Elder Cang Jing saw his fellow disciple seize the Nascent Soul, frowned, and then swiftly turned around, "Quickly go support them!"

Another True Immortal gathered up the corpse of the middle-aged man and the storage bag, then quickly turned back like lightning. There was a primordial ice formation at the ambush site, even they couldn’t tear open the void, and could only rely on flying.

The reason they pursued relentlessly was mainly because this guy had been hit by the primordial ice formation’s attack and somehow suppressed it, but there was a great possibility it would explode. Otherwise, once the Nascent Soul escaped, who could catch up?

The speed of the three was not slow. In just a short moment, they had already chased over twenty thousand miles, and returning would also take twenty to thirty breaths.

While flying rapidly, the True Immortal asked aloud, "Elder, how did the ice gas just freeze this fellow directly?"

The icy power of Xuanshui Sect is formidable, but the Nascent Soul they killed was at the seventh layer, possessing spiritual energy and means to resist. Being frozen in an instant did not match his own standard of strength—he should have at least struggled a bit.

Thinking back on how he was bleeding from his seven orifices, it was clear something had gone wrong with him.

Elder Cang Jing shook her head, her eyes filled with confusion, "I don’t know. It stands to reason the subsequent attack of the primordial ice formation should not be that intense. If a Nascent Soul hadn’t appeared, I might have thought it was just an avatar."

"Perhaps his cultivation technique had a flaw, after all, it was a demonic method," the other True Immortal answered himself, then remembered something else, "Just now, we... did not take notice of that lower realm real person. What do you think?"

"He wouldn’t die so easily," Elder Cang Jing had always been rather impolite to Feng Jun, but that was just her nature. Her understanding of him was quite clear, "Even at the Nascent Soul peak, it might not be enough to deal with him."

The fact is, the cultivators of the Tianqin Plane mostly believe in eradicating evil to the end. Rescuing their own people is certainly important, but to her, it was just Feng Jun, not Yi Jue, so she thought pursuing the villain was more important.

The True Immortal wanted to say, "That was not just a Nascent Soul peak, it was a Heavenly Demon of the Nascent Soul peak!"

In the end, however, he said nothing.

When they returned, the two True Immortals had already been captured. Yi Jue the True Immortal had single-handedly apprehended Ouyang Beishan from the Wanhuan Sect, and the other three had trapped the Wanhuan Sect’s patron Star Twinkle Venerate.

Yi Jue True Immortal, upon discovering Ouyang Beishan among the invaders, immediately decided to take care of the guy herself—her Si Ganlin Divine Skill was quite compatible with Xuanshui Sect’s grand formation, while the other three jointly attacked Star Twinkle Venerate.

Star Twinkle Venerate was at the Nascent Soul Eighth Layer but suppressed by the primordial ice formation, reducing his strength to that of a mid-stage Nascent Soul. Facing the siege of three Nascent Souls, he could only barely defend, unable to escape.

In addition, his advanced age and slightly depleted qi and blood meant in the battle within the primordial ice formation, spiritual energy consumption was far more than usual. Thus, almost simultaneously as Yi Jue True Immortal captured Ouyang Beishan, they also subdued Star Twinkle Venerate.

At this moment, Feng Jun suddenly appeared at the scene, holding the corpse of the Golden Core in his hand, "This guy had a restriction in his soul, as soon as he settled, he flared up... Fortunately, the formation eye is intact, so it wasn’t for nothing."

Another Xuanshui Sect True Immortal was overjoyed, "A complete Five Elements Four Symbols Illusion Formation, this battle was worth it!"

The Five Elements Four Symbols Illusion Formation is unique to the Wanhuan Sect and is rarely used. Getting related information is hard for ordinary people.

The Seven Sects and Eighteen Paths have existed for quite a long time and have a fair understanding of this formation. Even some secret realm clans have "cracked versions," but they cannot compare with the vast range and subtlety of the original.

True Immortal Shou Zhong glanced at him and coughed lightly, "Even if this illusion formation is complete, it cannot be used. We must guard against the Wanhuan Sect having remote activation means, so the best way is to dismantle and study it."

As mentioned earlier, many items belonging to sect disciples carry sect imprints. Even if others seize them, they don’t dare keep them, like storage bags. Whoever harms sect disciples would never dare keep the storage bag, usually, they destroy it.

However, there are exceptions, like today’s instance with the Five Elements Four Symbols Formation. Your disciples attacked others and lost, naturally, their belongings would become the victor’s spoils.

Moreover, Xuanshui Sect is not a small power, they are on par with the Wanhuan Sect. They considered the items as spoils, and with the presence of recording stones and breath marks, Wanhuan Sect could only acknowledge it—they might not even reject a high-price buy-back.

Ultimately, being weak is the primary sin. Facing equal forces, sect imprints have no effect, but items like storage bags are forgettable. Strategic resources like the Five Elements Four Symbols Formation possibly have more than just imprints left on them.

It’s like the people from the Silent Mourning Country producing electronics with a "backdoor program." If someone really steals their stuff, automatic locking and similar reactions are too common, and the Tianqin cultivators surprisingly have similar awareness.

However, such occurrences usually involve strategic or tactical resources, appearing infrequently. Even if people encounter them, they might not realize what happened, so True Immortal Shou Zhong gave a reminder.

That person nodded with a smile, "Thank you for the reminder, Daoist friend. We’re not foolish enough to use this formation. It’s a better plan to break it more times. When they ask, we can just say the formation core self-destructed, and the formation base is mostly destroyed... It’s simple!"

Shou Zhong True Immortal looked speechlessly at the two captives beside him—was it appropriate to talk like this in front of Wanhuan Sect’s True Immortal?

That True Immortal snorted coldly, "Sneaking onto Xuanshui Sect’s territory to ambush us, you’re really not considering us, are you? Maybe... you’re even thinking of framing us?"

Star Twinkle True Immortal drooped his eyelids and said nothing, but Ouyang Beishan stared at the other party indignantly.

The battle was brief, but the fighting was still quite intense, with nine True Immortals fighting together, affecting an area over a million miles in radius.

The group of clan cultivators who hurriedly left the battlefield were less than five thousand miles away, using a flying artifact, when they felt powerful and violent auras emanating from behind. The intense fluctuations in spiritual energy even caused the spiritual energy within them to become somewhat imbalanced.

A family member suggested quickly deploying a defensive formation, but the two Golden Core cultivators weren’t foolish; they immediately released the flying boat, "Let’s hurry and go. Escaping is critical. This is a battle of True Immortals... Even being brushed by the aftermath is enough to destroy us all."

The flying boat was set to maximum speed and defense, fleeing desperately. A family member reminded, let’s not be so conspicuous, beware of crashing into demon beasts, but a Golden Core cultivator sneered, "Take a look, which direction are the Golden Core Demon Beasts running towards?"

The vigilance of Golden Core Demon Beasts was very high. Upon sensing a presence they couldn’t afford to provoke, they instinctively turned around to flee.

Nascent Soul Monster Beasts... naturally wouldn’t notice small roles like them. Their focus was on the place where the battle broke out, trying to figure out what had happened—is it a precious treasure being born?

Even a Snow Fox King materialized a massive phantom in the air, directly blocking the flying boat, but without attacking. It simply stated, "You came running from that side, explain what happened, and I’ll let you go."

After listening, the phantom gradually dissipated, "You all are quite lucky; the opposing parties chased you away. Had you been slower, none of you would be leaving."

The clan members on the flying boat looked at each other in dismay, "So... they chased us away for our own good?"

"That’s why experience is very necessary," one Golden Core cultivator spoke out. "What you see as good may not necessarily be truly good, and what you see as bad may not be truly bad... To pursue the Great Dao, you must have a heart that seeks the truth, not one that assumes beforehand."

A cultivator in the Clear Mind Stage laughed, "Great-Uncle Nineteen, yesterday you said we should remember this disgrace."

"You insolent thing!" The Golden Core Master glared at him fiercely. "Do these two contradict each other?"

"Saying the right thing at the right time yields the best results... Whether my eyes are blind or not is my problem. The key is to cultivate the correct perspectives in you all. That’s the real purpose of experience, to learn independent thinking!"

Everyone laughed loudly at this; in clan practitioners, hierarchy and dignity are emphasized, but at the same time... oftentimes their cultivation environment is very relaxed; after all, they’re family.

Another Golden Core cultivator sighed leisurely, "That Golden Core pretending to be the villain and driving us away actually was not just afraid of accidentally harming us, he also didn’t want us to expose his true intentions, so in the future, everyone should discuss this matter less."

A mid-stage Qi Refining female cultivator asked, "Will he not fall in this battle?"

The Golden Core cultivator smiled, "Weapons know no eyes, who can say for sure? But since he’s willing to form a good cause, it’s likely there will be no bad consequences."

The Golden Core known as Great-Uncle Nineteen snorted, "Does this need to conform to cause and effect? You’re being a bit pedantic. If he dared let us leave, it means he has confidence. Those without confidence would have killed us to silence us long ago... That one should be fine."

The female cultivator nodded in a daze, "No harm done... then that’s good."

Feng Jun and the others were indeed not without things to do; fighting was one thing, happening in just a moment, but dealing with the aftermath was a major task.

Things like cleaning the battlefield needn’t be mentioned; everything the invaders brought was left behind, except Ouyang Beishan, at the moment his protective charm activated, had destroyed a piece of obsidian, unknown for what purpose.

Then, on the snowy plains after the battle, Feng Jun and forces allied with the other sects met up and began the interrogation.

This was a joint interrogation session, but the main seat was naturally held by Xuanshui Sect’s Elder Cang Jing. As the local host, she had the inherent right to interrogate the foreign evil guests, and the others had no intention of vying with her for this privilege.

Elder Cang Jing first questioned Star Twinkle Venerate, asking him to clearly explain why they invaded the Ice Plate.