-looking Middle-aged Cultivator spoke.

“Many thanks, Fellow Daoist Chao.”

Yang Venerable nodded.

True Monarch Chao Mu's figure flickered.

He raised his right hand high, and wind and clouds gathered.

A palm print, like that of a Heavenly God, descended from the sky,

pressing down on the sky above Spirit Void Sect.

“Buzz~”

Spirit Void Sect's mountain protecting grand array activated in response.

Although it had not had time to fully open,

its defensive capabilities were still considerable.

But under this palm print, like that of a Heavenly God,

it only held out for a moment,

before shattering with a crash.

True Monarch Chao Mu, a Middle Nascent Soul Stage Cultivator,

was the most highly cultivated among the four Nascent Soul Cultivators summoned by the Yin Yang Harmony Hall.

“Flee!”

Seeing his own mountain protecting grand array shatter like that, and sensing the eleven Nascent Soul Auras from outside,

True Monarch Tianya did not hesitate.

He turned and fled towards the rear.

“Hehe, I can't let you escape.”

True Monarch Chao Mu chuckled, his figure swayed, and he pursued.

“Brother Chao, I'll help you.”

“I'll come too.”

“...”

Qingyu, Beimou, and True Lord Bingluo all flashed out simultaneously,

surrounding True Monarch Tianya, who was being intercepted by True Monarch Chao Mu.

“Boom!”

The six enormous spirit boats dispersed.

Spells, Talismans, and spirit cannons extended from the spirit boats,

blasting out beams of magical power,

shattering the fleeing Spirit Void Sect Disciples into dust.

And then,

from the spirit boats,

Golden Core True Persons, Foundation Establishment Cultivators, and Qi Refining elites flew out and descended,

beginning the slaughter.

In the distance,

True Monarch Tianya coughed up blood incessantly.

His flowing long hair was already disheveled.

His magic robe was stained with blood, and his Aura was chaotic.

His Divine Sense probed, and the tragic state of Spirit Void Sect below came into his eyes.

His heart was filled with sorrow.

“Why?”

True Monarch Tianya loudly questioned the seven indifferent, cold, and emotionless Nascent Soul True Lords of the Yin Yang Harmony Hall, who still stood on the main Yin Yang spirit boat and had not yet made a move.

“Because Spirit Void Sect is the closest.”

Taking advantage of True Monarch Tianya's momentary lapse in concentration, a long sword pierced through True Monarch Tianya's chest.

True Lord Bingluo's clear and cold words echoed in True Monarch Tianya's mind.

“What kind of reason is this...”

True Monarch Tianya looked down at the sword tip that had pierced through him.

Hatred showed in his eyes.

A transparent Nascent Soul, several inches tall and vaguely bearing True Monarch Tianya's face, leaped out of True Monarch Tianya's body,

and suddenly vanished before the eyes of the four Nascent Soul True Lords.

“You can't escape.”

True Monarch Chao Mu spread his hands.

In space,

invisible threads transformed into blades, into a cage.

Outside the four,

a transparent Nascent Soul was pierced and entangled by these threads.