With a loud *clang*, the gray-robed elder smacked his palm over, directly sending the three-story pagoda flying away.
"This old geezer is strong. Everyone, be careful!"
Several high-ranking members leading the Lu Family delegation were seething with rage. They gathered the Lu Family forces behind them and swiftly charged towards one direction, preparing to escape the area.
"Without my permission, none of you from the Lu Family can leave," the gray-robed elder said coldly.
Swoosh…
Ahead of the Lu Family members, countless threads of Grand Dao law suddenly cascaded down from the sky. Each law thread radiated dazzling, brilliant light. Dense and numerous, they interwove together, forming a massive net of laws that sealed off that entire expanse of space.
The Lu Family forces could not advance a single step further.
"Dammit! The True God is too strong!" one of the Lu Family's leading elders said through gritted teeth.
"Truly worthy of being a True God!"
Seeing this, the other observers in the vicinity were all secretly astonished.
The Lu Family was a formidable major power. Within their ranks were at least a dozen Advanced Void Gods, and the few leading elders possessed significant strength themselves, wielding Dao Weapons of the True God level. Yet, with a mere thought from the gray-robed elder, they had all been completely suppressed. It truly illustrated how terrifying a True God could be.
"Hmph! Is the Guardian Faction this overbearing?! Do they think our Lu Family has no True Gods of our own?"
Just at that moment, a cold snort suddenly rang out. A tall, burly old man with a ruddy, glowing complexion appeared beside the Lu Family contingent. With a flick of his sleeve, the Lu Family members instantly felt the pressure vanish, leaving them feeling completely at ease.
"Our Lu Family's Lu Shi was killed by members of your Guardian Faction. We haven't even come to settle scores with you yet, and instead, you're causing trouble for us Lu Family members? You really don't hold our Lu Family in any regard! While our Lu Family's strength may not match yours, we are certainly not someone you can bully at will. Whoever wants to harm our people will have to step over my corpse first!" The red-faced elder shouted angrily, his surging killing intent soaring into the heavens.
The Guardian Faction's gray-robed elder stared fixedly at the Lu Family's red-faced elder without a word. His own overwhelming killing intent also rose powerfully.
Both were True Gods. They each unleashed their energy auras and pressured the other, like two vast oceans crashing together, attempting to gauge the other's depth. However, for the moment, neither side gained the upper hand. Internally, each was wary, knowing that if they truly fought, it would be difficult to determine a victor.
"Get out of the way!"
As the two True Gods wrestled with their energy auras, the people standing closest were immediately jolted away. Like dumplings dropped into a pot, they fell scattering in all directions.
"Is your Lu Family truly determined to become enemies of our Guardian Faction?" After a moment, the gray-robed elder spoke slowly.
"Our Lu Family does not wish to be enemies with anyone," the Lu Family's red-faced elder answered gravely. "We don't provoke others, but we will never allow others to bully us."
"People of the Lingxiao Sect, let us return. Our sect is the same; we do not provoke others unless provoked ourselves."
Just then, an average-built, slightly portly elder suddenly appeared high in the distant sky. With great strides, he arrived in front of the crowd in an instant and spoke calmly.
"Elder Mo, you're here."
Seeing this elder, a large group from the Lingxiao Sect immediately flew up to stand behind him. This elder was a high-ranking member of Lingxiao Sect, also a True God.
"As expected, the overall strength of the Sixth Void far surpasses that of the Eighth Void," Ye Yunfei thought to himself, observing the three True Gods on the scene and sensing the terrifying energy auras they exuded. "These major powers have True God level experts acting as pillars of support, while our Eighth Void has no such existences."
"The overall strength of the Sixth Void is indeed much stronger than the Eighth Void," Hun Lao responded. "However, I don't think it necessarily means the Eighth Void has no True Gods. I suspect there might be True Gods within the Colorless Abyss."
"True Gods exist within the Colorless Abyss?" Ye Yunfei was taken aback by Hun Lao's words.
"It's a kind of intuition of mine. In fact, intuition is one of the innate talents of our Chaotic World Tree clan. The intuition of our clan tends to be quite accurate. In the past, my strength was relatively weak, so my intuition wasn't necessarily reliable. But now that my realm and power are constantly improving, my intuition is becoming more and more accurate."
"I see… So could there truly be True Gods within the Colorless Abyss?" Ye Yunfei mused, considering Hun Lao's words. He knew Hun Lao generally did not make wild claims.
"Very well, all members of the Lingxiao Sect, let us depart."
At that moment, the Lingxiao Sect elder waved his hand, then turned and led the Lingxiao Sect disciples away.
"Our Lu Family shall also depart."
The Lu Family's elder took his people and turned to leave as well.
The gray-robed elder of the Guardian Faction watched this scene unfold, his expression extremely grim, but in the end, he did not voice any objection.
He knew that the True Gods from both the Lu Family and the Lingxiao Sect were very strong. If a real fight broke out, it would be hard to say who would win. Of course, besides him, the Guardian Faction had two other True Gods lurking nearby. But he could sense that the other major powers also had some True Gods concealed in the vicinity. If he used force to prevent those factions from leaving, he would inevitably draw out even more True Gods.
"Strange, why haven't I found Brother Ye? Could something have happened to him? Impossible, right? Brother Ye's strength, luck, and abilities far surpass my own. He definitely could have come out of the Yangming Secret Realm. Has he perhaps left already?"
Among the Lingxiao Sect contingent, one person looked back and scanned his surroundings repeatedly as they withdrew. He also released his Soul Power energy to sense the area, searching for something.
This person was Ba Yizhou.
Earlier, inside the Yangming Secret Realm, he had searched everywhere for Ye Yunfei, even going outside the abandoned city wanting to enter and find him. However, he was detected by Ye Yunfei, who used earth formations and grand formations to forcibly stop him. After emerging from the Yangming Secret Realm, Ba Yizhou had continued searching for traces of Ye Yunfei, but until now, he had not managed to find any sign of him.
"Brother Ye must have disguised himself as someone else. His disguise arts are peerless. Back in the Yangming Secret Realm, if he hadn't personally greeted me, I wouldn't have recognized him at all. So he's most likely disguised as another person now."
Having searched high and low without finding Ye Yunfei, Ba Yizhou could only comfort himself with this thought.
"Ba Yizhou, what are you doing? We must leave immediately! Those old guys from the Guardian Faction, Tianhai Sect, Heixuan Sect, and Sifang Tower are about to explode in rage. The sooner we leave, the better!"
The Lingxiao Sect's Elder Mo turned his head and glared at Ba Yizhou, then transmitted a reprimand. Having said his piece, Elder Mo took out a flight artifact, reached out with his hand, grabbed all the Lingxiao Sect members, stuffed them into the flight artifact, and departed in a flash.
At this moment, the True Gods from the Lu Family and a few other major powers also revealed themselves one after another, swiftly taking their forces and departing.
"My heavens! I wouldn't encounter so many True Gods in my entire life, yet today I got to see them all!"
Many people were utterly shocked, watching one True God after another appear continuously.
While there were quite a few True Gods in the Sixth Void, they normally did not appear openly. It was extremely difficult for ordinary people to catch a glimpse of them. It could be said that most inhabitants of the Sixth Void never got the chance to see a True God in their lifetime. Yet now, so many had appeared all at once—how could people not be dumbfounded?
After a short while, most forces from the major powers had left. Those from the minor factions and smaller families all took the opportunity to desperately flee.
Everyone knew that the leaders of the Guardian Faction, Tianhai Sect, Heixuan Sect, Sifang Tower, and a few other major powers had now fallen into a state of furious madness. That's because the disciples these forces had sent into the Yangming Secret Realm were among the highest in number.
Yet now, only two or three had come out. The losses were incredibly heavy.
The majority of those selected to enter the Yangming Secret Realm were elite members of the younger generation. Suffering such massive losses at once was something no major power could bear lightly.
"We must flee quickly! Any later, and once the leaders of the Guardian Faction and those other major powers go insane, we might get dragged in. Faster! Even faster!"
The five elders of the Beidou Sect had long since gathered all their sect members into a flight artifact. The five elders then pooled their full strength to propel the artifact to its maximum speed, flying frantically into the distance.
"Elder Chu, shall we intercept all of them?"
A True God from the Tianhai Sect appeared, coming alongside the Guardian Faction's Elder Chu. His face was somber.
"Just now, there were at least six True Gods from other forces right here," Elder Chu said, looking at the crowds that were now scattering and leaving. He forced down the overwhelming rage in his heart and shook his head. "Even if we made a move, victory would be far from guaranteed."
"Wait and see. Our Guardian Faction is not yet ready to openly break ties with all of you major forces," Elder Chu thought venomously to himself, glaring at the retreating figures of the departed True Gods. "But when the time comes, I'll make you all kneel before me and meet your death!"