At the edge of an ocean in the northwest of the continent, abundant energy converges here, so much so that even amidst the rolling waves of the ocean, energy is surging.
This is an ancient energy ocean, where every drop of water is condensed from the purest energy, akin to the Sunset River of the Sunset Sect, though one is the power of luck, and the other is the common energy for Martial Artists to cultivate.
Yet even so, this is already incredibly precious.
But this is a place that ordinary Martial Artists are not qualified to tread. The reason is simple: it houses the most formidable Divine Profound Hall among the superpowers, where anyone other than its disciples entering will be seen as invading.
Though this place is technically unclaid, the might and dominance of the Divine Profound Hall are well-known, so this energy ocean has almost beco private property of the Divine Profound Hall!
At the edge of this ocean, there are no grand heavenly palaces or pavilions; rather, there is a cluster of nine Floating Islands spaced hundreds of thousands of kiloters apart, known as the Seven Heavens of the Divine Profound Hall!
Each Floating Island represents one Heaven, and the distance between each Heaven is several thousand kiloters, forming barriers that separate all mbers of the Divine Profound Hall into different hierarchies.
Those in the first Heaven have the lowest status within the Divine Profound Hall, where each batch of practicing disciples resides temporarily, and where cultivation resources and other facilities are the poorest.
The second Heaven is where outer sect disciples conduct their daily cultivation routine, and so on, until the fifth Heaven, which serves as the residence and cultivation site for Elders and Direct Disciples on important missions.
The sixth Heaven is the dwelling place for those Elders.
The seventh Heaven is where the Vice Hall Master and Hall Masters of the Divine Profound Hall reside.
Individuals from the lower Heaven are unqualified to enter the higher Heaven, while those from the higher Heaven may freely move in and out of the lower Heaven and even, within the rules, act excessively without punishnt, and even receive encouragent from the Divine Profound Hall.
The reason is simple: oppression breeds resistance, and in such adversity, the ergence of powerful figures becos easier.
Of course, they chose to overlook one issue: in that kind of abnormal environnt, even if strong individuals do erge, most people would develop so psychological abnormalities.
This also results in many within the Divine Profound Hall having so psychological issues, which may be contained within due to various constraints but could amplify or even erupt once outside.
In the sixth Heaven of the Divine Profound Hall, all Elders reside in this region, and except for the direct disciples of these Elders being allowed here for a ti on specific occasions, it usually remains quite serene.
"Bang!"
A sound suddenly resonated throughout the central Elders’ eting at the core of the sixth Heaven.
"The Sunset Sect is simply intolerable!"
An old man with white hair and beard was exuding a deadly aura of murderous intent at this mont.
Just now, they received news that two batches of disciples sent by the Divine Profound Hall to support the Xingyu Empire had lost contact, confird after reaching out to the Xingyu Empire that both batches had been captured by the Sunset Sect!
Now, they initiated inquiries to ransom these disciples, demanding an extraordinarily terrifying price.
An Inner Sect Disciple costs 100 billion Divine Crystals.
A Core Disciple costs 800 billion Divine Crystals.
A Direct Disciple demands a ransom of 5 trillion Divine Crystals!
This cannot even be labeled as extortion; it is downright robbery!
Of course, this is not the first ti this has occurred. Friction among these superpower sects while moving through the martial world is common, hence rules to preserve harmony among these powers.
The Divine Profound Hall too had sought ransoms, equaling these high numbers, after capturing Sunset Sect disciples.
But now, being on the receiving end of extortion, they feel inherently unbalanced.
Moreover, never before have they faced such large-scale captures; ransoming back all these disciples would cost an astronomical sum.
"Chief Elder, should we pay the ransom?"
"Of course!" the Chief Elder replied impatiently, "We must definitely retrieve them; otherwise, we’d end up as fodder for ridicule by others for letting the Divine Profound Hall be mocked. The cost to train a disciple is not lesser than their ransom anyway."
"These funds, let’s just increase tariffs on so affiliate nations and forces for a few years; make arrangents for it."
"Okay, I’ll prepare that right away."
"Additionally, can anyone explain why the Sunset Sect has beco so formidable recently?" the Chief Elder asked, "And how did a small sixth-grade empire’s conflict involve tens of thousands of Core and Direct Disciples?"
"Also, does the Sunset Sect have enough people to challenge us? Did they send out all their forces?"
"Chief Elder, I’ll explain," the Elder responsible for sect task managent stood forward, "At first, it was not an extravagant mission, manageable by a few hundred Inner Sect disciples."
"But who could have known, the Sunset Sect unexpectedly sent a group of practicing disciples to compete with us."
"Practicing disciples? Are you saying a group of practicing disciples defeated and captured our elite disciples?" the Chief Elder sneered, "You think such tales are amusing to ?"
"Chief Elder, I’m not joking, these practicing disciples are indeed exceptional. Initially, they were rely first-grade Divine Cultivators by power, easily manageable by our Inner Sect disciples normally."
"Then why did this happen?"
"We later discovered these were not ordinary practicing disciples; they were secretly trained specially by the Sunset Sect! There were over 8000 of them, each comprehending the Nine Nether Sunset Art!"
"What did you say?" Upon hearing those words, the Chief Elder trembled all over, rembering how he ca to his position after the forr Chief Elder was obliterated by a Lei Poguan punch employing the Nine Nether Sunset Art.
"Therefore, I imdiately dispatched 12,000 Core Disciples there; the conflict in Xingyu Empire is small, but those disciples of Sunset Sect need elimination."
"Your decision isn’t wrong," the Chief Elder comnted, "But how did even they get captured, did the Sunset Sect deploy Elders?"
"No," the Elder shook his head, "Our intelligence had major flaws; by the ti reinforcents arrived, these individuals had swiftly surged to second-grade and even third-grade Divine Cultivator capability. I suspect they hid their strength all along."
"Moreover, and most critically," the Elder gritted his teeth, "according to ssages from the Xingyu Empire, those Sunset Sect disciples thoroughly understand our martial arts techniques, knowing their every trait and flaw, and even..."
"Even what? Stop wavering."
"Even every one of them has mastered the second level of the Nine Nether Sunset Art!"
"What did you say?"
"And additionally, there’s an intern disciple, seemingly their leader, only at first-grade Divine Cultivator level, but possessing 16 Divine Veins, presently awakening two!"
"When did the Sunset Sect get such a genius? What’s his na?"
"Apparently, he’s nad Gu Xiao."
"Gu Xiao?" Within the seats of Elders, an Elder abruptly stood, "I knew this little thing didn’t die, posing boundless trouble for our Divine Profound Hall!"
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