The Heavens: From Film and Mythology to Conquering Myriad Realms

The Lord's Mansion of Wushuang City.

"Brother Zhao, as the acting city lord, tell me what to do. The Xiaoyao Sect is coming on strong, and even the Wang brothers have fallen into their hands. The foundation of Wushuang City is about to be destroyed!"

An old man looked anxiously at Zhao Xianlong, the acting city lord of Wushuang City, who was sitting in front of him.

“Brother Li, what’s the panic? What does the loss of Wushuang City have to do with my Li and Zhao families? When the Xiaoyao Sect arrives in Wushuang City, they will surely try to recruit us. At that time, we can support each other and join the Xiaoyao Sect to preserve our power and wealth.”

When Zhao Xianlong saw the Li family patriarch's panicked and disorganized appearance, he revealed a calm smile.

Wushuang City was founded by the Dugu family, in alliance with the Zhao, Wang, and Li families.

After the deaths of the two grandmasters of the Dugu family, the other three major families, like hungry wolves, quickly divided up the Dugu family's inheritance.

However, the arrival of the Xiaoyao Sect was sudden, forcing the three major families to take urgent action in the process of resisting the Xiaoyao Sect.

The Wang brothers, both masters at the Grandmaster level, fell one after another, and Wushuang City continued to shrink its defenses.

After inheriting the fortunes of the Dugu and Wang families, the Li and Zhao families made a fortune. Seeing how powerful the Xiaoyao Sect was, they had no intention of resisting.

Holding onto Wushuang City now is merely a way to make their surrender more meaningful.

"Alas, it's such a pity about Wushuang City. The glory of the four great families is gone forever."

The patriarch of the Li family sighed softly. He knew that now there was absolutely no other way but to surrender.

"Pfft! Wasn't the glory of Wushuang City built by our four great families? As long as our families still exist, what is Wushuang City?"

Zhao Xianlong dismissed the words of the Li family patriarch, seeing Wushuang City as nothing more than a bargaining chip for gaining benefits.

"Brother Zhao is right. I will need your help in the future."

The Li family patriarch merely sighed, but it was absolutely impossible for him and Wushuang City to be buried with him.

In any faction, a martial artist at the Grandmaster level is considered a high-end combat force. In their eyes, as long as their two families surrendered, the Free and Unfettered Sect would never refuse them.

Thinking of this, the Li family patriarch couldn't help but smile slightly.

"It's terrible! City Lord! The people from the Free and Unfettered Sect are attacking!"

A disciple from Wushuang City, looking flustered, ran into the room and immediately collapsed to the ground.

"It came really fast."

Zhao Xianlong smiled dismissively and stood up from his chair.

"Let's go, Brother Li, let's go and have a look at the Free and Unfettered Sect."

Zhao Xianlong called out to the Li family patriarch and then headed towards the city wall of Wushuang City.

Upon hearing this, the Li family patriarch immediately followed.

……

Outside the walls of Wushuang City.

Countless disciples of Wushuang City were fighting against disciples of Xiaoyao Sect, most of whom were martial artists at the Innate or Acquired Realm.

It is clear that even at the same level, the disciples of the Free and Unfettered Sect are stronger than the disciples of the Peerless City.

Within half an hour, countless disciples of Wushuang City had been killed or wounded, and they had no choice but to slowly retreat into the city.

When Zhao Xianlong and the Li family patriarch arrived at the city wall, they were somewhat horrified to see the corpses of the Wushuang City disciples left outside the city.

"Brother Zhao, we can't wait any longer. We must surrender immediately."

The Li family patriarch looked rather grim. There were quite a few members of his Li family among the corpses outside the city. If the fighting continued, his Li family would be severely weakened.

“We really can’t continue fighting. I’ll write a letter to end the war and make peace.”

Zhao Xianlong also knew that if he didn't make a statement soon, Wushuang City's wealth would be squandered.

The temporary headquarters of the Xiaoyao Sect outside Wushuang City.

Many disciples are resting at the camp to recover from their injuries.

There are more than 6,000 disciples of the Xiaoyao Sect in the Fengyun World. However, because the various cities in the far north ice plains and the cities captured from Wushuang City need to be guarded, only more than 2,000 people were sent to attack Wushuang City this time.

Most of these two thousand people are at the Acquired Realm, while a small number are at the Innate Realm.

There are also twelve disciples at the Grandmaster level here.

As long as the difference in strength is not too great, it is generally difficult to determine life or death among Grandmasters. After all, if you can't beat them, you can at least outrun them.

The Wang brothers of Wushuang City were both Grandmaster-level experts, yet they were surrounded and killed by four Grandmaster-level experts from the Xiaoyao Sect.

"Master, a messenger has arrived from Wushuang City."

A disciple of the Free and Unfettered Sect approached Yang Guo, cupped his hands in greeting, and said...

"Let him in."

Yang Guo raised his head slightly and spoke with a cold expression.

Yang Guo thought the people of Wushuang City were planning to defend the city to the death, but now that they've come to deliver a message, it's either to ask for battle or to surrender.

In Yang Guo's view, given the vast difference in strength between the two sides, Wushuang City was most likely to surrender.

A moment later, a disciple from the Free and Unfettered Sect brought a disciple from the Peerless City to Yang Guo.

"This is a letter written by the city lord himself, please!"

Upon seeing Yang Guo and the people behind him, the disciple from Wushuang City was extremely nervous and immediately presented the letter with both hands.

Yang Guo took the letter and began to read it.

"Pfft! What wishful thinking."

After reading the letter, Yang Guo couldn't help but let out a cold laugh.

"Sect Leader, what is the meaning of Wushuang City?"

Seeing Yang Guo's reaction, a disciple at the Grandmaster level couldn't help but become curious about the contents of the letter.

"The Peerless City knew they were no match for my Free and Unfettered Sect, so they came to surrender, but they came with quite a few conditions. Take a look for yourselves."

Yang Guo handed the letter directly to the disciple who had spoken earlier, then turned and left.

"This old man from the Zhao family is truly ignorant of his own limitations, daring to ask my Xiaoyao Sect for an elder position."

"Oh? What makes him think he can say that?"

……

The other disciples at the Grandmaster level all smiled disdainfully after reading the letter, clearly looking down on the two Grandmasters from Wushuang City.

Since they consumed the Blood Bodhi and advanced from the late-stage Innate Realm to the Grandmaster Realm, their status has been elevated to that of stewards.

However, the steward only has the authority to manage a portion of the disciples; his own contribution points have been increased.

The elders of the Free and Unfettered Sect are actually equivalent to the deputy pavilion masters of various Free and Unfettered Pavilions; there are only a few of them in each world.

In Yang Guo's eyes, Wushuang City was already in the hands of the Xiaoyao Sect. He wouldn't even give it a position as a steward, let alone an elder.

……

Inside the Lord's Mansion of Wushuang City.

Zhao Xianlong looked at the Wushuang City disciple who had returned after delivering the letter with a very gloomy expression.

"Lord of the city, the people from the Xiaoyao Sect kicked me out after reading the letter."

Upon seeing his city lord's expression, the messenger disciple knew that the situation was not good.

"Brother Zhao! What should we do? The Free and Unfettered Sect is determined to wipe us out!"

The Li family patriarch also looked grim. The Free and Unfettered Sect had rejected their surrender offer, which meant they were doomed.

"I never expected the Free and Unfettered Sect to be so domineering."

Zhao Xianlong frowned; he truly hadn't expected his surrender offer to be rejected.

As a grandmaster and the city lord of Wushuang City, is he not worthy of the position of elder?