Chapter 160: Respective Plans!
Realizing the severity of the situation, Chen Xuan wasted no time.
Pouring his Spiritual Energy into the transmission talisman, he connected with one of the many contacts stored within it.
Several seconds of silence passed.
Then, a familiar voice finally came from the other side.
"Junior Brother Chen... you’ve finally come out of seclusion."
A long sigh of relief followed.
Hearing the exhaustion hidden beneath Tang Yuechen’s usually composed voice, Chen Xuan couldn’t help but feel a trace of guilt.
It was obvious that she had been under tremendous pressure during the past few days.
Suppressing those thoughts, he went straight to the point.
"Senior Sister Tang, I’ve already learned that something happened. Is there anything I can do to help you and the Jade Pure Sect?"
Silence answered him.
Chen Xuan could almost picture Tang Yuechen hesitating on the other side of the talisman.
Eventually, she made up her mind.
"Junior Brother Chen, before anything else, you need to understand the current situation."
She paused briefly before continuing.
"I already told you that Qian Lingxue went to the Sword Forging Sect to repel the demonic faction’s offensive. However, what I didn’t mention back then was that she didn’t go alone."
"Besides several Elders, all of the sect’s Ancestors accompanied her."
These words caught Chen Xuan off guard.
In truth, he had never personally met the so-called Ancestors, having only heard about them through conversations with others.
Still, he knew exactly what they represented.
Every Ancestor was a Soul Formation expert.
Normally, they remained in secluded cultivation within the Jade Pure Sect, serving as its greatest foundation and ultimate deterrent.
For them to leave the sect together, it t was clear that their purpose was not simple at all.
As expected, Tang Yuechen soon confirmed his suspicions.
"You’ve probably already guessed it."
"Our Jade Pure Sect wasn’t the only one to make such a decision. The other righteous sects mobilized their hidden experts as well."
"The purpose was simple."
"To set a massive trap and catch the demonic faction completely off guard."
Although Tang Yuechen’s tone remained calm, Chen Xuan understood that such an operation could never have been planned on a whim.
At the very least, the righteous alliance must have possessed considerable confidence in their chances of success.
Unfortunately...
"Things went wrong."
"There appears to have been a traitor within the righteous alliance. The demonic faction was already prepared and launched a counter-plan of their own."
"The exact outcome remains unknown. All we’ve confirmed so far is that every Sect Master and every Ancestor disappeared."
"Not only from the righteous side, but from the demonic faction as well."
Tang Yuechen’s voice became increasingly solemn.
"I suspect this was their true objective from the very beginning. To remove all of the high-level cultivators from both factions at once and seize complete control of the battlefield."
Tang Yuechen continued her explanation, and Chen Xuan understood what she meant by that.
Not long after the strongest experts vanished, the demonic cultivators suddenly launched an all-out offensive, as though they had received a predetermined signal.
At first, both sides had still been evenly matched.
However, the situation soon changed.
The demonic faction began deploying countless puppets, corpse armies, and large-scale battle formations that ordinary cultivators found nearly impossible to resist.
Several unorthodox cultivation paths complemented one another perfectly, gradually allowing them to overwhelm the righteous forces on every major battlefield.
"The reason I contacted you..." Tang Yuechen continued softly, "...is because the Jade Pure Sect is almost empty now."
"Among the Nascent Soul Elders, only Lan Lanyue remains. "But you already know about his condition."
Although she didn’t elaborate further, Chen Xuan naturally understood.
Tang Yuechen’s intention couldn’t have been more obvious.
She wanted him to step forward to deal with the crisis at this point in time.
Under normal circumstances, Chen Xuan might have been dissatisfied.
After all, during his previous mission, Tang Yuechen had personally promised that he would no longer need to involve himself in the war.
Yet only a short time later, she was asking him to do exactly that.
Surprisingly, however, Chen Xuan felt no displeasure whatsoever. He understood the seriousness of the situation.
Without its Ancestors, the Jade Pure Sect truly stood on the brink of destruction.
Although he felt a greater sense of obligation toward Mu Xuanyin than toward the sect itself, he had still cultivated there for nearly a century.
Now that the sect had fallen into crisis, there was no reason for him to stand by idly while possessing the strength to help.
’Moreover, this might be an opportunity to finally end this war...’ Chen Xuan thought, and his eyes narrowed.
According to Tang Yuechen, every Soul Formation expert had disappeared after the battle at the Sword Forging Sect.
The strongest cultivators still remaining on the battlefield were merely Nascent Soul experts.
And he, though still at the Nascent Soul realm, possessed a strength far beyond that level.
Combined with the Soul Formation zombie under his control, there were very few opponents left whom he needed to fear.
His prolonged silence made Tang Yuechen slightly nervous.
Just as she was about to persuade him further, Chen Xuan interrupted her.
"That’s enough, Senior Sister Tang. You don’t need to say anything else."
"It is my duty to help the sect in times of need. Simply tell me which battlefields require reinforcement."
Hearing those words, Tang Yuechen finally let out a relieved breath.
Without wasting another moment, she quickly listed the battlefields that had become the most critical.
Each of them was a place where the Jade Pure Sect—or even the righteous alliance as a whole—was steadily losing ground.
After memorizing every location, Chen Xuan ended the transmission.
Putting away the talisman, he rose to his feet and headed toward the chamber’s exit.
However, just as he stepped outside, a figure appeared not far away. It was Su Ying.
She looked at him with obvious hesitation.
Several times, she opened her mouth only to stop herself. Finally, after gathering her courage, she clenched her fists.
"Senior Brother Chen, did something happen to the sect?"
"If that’s the case..."
"I... I want to help as well."
As if afraid Chen Xuan would reject her immediately, she hurriedly continued before he could speak.
"You don’t have to worry about me. I’ve already broken through to the Core Formation realm."
A trace of determination appeared in her eyes.
"I don’t want to keep hiding behind you while the gap between us only gets bigger and bigger. I wish to accompany you, even if doing so is dangerous..."
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