140: Good death

"This is..."

In the main hall, Ox Zodiac Lord and Rat Zodiac Lord were stunned, not understanding what was happening!

The Abode Master of Tianyuan Cave Abode, Yan Chenhu, was equally bewildered!

Didn't they say that this Heavenly Pride of the Twelve Phase Sect had gained a firm foothold in Zi Ji Palace? And was even going to help the Twelve Phase Sect in the Azure Underworld destroy the Dongming Sect?

Looking at it now, this Heavenly Pride from the Twelve Phase Sect, Nangong Xiang, seems to be having a terrible time in Zi Ji Palace?!

The sound of those slaps... just hearing it hurts!

"Elder, please clarify, what great mistake has this Disciple committed..." Amidst the sound of repeated slaps, Nangong Xiang's miserable voice was mixed in. Clearly, this Heavenly Pride was also very confused by the beating.

"What is your status? Do you even have the right to inquire about such a supreme place? Considering you have some merit, cripple your cultivation and go work as a slave in the mining area! At least you can keep your dog life!" The Elder's words were indifferent, still filled with barely suppressed rage.

Nangong Xiang pleaded in terror: "Elder, Elder, this Disciple will soon break through to the Nascent Soul Realm from the Yang God state. Please spare this Disciple this one time. This Disciple is willing to be exiled to the border and expand the territory for Zi Ji Palace until this Disciple dies in battle..."

"Do you know what kind of colossal disaster you have brought upon Zi Ji Palace?" The Elder interrupted coldly: "Crippling your cultivation and exiling you to the mining area as a slave is letting you off lightly, hmph!"

"No, Elder..."

Finally, only Nangong Xiang's mournful wails were heard. Then, the wails also disappeared, as the mystic light array completely dimmed, cutting off the connection.

In the main hall, a deathly silence also descended!

Ox Zodiac Lord and Rat Zodiac Lord felt an inexplicable panic in their hearts, as if they had fallen into an ice cellar, or perhaps... the sky had fallen!

Although they didn't know exactly what had happened in Zi Ji Palace, or what terrifying figure the Sect Leader of the Twelve Phase Sect, Nangong Xiang, had offended, one thing they heard clearly.

Nangong Xiang was crippled!

This Sect Leader, upon whom the entire Twelve Phase Sect had placed immense hope, was crippled in Zi Ji Palace before he even truly returned to the Twelve Phase Sect!

"Why... The Sect Leader has been cultivating diligently in Zi Ji Palace, why would he offend a figure that even Zi Ji Palace fears so much?" Ox Zodiac Lord's body was trembling, in disbelief, and unwilling to believe.

Nangong Xiang, the only one from the Twelve Phase Sect who had gained a foothold in the Starry Sky, the only hope that could lead the Twelve Phase Sect to rise again...

He's gone!

Gone inexplicably, gone without warning!

But, without Nangong Xiang, without Zi Ji Palace, how could the Twelve Phase Sect still contend with the Dongming Sect?

"Is it the will of heaven, perhaps, that is not with my Twelve Phase Sect..." Rat Zodiac Lord seemed to age instantly, losing all his youthful vigor and spirit.

The sky of the Twelve Phase Sect had completely collapsed!

"At this time? Nangong Xiang suddenly crippled?!" Yan Chenhu didn't pay attention to the dazed and disappointed Chou Niu and Rat Zodiac Lords, but suddenly thought of the Dongming Sect.

He thought of the Traveling Envoy of the Dongming Sect, Lu Chen's voice transmission!

Knowing that the Twelve Phase Sect might have the Zi Ji Palace, a major power in the Starry Sky, as their backing, yet still fearless!

Was it the fearlessness of the ignorant, or courting death?

It seemed neither!

Rather, the backing behind the Dongming Sect might be... even greater!

Even greater than the Zi Ji Palace, this major power in the Starry Sky!

In that case, everything made sense!

Yan Chenhu suddenly felt his scalp tingle and inexplicably felt a bit parched!

He was crazy, he was truly crazy. Before, he actually dared to provoke the behemoth that was the Dongming Sect, and even wanted to climb over the Dongming Sect's head to relieve himself. Who else but Tianyuan Grotto-heaven would suffer?

Fortunately, fortunately, under the threat of that Traveling Envoy of the Dongming Sect, Lu Chen, he had no choice but to side with the Dongming Sect, instead of getting on the sinking ship of the Twelve Phase Sect. Otherwise, Yan Chenhu couldn't even imagine what kind of devastating blow Tianyuan Grotto-heaven would suffer next!

Clearly, no invincible existence had appeared, and he hadn't been targeted by any existence, but the Abode Master of Tianyuan Cave Abode, Yan Chenhu, broke out in a cold sweat!

"Abode Master Yan, from now on, our two sects can only rely on ourselves!" Ox Zodiac Lord only regained his senses after a long time, revitalized his spirit, and said: "Although we don't have

Zi Ji Palace, but with our two sects united, plus the assistance of the Demonic Path, even if it's the Dongming Sect, so what? We can still..."

Before he finished speaking and before he could paint a rosy picture, Yan Chenhu was already like a cat whose tail had been stepped on, instantly bristling and repeatedly waving his hands to back away: "You wretch, shut up!"

He was both shocked and angry: "When did my Tianyuan Grotto-heaven ever join forces with your Twelve Phase Sect? Don't talk nonsense, or don't blame this Abode Master for cutting you down with a sword!"

Your Twelve Phase Sect is courting death, don't drag my Tianyuan Grotto-heaven down with you!

Ox Zodiac Lord: "???"

Rat Zodiac Lord: "..."

What kind of madness is this Yan Chenhu having?

Didn't he just kill three thousand Disciples of the Dongming Sect, kill two True Disciples of the Dongming Sect, and even the current Traveling Envoy of the Dongming Sect, Lu Chen, was annihilated?

Why the sudden change of heart now?

He must be crazy!

Does your Tianyuan Grotto-heaven still have a way out?

Didn't you block your own retreat?

Moreover, even if Zi Ji Palace inexplicably suddenly crippled Nangong Xiang, causing the Twelve Phase Sect to no longer be able to rely on the great mountain that is Zi Ji Palace. But with the Twelve Phase Sect, Tianyuan Grotto-heaven, and the Demonic Path, the three major forces united, are they still afraid of just one Dongming Sect?

No matter how powerful the Dongming Sect is, it may not be able to suppress the three major forces simultaneously!

The advantage is clearly with us, not the Dongming Sect. Why is Yan Chenhu the first to show cowardice?

"Abode Master, please do not be angry without reason..." Ox Zodiac Lord still wanted to speak to appease him.

But he saw Yan Chenhu becoming even more enraged: "Shut up, you thief!"

Don't force me to cut you down right now!

Those old schemers from the Dongming Sect might be listening from somewhere unseen. He just wants to sever all ties with the Twelve Phase Sect now, even if it's acting, he doesn't want to act together with the Twelve Phase Sect.

Don't ask, the answer is fear!

There's nothing to hide, it's just fear!

If it were you, would you be afraid?

A major power in the Starry Sky, a hegemon in a Starry Sky region! Even Zi Ji Palace is afraid, what is his Tianyuan Grotto-heaven, how could he not be afraid?

Chou Niu and Rat Zodiac, these two fools, didn't understand why the Nangong Xiang who had entered Zi Ji Palace was suddenly crippled, and why he suddenly offended an unknown important figure, but the Abode Master of Tianyuan Grotto-heaven, Yan Chenhu, guessed it!

That was definitely a heaven-shattering move by the Dongming Sect!

Who knew that the Dongming Sect, still in the Azure Underworld and South Chu, had already extended its hand into the Starry Sky, and even into a hegemonic major power like Zi Ji Palace, and easily crippled a Heavenly Pride who was close to the peak Yang God state!

With such heaven-reaching methods, who wouldn't be afraid upon hearing about it!

Yan Chenhu finally understood. Looking at the entire South Chu, and even the entire Azure Underworld, anyone could be provoked, anyone could be touched, but only the Dongming Sect, could not be provoked, and could not be touched!

Whoever touches them dies!

Even the hegemonic major powers from the Starry Sky are useless!

As for this Twelve Phase Sect and the Demonic Path, what stinky rats and small fry, you're not big, but you're quite bold, and you still want to destroy the Dongming Sect?

Good riddance!