My Master Knows It All-Chapter 1355 - 327_2

"It’s Elder Blue of the Cloud Reaching Sect. The people of the Cloud Reaching Sect have arrived."

Elder Blue’s expression was icy as she coldly looked at Huang Zi’ang and said, "Does your Yao Soil Sect take us Cloud Reaching Sect as weaklings?"

As soon as she finished speaking, the disciples accompanying her from the Cloud Reaching Sect began unleashing their auras. One by one, their cultivation bases manifested vividly in the air.

The crowd immediately grasped the situation.

Xiang Ziyu, having ascended the Rainbow Stairway of the Cloud Reaching Sect, held the honorary title of Elder of the Cloud Reaching Sect. Yao Soil Sect’s actions indeed seemed to intentionally provoke the Cloud Reaching Sect.

Huang Zi’ang felt a pounding headache. These Hundred Peaks Sect people one after another seemed to be adept at manipulation. First, it was Immortal Bi Yue and Cao Zhen together, then it was Immortal Jiu Yin. And now, with great difficulty, the absence of both Immortal Bi Yue and Immortal Jiu Yin, another member of the Cloud Reaching Sect has appeared.

For a moment, he felt like he was riding a tiger, unable to dismount.

With both Cao Zhen and the people of the Cloud Reaching Sect now present, continuing to tussle seemed futile. However, walking away like this—where would Huang Zi’ang and the Yao Soil Sect’s dignity go?

Elder Blue, after her cold words, ignored Huang Zi’ang and turned to Xiang Ziyu, saying, "Elder Xiang, why not join us in the Cloud Reaching Sect temporarily?"

After all, Xiang Ziyu holds the honorary Elder title within the Cloud Reaching Sect and could be considered one of them. There would naturally be no problem with him staying safely by their side.

As for Cao Zhen, one more person wouldn’t make much difference.

Cao Zhen’s original plan was to wait until the Heaven Prayers Sect’s tribulation failed and then enter together with Xiang Ziyu. If they wanted to go jointly, he could even follow Immortal Bi Yue to the Dragon Chant Sect without issue.

But now, with Xiang Ziyu injured, after some thought, he decided to follow Elder Blue to the Cloud Reaching Sect’s side.

The Cloud Reaching Sect only had one cultivator at the peak of the Golden Core Stage—their Sect Hierarch. Although there would undoubtedly be vast resources up for grabs after the Heaven Prayers Sect’s destruction, the Sect Hierarch of such a great teaching would not easily leave their base.

Hence, this time, the Cloud Reaching Sect was led by Elder Blue. Xiang Ziyu’s arrival happened to fill the gap in their lack of someone at the Golden Core Stage Limit.

In truth, though Xiang Ziyu’s injuries seemed severe, they would take no more than a dozen days to completely heal.

Gradually, Cao Zhen noticed that more and more cultivators were arriving at the scene. However, the innermost encirclement closest to the Heaven Prayers Sect was entirely formed by the great teachings.

In this way, they ensured that once the Heaven Prayers Sect failed its tribulation, they could storm into the sect at the earliest opportunity. Simultaneously, if anyone from the Heaven Prayers Sect tried to escape, they would first have to break through their blockade, ensuring that all the resources within the fleeing disciples’ possession would fall into their hands.

Beyond this perimeter, there were the various cultivation sects and loose cultivators. Though unable to be the first to enter the Heaven Prayers Sect, the sect was so vast that it would be impossible for the great teachings to seize every resource instantaneously.

Trailing behind, these groups could still manage to snatch a portion of the resources.

Once again, Cao Zhen was reminded of the cruel nature of the Eastern Province’s immortal cultivation world.

These past days, disciples from the Heaven Prayers Sect had continued to attempt escaping. Though it was uncertain whether they succeeded in other areas, in the region where Cao Zhen stood, not a single Heaven Prayers Sect disciple made it out.

The disciples of the Heaven Prayers Sect had only two options. One: be killed, their Qiankun Bags plundered by others. Two: willingly hand over their Qiankun Bags.

At first, a few Heaven Prayers Sect disciples still tried to flee. However, over time, they seemed to realize the inevitability—escape was impossible. Even if they knew that losing their Qiankun Bags and resources would make the path of cultivation unimaginably hard, survival still seemed preferable to death. Most of the ones choosing to flee were likely those more afraid of dying; they began to surrender their Qiankun Bags and all possessions in exchange for their lives.

And others would indeed spare them. After all, there was no deep grudge against the Heaven Prayers Sect disciples.

Afterwards, these disciples faced several possible paths: becoming loose cultivators or joining other factions.

Even as former disciples of the Heaven Prayers Sect, they carried with them fragments of the Heaven Prayers Sect’s inheritance. With its downfall, they could freely use and disseminate its teachings. Naturally, other great teachings might find interest in these inheritances.

However, whether they chose the life of a loose cultivator or allegiance to another great teaching, their futures would hardly be smooth.

If they left the Heaven Prayers Sect to join another, they would face distrust. After all, they had defected in the face of sect tribulation—an act most would view with disdain. Being ostracized and ridiculed by other disciples within a great teaching would be commonplace.

All this was trivial, however.

The main point was that by joining another sect, they would need to abandon their current cultivation techniques and start over with that sect’s techniques. Their previous cultivation paths would no longer be viable.

If given a choice, they would not defect. But under the current circumstances, everyone knew the Heaven Prayers Sect was doomed.

In the skies above the Heaven Prayers Sect, tribulation clouds began to gather.

The Sect Tribulation had finally descended.

Though Cao Zhen had only recently arrived in the Eastern Province, this was already his second time witnessing a Sect Tribulation. However, this time was different—previously, he had remained within the sect to assist in weathering the tribulation; this time, he stood outside a sect, awaiting its fall.

The skies above the Heaven Prayers Sect turned pitch black in an instant. Even from a distance, their surroundings felt shrouded in oppressive darkness. ƒrēenovelkiss.com