Forced to become a pure and innocent female pharmacist in order to cultivate immortality.

"Gulp." Chunyang Sect couldn't help but swallow hard, then hurriedly ordered a return to Chunyang Sect, and also ordered the disciples who were currently in the territory of Cui Ri Palace to return to Chunyang Sect to prevent them from being attacked by Liuyun Sect.

Thus, the Chunyang Sect was forced to relinquish its interests in this region.

If we can't beat them with high-end combat power, then we're definitely doomed.

The people from the Chunyang Sect came and went quickly, but they were definitely not willing to accept it.

After Nanhe returned to Chunyang Sect, he immediately began to heal his injuries, and the Chunyang Sect Master naturally came to inquire about the situation.

With a mix of trepidation and excitement, the Chunyang Sect Master entered Nanhe's residence.

"Master, how could this be? Even you are no match for the Flowing Cloud Sect? Could it be that they have a cultivator with a higher cultivation level than you in charge?" The Pure Yang Sect Master knelt down on the futon behind his master.

Nanhe took a deep breath and then opened his eyes.

“The opponent has two experts at the first level of the Nascent Soul realm, while their sect leader is a body cultivator with the combat power of the second level of the Nascent Soul realm. As you know, body cultivators are very special, a product of the previous cultivation era. I knew nothing about her methods and fell into her trap, suffering a great loss.” Nan He found a plausible reason for his defeat.

Of course, that's not really a reason; he genuinely couldn't figure out Ye Liuyun's methods.

"Then, does that mean we have to give up our interests in that area?" The Chunyang Sect Master was quite unwilling.

Nanhe took a deep breath and then revealed a gloomy expression.

"Don't worry, the Desolate God Sect definitely has someone watching that place. Aren't they fishing? Look, isn't the Flowing Cloud Sect, which appeared out of nowhere, just willing to take the bait? Regardless of whether they are related to the destruction of the Sun Destroyer Palace, the Desolate God Sect will not watch the Flowing Cloud Sect completely occupy this area," Nan He said in a deep voice.

Upon hearing this, Chunyang Sect's eyes immediately lit up.

“That’s true. However, shouldn’t we investigate where this Liuyun Sect came from? With so many people, it’s impossible that we didn’t know anything about them,” the Chunyang Sect Master said.

“Yes, we’ll definitely investigate. I think the other three companies are probably getting restless too,” Nanhe said.

Sure enough, as soon as Nan He finished speaking, the Nascent Soul experts from Divine Medicine Valley and Heavenly Wind Hall sent messages asking about Nan He's situation. They must have known that Nan He had been driven away by the sect leader of Flowing Cloud Sect.

However, the Chunyang Sect Master had no intention of sharing information with the two of them. They were not from the same camp and were only concerned with their own interests. Now that the Chunyang Sect's interests were gone, Nanhe naturally hoped that these three families would also perish.

Looking at Ye Liuyun and his group, the Six Extremes Profound Heaven Array has been set up, though it's a bit rough around the edges. But there's nothing they can do about it, given the short time available. They can only work on improving it later.

No trace of the Sun-Destroying Palace can be seen on Mount Chuyun anymore. There are bonfires everywhere, and the disciples of the Flowing Cloud Sect are sitting around the bonfires, lost in thought.

Just then, a majestic and resounding voice rang out in the darkness, and at the same time, a huge primordial spirit dharma image descended from the sky to the outside of the Flowing Cloud Sect's great formation.

"I am Yan Lü, the Third Elder of the Desolate God Sect. The person in charge of this place, please show yourself." This enormous primordial spirit dharma image, carrying a terrifying pressure, instantly startled all the Flowing Cloud Sect disciples who were cultivating.

Ye Liuyun, Jiang Wanling, and the other two immediately looked outside.

"Hmph! As expected, they've come." Ye Liuyun chuckled, then flew out with Jiang Wanling and the others. They arrived at the edge of the formation and met Yan Lü.

"I am Ye Liuyun, the master of Liuyun Sect. I wonder what brings you, fellow Daoist from Huangshen Sect, to visit so late at night?" Ye Liuyun politely cupped his hands in greeting.

Ye Liuyun was already cursing this guy for showing off. Showing up a primordial spirit dharma form a thousand feet in the middle of the night, what else could it be but showing off?

Yan Lu naturally already knew about what happened during the day, so he didn't underestimate Ye Liuyun.

"I do have something to say. Let me ask you, is the destruction of the Sun Destroyer Palace in secret related to your Flowing Cloud Sect?" Yan Lu questioned.

Ye Liuyun rolled her eyes when she saw how can the other party be so candid.

"Fellow Daoist, if I said it has nothing to do with us, would you believe me?" Ye Liuyun asked calmly.

The Desolate God Sect doesn't actually care who destroyed the Sun Destroyer Palace. What they care about is who will be in charge of this place in the future. Whoever is in charge will be the one they have to suppress. At the same time, they need to find a way to make that person a subordinate sect of the Desolate God Sect to protect their interests in this place. That's what they want to do.

No one would admit to wiping out an entire family like that.

"Hmph! It's good that you understand. Little girl, I don't care whether the destruction of the Sun-Destroying Palace is related to you or not. I'm giving your Flowing Cloud Sect two choices: either leave this place immediately. I already know your origins. You are not a force from the Eastern Wilderness, but came from the Southern Ridge's Heavenly Ridge. You are a sect from the Southern Ridge."

“Since you are outsiders, you have no right to own this place,” Yan Lu said coldly.

Before Ye Liuyun and his group arrived, they did not come directly from the Spirit Sword Sect. Instead, they secretly went to the edge of the Heavenly Broken Ridge and then crossed the border from the Heavenly Broken Ridge in a grand procession. Therefore, they could only find out that the Liuyun Sect came from the Southern Ridge.

As for where in the Nanling Mountains they came from, that's not important; it would be difficult for them to find out anyway.

"Hehe, as expected of the number one sect in the Southern Wilderness Mountain Range, you found out our origins so quickly. That's right, our Liuyun Sect moved here from the Southern Ridge. What's the second option?" Ye Liuyun continued to ask.

"The second option is very simple: submit to my Desolate God Sect, become an affiliated sect of my Desolate God Sect, and pay tribute to our Desolate God Sect every year. In return, our Desolate God Sect will recognize the rights of your Flowing Cloud Sect in this area," Yan Lu chuckled.

In his view, the Flowing Cloud Sect would definitely choose the latter.

Ye Liuyun rolled her eyes; she knew the other person had this idea.

Because of the rules of the Immortal Alliance, they cannot directly intervene in the conflicts in this area. However, they can use their power to force the occupants of this place to become their affiliated sects, and the result will be the same.

"Really? What if our Liuyun Sect doesn't choose either option?" Ye Liuyun continued to ask.

Upon hearing this, Yan Lu immediately became murderous.

"If you choose neither of these two options, then this place will be the burial ground for your Liuyun Sect. Your Liuyun Sect secretly destroyed the affiliated sects of my Huangshen Sect. As the main sect, we have the right to seek justice for the Cui Ri Palace." Yan Lu said with a sinister smile.

The Desolate God Sect is indeed treacherous. No matter what Ye Liuyun and the others do, the Desolate God Sect will not suffer any losses. In short, unless the occupant here submits to the Desolate God Sect, whoever does so will be the murderer who destroyed the Sun Destroyer Palace.

Anyway, they have the biggest fists, so they call the shots.

"Is that so? Then I'd like to see how your Desolate God Sect will destroy my Flowing Cloud Sect. I can tell you right now that becoming your affiliated sect is impossible. I also know what your Desolate God Sect is planning." Ye Liuyun refused directly.

Yan Lu was stunned when he heard this, and for a moment he didn't react. He thought he had misheard.

"You? What did you say? Did I hear that right? You refused?" Yan Lu asked incredulously.

“That’s right, I, the sect leader, reject your proposal. What’s wrong?” Ye Liuyun said again.

Alright, Yan Lu immediately became furious, unleashing the power of the seventh level of the Primordial Spirit Realm.

"Very well, very well indeed. I am Yan Lu, the Third Elder of the Desolate God Sect. According to the investigation of my Desolate God Sect, the Flowing Cloud Sect is the culprit behind the destruction of the Sun-Destroying Palace. I hereby sentence the Flowing Cloud Sect to death for the crimes of destroying a sect and invading foreign forces, in accordance with the rules of the Eastern Desolate Immortal Alliance." Yan Lu declared this to all directions with his magic power.

The sound resounded throughout the heavens and earth, and could even be heard by cultivators from the other four medium-sized sects.

This left the cultivators from the four medium-sized sects completely bewildered.

Upon hearing this, Ye Liuyun and the others could only roll their eyes.

"Tch! Hypocritical. Although it's true that the Sun Destroyer Palace was destroyed by our Cloud Realm, your forced labeling is too obvious," Ye Liuyun complained.

After saying this, Yan Lu was about to make his move. He raised his enormous hand, which blotted out the sky, and slammed it down heavily on Mount Chu Ri.

Under the attack of this force, even a ten-thousand-meter-high mountain would probably be reduced to ruins in an instant. Yan Lu was very confident, confident that this attack would be enough to destroy the Flowing Cloud Sect.

Unfortunately, just as his palm was about to land, the Six Extremes Profound Heaven Formation was activated immediately.

A white barrier suddenly lit up, intercepting Yan Lu's attack.

Not only that, but terrifying beams of reflected light also shot out from the formation, striking Yan Lü's primordial spirit dharma image.

"This? Impossible! What kind of formation is this? It's so powerful!" Yan Lu himself was directly swallowed up by the power of the formation.

The white light pierced through his Dharma form, sending his true body flying thousands of meters backward. He spat out a mouthful of blood before regaining his footing.

"Damn it, there's something wrong with the Flowing Cloud Sect." Yan Lu was terrified. After muttering to himself, he decisively retreated.

Chapter 599 Taking Turns (5000 words + 200 monthly votes bonus chapter)

The reflected power of the Six Extremes Profound Heaven Array had severely injured him; if he hadn't left, any Nascent Soul cultivator could have killed him.

This was too unexpected. He hadn't expected that the protective array set up by the Liuyun Sect would be so powerful, able to withstand the attack of a Nascent Soul cultivator at the sixth level and even severely injure him. This must be at least a top-grade Earth-rank array to have such power.

He certainly didn't have the ability to break through the top-grade Earth-rank protective mountain formation, unless a cultivator at the eighth or ninth level of the Nascent Soul realm was carrying a magic weapon of at least the top-grade Earth rank.

"Oh dear! He got away again. How boring." Ye Liuyun definitely didn't go out to chase after him, because if she did, she would have to use external force to stop him, which wasn't worth it. She figured the Desolate God Sect wouldn't just let it go like that, so they could just wait and see.

The disciples of the Flowing Cloud Sect watched as their mountain-protecting formation easily repelled a Nascent Soul Stage 7 expert, and they all began to roar with excitement again.

As for the cultivators who came to watch the show, they all slunk away after seeing the powerful figures from the Desolate God Sect being defeated. The Pure Yang Sect, in particular, had completely lost the will to fight the Flowing Cloud Sect.

"Damn it, even the Third Elder of the Desolate God Sect couldn't take down the Flowing Cloud Sect. How are we supposed to fight them?" Nan He felt utterly powerless.

Yan Lu, who had escaped, had already fled back to the Desolate God Sect at top speed.

Several hours later, in the Desolate Valley where the Desolate God Sect was located.

This guy escaped incredibly fast. When he returned to the Desolate God Sect, the sect leader and higher-ups were all shocked to see Yan Lu return to the sect in such a disheveled state.

"Third Elder, what happened to you? Didn't I send you to the Flowing Cloud Sect to recruit them? How did you get such serious injuries?" Huang Rong, the master of the Desolate God Sect, asked in astonishment.

Yan Lu quickly swallowed a healing pill to suppress his injuries. After suppressing the injuries, he explained to Huang Rong with a look of utter disbelief.

"Sect Master, this Flowing Cloud Sect is quite formidable. They possess a powerful protective array, at least a top-grade Earth-rank array. This array easily blocked my attack and even injured me in return," Yan Lu explained.

These words left the members of the Desolate God Sect in disbelief.

"What? A top-grade Earth-rank protective mountain formation? This?" Huang Rong and the others were speechless for a moment, as this was completely beyond their expectations.

With such a protective mountain formation in place, only if Huang Rong attacks with a low-grade Heaven-rank magic weapon from their Huang Shen Sect could they possibly break through it.

However, the fact that the other party dared to refuse the offer from the Desolate God Sect means that they are definitely not afraid of the Desolate God Sect.

"Damn it, Sect Master, it seems that it was the Flowing Cloud Sect that secretly destroyed the Sun Destroyer Palace. They are fully capable of doing so, and they are outsiders. We cannot allow such an invader to take root in our Southern Wilderness Mountains," said the Grand Elder of the Wilderness God Sect.

“That’s right. We should immediately gather the sect’s experts and eliminate the Flowing Cloud Sect before it has fully consolidated its power.” The Second Elder echoed.

Huang Rong was furious, but he wasn't stupid. He didn't even know the other party's background. If he rashly mobilized the entire sect to go and cause trouble, what would happen if the other party had some more powerful methods waiting for them?

"We can't be reckless now. We've already suffered a loss once. If the other side has some other tricks up their sleeve, wouldn't we be walking into a trap?" Huang Rong said with a serious expression.

This Huang Rong looks like a burly man, but to be the head of a sect, he must be more than just someone with a high cultivation level.

Upon hearing Huang Rong's words, everyone couldn't help but wonder: Did the other party have the strength to contend with their Huang Shen Sect? If they couldn't even handle the Huang Shen Sect, wouldn't that mean the other party was comparable to a major sect?

They found this result hard to accept.

"Sect Master, are we overthinking this? If they really aren't afraid of our Desolate God Sect, then they wouldn't need to sneak around and destroy the Sun Destroyer Palace," the Desolate God Sect leader asked doubtfully.

But his words made Huang Rong roll his eyes.

"What evidence do you have to prove that they destroyed the Sun Destroyer Palace? If they have such ability, why would they risk the world to destroy another sect? They could just go to their door and forcibly drive the Sun Destroyer Palace away. After destroying another sect, they immediately and openly seize territory. Is this something a normal person would do?" Huang Rong retorted.

Huang Rong didn't believe that the destruction of the Sun Destroyer Palace had anything to do with the Flowing Cloud Sect. He was more inclined to believe that the Flowing Cloud Sect had migrated from the Southern Ridge and then happened to know that the Sun Destroyer Palace had been destroyed, so they came to seize the sect.

Unfortunately, Huang Rong's so-called normal judgment was wrong, because Ye Liuyun is not a normal person, and their Cloud Realm is not a normal force either. If you use normal thinking to judge them, you are just asking for trouble.

"Then what should we do? Just give up?" The higher-ups were getting anxious.

Huang Rong fell into deep thought.

"Let the Immortal Alliance investigate the background of the Flowing Cloud Sect first. The Immortal Alliance can definitely contact the Supreme Induction Sect in the Southern Ridge and ask about the situation before making any decisions," Huang Rong said.

After some thought, everyone agreed with Huang Rong's suggestion to calm down for a while and get a feel for the situation.

As for Ye Liuyun, after she drove Yan Lü away, she immediately sent a message to Lin Aoxue of the Supreme Response Sect.

The idea was to have her tell Li Bai that if any news from the Eastern Wilderness inquired about their Flowing Cloud Sect, Li Bai should help cover it up.

Li Bai would naturally not refuse such a small favor.

Ye Liuyun had anticipated the actions of the Desolate God Sect. This was not difficult to guess. A powerful expert at the seventh level of the Nascent Soul Realm suffered a loss at the Liuyun Sect, and they deliberately made the Desolate God Sect mistakenly believe that they were a sect that had moved from the Southern Ridge.

After suffering a loss, they certainly won't continue to act so recklessly. They will definitely conduct a thorough investigation first, and then consider whether to take action.

Sure enough, that very evening, the Eastern Wilderness Immortal Alliance contacted the Supreme Response Sect to inquire about the Flowing Cloud Sect.

Li Bai simply said that he had never heard of the Liuyun Sect, and that it must have changed its name and moved from the Nanling Mountains, so he didn't know either.

"What is this little guy up to in the Eastern Wilderness now? He's making such a big commotion that even the Immortal Alliance of the Eastern Wilderness has been alerted." Li Bai muttered to himself after finishing his conversation with the people from the Eastern Wilderness.

As for the Liuyun Sect, the Tianheng Sect also voluntarily relinquished the strongholds they had occupied in the period that followed.

There was nothing they could do; even the Desolate God Sect had suffered a setback, so this matter was beyond their ability to handle. However, the Heavenly Heng Sect's retreat was definitely intentional.

Seeing that Chunyang Sect and Tianheng Sect had both withdrawn, the other two sects realized that if they stayed, they would suffer a great loss, which would be disastrous. So they also left, as it wasn't worth offending Liuyun Sect for such a small benefit.

Since the Desolate God Sect couldn't obtain any information about the Flowing Cloud Sect, they dared not act rashly.

However, they weren't without ways to cause trouble for the Flowing Cloud Sect. They directly told the Immortal Alliance that the Flowing Cloud Sect had destroyed the Sun Destroyer Palace, and then asked the people from the Eastern Wilderness Immortal Alliance to step in.

The Desolate God Sect is, after all, a core member of the Eastern Wilderness Immortal Alliance. Since they requested the Immortal Alliance to intervene, the Immortal Alliance naturally had to send someone to the Flowing Cloud Sect to inquire about the situation.

About a week after the conflict between the Flowing Cloud Sect and the Desolate God Sect, a group of cultivators dressed in white and traveling in a spaceship arrived above Mount Churi.

The leading cultivator on the spaceship was a Nascent Soul cultivator at the eighth level, and she was accompanied by a group of cultivators from the Four Extremes.

As soon as they arrived, Ye Liuyun and the others sensed their presence and quickly came out of their makeshift tents to look up at the sky.

"The Immortal Alliance has arrived, Sect Master. We must be very careful in dealing with them. They represent the entire cultivation world of the Eastern Wilderness. If they label us as enemies, the entire cultivation world of the Eastern Wilderness will attack us," Jiang Wanling warned solemnly.

Ye Liuyun nodded.

Then the people from the Immortal Alliance spoke up, and a young cultivator from the Four Extremes came to the bow of the ship.

"Where is the Sect Master of Liuyun Sect? We are special envoys of the Eastern Wilderness Immortal Alliance, sent by the Alliance Master to investigate the destruction of Cui Ri Palace. You must come and pay your respects immediately," the young man said arrogantly.