Chapter 709

At this, Captain Xiao stood up indignantly, his voice thick with anger. "It’s infuriating. The moment the supernatural threats emerged, I contacted all the major families and sects. The families were fine—they don't have any Tian Rank experts of their own and know little about the Old Heavenly Master, so they were willing to cooperate with the Xia State Guard’s requirements. "The real problem is the sects. You know how Penglai Immortal Mountain and the Tianjian Sect have sealed themselves off. As the leaders of the four great sects, the Kunlun Immortal Sect, the Jade Pool Fairyland, and the Heavenly Dome Sacred Ground all claimed they had received a death order from the Old Heavenly Master forbidding them from intervening. They refused to emerge, flat-out rejecting us.