As soon as the commotion started outside the Heroes Pavilion, the various sects inside had already received the news, but they all remained still and quietly observed the situation further. When they saw Pei Yan knocking on the door of the Celestial Sword Manor's annex, it immediately reminded them of the old case circulating among the sects about the Celestial Sword Manor and the Daoist Plane. Coupled with recent rumors within the sects' upper echelons, anyone with insight had already anticipated that a fierce struggle was about to unfold.
But what caught all sect members at the scene by surprise was that the situation would escalate even further, eventually dragging them all into it.
