Published: August 10, 2026
Chapter 1067: The Cultivators' Plight
Yuan Yang Sect.
The main hall of the sect.
Under the careful arrangements of the Golden Core Elder, the true lords from the Qingyun Society who had come to offer their congratulations were seated one by one.
Quite a few of those present were from the Seven Nations Alliance. If not for no other choice, who would willingly retreat into the Orthodox and Demonic Territory?
A man away from home is worth less than at home.
The Orthodox and Demonic Territory had been developed for so many years that the various benefits there had already been divided up. If they rushed in rashly now, how much could they possibly gain?
Could they still preserve the prestige they once had?
If they had not already seen that the tide had turned against them, who would want to leave a territory they had painstakingly managed for so long?
Moreover, the members of the Qingyun Society had originally been people who could not make it among the three great powers. How could they possibly be welcomed if they went over at such a time?
It was precisely because they had too many concerns that when the Qingyun Society's true lords were halfway through retreating, they heard the news that the Black Flood Dragon King had died and the Burning Heart Demonic Emperor had been utterly destroyed in body and soul. They immediately stopped retreating and rushed back at full speed.
It had to be said that Liu Yu's advancement to divine transformation, along with the display of his incomparably powerful strength, was indeed a shot in the arm for the Tian Nan cultivation world.
Since they were already allies and had once stood together in rebellion against the three great powers, of course they would now gather around him.
The Qingyun Society had produced a divine sovereign, which was enough to prove that this alliance would not rise and fall in an instant, and that the "alliance pact" could continue to endure.
"Sigh..."
Inside the hall, many of the seated true lords sighed repeatedly, looking rather unmotivated.
No wonder they were like this; this war between humans and demons was simply too brutal.
Back when the Qingyun Society was at its peak, it had more than eighty true lords!
But now, after enduring this unimaginably brutal century-long great war, one glance was enough to count everyone present clearly.
At this moment, there were only a bit more than thirty left, more than half had been lost!
Among them were not only late stage yuan ying grandmasters like the notorious "Tian Nan Old Monster," but also many famous true lord experts who were gradually withering away.
Yuan ying true lords had all come through blood and fire. If it were only heavy casualties, it would not be enough to make them lose their fighting spirit.
But the key problem was that the Fire Phoenix Clan was simply too powerful, and the overall gap in strength between the two sides was far too great.
A little careful thought made it clear: the Tian Nan cultivation world had no future.
No reinforcements.
No help.
Tian Nan was like a lone island in the vast ocean. Ever since it lost contact with Great Tang in the Middle Ages, it had been left adrift outside, effectively an orphan.
"Sigh..."
"Not only are we inferior to our fellow cultivators, we are also at a disadvantage across the board in the fighting between foundation establishment and golden core cultivators."
"Recently, news from the three great powers suggests that the struggle between divine sovereigns and demonic emperors is also going extremely badly."
"I heard that in the duel of magic in the 'Purple Morning Domain,' the 'Bixiao senior' of Heavenly Thunder Palace likely, perhaps, maybe ran into some mishap."
"And the divine sovereign seniors of the other two powers also seem to have been injured and forced to retreat to their sects."
With repeated sighs, a well-informed true lord said in a low voice.
When the crowd heard this, they fell silent, each with a somewhat gloomy expression.
Although on ordinary days they would have loved to see the three great powers suffer, at this moment, with Tian Nan's survival at stake, they still hoped the three powers could withstand the pressure from the demon race.