Chapter 406: Decision to Stay

The sect masters, leaders of the major forces, and elders who knew some of the hidden history could not help changing expressions. According to the secret records, before ancient times, the founders and ancestors of the sects had originally come from a group of realms whose homes and places of refuge had been destroyed by the Demon Abyss.

They had been forced to migrate to the Heaven Origin Realm, where they had multiplied and developed to the present day.

Could history really be repeating itself now?

Since these two seniors were here, why did they not stop the Demon Abyss? For them, this should have been something easy to accomplish, right?

The expressions of the various sect masters, sect leaders, heads of aristocratic families, and others became extremely ugly as they looked toward Tushan Shanhe.

A quick tempered elder asked, "Senior, may I ask when this happened?"

"We only detected something unusual on the day this Grand Competition began. I only finished investigating it and returned three days ago." Tushan Shanhe knew exactly what kind of reaction his words would provoke, but he still said them plainly.

Hearing this, everyone’s expressions changed. The Valley Master of the Harmony Union Valley angrily asked, "Since you already knew about this, why didn’t you inform us? What meaning is there in telling us only now, after the disaster has already broken out?"

"Tsk! How troublesome. I told you there was no need to bother with them. What does their Heaven Origin Realm have to do with our Spirit Fox Realm? Let them investigate it themselves. Why even give them the information?" At this moment, Tushan Qing puffed out his baby like cheeks, his fox eyes blinking as he spoke in a carefree manner. "If they notice that we have interfered, they could send an army of cultivators at the same cultivation level to participate. That would make things even more troublesome."

"Senior, please forgive our rudeness under the circumstances. We sincerely ask that the two of you tell us the details!" After what had happened three days ago, Tang Qicen clearly understood that one had to know when to yield and when to stand firm before cultivators from the Upper Realm. He immediately apologized and asked to hear the truth.

Tushan Shanhe sighed, his silver brows slightly furrowing. "Sigh! The exact time when our Immortal Dao first began fighting the Demon Abyss Clan can no longer be determined. However, throughout countless millions of years, the conflict between the two sides has never stopped. After the last Immortal-Demon War nearly caused both the Immortal Realm and Demon Realm to collapse, the two sides established a battle agreement."

"There are many clauses in that agreement. One of them states that when war breaks out between the two sides, if one side violates the agreement..."

"If it deploys combat power exceeding the limits permitted by this world’s laws, the other side may also send a large number of cultivators at the same cultivation level into battle."

"So, when the Demon Abyss Realm invaded this world, if we had detected them before the passage was opened, we could have stopped them from opening it. But they had already opened the passage and invaded this realm before we discovered them. Under such circumstances, this is no longer something we can interfere with."

"Because the moment we take action, they will sense this force that surpasses the limits of this world’s laws. At that point, they will deploy ten times, a hundred times, or even a thousand times more forces than the two of us have."

"If so many Tribulation Crossing cultivators from the Dao and Demon Realms were to engage in a chaotic battle within the Heaven Origin Realm, you can imagine what would happen. However... if you do not care about this realm being destroyed, then I would be quite interested in playing with them." After saying this, Tushan Qing looked toward Xiao Shou.

His gaze made both Xiao Shou and Fu Young feel uneasy. They had no idea what he meant. Yet Tushan Qing merely reached out and stroked Xiao Shou’s long black hair.

Without any trace of the malicious tone he had used earlier, he spoke very gently. "So, my precious baby, this Heaven Origin Realm will soon become a battlefield between the Dao and Demon sides. With the outcome still unknown, I can no longer allow you to stay here and play."

"What are you going to do?" Before Xiao Shou could react, Fu Young had already stepped forward and stared intently at Tushan Qing as he asked.

Tushan Shanhe who is standing on the other side of Xiao Shou spoke arrogantly. "Obviously, we are taking him back to the Spirit Fox Realm. How could a member of our Tushan Clan remain in a place that is about to become a dangerous battlefield?"

"No! I won’t allow you to take Master away. No matter how dangerous the Heaven Origin Realm becomes, I will protect him." Fu Young immediately objected after hearing this.

At the same time, the various sect masters, sect leaders, and other people around them began asking questions about the situation outside all at once.

"Which sect or force has already fallen?"

"Have all the sects and cities been surrounded?"

"How did this demonic aura spread so quickly?"

"Which places are under the heaviest siege?"

"How many cultivators have died?"

"What happens to those who have been demonized?"

"Are they surrounding the Holy City to seize the World Stone?"

"Enough! Stop! Ask one at a time."

The chaos and noise were so overwhelming that Xiao Shou could not hear what everyone was saying, let alone think about what he should do.

Unable to bear it any longer, he released the spiritual pressure of his divine sense, which had already reached the Spirit Transformation stage, forcing everyone to calm down.

After the surroundings became quiet again, he looked at Tushan Qing and Tushan Shanhe standing on either side of him. "Grandfather and Uncle Shanhe, thank you both for your concern, but I do not want to leave the Heaven Origin Realm right now."