Suddenly, Shoudi Laoren said to Ye Yunfei via sound transmission, "Young Master Ye, the Divine Sword Sect has betrayed the Sword Realm Continent and is no longer worthy to be considered a part of it. You must immediately use the Realm-Stabilizing Dragon Vein Formation to sever and expel their headquarters."
"Sever and expel the Divine Sword Sect headquarters?" Hearing this, Ye Yunfei couldn't help but be momentarily stunned. Although he had gained control of the Realm-Stabilizing Dragon Vein Formation, this earth formation was simply too profound—a formation capable of opposing Chaos Gods. Ye Yunfei was still unaware of all its transformations and full power.
"Yes, let me teach you." Shoudi Laoren nodded, then sent a piece of Soul Power information over to Ye Yunfei.
"So that's how it is." After reading the information, Ye Yunfei immediately grasped the method for severing the Divine Sword Sect headquarters from the continent.
"Hear this, Divine Sword Sect!" Ye Yunfei turned his gaze towards Zhou Duantian and the other Divine Sword Sect higher-ups, his voice ringing out clearly. "You have betrayed the Sword Realm Continent and are no longer worthy of remaining here. Now, your headquarters will be severed and expelled, forever disowned by the Sword Realm Continent!" Having said this, he stomped his foot.
The nine grand dragon cauldrons rumbled and quaked, causing the entire Sword Realm Continent to shake.
Within the underground world, countless earth veins began to rapidly shift and converge. Majestic Earth Qi energy, as vast as a roiling ocean, surged wildly through the subterranean realm.
Then, a giant earthy-yellow hand, composed of numerous earth veins, manifested in the depths and smashed towards the location of the Divine Sword Sect headquarters.
These earth veins represented the Sword Realm Continent itself; the giant hand formed by them was the will of the continent to expel the land occupied by the Divine Sword Sect headquarters.
"How dare you, you beast?!" The Divine Sword Sect higher-ups were simultaneously terrified and furious.
Then, they watched as the patch of land housing their headquarters began to split violently from the surrounding earth under the influence of a terrifying expulsive force.
Around the Divine Sword Sect headquarters, the ground continuously fractured, forming a colossal circular chasm.
Next, the patch of land bearing their headquarters was hoisted by an earthy-yellow energy hand, rising steadily into the air, completely severed from the greater landmass.
"Stop him immediately!" Zhou Duantian's face was ashen as he roared.
"Hahaha… The Divine Sword Sect has betrayed the Sword Realm, colluded with external enemies, done all manner of evil deeds with heaps of atrocities. They deserve to be expelled!"
"The Divine Sword Sect is worse than pigs or dogs; they are not fit to stay on our Sword Realm Continent!"
"Well done! We all agree with expelling the Divine Sword Sect from the Sword Realm Continent!"
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Seeing the patch of land containing the Divine Sword Sect headquarters slowly ascending away from the continent, countless remnant souls cheered with approval.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
Several of the Divine Sword Sect's Ancestral Elders attacked simultaneously. The long swords in their hands rapidly enlarged as they slashed at the giant earthy-yellow energy hand.
Zhou Duantian flashed in a burst of movement speed, instantly reappearing within the Divine Sword Sect headquarters. The Chaos Energy within his body surged out, forming a massive energy hand of its own which he slammed down onto the headquarters' ground.
With a thunderous boom, the ascending patch of land stopped rising.
"Forebears of the Divine Sword Sect, please lend your aid! Return our headquarters to its original place!" Zhou Duantian bowed deeply towards a particular location within the headquarters.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
From that location, majestic waves of Sword Dao energy shot into the sky—the remnant souls and Sword Dao energies left behind by the Divine Sword Sect's past forebears.
"You Divine Sword Sect beasts, have you no shame clinging to the Sword Realm Continent, refusing to leave?" a remnant soul on the continent roared. "Fellow warriors! Since we all oppose the Divine Sword Sect remaining here, let us join forces and drive them out together!"
"Agreed! Let us join forces to expel the Divine Sword Sect!" The remnant souls of the other Sword Dao sects echoed in unison, ready to act.
At that moment, Shoudi Laoren transmitted to Ye Yunfei, "The Realm-Stabilizing Dragon Vein Formation has another transformation. Instruct every Sword Dao sect to bring out their respective Sect-Treasured Treasures and fuse them into the formation. Then, use the energy of the Sword Realm Continent to activate these treasures against the Divine Sword Sect. This would be akin to all the sects on the continent pooling their strength to combat the Divine Sword Sect together. The effect should be quite remarkable."
Upon hearing this, Ye Yunfei immediately nodded. "Alright. I will inform the Sword Elder at once and have him contact and discuss this with the other Sword Dao sect leaders."
Ye Yunfei then sent a sound transmission to Sword Elder, relaying Shoudi Laoren's words. Having already witnessed the might of the Realm-Stabilizing Dragon Vein Formation, Sword Elder immediately voiced his support and sent transmissions to the other sect leaders across the continent.
The very next moment, the leaders of all the other Sword Dao sects replied, agreeing to have their own Sect-Treasured Treasures fused into the earth formation.
Subsequently, these leaders personally sent transmissions to discuss matters directly with Ye Yunfei.
"I thank every Senior for your support," Ye Yunfei said gratefully upon receiving their confirmations.
He then transmitted instructions, asking each sect leader to place their Sect-Treasured Treasure on a designated spot on the ground within their sect headquarters.
In the next moment, under the guidance of the Realm-Stabilizing Dragon Vein Formation, one after another, incredibly powerful treasures sank directly into the underground world.
Under Ye Yunfei's control, each Sect-Treasured Treasure merged into a different earth vein, becoming a part of it. Simultaneously, these earth veins began to continuously channel energy to their respective treasures. Each treasure represented the luck and legacy of a Sword Dao sect. Now, concentrated within the Realm-Stabilizing Dragon Vein Formation, they became intertwined with the collective fortune of the entire Sword Realm Continent—their power utterly extraordinary.
"Now, act," Shoudi Laoren transmitted.
Ye Yunfei slowly turned, his gaze fixed on the Divine Sword Sect headquarters, and proclaimed, "Listen, beasts of the Divine Sword Sect. I now act on behalf of all the Sword Dao sects of the Sword Realm Continent, uniting their combined power to expel you!" With the amplification of the Earth Qi energy, Ye Yunfei's voice rolled across the continent, piercing the heavens and shaking the vast land.
The next instant, carried and empowered by their respective earth veins, the Sect-Treasured Treasures erupted with astonishing divine radiance. Collectively, they launched their attacks towards the patch of land holding the Divine Sword Sect headquarters.
The treasures roared through the air, instantly arriving beneath the floating territory. These treasures were terrifyingly powerful to begin with; now, fortified by their earth veins, drawing upon the energy and laws of the entire Sword Realm Continent and, most crucially, channeling the intangible Fortune Qi, the destructive might unleashed by each was unimaginable.
Under the combined bombardment of so many treasures, the land housing the Divine Sword Sect headquarters could simply not withstand the onslaught. Struck as if by a colossal cannonball, it shot up at extreme speed, blasting high into the sky and away from the Sword Realm Continent.
"No! Our headquarters has truly been completely severed from the Sword Realm Continent!" Divine Sword Sect members witnessing their headquarters soaring upward and separating completely from the continent all paled drastically.
After that ancient conflict, the Divine Sword Sect had been the sole surviving Sword Dao sect on the continent. Although its members had always remained hidden within the headquarters or moved covertly across the land under the concealment of the Realm-Stabilizing Dragon Vein Formation, not daring to reveal their traces, in their hearts they had always considered themselves destined to be the eventual rulers of this continent. They never imagined their headquarters would be forcibly expelled.
"Excellent!"
"Great! Truly great!"
"This is the fate traitors deserve. The Divine Sword Sect has shown wolfish ambition, colluding with foreign enemies, seeking to destroy our Sword Realm Continent. They are utterly unworthy of remaining here!" Delighted cheers erupted from the headquarters of the other Sword Dao sects across the continent.
"Merely expelling the Divine Sword Sect headquarters is far from enough," Ye Yunfei declared, his gaze turning towards the Divine Sword Sect forces still positioned before the Tianjian Sect headquarters, thick killing intent radiating from him. "Now, it's time to slaughter a group of their people."
"We must retreat immediately!" Mo Chenzi, having seen the devastating power Ye Yunfei had just unleashed by harnessing the various sects' treasures, now realized swift withdrawal was imperative. If that same force were used to attack the ordinary members of the Divine Sword Sect ranks, none would be able to withstand it.
"Organize the retreat of our forces at once!" Zhou Duantian, too, sensed something amiss and immediately issued the order to withdraw. Even as an Advanced Chaos God, facing the combined assault of the entire Sword Realm Continent's power channeled through the collected Sect-Treasured Treasures, he had no effective means to counter it.
"Activate the Sect-Protecting Grand Array now!" Zhou Duantian turned his head and barked at a headquarters guardian elder.
The elder immediately produced dozens of ancient array banners and flung them outwards.
From within the Divine Sword Sect headquarters, a dense mass of golden sword shadows shot into the air, weaving together to form a massive sword array. From a distance, it resembled a thick, heavy golden shield that encased the headquarters, forming a stringent defensive barrier.
This was the Divine Sword Sect's Sect-Protecting Grand Array, the Gengjin Sword Formation. Ye Yunfei had seen it before, but the defensive power it radiated now was far more formidable.
"Kill them all!" Ye Yunfei's gaze remained fixed on the Divine Sword Sect troops still on the battlefield before the Tianjian Sect headquarters, his murderous intent dense. He pointed a finger, and the dense formation of treasures instantly targeted those soldiers, attacking to annihilate.
Each treasure was a Sect-Treasured Artifact of a Sword Dao sect, and behind each was an earth vein supplying it with power. Facing these fearsomely empowered treasures, the ordinary Divine Sword Sect troops had absolutely no means to resist.
Screams of agony rang out immediately as numerous Divine Sword Sect members were blasted into smithereens by the treasures.
"Halt!" Seeing this, the Divine Sword Sect Chaos Gods roared in rage and charged forward, attempting to intervene.