Staying Alive Cautiously in the Celestial Realm and Becoming the Strongest

Within the valley stood a fortress, filled with densely packed stone houses and wooden buildings, and several tall towers rose imposingly.

Additionally, at the outskirts and the deepest part of the valley, a large number of Spirit Fields had been developed.

Looking down from above, the residents of the fortress and the farmers working in the Spirit Fields looked like tiny ants.

The sudden appearance of the flying ship was like an eagle falcon swooping down on an anthill.

It immediately caused no small amount of chaos.

A nearly transparent curtain of light slowly rose from the valley, enveloping the entire fortress!

Clearly, the Cultivators stationed in the fortress had activated the Defensive Array.

At the same time, several Cultivators rode their Magic Artifacts into the sky.

They looked up at the Cloud Sun Flying Ship above and bowed to inquire, “Upper Cultivators have graced Five Tiger Stockade with their presence, may I ask what brings you here?”

Five Tiger Stockade was a fortress of Cultivators, with over two thousand Loose Cultivators living within.

Its scale was at the top in the surrounding hundreds of miles.

The fortress was controlled by five Qi Cultivation high-tier Cultivators.

Three of them had even reached the tier of Great Perfection.

Combined with the large Defensive Array, they had the strength to contest even the Purple Mansion Superior.

But faced with the Cloud Sun Flying Ship, these Qi Cultivation high-tier Cultivators were trembling with fear, their tone and attitude extremely respectful.

“We have discovered that Five Tiger Stockade has colluded with the Grey Eye Thieves and harbored Evil Cultivators.”

The next moment, an ethereal voice descended from the flying ship, “Will you surrender and accept inspection, or stubbornly resist to the bitter end, your fate being your own choosing!”

“Wrongly accused!”

Suddenly, a middle-aged Cultivator below raised his head, his eyes flashing with indignation, “Upper Cultivators, I, Fei Bin, swear to heaven, Five Tiger Stockade has absolutely no connection with Evil Cultivators!”

“Hehe.”

A snicker came from the sky, “If that’s the case, then shut down the Array and accept the inspection immediately. Our Cloud Sun Sect will not wrong a good person, but we will also not let off a single Evil Cultivator!”

A shade of ashen anger flickered across Fei Bin’s dark face.

To shut down the Array and accept inspection was akin to kneeling in surrender, with life and death entirely in the hands of others.

If Five Tiger Stockade was truly innocent,

it would be unlikely for the esteemed Cloud Sun Sect to commit the act of slaughtering innocent Loose Cultivators.

The reputation of a righteous sect was still something they valued.

But some things were known only to oneself.

Fei Bin dared not truly let the Cloud Sun Sect conduct a thorough search of the Stockade!

While Five Tiger Stockade definitely did not blatantly collude with the Grey Eye Thieves, it was true that some Evil Cultivators were hidden within.

This was actually quite normal.

As Loose Cultivators like them sometimes had to make various compromises in order to survive.

Five Tiger Stockade was like this, and other Loose Cultivator fortresses were no exception.

There’s a saying, the law does not punish numerous offenders, and with so many Loose Cultivator settlements under the jurisdiction of the Cloud Sun Sect, conducting inspections one by one would not only be time-consuming and laborious, but also likely to incite public anger.

In the past, the Cloud Sun Sect turned a blind eye, never seriously caring about these matters.

After all, over thousands of years,

the Cloud Sun Sect had reaped a great deal of benefits from these Loose Cultivator fortresses,

and recruited countless newcomers.

As the leader of Five Tiger Stockade, Fei Bin with his Qi Cultivation Perfection, never expected

that the Cloud Sun Sect would take things seriously this time,

sending a Flying Warship directly to the fortress, adopting a posture that would not cease until their goals were met!

To fight or to surrender?

Fei Bin’s face changed colors, unable to decide for a moment.

Fighting was definitely out of the question.

But if he surrendered, the best outcome might be to become a slave toiling away in the mines.

His dream of achieving a Breakthrough Mansion would shatter in an instant!

“Have you made up your mind?”

The high and mighty voice came again, thick with disdain and scorn.

Fei Bin couldn’t help but clench his fists and bow his head in humiliation, “This lowly cultivator is willing to undergo the inspection.”

His hands formed a spell, and his fingertips suddenly emitted a bright spiritual light.

“That’s more like it…”

In an instant, the six towers standing within the stockade all shone bright with flames, beams of light shooting out from the tips of the towers and striking the Cloud Sun Flying Ship in the sky!

The surface of the flying warship was instantly wrapped in golden light, with sparks scattered about as its body experienced violent shaking.

But that was all.

The Purple Mansion Superior operating the flying warship was furious, “Seeking death!”

A giant palm suddenly materialized above the valley, smacking down toward the stockade below like swatting a fly.

By this time, Fei Bin and his brothers had already retreated into the valley, screaming at the top of their lungs, “Fellow cultivators, the Cloud Sun Sect fabricates charges and acts against justice, they want to drive us loose cultivators to extinction!”

“We’ll fight them with all we’ve got!”

Boom!

The giant palm descended, slamming hard onto the defensive array.

The mana barrier enveloping the stockade shattered in an instant, and the six towers exploded simultaneously, sending countless fragments flying in all directions.

And not just that—the buildings around the towers collapsed as well.

In the valley, various screams and wails resounded immediately.

The loose cultivators living in the stockade reacted as if doomsday had come; some fled in panic, some knelt and begged for mercy, and others cast spells trying to strike the Cloud Sun Flying Ship above.

Streaks of light fled from the valley, escaping into the dense forest in every direction.

“Those who surrender shall not be killed!”

The Purple Mansion Superior stationed on the flying warship bellowed, “No mercy for the resisters!”

At the same time, the doors to the middle and lower cabins of the flying warship flew open in unison, and an authoritative voice reached the ears of all the Sunset Peak disciples.

It was another Superior issuing the order to pursue.

No mercy for resisters!

Immediately, dozens of cultivators burst from the cabins at top speed.

The moment they leapt out of the flying warship, they threw out their flying artifacts.

They pursued the fleeing loose cultivators of Five Tiger Stockade at the fastest speed.

Certainly, among those loose cultivators, there had to be evil cultivators.

Since all disobeyed the orders.

There was no need for distinctions, no need for mercy.

The inner sect disciples participating in the pursuit would be credited based on the heads they took, with rewards for capturing Grey Eye Thieves doubled.

Those disciples who feared the enemy and shunned battle, the faint-hearted, would all be dealt with according to sect rules!

All three Upper Cultivators stationed on the flying warship were watching.

In such circumstances, who would dare to be the least bit slack?

Within a mere moment, four to five hundred Sunset Peak disciples left the flying warship to vie for merit.

And Wang Chen was at the very back.

Just as he was about to rush out of the flying warship, he found the handsome young man from before clinging desperately to the cabin door next to him, his eyes tightly shut and trembling violently, not daring to jump down!

Wang Chen was speechless.

With that level of courage, what was he doing in the inner sect?

Wouldn’t it be sweet to be a rich and idle person at home?

Seeing that the other person clearly didn’t come from a humble background, Wang Chen wondered from which family’s offspring he was!

So useless, probably already abandoned.

Wang Chen shook his head and, without hesitation, delivered a kick straight to the other’s backside.

He kicked him right out of the flying warship.

As the saying goes, if you’re going to be a good person, do it to the end; send the Buddha to the west.

No need to thank me!

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The second update is here.