Dual Cultivation: Gathering SSS-Rank Wives in the Cultivation World Chapter 91 - A Lily’s Bloom in the Lower Realm

The Immortal Sect’s Main Stronghold - Heavenly Cloud Peak

Sect Master Bai Zhengming stood in the center of his war council chamber, his Late Dao Integration aura pressing down on the assembled elders like the weight of mountains.

Maps covered every surface, marked with troop movents and resource allocations, while communication crystals humd with reports from the failed southern expedition.

"Three hours," he said, his voice carrying the cold authority of absolute power. "Three hours since we lost contact with Grand Elder Huo’s entire fleet. Nearly two thousand of our finest disciples, gone without so much as a final transmission."

Elder Chen Wuxian, the sect’s intelligence chief, shifted nervously among the gathered leaders. "Sect Master, the last scrying attempt showed massive energy signatures consistent with Great Vehicle realm power. If this ’Emperor Tianlong’ has truly achieved such heights..."

"Then we underestimated our enemy," Bai Zhengming finished grimly. "But that mistake will not be repeated. How long until our remaining forces can be mobilized?"

"Six hours for the secondary fleets, twelve for our full war host," reported Elder Liu Tianng, master of the sect’s military forces. "But Sect Master, if he truly possesses Great Vehicle cultivation, perhaps we should consider... alternative approaches."

The suggestion hung in the air like a drawn blade. Several elders exchanged aningful glances—they all knew what ’alternative approaches’ ant. Poisoned negotiations, hired assassins, appeals to other sects for coordinated strikes.

The kind of tactics that preserved the sect’s strength while eliminating troubleso opponents.

Bai Zhengming was about to respond when the chamber’s ergency alert formation suddenly blazed to life, filling the room with pulsing crimson light.

"What—" Elder Chen began, but his words were cut off as a scroll of pure light materialized in the center of the war table, radiating power that made even their combined Dao Integration auras seem insignificant.

"Upper Realm communication," whispered Elder Wu Shengjing, the sect’s formation master. "The energy signature... this is from soone with True Immortal cultivation at minimum."

Bai Zhengming reached for the scroll with trembling hands. In his three centuries of leadership, the Immortal Sect had received perhaps five direct communications from their parent organization in the Upper Realm.

Each had preceded events that reshaped entire kingdoms.

As he unrolled the luminous parchnt, the words appeared in flowing script that seed to burn themselves into his mind:

>> To the faithful servants of the Immortal Path below—

Know that your current enemy, the one calling himself Emperor Zhao Tianlong, seeks to claim the Draconic Spiritual Vine for his own ascension. This cannot be permitted. The Vine’s power belongs to those who have proven their dedication through centuries of service.

More concerning are the three won who have corrupted this upstart—a bronze-skinned archer, a plant-manipulating witch, and a forr mber of your own sect who has betrayed her oaths. These three have poisoned his mind with their influences, turning what might have been a manageable opponent into an unpredictable threat.

Eliminate these three corrupting influences, and you will find the man far more reasonable. Fail, and the Vine’s power will be used against the natural order itself.

Success in this endeavor will be rewarded with a high-grade immortal artifact—the Thundercloud Saber, capable of sundering the barriers between realms.

Do not disappoint .

—An interested observer