153: The sect's actions will cause the cave to fall.

The players of Heshui Prefecture were extremely frustrated.

When this operation began, they were ambitious, feeling they could finally take down Midnight Gao Sou and others.

But in the end, they fled in disarray, looking quite pathetic.

The native Cultivators didn't react much, but the players couldn't stand it; who among them wasn't hot-tempered?

If it weren't for the extremely high cost of death in the Xuanhuan World, they would have already gone up to fight.

"There are too many of them."

The He Shui Manor Elder stopped, sighing faintly, "These evil Cultivators are developing too rapidly. As expected of Extraterrestrial Demons, they've become a force to be reckoned with in just a few days. We alone are no match for them; it would just be throwing our lives away."

A player retorted:

"What about the Sect Master? And the Grand Elders? Aren't they all Golden Core Experts? Our Heshui Prefecture, no matter what, has several Golden Core Experts in charge. Wouldn't just one of them be enough to wipe out the Great Love Sect?"

Only players dared to speak like this; the native Cultivators wiped cold sweat from their foreheads.

Daring to discuss Golden Core Experts in such a manner was truly unimaginable to the natives.

"That's the problem..."

The Elder sighed, "Our Heshui Prefecture is not the sole power. Leaving aside the Great Jiang Imperial Dynasty for now, there are also the Qingling Sect and Duan Kong Cave. Although the three Sects together only have a handful of Golden Core Experts, there are ultimately checks and balances. Some want to eliminate evil Cultivators, while others naturally want to let them be. How can Immortal Masters act so freely?"

In the Xuanhuan World, at least at this stage, Golden Core Immortal Masters are like nuclear weapons, primarily serving as deterrents, holding strategic significance, and not directly intervening in battles.

Ye Chun keenly found the problem in his words.

'A Golden Core Expert is protecting the Great Love Sect... Is it Duan Kong Cave?'

Ye Chun couldn't figure it out for now. He just looked around and noticed that the Elder wasn't heading directly to Heshui Prefecture but was instead lingering outside the Great Jiang border, seemingly confirming something.

He thought about the intelligence he had gathered earlier and asked thoughtfully:

"Elder, is a Void Gazer Lineage Grotto-Heaven about to fall?"

At these words, all the other players around him looked at him, their eyes filled with confusion.

Someone whispered:

"Void Gazer Lineage? Wasn't that from a previous event?"

"Didn't the Golden Core Tomb event end a long time ago?"

"I remember now, there was indeed a message before, saying that the Void Gazer Lineage not only had one Grotto-Heaven, but another would fall after the Azure Green Grotto-Heaven."

"And the location of the fall... Holy cow, it seems to be the Great Jiang Imperial Dynasty!"

Players, for all their faults, communicate information extremely quickly. Even if they forgot for a moment, they could immediately search the internet or even have an AI help organize the data, quickly clarifying the previous clues.

The Void Gazer Lineage was once glorious. It is said that there were several Nascent Soul Experts in the Sect, each of whom opened a Grotto-Heaven. The Sect's Disciples cultivated in these Grotto-Heavens, so their territory in the current world was not large, probably only encompassing the Four Kingdoms of Jiang, Yue, Chu, and Li.

This is also a characteristic of forces above Nascent Soul; they often open their own Grotto-Heavens, remotely directing affairs in the current world. Some top forces even cultivate in seclusion, with their Disciples in perennial retreat.

However, these are all rumors, as the strongest in this territory currently are only Golden Core Experts.

What everyone is now concerned about are the legacies left by the Void Gazer Lineage, the most important of which is naturally the Grotto-Heaven that is about to fall.

"You're a clever one, young man."

The He Shui Manor Elder looked at Ye Chun and nodded with satisfaction.

Among so many Disciples, there were Extraterrestrial Demons and native Cultivators, all exceptionally talented, but only Ye Chun alone could perceive their Heshui Prefecture's true objective.

"Punishing evil Cultivators is indeed something that must be done, but not now.

"This outing is more about using the pretense of punishment to find the precise location of the Grotto-Heaven. Not only are we, Heshui Prefecture, searching, but the other two Sects are probably also leading Immortal Foundation teams to search."

Since Ye Chun had seen through him, the Elder no longer hid anything, handing out compasses to everyone and having them disperse to search.

The Grotto-Heaven is located in the Great Void, which they, of course, cannot observe. Only Golden Core Experts can use certain methods to survey the approximate range, and then have those below them search inch by inch.

Everyone busied themselves for a while and indeed saw people from the Qingling Sect and Duan Kong Cave.

Interestingly, many players came from the Qingling Sect, but Duan Kong Cave was surprisingly entirely composed of native Cultivators.

"Laughing out loud, those who go to Duan Kong Cave are really the lowest tier, huh? They're not even pretending anymore."

"What do you guys think, will those players from Duan Kong Cave be able to enter when this Grotto-Heaven opens?"

"Why not? Aren't they specifically recruited as consumables?"

"Laughing out loud, a bunch of people without Spiritual Roots who refuse to restart, cultivating some Heaven Void Profoundless Art, aren't they just waiting to be consumables?"

The players from the Qingling Sect and Heshui Prefecture met up and exchanged words, all mocking the Duan Kong Cave players.

The Three Great Sects' strength was actually quite similar, as they all had Golden Core Experts in charge.

However, no Duan Kong Cave player had broken through to Foundation Establishment to this day, while the other two Sects already had players who had broken through Mortal Foundation, and some had even obtained a complete Immortal Foundation Method and were preparing for Breakthrough.

Thus, besides the Duan Kong Cave players, everyone realized that they were, in fact, recruiting consumables and never intended for them to break through.

So, in various settings, when players from the Qingling Sect and Heshui Prefecture met, they would mock Duan Kong Cave.

When the Elders mentioned that a fated person from the Void Gazer Lineage was needed to find the Grotto-Heaven and even guide its fall.

All the players thought that Duan Kong Cave would once again be sending another batch of consumables.

However, just as Ye Chun and the others returned to Heshui Prefecture after some time and reported their findings, they received a piece of news:

The Great Love Sect's evil Cultivators were rampaging within the Great Jiang Imperial Dynasty, continuously breaching dozens of cities. One large city of several million people was even massacred, finally giving birth to a new Immortal Foundation Expert. They became even more reckless, advancing all the way towards the Imperial City.

At the same time, blood Qi permeated, the Great Jiang's national fortune trembled, signs of national demise appeared, and it inexplicably affected the Great Void, causing the Grotto-Heaven to shift its position.

The new location was directly in the path of the Great Love Sect's advancing army!

"Now, the Three Great Sects are truly going to confront the Great Love Sect."

Ye Chun looked at the map, but he wasn't flustered; instead, he was somewhat excited.

Heshui Prefecture's excuse to stay away from the Great Love Sect this time was just for show. Allowing city after city to be massacred made Ye Chun somewhat uncomfortable, and he was eager for war to begin.

However, very quickly, he received a message from the Elder: the Three Great Sects would all stay away from the Grotto-Heaven, leaving it to the Great Love Sect.

"How is this possible?"

Ye Chun frowned in confusion. Since the Golden Core Tomb, the Three Great Sects had clearly been plotting for a long time, aiming to open the Void Gazer Grotto-Heavens one by one and plunder the Void Gazer Dao Lineage.

For this, they even dispatched a Golden Core Expert to the Azure Green Grotto-Heaven.

How could a small Great Love Sect make them retreat?

While he was puzzled, he received an order from the Sect Master summoning him for a meeting, presumably to offer some explanations.