"Enough, stop the pursuit!"
Liu Xiao issued the order.
Then, reluctantly, everyone stopped and watched as the members of the Burning Flame Sect fled.
After that, they began to clean up the battlefield.
In this battle, the Burning Flame Sect achieved a complete victory.
The Burning Flame Sect had lost at least four to five hundred cultivators.
Half of them were Elder Deacons of Palace Mansion Realm at the eighth or ninth level.
Of course, there were also sixty or seventy Core Disciples.
It took half a day to clean up the three-hundred-mile-long battlefield.
Only then did everyone return to the Star Pavilion, exhilarated.
"Everyone rest first, and tonight, we will celebrate for three days and three nights!"
Liu Xiao declared loudly.
This battle had dealt a heavy blow to the Burning Flame Sect’s vitality, and they certainly could not attack again anytime soon.
"Long live the Pavilion Master!"
All the cultivators were extremely excited.
Everyone had fully recovered.
The victory banquet officially began.
Liu Xiao appeared, toasted everyone with a cup of wine, and then left.
He had expended his Essence Blood in the battle and needed to recuperate properly.
Everyone indulged in eating and drinking to their hearts’ content.
Amongst those present, Shen Xing, Yang Shen, and Ling Chen instantly became the center of attention.
Their contributions to this battle were indispensable!
Shen Xing showcased the strength of this new Guardian to them.
Shen Xing wasn’t very old, and appeared to be even younger than Brother Yang Shen, yet he was capable of contending against a three-star King.
Everyone had already inquired about Chen Yuxuan, the Sect Master of Xuanyin Sect, and his strength.
And Brother Yang Shen, first, took down dozens of Burning Flame Sect disciples, deterring the enemy, and then, together with the ninth Guardian, overpowered a King.
Finally, the two killed that King.
As for Ling Chen, he had truly broadened everyone’s horizons!
He even grasped Sword Intent amidst the great battle.
This was calmness amidst danger!
Merely at the fourth level of Palace Mansion Realm, an outer sect disciple’s cultivation, he managed to grievously injure elders of the Burning Flame Sect at the ninth level to the point of wailing!
This was a real genius!
Originally, quite a few disciples had their reservations about Ling Chen.
After all, if Ling Chen hadn’t killed Ye Fentian, the Burning Flame Sect wouldn’t have launched a major assault.
But now, those doubts had completely vanished.
They admired Ling Chen and the Pavilion Master from the bottom of their hearts.
Shen Xing came over and clinked his cup with Ling Chen’s.
Both of them drained their drinks.
"Mr. Shen, truly impressive! Even a three-star King was suppressed by you!"
Ling Chen said, laughing.
Shen Xing replied, "Enough, don’t flatter me anymore. I’m different from you."
Whether it was his background or cultivation resources, he was on a different level than Ling Chen.
"You really surprised me; to grasp two levels of Sword Intent just through an epiphany, I’m actually a bit jealous of you!"
He had experienced an epiphany before, but it only heightened his Sword Intent by one level.
The achievement of an epiphany heavily depended on the Divine Soul.
Ling Chen, being a Divine Thought Master, naturally had a great advantage in deducing Sword Intent.
Within the same span of time, Ling Chen’s efficiency was much higher than the average person.
Ling Chen laughed heartily.
Indeed, in this battle, he had managed to grasp three levels of Sword Intent, which was completely beyond his expectation.
He was also very excited.
"Ling Chen, could you be a little more humble?"
Shen Xing rolled his eyes.
Ling Chen was already the object of his envy, and now his smugness made Shen Xing even more jealous.
At this moment, Yang Shen came over as well, lifted his cup, and said with a smile, "Young Master Ling, congratulations."
"Brother Yang, you’re too kind!"
Ling Chen responded promptly.
He wasn’t as familiar with Yang Shen as he was with Shen Xing.
"Young Master Ling, now that you’ve comprehended the fifth level of Sword Intent, with your current strength, you’re probably comparable to a King of the World Realm!"
Yang Shen said with a smile.
"Yeah! This guy is probably the strongest King now!"
Although his cultivation was only at the Palace Mansion Realm, his physique was special.
The fleshly body was his main focus of cultivation.
Therefore, his fleshly body had been cultivated to the fifth layer of the Divine Body, comparable to the Kings of the World Realm!
Naturally, he did not regard himself as a mere King.
"The strongest King?"
Upon hearing this, the crowd nodded in agreement.
Indeed, as Mr. Shen said, Ling Chen’s strength truly made him the foremost among those in the King Realm!
Even looking over the entire Qing Province!
"Come on, let’s toast to the strongest King!"
Guardian Lei Lie laughed loudly.
"Guardian Lei, you’re also making fun of me!"
Ling Chen said with a wry smile.
"Kid, you are indeed deserving of the title!"
"To the strongest King!"
The other Guardians, Elders, Stewards, and disciples all raised their glasses.
Watching this scene, Ling Chen could only smile bitterly and drink the wine in his glass.
In the middle of the night, Ling Chen returned to his residence.
In stark contrast to the lively atmosphere at the Star Pavilion.
The mood within the Burning Flame Sect was chillingly cold.
"How could this happen?"
Ye Tianjun’s face was ashen.
He simply couldn’t believe that leading most of the Burning Flame Sect’s Cultivators in an attack on the Star Pavilion would end this way.
Probably, without waiting for tomorrow, this news will have spread throughout the entire Eastern Domain.
He and the Burning Flame Sect might become a laughingstock!
After all, the Burning Flame Sect was the number one sect in the Eastern Domain!
They had even invited the Sect Master of the Xuanyin Sect!
Although they did not dispatch all their forces, they were enough to annihilate any sect.
How did it happen that upon reaching the Star Pavilion, it was they who were defeated?
The higher-ups of the Burning Flame Sect below were silent as cicadas in winter.
Not a single person dared to speak.
Fearing that they would enrage Ye Tianjun.
"Guardian Qin, how did you gather intelligence? There were twelve Kings at the Star Pavilion, how could you tell me there were only eight?"
Ye Tianjun stared coldly at one of the Kings below and said.
It was because of this intelligence that he brought nine Kings, and also invited Chen Yuxuan.
In his view, this battle was to be a complete crush by the Burning Flame Sect over the Star Pavilion!
"Sect Master, the Star Pavilion has strict defenses, and I couldn’t infiltrate to gather intelligence. Our spies only knew of six Guardians, and to be cautious, I even reported two extra. Who knew the Star Pavilion was hiding so deeply?"
Guardian Qin quickly replied.
"You’re just a damn waste!"
Ye Tianjun meant to strike, but thinking of the two Kings he had lost, and that these few were also severely wounded, he managed to hold back his hand.
"All of you get out!"
Ye Tianjun waved his hand dismissively.
The high-level officials then retreated and left.
"Liu Xiao, you’re quite good at hiding, aren’t you? Next time, I want to see how you will defend?"
Ye Tianjun looked up at the sky.
This loss, he couldn’t just swallow.
He must reclaim this defeat.
Ye Tianjun took the Transmission Array and left the Burning Flame Sect.
"I want to see if your single sect can contend with all the sects in the Eastern Domain."
Ye Tianjun coldly snickered.
The news about the battle between the Burning Flame Sect and the Star Pavilion quickly spread throughout the Eastern Domain.
Almost everyone was shocked to the extreme.
The esteemed number one sect of the Eastern Domain, the Burning Flame Sect, was defeated?
At the same time, the strengths of Yang Shen and Ling Chen were revealed.
Among the younger generation, two Kings level powerhouses emerged, which was incredibly shocking to all!
The most astounding was that Ling Chen, only at the fourth layer of the Palace Mansion Realm, killed a ninth layer Palace Mansion Realm Cultivator as if slaughtering pigs and dogs.
This was simply inconceivable!
Meanwhile, throughout the Eastern Domain, almost everyone crowned Ling Chen with the title of the strongest King!
With Ling Chen’s strength, he was indeed worthy of the honor!