Chapter 636: Cutoff All Relations!

e key lies in two actions: one is your body posture when shooting, and the other is how you hold the ball," Xie Yujia held up the ball while demonstrating and explaining to Hao Ren simultaneously.Then...Chapter 636: Breaking All Ties!

Tian Mountain Sect, Purgatory Cliff.

Duan Yao, who was wearing colorful shackles on her hands and staring blankly at the stone wall, suddenly felt some fluctuations in the barrier of the cave entrance.

"Mother!" Duan Yao hurriedly stood up.

During these days, her mother had secretly brought food to her every day. If not for this, considering Duan Yao's realm, she would probably have fainted from hunger long ago.

However, the person entering the barrier was not her mother but her father, the sect master of Tian Mountain Sect, Duan Wuxin.

Duan Yao was slightly surprised and then pouted before sitting back on the stone bed.

Hmph, Father really does feel sorry for me...

Duan Yao deliberately put on a very pitiful expression, lowering her head without saying anything.

This time, Tian Mountain Sect suffered heavy losses, which dealt a significant blow to her psyche. She knew that in this world, the stronger one was, the louder their voice would be heard.

Therefore, during these days, she truly reflected and genuinely wanted to pursue absolute power.

Of course, her hatred towards Hao Ren didn't diminish at all; if she had the chance to kill him again, perhaps she wouldn't hold back.

"Come out with me," Duan Wuxin said sternly, approaching and coldly stating.

"Ah" Duan Yao looked at Duan Wuxin, even more surprised.

Duan Wuxin picked up a white jade key and lightly touched the shackles on Duan Yao's arms. The colorful shackles fell off automatically.

This set of shackles was an artifact used by Tian Mountain Sect to imprison major criminals. As for this Frost-Flame Shackles, even her mother wouldn't dare to take the keys from Duan Wuxin.

Duan Yao regained her freedom and felt delighted but dared not show it on her face.

Father really does feel sorry about keeping me locked up for too long... Duan Yao rubbed her arms and obediently followed Duan Wuxin out of the cave.

Duan Wuxin rode his flying sword, pulling Duan Yao onto it.

After being confined for a few days, Duan Yao was quite weak and wobbly. She quickly tidied her clothes, suspecting she would be taken to the Punishment Hall to receive further punishment.

To release someone after only two or three days wasn't in line with her father's usual style, but it was still better than the severe treatment of the Frost-Flame Shackles. Duan Yao gritted her teeth and mentally prepared herself for more penalties.

Below the flying sword, once glorious Tian Mountain Sect lay in ruins. Although its overall layout remained intact, all main buildings had been destroyed, turning into wastelands.

The hatred of being disbanded is a grudge that cannot be shared under the same sky! Duan Yao, who had freed herself from the cold cave, found her mood turning heavy.

She regained her senses slightly and suddenly realized that the direction the flying sword was heading wasn’t towards the center of the Heavenly Mountain Sect but outside it.

"Father, where are you taking me" Duan Yao asked with sudden panic.

She knew she had done something wrong and deserved punishment, but surely they wouldn't just throw her out of the sect

"Fifth Level Sky, Mysterious Peak," said Duanyu Xin.

Duan Yao’s eyes widened. "Father is going to hand me over to..."

With an icy expression, Duanyu Xin didn’t say anything further.

"Father... I want to see Mother! I want to see Great Uncle Ancestor!" Duan Yao immediately reached out in protest.

Duanyu Xin waved his hand and a white rope-shaped treasure instantly wrapped around her hands.

“Great Uncle Ancestor has already agreed,” Duanyu Xin said indifferently.

Before going to the back mountain to catch Duan Yao, Duanyu Xin had found Lingwu Old Ancestor and told him about Mysterious Peak’s request. The once Spirit Formation Realm Lingwu Old Ancestor who had fallen back to Foundation Establishment now could only nod gloomily without any objection.

At the critical moment of survival or demise for the Heavenly Mountain Sect, facing an opponent with a hundred times their power, there was no chance to resist even if they wanted to. No matter how much Lingwu Old Ancestor loved Duan Yao, he could only hand her over now.

To Lingwu Old Ancestor and Duanyu Xin, the thousand-year foundation of the Heavenly Mountain Sect was more important. Knowing that Duan Yao’s mother would go mad upon hearing this news, Duanyu Xin didn’t mention it to her at all.

"This..." Duan Yao stared wide-eyed, unable to believe that even the most beloved Lingwu Old Ancestor would be willing to hand her over.

When Great Uncle Ancestor was in danger, she had used her body to protect him. But...

Duan Yao turned around and looked at Duanyu Xin’s stern face again.

In her heart, she had a hundred objections towards her father but still felt that he would protect her somehow.

But now it seemed that the value of her life and future paled in comparison to that of the Heavenly Mountain Sect.

The Heavenly Mountain Sect was one-of-a-kind; daughters could be replaced...

Duan Yao silently stood on the flying sword, abandoning any further protests, biting through her lip with her white teeth.

If she weren't the only daughter of the current sect leader, given her qualifications, maybe she would have already become a furnace base for some core formation powerhouse instead. Now, it was just that this protective umbrella had been removed...

Seeing Duanyu Xin remain silent and without any comforting words, Duan Yao felt desolate as tears streamed down her face.

A cultivator at the Condensation Realms stage riding on a green flying sword swept past them from the front.

"Big Brother! Big Brother!" Duan Yao suddenly shouted.

This cultivator is precisely Senior Brother Ye Yan, who took Duan Yao to the fifth layer of heaven to investigate BaiSha Sect in the past.

This big senior brother has a graceful and handsome appearance. Moreover, his cultivation talent is also excellent. He is the first direct disciple of Duan Wuxin, so he is the big senior brother of Duan Wuxin's lineage.

Ye Yan likes Little Junior Sister Duan Yao very much. Usually, when she’s around, he is always busy serving her and has also said that he wants to protect her for life.

Now that Duan Yao sees Ye Yan appear, she thinks he's here to save her and shouts desperately as if clutching at a straw of hope.

She feels no attraction or affection towards this big senior brother Ye Yan, but his act of risking his life to intercept the situation moves her deeply.

I would rather marry Big Brother Ye Yan than enter Piaomiao Peak and suffer humiliation!

"I report to Master. Chuxiong Sect has found one piece of ten thousand-year-old green wood and two Huiyang Grasses, obtained the talisman from Alchemy King Elder Ancestor, and another core formation powerhouse has recovered their cultivation realm!"

Ye Yan rushed in front of Duan Wuxin and respectfully reported.

Hearing this news, Duan Wuxin's expression turned grim. He knows that the time left for Heavenly Mountain Sect is not much.

Now almost all core formation level cultivators across the sixth layer of heaven have had their realms stripped, leaving relatively balanced strength among them. But if more sects have core formation powerhouses who can recover their realms, Heavenly Mountain Sect will be in real danger.

If Alchemy King Elder Ancestor's anger cannot be appeased, perhaps there is no need for him to take action personally; just saying that he'll level Heavenly Mountain Sect and give them more Soul Awakening Talismans might result in the sect being completely eradicated with a single sentence from him!

"Find all spiritual herbs over ten thousand years old!" Duan Wuxin ordered.

"Yes, sir!" Ye Yan nodded in agreement. He glanced again at Duan Yao behind Duan Wuxin.

Duan Yao looked at Ye Yan with a pleading gaze, but this big senior brother hurriedly avoided her eyes.

In an instant, Duan Yao's heart turned cold.

Ye Yan is the best new talent among the younger generation in terms of both talent and strength. He is also the current sect master Duan Wuxin's top disciple; perhaps a few hundred years later, he will inherit Heavenly Mountain Sect's position as sect master.

The only person who might compete with him for this position is Mo Lianshan, the favored disciple of Senior Elder.

However, during this difficult mission in the fifth layer of heaven, although Mo Lianshan narrowly escaped death by luck, he dropped back to the foundation establishment realm and can no longer be compared with Ye Yan.

Ye Yan, on the other hand, due to handling some sect's secular affairs, did not take responsibility for the search mission in the fifth layer of heaven, remaining within the sect all along and still at the core formation中期 stage!

In this situation, Ye Yan is steadily advancing and does not need to provoke Duan Wuxin.

He approached to please Duan Yao because she is the sect master's only daughter. But now that Duan Yao has become a "criminal" of Heavenly Mountain Sect and will be sent to the fifth layer of heaven, why should he get involved in this murky water!

Indeed, he does like Duan Yao somewhat, but compared with his own future prospects, it is insignificant! Moreover, as for such women who would become furnaces and tripods for powerful cultivators like her, he finds them even more contemptible!

Therefore, in this situation, he wouldn't even say a word of concern or consolation for fear that Duan Wuxin would suspect him of having an affair with Duan Yao.

Duan Wuxin rode on his flying sword and swiftly sliced through the clouds, heading towards the fifth layer of heaven.

Duan Yao looked back at the gradually shrinking Heavenly Mountain Sect and then at the picturesque sixth layer of heaven; she remained silent.

Her life had suddenly taken a turn. She thought that happiness would always be hers, but eventually realized that her so-called happiness was only because the Heavenly Mountain Sect dominated other sects.

In the face of forces above the Heavenly Mountain Sect, even as the daughter of its leader, she was worth less than goods.

"The fate of the Heavenly Mountain Sect rests in your hands. When you meet the Medicine King Elder Ancestor, do what needs to be done; perhaps there will still be a way out. If you don't want the Heavenly Mountain Sect to perish alongside you and if you still pity its tens of thousands of disciples…" Duan Wuxin said a few sentences but stopped.

He had already made up his mind to send Duan Yao to Mysterious Peak, helping the Heavenly Mountain Sect survive this calamity. Then he would retreat into seclusion, handing over the sect to several elders or selecting another leader.

The Medicine King Elder Ancestor was unpredictable; having Duan Yao taken in by him could be a good thing if it saved her life when the Heavenly Mountain Sect faced annihilation.

Near Mysterious Peak, a red light shot up into the sky.

Indeed, the Man Bull Elder Ancestor of Chu Xiong Sect had recovered to the Core Formation stage and was releasing layers of oppressive energy.

The camp of Chu Xiong Sect on the eastern side erupted with cheers.

Around them, other sect cultivators wore expressions of envy or anxiety. The elder ancestors who hadn't yet recovered their cultivation levels were furious in their respective tents.

Mysterious Peak required nothing but specific types of spirit herbs; as a result, the sects on the sixth layer of heaven would even turn over every inch of land from both the fifth and sixth layers to find these herbs.

Duan Wuxin brought Duan Yao, who was expressionless, down to the valley entrance of Mysterious Peak. Clenching his fists, he didn't know how to shout.

Whoosh...

A third-stage snow lion named Xiao Bai flew out of the valley and landed at the entrance, staring at Duan Yao. Undoubtedly, it had come to receive her.

"This parting may mean no more meetings..." Duan Wuxin looked at Duan Yao and was about to say something.

But Duan Yao seemed uninterested; she sat on Xiao Bai's back without hesitation.

She tossed the two jade pendants around her waist to Duan Wuxin. "Give this to my mother! Whether alive or dead, I, Duan Yao, will never return!"

Making such a sacrifice for the Heavenly Mountain Sect was repayment for their upbringing; from now on, she would sever all ties.

Xiao Bai carried Duan Yao and whooshed into the valley encircled by a red boundary formation.

Duan Wuxin watched as Duan Yao gradually disappeared behind the boundary formation, shook his head in heartache, then turned away to leave. a half hours—three hours in total!Hao Ren had just left the palace with dawn breaking to see those soldiers practicing early morning exercises. He knew how hardworking these soldiers were.After three...