My little sect, which disappeared a thousand years ago, has become a sacred site!

Gu Changyuan shook his head helplessly, revealing a gentle smile:

Indeed, he is still the same as he was back then, without any change.

Okay, let's go inside and talk. I just happened to be passing by and thought I'd drop by.

Later, we'll continue north to the Outer Realm to find your senior sister.

"Um!"

Qin Yu and Fang Yuwei nodded quickly, their faces still showing excitement, and led the three of them into the top floor of Wanbao Pavilion.

The five people then descended and, led by Qin Yu and the other two, entered the luxurious quiet room on the top floor of Wanbao Pavilion, which was specially prepared for the core personnel of the Holy Land.

The interior is filled with a spiritual atmosphere and is elegantly decorated.

After they were seated, Fang Yuwei personally poured spiritual tea for them.

Gu Changyuan took a sip and briefly recounted how he was swept into the Chaotic Ruins by the spatial rift, as well as the various arrangements he made after returning to the Holy Land and the purpose of his trip to the outer realms in the north.

They reminisced for about an hour.

Seeing that it was almost time, Gu Changyuan changed the subject and asked:

Tell me about the situation on your side.

What is the current situation of Wanbaoge? What stage has the conflict with the Xuanming Sect reached? How many Tribulation Transcending Realm cultivators does the opposing side have? Are there any other forces backing them?

Qin Yu's expression turned serious, and he immediately reported:

"Reporting to Master, there has been considerable conflict between Wanbaoge and Xuanming Sect recently."

They set their sights on a newly discovered medium-sized 'cold chalcedony' vein at Wanbaoge and repeatedly sent people to harass and harass the mine, even injuring members of the Wanbaoge.

The opposing side has eight cultivators at the Tribulation Transcending Realm on the surface, including the patriarch who is at the peak of the Tribulation Transcending Realm, and the other eleven who are at the late stage to the early stage of the Tribulation Transcending Realm.

According to our investigation, they seem to have a marriage relationship with a powerful elder in the 'Icestorm Valley' further north, and have received some covert support from him, which is why they act so arrogantly.

"Ice Valley?"

Gu Changyuan repeated the name of the other party's background.

"Icestorm Valley is a long-established first-class power in the Northern Continent, with an ancestor at the 'half-immortal' level in charge. However, we do not yet know the specific relationship between the Xuanming Sect and Icestorm Valley."

All they received was news that a direct descendant of an elder of Icewind Valley was betrothed to the son of the Xuanming Sect's sect leader.

Hearing her master's question, Fang Yuwei explained.

"We were planning to finish up what we had to do and then take the members of our sect to the Xuanming Sect to demand an explanation, but we didn't expect that you, Master, would arrive just in time."

Both of them were half-immortals, so dealing with the Xuanming Sect was a piece of cake for them.

"How far is their mountain gate from here?" Gu Changyuan asked.

"It is about two thousand miles away from here, located on the main peak of the Xuanming Mountain Range."

Fang Yuwei added.

Gu Changyuan stood up, his tone calm:

"Let's go, take me to see this. Since we're passing by, I'll take care of this trouble for you, so you can operate here with peace of mind from now on."

After saying that, he took Bai Ling'er, Gu Xing'er, Qin Yu, and Fang Yuwei and flew straight into the air towards the Xuanming Sect.

......

Xuanming Sect, located at the main peak of the Xuanming Mountain Range.

The mountain-protecting formation is always active, shrouded in mist and exuding a chilling aura.

The sect's inner halls stretched out in a continuous line, with disciples coming and going, giving it the appearance of a grand sect.

Suddenly, the space above the main peak distorted slightly, and five figures appeared out of thin air.

"Who dares to trespass on my Xuanming Sect!"

Almost the instant they appeared, several powerful divine senses locked onto them, and a sharp shout came from the palace below.

Immediately afterwards, more than a dozen figures soared into the sky. The one in the lead had a vast aura and was none other than the patriarch of the Xuanming Sect. The rest were the sect leader and elders of the sect.

Gu Changyuan looked at the crowd below who were on high alert, his expression remained unchanged, and he didn't even bother to answer a single word.

He simply raised his right hand slowly and casually pressed it down on the Xuanming Sect's mountain gate, which occupied several mountain peaks and had countless disciples.

The movement was light and casual, like brushing away a speck of dust from a table.

However, the instant his palm pressed down—

The world changed color!

The sky over a radius of hundreds of miles suddenly darkened.

A semi-transparent giant hand phantom, composed entirely of extremely pure chaotic spiritual energy and terrifyingly solidified spatial power, appeared out of thin air, covering the entire Xuanming Sect mountain gate area.

Carrying a terrifying power that could suppress all ages and destroy everything, it crashed down!

Before the giant hand had fully landed, the protective array below, like a fragile eggshell, cracked and splintered with spiderweb-like cracks, and then shattered with a mournful cry of despair!

The violent palm wind pressed down, causing all the buildings on the mountain peaks to creak and groan. Disciples with low cultivation levels were directly pressed to the ground, spitting out blood!

"No--!"

The Xuanming Ancestor and the other seven Tribulation Transcending experts were filled with rage, feeling the irresistible aura of destruction that made their very souls tremble.

They desperately unleashed their full cultivation, summoned their strongest magical treasures, and used their most powerful and secret divine abilities in an attempt to stop them.

But it was all in vain.

Their desperate resistance, along with the supernatural powers they unleashed, failed to even cause a ripple in the face of that giant hand before being instantly annihilated.

Next came the entire Xuanming Sect's mountain gate, halls, peaks, formations, spiritual veins... and all the living beings within the mountain gate.

Whether it was a sect leader or elder at the Tribulation Transcending Realm, an ordinary disciple at the Qi Refining Stage, or even some domesticated spirit beasts—all were reduced to dust under this palm strike.

There was no earth-shattering explosion, no heart-wrenching screams.

There was only a deathly silence and nothingness, and dust rising from the sky that had not yet settled.

The once mighty Xuanming Sect, along with its nearly ten thousand cultivators, was completely wiped from the world with a casual press of Gu Changyuan's hand.

Qin Yu and Fang Yuwei were utterly shocked at that moment.

The two stood frozen in mid-air, as if petrified.

They knew their master was very strong; having fought his way back from the Ruins of Chaos, his strength must be unfathomable.

But... isn't it a bit too scary to be this strong?

That was a first-rate sect with eight Transcending Tribulation Realm cultivators, a complete mountain-protecting formation, and thousands of disciples.

No weapons are needed; a simple wave of the hand is all it takes to kill them instantly?

Even the eldest sister couldn't have made it this easy with a single sword strike.

Gu Changyuan withdrew his hand without even a fluctuation in his aura.

He glanced at the huge palm print below, making sure no one had escaped, and with a wave of his right hand, countless points of light flew towards Gu Changyuan, then all flew into the spatial ring in his hand.

This contains all the resources of the entire Xuanming Sect.

Although Gu Changyuan flattened the entire Xuanming Sect with a single palm strike, he naturally left himself a backup plan to prevent his attack from damaging the cultivation resources.

Even the smallest mosquito is still meat, let alone a considerable number of them.