Sage of Humanity

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They say the protruding beam gets rotted first, and Lu Ye has indeed stuck his neck out, further displaying his terrifying prowess in Array Path. Therefore, no matter what he decides to do next, Ten Thousand Demons Ridge will certainly not let him off the hook.

Just like before, as soon as he arrived at the Tianyan Sect’s base, he was poisoned by an undercover agent from Ten Thousand Demons Ridge.

Since Ten Thousand Demons Ridge has set their sights on him, there’s naturally no need for him to shrink back in fear.

Moreover, his initial purpose for entering the inner circle was to seek revenge. The pace of taking down one family at a time was too slow. With the situation evolving like this, he might as well go all out and make a big move.

Days earlier, when Lu Ye departed from the Tianyan Sect, he had a premonition about this moment, so it came as no surprise to him.

In fact, it was the scene he had hoped to see.

Because he needed lots of lots of merits—if he didn’t attack the base of Ten Thousand Demons Ridge, where would he get so many merits?

After receiving Lu Ye’s confirmation, Zhao Li was the first to express his position, stating that the Tianyan Sect would provide full support.

After all, their base had been occupied for over two months. They were like those who walk barefoot and are not afraid of wearing out their shoes—with hundreds of cultivators coming in great numbers and leaving just as mightily, with ease and comfort.

It was the first time they discovered that there actually were benefits to their base being occupied.

A moment later, Zhao Li and Song Yin took their leave. Now that Lu Ye had made his stance clear, they had no more worries.

By noon, the first visitor arrived at the Canglan Mountain base. By night, four or five more had come, with many others still on their way.

Introduced by Song Yin, Lu Ye met with these people in a secret chamber. After a long discussion, they all left one after another.

After a brief period of calm, two days later, two tower ships rose from the Canglan Mountain base and sped towards a direction.

The news spread, and Ten Thousand Demons Ridge’s side was probably seething with anger.

The thing they feared most had still happened.

That Lu Yiye, after leading cultivators from two sects to take down three families from Ten Thousand Demons Ridge, clearly did not plan to stop there. Instead, he wanted to continue acting so recklessly.

Facing such an almost unsolvable method, Ten Thousand Demons Ridge’s side was truly powerless to respond.

For a while, the forces of Ten Thousand Demons Ridge near Canglan Mountain panicked because they were definitely the first to be attacked. But who would be attacked first? No one knew, making it impossible for them to make accurate and effective responses.

Only after half a day later, news came that a force from Ten Thousand Demons Ridge called Jingyue Sect became the target of this attack. It wasn’t just because Lu Ye’s two tower ships headed in that direction, but also because cultivators from the Shangqing Sect were converging towards this area.

The Shangqing Sect and Jingyue Sect were hostile towards each other, located in proximity, and not far from Canglan Mountain. There had been many clashes and oppositions between the two sects before, and the grudges were not small; unfortunately, neither could do anything about the other.

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When the two tower ships from the Haotian Alliance approached the city, the governor of Jingyue Sect felt darkness fall before his eyes, and he nearly fainted.

But then something strange happened. Those two tower ships just floated there ten miles away without any further action. Even the cultivators from the Shangqing Sect who were gathered nearby just waited there quietly.

Shortly after, another piece of news arrived. Another force from Ten Thousand Demons Ridge called the Xuanming Sect, not far from Jingyue Sect, had its base breached, with heavy casualties among the cultivators, and even Xuanming Sect’s governor died in that battle.

It was only at this point that Jingyue Sect realized that the two big ships were just a diversion; the cultivators led by Lu Ye hadn’t come at all, but had instead turned to attack the Xuanming Sect. There was also another Haotian Alliance sect that lent a hand. Discover hidden tales at novelbuddy

This can be said to have caught Xuanming Sect completely off guard.

There was a false alarm on Jingyue Sect’s part, but before they could breathe a sigh of relief, the inevitable still arrived.

The day after Xuanming Sect’s base was taken, a large group of Haotian Alliance cultivators arrived outside the great array of Jingyue Sect.

Seeing this scene, the governor of Jingyue Sect didn’t hesitate for a moment and immediately ordered his disciples to retreat to the Nine Provinces, not daring to engage the enemy in combat.

Although he gave the order decisively, retreating hundreds of people back to the Nine Provinces still took some time. After Lu Ye breached the great array, several factions of Haotian Alliance cultivators joined forces and charged in, still causing tens of casualties to Jingyue Sect.

After breaching Jingyue Sect’s base, the forces of Haotian Alliance cultivators led by Lu Ye had grown to four families, with Tianyan Sect still being the main force. Tianyan Sect had no base, so there were no concerns holding them back. All the cultivators who could be mobilized followed Lu Ye closely.

Next was Canglan Mountain, which had slightly fewer people—just over two hundred—with many more left behind to guard the base.

As for the Shangqing Sect and another Haotian Alliance force, there were only about a hundred each.

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They also wanted to deploy more manpower because the more people involved in the offensive, the more spoils they could divide after seizing the stronghold. Judging by the current situation, capturing the strongholds of Ten Thousand Demons Ridge would soon become commonplace.

It was Lu Ye who did not allow them to deploy too many people, not just because they needed to keep some people to defend their own stronghold, but also because they needed to restrain those forces from Ten Thousand Demons Ridge whose strongholds had been broken.

Take Jingyue Sect as an example, their stronghold within Ten Thousand Demons Ridge might have been breached, but they had not suffered significant personnel losses, with only a few dozen casualties.

If no one restrained them, they would undoubtedly seek revenge.

One force from Ten Thousand Demons Ridge might not be a concern for the Allied Forces of the Haotian Alliance led by Lu Ye, but what about ten, or twenty?

Their situation was the same as that of the Tianyan Sect; their strongholds had been broken, leaving them with no worries about their rear and only burning hatred, with each force able to deploy at least five hundred troops; ten forces meant five thousand, twenty meant ten thousand...

Once these forces gathered together, it would not only be trouble for the Allied Forces but also a tough challenge for the entire Haotian Alliance to deal with.

Therefore, it was very necessary to leave enough manpower behind. Only by doing so could they prevent the forces of Ten Thousand Demons Ridge from consolidating their scattered strength and allow the Allied Forces not to worry about threats from the rear.

The Allied Forces, comprised of four sects, had roughly a thousand people. Such a force, coupled with Lu Ye’s methods, was enough to breach any stronghold within the inner circle.

Not to mention, when attacking a stronghold of Ten Thousand Demons Ridge, the neighbors of the target would not stand idle and were bound to render assistance. These neighbors would certainly not be lenient, with at least three to four hundred troops ready to act.

That night, another force from Ten Thousand Demons Ridge was overrun.

On the third day, the fourth Ten Thousand Demons Ridge force’s stronghold was taken.

A farcical scene ensued where, wherever the Allied Forces of the Haotian Alliance went, forces from Ten Thousand Demons Ridge would avoid them by a wide berth. Once targeted for attack, those from Ten Thousand Demons Ridge would withdraw their people back to the Nine Provinces as quickly as possible, taking everything they could and destroying what they could not as they retreated.

Ten Thousand Demons Ridge had no other choice; their humiliating concession of strongholds without fighting was better than sending their people to certain death.

Every day thereafter, one or two forces from Ten Thousand Demons Ridge would suffer. And with each stronghold taken, the strength of the Allied Forces grew as more Haotian Alliance cultivators, including independent cultivators and more from nearby Haotian Alliance sects, joined their ranks.

Facing these Haotian Alliance sects wanting to join, Lu Ye welcomed all comers because the more people there were, the greater the chance of achieving their goals. Even though it meant sharing some of the spoils, they also had to make contributions.

What Lu Ye needed them to do was the same as the initial task he gave to Shangqing Sect: to restrain the forces of Ten Thousand Demons Ridge whose strongholds had been captured.

Throughout the entire process, Lu Ye adhered to one principle: each new Haotian Alliance sect joining the Allied Forces could deploy no more than a hundred people.

Even so, the forces of the Allied Forces kept expanding. In just ten days, their numbers swelled to a contingent of three thousand, with as many as eight ships taking to the skies.

Unprecedented chaos played out on the Spirit Stream battlefield. Wherever the Allied Forces passed, Ten Thousand Demons Ridge strongholds fell, surrendering without any resistance. There were those from Ten Thousand Demons Ridge who tried to resist, but Lu Ye broke through the big arrays in just tens of breaths. By the time the Ten Thousand Demons Ridge cultivators realized something was wrong and tried to escape, it was already too late.

The sight of thousands of cultivators pouring through the vast breach of an array into a stronghold was spectacular, but for the cultivators of Ten Thousand Demons Ridge, the experience was far from pleasant.

With such a clear lesson before them, Ten Thousand Demons Ridge did not dare to smash eggs against rocks anymore. Regardless of the force, once they learned they were the next target, they would immediately abandon their stronghold.

Even if the Allied Forces were still about thirty miles away...

In the wake of the Allied Forces, the forces from Ten Thousand Demons Ridge who had lost their strongholds seethed with rage, wanting revenge. However, when they returned from the Nine Provinces to their strongholds, they were greeted not by their homes but by ceaseless raids and harassment from their neighbors, leaving them exhausted by the constant assaults.

The downside of not having a protective array for their strongholds became apparent.

Haotian Alliance cultivators could come and go as they pleased. If the forces of Ten Thousand Demons Ridge dared to pursue, they would surely encounter ambushes. Even if they had a momentary advantage, the Haotian Alliance could retreat to their own strongholds and utilize the protective arrays for defense, leaving them helplessly frustrated.

Lu Ye’s previous arrangements were effective. If he had not instructed the Haotian Alliance sects to contain the forces of Ten Thousand Demons Ridge with captured strongholds, then the Allied Forces would surely have a large number of enemies pursuing them.

As stronghold after stronghold of Ten Thousand Demons Ridge forces was overrun, the title "Lu Ye the Sect Destroyer" spread far and wide.

No one knew where this appellation originated from, but it was probably cast by Ten Thousand Demons Ridge as they were being suppressed. After all, Lu Ye was only there to break the protective arrays and had nothing to do with destroying entire sects.

Even if a Ten Thousand Demons Ridge stronghold had all its Spirit Stream Realm cultivators killed, it was still far from an annihilation.

But when this title spread, it was unanimously recognized by the Haotian Alliance camp, which caused Lu Ye a great deal of frustration.

Back when he set out from Qingyun Mountain and passed through Xuanmen, he had once earned the nickname "mountain tiger." Now, that had faded into a memory, replaced by "Lu Ye the Sect Destroyer."

In just half a month, the situation had escalated to the point of no return. Countless Haotian Alliance sects eagerly awaited Lu Ye’s arrival with the Allied Forces near their strongholds, ready to repay old grievances with their neighbors.