"This... does make some sense..."
"But what if True Man Situ really hasn’t been polluted by the Evil God, and everything he said is true? If we don’t retreat, we may face annihilation."
"This..."
The Heaven Void Ancestors of the various Qianxue Sects and clans present all frowned, unable to decide for a moment.
Even Elder Master Xun wasn’t entirely certain what decision to make.
He took out his Compass, visualized the Heavenly secret, formed hand seals, and tried to deduce causality, but after a moment the Heavenly secret remained obscure.
It seemed the current situation involved too many unknown strands of causality, all tangled together into one piece of Chaos; no matter how he calculated, it was all a snarl of threads, and he simply could not glimpse the result.
Elder Master Xun’s brows knit tighter and tighter.
Just then, Mo Hua’s delicate and well‑behaved face flashed across Elder Master Xun’s mind.
Elder Master Xun sighed softly, unable to help feeling concern; but in the next instant he suddenly jolted, realizing something.
It wasn’t that he thought of Mo Hua because he was concerned about him.
But because causality had given him a hint?
There was something in this that involved Mo Hua?
Elder Master Xun was secretly startled, and couldn’t help thinking, "Could it be... that this child Mo Hua is the one who had True Man Situ bring this news out..."
"Impossible..."
"True Man Situ went into the nightmare where the Evil God was first born—such a terrifying, bizarre place—how could Mo Hua possibly..."
Go there!
Elder Master Xun’s eyelids twitched.
Mo Hua would definitely go!
Based on his understanding of Mo Hua’s temperament, the more dangerous a place was, the more likely this kid was to run over and join the fun.
In fact, some dangers were themselves triggered precisely because of Mo Hua.
Mo Hua himself was a "fuse," the very source of danger—wherever there was danger, that was where he drilled.
At this thought, Elder Master Xun didn’t have time to think it through; he made a snap decision and said:
"Retreat!"
All the Heaven Void Ancestors turned to Elder Master Xun in surprise.
Elder Master Xun’s expression was resolute as he said without allowing any argument, "Retreat! We must retreat! Retreat! The faster the better!"
Everyone frowned.
Elder Master Xun did not explain. "If you don’t retreat, my Taixu Gate will retreat." With that, he didn’t even wait for them to respond, directly pinched a Flying Sword into being and sent a message to the Taixu Sect Master:
"Have all members of Taixu Gate withdraw from the Blood Sacrifice Array immediately. This is an iron command. The faster the better; no mistakes allowed!"
The group of Heaven Void Ancestors looked on, shocked and angry.
A堂堂 Sect Ancestor acting so arbitrarily and even going his own way—what sort of decorum was that?
But in the next instant, many deep‑scheming Heaven Void Ancestors felt a jolt in their hearts.
Elder Master Xun was a Fifth grade Formation Master and also studied Heavenly Mechanism Causality. Anything he did must have been deeply considered; it was absolutely impossible he was acting on impulse.
If even he insisted on going his own way, that meant this matter might truly involve some very terrifying "causality."
"Elder Master Xun, your Taixu Gate wants to flee the battlefield at the last moment—how laughable," the Sever Gold Sect Ancestor sneered. "Don’t think that just because you retreat, we’ll follow..."
"Retreat!" the Vajra Sect Ancestor said. "We’re retreating as well."
The Sever Gold Sect Ancestor’s face went dark.
Very quickly, many of the Heaven Void Ancestors of the Eight Great Gates also voiced their support.
"Carefree Sect will retreat as well."
"Better safe than sorry; my Purple Mist Sect will also retreat..."
"My Gui Water Sect is retreating as well..."
...
These Sects themselves had shallow understanding of Heavenly Mechanism Causality; under normal circumstances they wouldn’t echo Taixu Gate. But the current situation was special—life and death hung in the balance, and fortune and disaster were impossible to predict—so once Elder Master Xun made a firm decision, they thought briefly, then followed without hesitation.
Very soon, more and more Sect Ancestors agreed to "retreat."
After the Eight Great Gates came the Twelve Streams.
Even Longding Sect, one of the Four Great Sects, decided to retreat.
Many wavering Sects, seeing the general trend, also chose to "withdraw."
Even the Sever Gold Sect Ancestor, who had been the first to oppose, seeing this had no way to say anything more; with a stifled expression he silently added from the rear:
"My Sever Gold Sect will retreat as well..."
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