Against The Heavens 144 Sect Meeting.

Li Yang stripped down and brought forth some ice and some fire, melting the ice and using the water to give himself a quick shower. Fang Ying stood a bit further away and was working on preparing some food, stirring in a few pots that she had placed over several smaller portable stoves that were filled with pre-prepared logs of wood. Langshen was resting on the ground next to her, quickly s.n.a.t.c.hing up any food that she dropped or tossed to him.

It was quite a lovely scene, one that Li Yang had missed dearly. Had they not currently been in a prison prepared for a highly dangerous species, and for the fact that Zhao Feng would most definitely smack him viciously, Li Yang might have suggested that they stay here a bit longer. Li Yang finished his shower and dried himself using some flames, putting on the purple robe that Fang Ying had tossed to him and then sauntered over to her, dipping his finger into the various pots and tasting what she was making.

"So what's the situation on the outside right now? Oh, this one's good, fish stew?"

Li Yang had put his trust in Fang Ying and cut off all his senses while cultivating, he had only barely been able to notice the pa.s.sage of time. But even without keeping an eye on his surroundings he could guess that Fang Ying had been staying in contact with Zhao Feng and Tian Zheng, making sure that they were still safe and that no unexpected situations occurred. Fang Ying slapped out fast as lightning, hitting the back of Li Yang's hand with a wooden spoon just as he was about to dip his finger back into the pot he had just tasted.

"Close, but not quite, it's a crab soup I learned to make in the clan. As for the situation outside, it's a bit worse than originally thought. Zhao Feng and Tian Zheng have managed to kill two Void Born in the last eight days, but the problem is that Xiong Xieren and the others have managed to kill a total of 6 Void Born. Eight of them have been killed, but the number of groups that they lose contact with isn't really decreasing, so it seems like our worries that quite a few of them escaped was right on the mark."

Li Yang pulled back his hand and rubbed the backside a bit, pulling a spoon out of his interspatial ring and carefully making his way towards the soup again, making sure that Fang Ying wasn't going to smack him again. He continued his line of questioning while eating a few spoonfuls of soup, ignoring the side-eye that Langshen was giving him for eating too much too early.

"What about the clans and sects, have they decided on what to do with the situation? And where are we to meet up with Zhao Feng and Tian Zheng, they haven't gone too far away, have they?"

It had already been quite some time since they discovered the Void Born here, even if the clans and sects hadn't come to an agreement on how to act, they should have at least put together an emergency meeting by now. Fang Ying pointed at the flames inside the portable stoves, responding to the question while doing so.

"Kill the flames for me, will you? And no, they haven't gone too far, they're within 50 kilometers, they're not confident that it's a wise idea to expand the search area any more than that when it's just the two of them. And the clans haven't said anything about their plans yet, but they should be holding a meeting today, if they haven't already done so yesterday."

Li Yang nodded his head and lowered his left arm slightly, the flames within the stoves flying out through the airholes and gathering by his hand. He clenched his fist around the flames and sucked them into his body, allowing them to flow into his fire runes. He ate one last spoonful of soup before putting away his spoon and stretching his body, his shoulders producing popping sounds when he rolled his arms to loosen them up.

"Alright, let's go meet up with the c.u.n.t and with the kid, there's only one person here who I want to smack me even when they don't have a good reason, and it sure as f.u.c.k isn't him."

Li Yang winked at Fang Ying while stretching, causing her to roll her eyes once before hitting him on the forehead with the spoon. She put lids on the various pots of food and sealed them shut using some sticky paper, putting all of them into her interspatial ring so that they had easily available food whenever they wanted it. She then put away the stoves themselves and pulled out a jade bead from her interspatial ring, sending a bit of Qi into it before putting it away again.

"Alright, I've told them that we're coming to meet up with them now, they've notified me of their position and have will wait for us to meet up with them."

Li Yang nodded his head, the two of them heading up the stairs and leaving the dungeon, Langshen following them while chewing on what appeared to be a roast leg of lamb. They could see a thin stream of smoke stretch towards the sky before they even finished leaving the dungeon, most likely Tian Zheng signaling their position to make it even easier for them.

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Floating in the vast ocean that covered most of Li Yang's home planet, Heaven's Funeral Pyre, was a large island with a jagged and bent mountain stretching towards the skies serving as the centerpiece. The mountain was somewhat strange, in that it resembled both a spear, an ascending dragon, and a raging lightning bolt, it seemed to change slightly every time you looked at it.

This island was named Heaven's Last Stand and it was one of the only six neutral areas on this planet, areas not owned by any clan or sect. The other five areas were the five most dangerous locations on the planet, and they were only neutral because none of the sects or clans were strong enough to grab hold of them.

Located at the foot of the seemingly ever-changing mountain was a surprisingly simple building, it was nothing more than a simple square made from a strange type of st.u.r.dy metal covered in white runes. The inside of the building was just as simple as the outside, it was just a single room containing only a single circular table with a large jade plate embedded into its center.

But despite looking simple, this room was one of the safest places on the planet. It was engraved with countless arrays of different effects, the most notable one being that none were able to launch any attacks within the confines of the array. Should anyone try to break this rule, the array would automatically activate upon sensing their hostility and moving Qi, killing them by taking over the Qi within their body and disintegrating them from inside.

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The arrays were powerful, but that was to be expected, they had been created using the essence blood of five different Divine Beasts, an expenditure only possible thanks to the fact that all the clans and sects had worked together to build this place. This was where they held their emergency meetings, it would also be their final bastion should a threat strong enough to threaten all of them appear.

There were currently eight people sitting around the circular table, leaving only three empty chairs. Each person sitting here was a Qi clone sent over by the leaders of the various sects and clans, with the three empty chairs belonging to the Roaring Soul Sect, the Heaven's Gate sect, and the Demon Race. The clan leaders were currently discussing rather heatedly how to deal with the current situation.

"...And I'm telling you that we can't do that! Sending in people at the Celestial Immortal realm is r.e.t.a.r.ded, do you have any idea how much in-fighting there'll be if they find any good resources? The Celestial Immortals are the pillars that hold up our sects and clans, losing even a single one can mean that the sect will be swallowed! We need to send in the Primordial Immortals, and even that is a bit excessive!"

The one shouting was shrouded in a dark veil, but she had the voice of a charming young woman, only her voice was currently somewhat distorted from annoyance. A somewhat old and hoa.r.s.e voice quickly shouted out in retaliation, the room trembling slightly as some of the runes covering it started to release a faint light.

"Woman, have you lost your mind! These are Void Born, f.u.c.king Void Born! You know just as well as I what sort of havoc they can wreak if we let them roam freely, sending in Celestial Immortals isn't just the best choice, it's the only choice!"

The door to the room was suddenly thrown open while the others were throwing out their own opinions and ideas, silencing all discussion. Two tall and mature women walked into the room, their faces nearly identical with their sharp eyebrows and cutely small noses. But one of them had orange eyes and somewhat curly crimson hair while the other one had green eyes and ocean-blue hair, the one with crimson hair let it freely hang down her back while the one with blue hair had tied it up into a neat ponytail.

The ones sitting around the table looked at the two women in surprise, partly because they had come here with their actual bodies and partly because of the fact that they were walking side by side. The one with orange eyes and crimson hair was Fang Yazhu, the sect leader of the Roaring Soul sect, while the one with green eyes and blue hair was Fang Xiulan, the sect leader of the Heaven's Gate sect. The two sects didn't have a very good relations.h.i.+p, mainly thanks to these two sect leaders, so seeing them walk side by side, and even seeming somewhat friendly, was rather strange. The somewhat old and hoa.r.s.e voice that shouted out earlier greeted the two of them, seeming somewhat perplexed.

"Greetings, Sect Leader Xiulan, Sect Leader Yazhu. Why have you come with your true bodies, could it be that you fear that the threat is greater than we think?"

The two women only took two steps into the room before stopping, their eyes sweeping over the eight people sitting around the table. They didn't waste any time or words, directly stating their purpose and then immediately turning around and leaving.

"We have decided that the Void Born threat is too great, so we'll be heading directly into the Ocean G.o.d's Graveyard to deal with it. Don't bother trying to persuade us, our Big Brother is in there, so we'll go there even if it means declaring war on the lot of you."