Feng Yezi was obstructed by Kou Chongxue’s sword qi for a mere moment, but it was enough for him to lose track of Shang Xia.

Since he managed to achieve his goal, Kou Chongxue turned to swing his Hidden Frost Sword and took over the pressure on Ji Wenlong. He started to focus on Xuan Lu, the stronger of the 2.

Ji Wenlong unleashed his Lingxuan Space Shattering Claw and continued his barrage of attacks on Hua Lu.

With Ji Wenlong’s help, Kou Chongxue was able to fully focus on suppressing Xuan Lu.

The original scheme that was aimed to destroy Kou Chongxue’s avatar was completely overturned. The 3 Deers of the Ji Continent, along with Feng Yezi, not only failed to take down Kou Chongxue’s clone. They suffered huge losses in the process. Their reputation was really swept down the drain at this point.

Earlier, Xuan Lu and Hua Lu couldn’t do a thing to Kou Chongxue even when they joined hands. Now that Kou Chongxue was dealing with Xuan Lu alone, the usually serious and aloof leader of the 3 Deers of the Ji Continent was being suppressed to no end.

“Feng Yezi!” Hua Lu yelled. 

Xuan Lu and Hua Lu were having a hard time catching their breath. If Feng Yezi came to assist them, the pressure on them would be alleviated immediately.

Most of the Martial Dipper Realm experts present sent their avatars over. Feng Yezi was the only one with his true body and the longer the battle dragged out for, the greater his advantage. Even Kou Chongxue would perish in his hands once he exhausted the energy contained in the avatar.

Despite Hua Lu’s cries, Feng Yezi seemed a little lost at the moment. He stared blankly in the direction Shang Xia disappeared.

With the situation turning uglier by the second, Hua Lu couldn’t help but cry out again. This time, her tone was much more gentle. “Fellow Cultivator Feng, please give us a hand now that things have progressed up to this point. Our White Deer Sect will definitely make it up to you in the future.” 

“Sigh…” Releasing a long sigh, Feng Yezi turned to look at the battle taking place before appearing in the skies thousands of feet above the Cloud Water Gorge. 

The appearance of a Martial Dipper Realm expert in the midst of the chaotic battle taking place between Martial Extermination Realm cultivators immediately caused everyone to scatter. No one gave half a hoot about collecting the inheritance light balls anymore.

“Feng Yezi, what do you think you’re doing?!” A loud voice boomed like thunder. Jiu Ming, a Martial Dipper Realm ancestor of the Divine Capital Sect roared.

Feng Yezi’s actions greatly offended the Martial Dipper Realm ancestors of the Divine Capital Sect and Zhongxuan Gate. 

A sneer appeared on Feng Yezi’s face as he glanced at the various Martial Extermination Realm cultivators in the distance. “There’s no need to fight anymore. Keeping this up will only increase the unnecessary losses of all the parties involved. Since you guys are not willing to put a stop to this, I will!” 

“What exactly do you want to do?” Xuan Shou growled after noticing that things were starting to get out of control.

Feng Yezi ignored him completely. With everyone’s gaze on him, Feng Yezi swung his sleeves and grabbed close to 30 inheritance light balls around him before disappearing into the void.

“Indeed… There’s no need for us to prolong the battle.” Kou Chongxue spoke suddenly and forced Xuan Lu back.

Seeing that Kou Chongxue had spoken, Ji Wenlong did the same and withdrew the Lingxuan Space Shattering Claw to allow Hua Lu to take a step back.

“Xuan Lu, do you still wish to continue?” Kou Chongxue asked.

Facing Kou Chongxue’s superior tone, Hua Lu revealed a face full of anger. She was quickly held back by Xuan Lu who growled, “Indeed. There is no need for us to fight anymore!” 

“Good.” Kou Chongxue released a bout of laughter as his Hidden Frost Sword rose into the air and slashed lightly. Close to 20 inheritance light balls disappeared into the void.

Ji Wenlong did the same and casually swiped the air with his Lingxuan Space Shattering Claw. Close to 10 light balls were captured by him.

Staring coldly at Ji Wenlong, Xuan Shou’s voice boomed through the skies. “Hmph, you should have used a weapon that belongs to another world. You’re an embarrassment to the cultivators of our Azure Origin World!” 

“Heh, you know what’s truly embarrassing? You guys stood around and watched as a junior in the Martial Extermination Realm was bullied by an expert at the Martial Dipper Realm. I had to do something about it.” Ji Wenlong sneered in response.

Silence filled the land and seeing as no one could retort, Ji Wenlong’s avatar turned into a strand of pure energy that returned to the Lingxuan Space Shattering Claw. It ripped through the space and went up north.

Hua Lu couldn’t help but mutter, “Senior Brother…” 

“We’re leaving too!” Xuan Lu shook his head and grabbed the air before him. As he turned to leave, a little more than 10 light balls went with him.

Hua Lu stomped her feet in anger as her jade seal grabbed several balls of light before she followed behind Xuan Lu.

Seeing as they had left, a voice rang in the minds of the experts from the Divine Capital Sect. “Alright. This will be all. You guys are on your own.” 

After the person had spoken, two whirlpools of heaven and earth qi appeared in mid air and grabbed close to 30 inheritance light balls before fading away.

Seeing what was going on, Xuan Chang of the Zhongxuan Gate growled a little reluctantly, “I didn’t think that Kou Chongxue would be able to butt into this matter even when he’s so far away… The 3 Deers of the Ji Continent set up such an elaborate plan, but alas… Humph!” 

Xuan Shou grabbed a handful of light balls, and replied to her, “Watch your words. The Divine Capital Sect is extremely powerful. In the future, we still have to rely on the 3 Deers of the Ji Continent to withstand the pressure coming from the Si Continent.”  

“Heh, after this battle, who knows how much fighting strength the 3 of them will still retain?” Xuan Chang sighed.

Glancing at her from the corner of his eye, Xuan Shou muttered, “Don’t ever underestimate the foundations of a holy land. You can evaluate Hua Lu and Yun Lu all you want, but when Xuan Lu entered the Martial Dipper Realm, he didn’t receive much assistance from the White Deer Paradise.” 

Understanding the meaning behind her senior brother’s words, Xuan Chang asked in a low voice, “Senior Brother, do you mean… Xuan Lu didn’t use his full strength earlier?” 

Chuckling in amusement, Xuan Shou continued, “Don’t forget, the White Deer Paradise is protected by a divine weapon. The Divine Deer Staff has always been in Xuan Lu’s possession…” 

…

In the skies above the Cloud Water Gorge, the 20 plus Martial Extermination Realm experts had been fighting for quite some time earlier. They were fighting over the inheritance light balls that came from the Abyssal Sect, but after those Martial Dipper Realm experts made their move, the numerous light balls that populated the skies became a lot more scarce.

There were a little less than 300 inheritance light balls that emerged from the Abyssal Secret Region. Not counting those that flew away, those that were destroyed in the chaotic battle, or those that had already been obtained by Shang Xia and those who had been in the Abyssal Secret Region before it collapsed, more than half of those that remained were obtained by those Martial Dipper Realm experts.

The battle for the inheritance light balls wasn’t as eventful as the fight in the Cloud Water Gorge where Martial Dipper Realm experts exchanged blows, but it wasn’t exactly lacking either. Of the 5 Martial Extermination Realm experts of the Divine Capital Sect, one was killed and another was heavily injured. Even Zuo Changqing suffered some light injuries.

Chenming glanced at his surroundings and saw that the dust had settled and the Martial Dipper Realm ancestors had left. His voice trembled in indignation. “What is this?! What the hell is this?! Do the ancestors of our Divine Capital Sect even care about us? What do they take us as? Heh… Is everything we did useless?” 

Zuo Changqing remained quietly at the side. He might have suffered some slight wounds, but he managed to obtain one inheritance light ball and a strand of extermination origin. His trip wasn’t fully made in vain.

However, everything that happened earlier left a bad taste in his mouth. He also felt a sense of suppression that he couldn’t put into words.

The sense of suppression was what Chenming was also feeling. It was the fact that they felt so weak that they weren’t able to control their own fates the moment those Martial Dipper Realm experts showed up. Luckily for Zuo Changqing, that only served to strengthen his resolve and desire to grow stronger.

Xu Chenkang’s expression was as stiff as could be. Back when he brought his fellow cultivators to the Cloud Water Gorge, all of them came in high spirits. They even acted as though nothing could stand in their way. There was even a period where Xu Chenkang thought that he could use the chance to enter the Martial Dipper Realm.

Now that everything had happened, he realized how much of a clown he was to think that way.

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“Junior Brother, hold your tongue!” Xu Chenkang managed to maintain his rationality and yelled at Chenming. He regained his composure and muttered, “Now that things have progressed to this point, there’s no need for us to remain. We can talk about this after we leave.” 

Very quickly, Xu Chenkang brought the rest of the members of the Divine Capital Sect and left the Sixth Pass. They didn’t stop as they made their way back to the Si Continent.

Not too long after they left, the experts from the other continents started to take their leave.

…

“Are you certain all of them had left?” Yin Wanxiang, the master of the Thousand Caves Peak asked Jiang Weiyun of the Flowing Cloud Lagoon.

Understanding the severity of the matter, Jiang Weiyun didn’t dare to show the slightest displeasure even though Yin Wanxiang’s words sounded like he was talking to a subordinate. He replied quickly and seriously, “Brother Wanxiang, there’s no need to worry. All of our factions in the Sixth Pass have already sent our men out to every checkpoint possible. They might not be able to detect the auras of those Martial Extermination Realm experts, but they can observe the extermination lights that are shooting across the skies. Moreover, those guys don’t seem to be hiding their tracks either.” 

“That’s great! Brother Jiang, you’ve worked hard.” Yin Wanxiang sounded really sincere when he thanked Jiang Weiyun.

Jiang Weiyun quickly added, “Brother Wanxiang, there’s no need for such formalities. The Sixth Pass belongs to all of us. We tried doing things on our own in the past and allowed those outsiders to come and go as they wished. This time, they even stole the opportunity that was meant for us! Brother Wanxiang, if you are willing to take the lead and unify the powers of the Sixth Pass, we won’t be worried about the threat of outsiders in the future. I, Jiang Weiyun, can’t be happier if you agree to do so. There’s no need to make things so difficult!” 

“No… That will make me seem unreasonable. Brother Jiang, I understand your good intentions…” Yun Wanxiang smiled apologetically before turning to look at Gu Lingyu who had just returned from elsewhere. “Fairy Gu, did you manage to gain something from all of that?” 

“Many inheritance light balls scattered from the Abyssal Secret Region and entered the chaotic flow of space. We don’t know where they went. Most of the others that remain scattered into the Sixth Pass. We don’t have enough people to record where everything went and we only managed to keep track of close to ten inheritance light balls. There are a lot more out there and we will need to use a lot of effort to locate them.” Gu Lingyu replied.

Nodding, Yin Wanxiang muttered, “That’s good enough. I thought that we would only be able to get 5 or 6 of them at most with our primitive method. The results are a lot better than I thought.” 

Gu Lingyu wanted to say something else, but after glancing at someone in the distance, she decided to hold her tongue,

Yin Wanxiang turned in that direction and saw Zhonggu and Fang Ruhai. He chuckled in amusement, “Fairy Gu, feel free to speak your mind. There are no outsiders here. Everyone is a member of our Sixth Pass.” 

Grunting softly, Gu Lingyu continued, “The Abyssal Secret Region contained too many inheritance light balls and we won’t be able to contain the news. The stronger powers might not bother us because it’s a little difficult to go around digging for them, but other members of the Taihang Mountains are like ravenous hyenas who will rush over to try their luck. There might be another bloodbath in the near future…” 

Yin Wanxiang smiled softly and responded, “Isn’t that something we already predicted?” 

Turning to look at Zhonggu and Fang Ruhai, Yin Wanxiang continued in a friendly tone, “Brother Zhonggu, Brother Fang, what do you think?” 

Zhonggu turned to look at Fang Ruhai beside himself and after a moment of silence, Fang Ruhai’s hoarse voice rang through the air. “We’re part of the Sixth Pass at the end of the day. We won’t sit by and watch as outsiders come and seal what belongs to us! The two of us and everyone we command are willing to follow Brother Wanxiang’s instructions!” 

“Great, great, great!” Yin Wanxiang roared with laughter. “Brother Fang, Brother Zhonggu, rest assured. We’re all members of the Sixth Pass and no one will be commanding anyone around. We’ll settle everything with a round of friendly discussion!” 

After settling matters with the other Martial Extermination Realm experts of the Sixth Pass, Yin Wanxiang turned serious. “However, the situation is a little bit urgent at the moment. I hope you two can do what Brother Jiang is doing and prevent outsiders from prying into our business!”