It had been six years since Su Ming had gone missing in the ninth summit …
During those six years, True Morning Dao World's ninth summit gradually gained a new name. It was not a name given by the cultivators of the ninth summit, but a name given by the other two great forces of power in True Morning Dao World.
Ninth Sect!
This was the name of the ninth summit in the eyes of outsiders. It symbolized a gigantic force of power in True Morning Dao World. It had nearly one million cultivators, and it was located in a Relocation spot in Morning Dao Sect that Su Ming had chosen in the past. The huge mountain gate had become even more majestic during those six years.
The nine mountains that towered into the sky were the most prominent buildings in the ninth summit. They were like swords that stood tall in the universe. From the distance, anyone could sense a murderous aura surrounding them, and they were filled with a sharp presence that no one could look at them directly.
The mighty pressure spreading out from them enveloped the entire area and turned into layers of white ripples that spread out, turning a circular area of one hundred thousand lis into a forbidden zone for whirlwinds.
The nine mountains were practically idolized by the cultivators of the ninth summit during those six years. It was especially so for the Great Sect Elder known as the Evil Fiend, who was in isolation all year long. He was a mysterious person and the strongest person in the ninth summit.
There was also the headless Great Sect Elder of the first summit. He was in charge of the ninth sect's punishments. His level of cultivation was monstrous, and his murderous aura was overbearing, causing the first summit where he resided to be filled with a powerful murderous aura at all times.
Compared to the two of them, the most popular Sect Elder in the ninth summit was none other than Hu Zi. His simple and honest demeanor, his straightforward personality, and the fact that he had led a large number of cultivators to war a few years ago caused a large group of cultivators to follow him wherever he went in the ninth summit, which made it incredibly lively.
The one who suffered the most was in truth second senior brother. Since Su Ming's Ecang clone and eldest senior brother did not care about the position of Sect Master, he had no choice but to accept it. During those six years, he did not have much freedom. He had to consider his words and actions in front of others, causing him to feel as if he had been shackled. However, gradually, he began to like his status as a Sect Master.
Originally, the Ninth Sect should have continued developing, but a few years ago, it had fought against another force of power that had risen to power in True Morning Dao World, New Dao Sect, which was located to the north. At the same time, the Ninth Sect came to a halt, and the sect that called itself New Dao Sect was also contained within a certain area, unable to expand its territory.
If anyone traced its origins, they would find that it was one of the armies of cultivators Morning Dao Sect had sent to fight against the Immortals' Union in the past. However, due to some stroke of luck, it had managed to survive the disaster and become one of the three great forces of power in True Morning Dao World.
The Sect Master called himself Dao Zong, and the friction between their levels of cultivation had been caused by him fighting against Su Ming's Ecang clone. Both of them had been injured, but from this, it could be seen that he was Dao Zong. After all, the strength of Su Ming's Ecang clone was definitely extraordinary. If anyone wanted to defeat Su Ming's Ecang clone, they would need to be at least in Life Realm, and this Life Realm was not fixed based on the level of cultivation in Arid Triad Expanse Cosmos. Instead, it was determined based on the Realms similar to those in Dark Dawn and Saint Defier.
If they were in Arid Triad Expanse Cosmos, then if they wanted to defeat Su Ming's Ecang clone and injure him severely, they would need to be in Death Realm!
It was precisely because of the great battle a few years ago that the Ninth Sect and New Dao Sect viewed each other with extreme animosity. There might not have been many large-scale battles, but small battles that could not be predicted would happen practically every single day at the place where the two sides crossed paths.
Compared to New Dao Sect, there was an even larger sect to the south of the Ninth Sect, beyond the whirlwind formed by the gap in Arid Triad Expanse Cosmos. If the gap in Arid Triad in True Morning Dao World could be said to be the dividing line between True Morning Dao World and Ninth Summit, and on the other side was South Union, which was formed by the remnants of the Immortals' Union!
Since South Union was on the other side, there was no other force of power that could fight against it, which was why it developed incredibly quickly and could be said to be invincible. It swept through half of True Morning Dao World, causing its accumulation of power to surpass that of Ninth Summit and New Dao Sect.
However, due to the existence of the whirlwind, even though South Union was glaring at them with hostility, it still hesitated and did not approach them. Slowly, a fragile balance was formed among the three great forces of power in True Morning Dao World.
But that balance only lasted for one and a half years before it was broken due to New Dao Sect's sudden rise in power …
Half a year was a difficult struggle and resistance for Ninth Summit. During the battle where the balance was broken, the cultivators from New Dao Sect launched a frenzied attack on the Ninth Sect.
Originally, Ninth Summit would not have cared about this sort of frenzied attack, because the power of the two sects was practically equal. It did not matter whether it was their powerful warriors or their disciples, if they truly fought against each other, there would definitely be no true victor. In the end, both sides would definitely be heavily injured.
However, during the first month of the battle, three cultivators in yellow robes appeared on New Dao Sect's side. A chilling presence spread out from their bodies, and the bloodthirsty look in their eyes was incredibly great. With the three of them attacking, the first powerful warrior to be heavily injured in the battle that would break the balance of power in Ninth Summit after one and a half years was Su Ming's eldest senior brother!
It was an incredibly devastating battle. Eldest senior brother was heavily injured and nearly died. With Su Ming's Ecang clone attacking, he killed a yellow-robed man and saved his eldest senior brother. This battle caused New Dao Sect's invasion to become even more frenzied, because even though Su Ming's Ecang clone had killed a yellow-robed man, three more yellow-robed men appeared on the battlefield soon after.
There were five yellow-robed men in total, and each of them possessed power that was not weaker than those in Fate Realm. They were truly in Fate Realm.
In just one month, most of Ninth Summit's territory shrank. During the second month, Su Ming's Ecang clone no longer chose to enter isolation. Instead, he continued fighting, leading the cultivators of Ninth Summit to launch a counterattack against New Dao Sect based on Su Ming's second senior brother's plan.
The battle lasted for the third month. One day, Su Ming's Ecang clone was forced to fight by the powerful warrior from New Dao Sect, Dao Zong, and the five yellow-robed men. During that battle, Su Ming's Ecang clone's body, which had already been injured to begin with, was heavily injured again, but three yellow-robed men died in his hands. Even Dao Zong was injured, but the price was that Su Ming's Ecang clone was nearly killed for the first time.
Even though the Ecang clone had fled, when he returned to Ninth Summit, his body had turned into a tree that was about to shatter.
However, the war was not over. Although the New Dao Sect had lost three yellow-robed men, a month later, in other words, in the fourth month of the war, yellow-robed men appeared among their cultivators again. They had the same level of cultivation, but their numbers had increased explosively. There were now eight of them in total.
A decisive battle against Ninth Summit was launched. Under the lead of more than a dozen powerful warriors from New Dao Sect, hundreds of thousands of cultivators charged towards Ninth Summit in a battle that would not end until one of them died!
If that was all there was to it, it would have been fine. However, what made Second Senior Brother feel haggard was that when the New Dao Sect launched a large-scale attack, the spies he had placed beside the southern hurricane had discovered a piece of information that made Second Senior Brother silent.
There was a large amount of ripples in the whirlwind, and there was only one possibility for it — South Union, who was on the other side of the whirlwind, to invade Ninth Summit!
This was the first time South Union had moved, but they had not moved over the past few years, so it was clear that they would definitely launch a thunderous attack this time. Fortunately, judging from the ripples, they would need a few months to move through the whirlwind. If it were any other time, perhaps Ninth Summit could make preparations, but in the face of New Dao Sect's madness, Ninth Summit could not prepare anything at all.
It was also because of this that Hu Zi gave up on cracking the Rune. He had to give up. Based on his judgment, he would need at least another year before he could activate the Rune, but to Ninth Summit, it was impossible for them to have that much time.
Based on the current situation of the battle, even if they could forcefully drag out the fight against New Dao Sect for a year, the end result would be the deaths of all their disciples. In fact, some of their fellow disciples would definitely die. More importantly, it was impossible for them to have a year's time. Two or three months later, when South Union arrived, everything would end.
Hu Zi, who no longer studied the Rune, immediately used his talent in Runes to protect Ninth Summit in a frenzy. Once he continuously perfected and strengthened the Rune he had previously set up, he personally fused into it and turned into a Rune Spirit to hold back the hundreds of thousands of cultivators and dozens of powerful warriors from New Dao Sect for one and a half months.
But this was already his limit. As a loud bang shot into the air, all the Runes around Ninth Summit crumbled, and Hu Zi coughed up a mouthful of blood. When he staggered backwards, he grabbed his eldest senior brother's battle axe. His eyes were bloodshot. Even though his soul had been injured due to the Rune's collapse, he had to fight.
Behind him was his heavily injured eldest senior brother, and behind him was the only clone his youngest junior brother had left behind after he disappeared. That clone could not die, because Hu Zi did not know whether it was the location where Su Ming would eventually return to. If it was, then once the clone died, he was worried that his youngest junior brother would not be able to find his home.
Quite a large number of cultivators from Ninth Summit had died during the war that lasted for half a year. At that moment, there were less than two hundred thousand of them left. They surrounded Ninth Summit and watched in silence as the cultivators from New Dao Sect charged towards them once the Rune in the distance collapsed. Second senior brother sighed softly above them.
"Ninth Sect … will be destroyed today!" A cold and dark voice came from among the incoming cultivators. A few piercing whistles rose into the air, and a middle-aged man dressed in purple robes charged towards second senior brother with huge strides. Behind him were eight cultivators in yellow robes. Their appearances were different, but the cold and dark presence about them, the aloof, merciless, and bloodthirsty look in their eyes were exactly the same.
"Destroy your sect, my ass!" Hu Zi roared. With his eldest senior brother's battle axe in hand, he rushed forward. Behind him, eldest senior brother moved. His aura was exhausted and weak, but he also rushed forward. Second senior brother tore off his Sect Master's robe, and as his face contorted, it looked as if a ferocious ghost's face had overlapped with each other. His entire body was filled with a ghastly aura of ghosts. With a step forward, the three of them turned into three long arcs and charged towards the incoming purple-robed man from New Dao Sect.
At that moment, Su Ming's Ecang clone, who had turned into a tree, opened his eyes on the tree trunk. A piercingly cold glare shone in his eyes, along with a thick, murderous air. It was as if … at that moment, there was a clear difference about him compared to before. The presence of an Antecedental Spirit could be vaguely felt from his body!
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