Thepletely unbacked An n declined rapidly.


    All of their guest elders had left after learning that the Spiritual Treasure Sect had discarded the An n.


    Even some of their own n members had left and drifted to other cities since they couldn’t see any hope in their n’s future.


    That being the case, the An n’s strength had been weakened by a great deal.


    Before, the citizens of ck Cloud City had treated the An n and An Rong with nothing but respect. They had even given him the title of “Lord of ck Cloud City”.


    However, at this moment, excitement for drama filled every onlooker’s eyes, as if what was happening between the An n and the Yuan n was nothing but a show to them.


    Standing in front of the n gate, An Rong’s expression was especially grim. Staring at Yuan Fengchun, he strongly protested against his unreasonable demand, hoping everyone present would preside over justice for him and the An n.


    An He, who had escorted Nie Tian to attend the Green Illusion dimension, was standing beside An Rong, trembling from indignation.


    The only remaining An n members who were strong enough to fight had all armed themselves to the teeth and rushed to their front gate, as if they were ready to fight the people from the Yuan n to the death.


    In the meantime, Yuan Fengchun’s expression was indifferent and arrogant.


    The reason he had made his demand in front of the An n’s gate instead of delivering his demand to An Rong privately was that he wanted to humiliate An Rong and the entire An n in front of everyone, and let people know who the Lord of ck Cloud City was now.


    “My offer is final; You and every member of your n will have the rest of today to move out of your property.” Yuan Fengchun intentionally raised his voice as he said each and every word clearly, so that everyone present would be able to hear him. “I hope you can appreciate the current situation and take my kind offer. As long as you do that, I’ll leave you and your n members alone. However, if you don’t, then don’t me me for not being polite.”


    An Rong was at the early Greater Heaven stage, while Yuan Fengchun was at the middle Greater Heaven stage.


    Considering the noticeable gap between their strengths, Yuan Fengchun alone would probably be enough to overtake An Rong.


    Not to mention that there was still a crowd of Yuan n members and Qi warriors who had attached themselves to the Yuan n, most of whom were at the middle orte Heaven stage.


    Even if they decided to go to war with the An n, considering their collective strengths, they would probably be able to drive away or kill every single member of the An n.


    “Yuan Fengchun! You’ve gone too far!” An Rong gave voice to his rage. “Shi Yi and Little Ying are in the Blood Sect. Even though the Blood Sect hasn’t taken them in as formal disciples, sectmaster Li Jing is very fond of them. If you dare to make a move on us, the Blood Sect will never forgive you!”


    Yuan Fengchun shook his head as a sneer appeared at the corner of his mouth. “The Blood Sect? Everyone knows that Li Jing only agreed to shelter those two girls from your n because she was giving Nie Tian face. But now, no one knows if Nie Tian is still alive. Even if he is alive, he has be the sinner who took away the two fragmentary star marks that should have belonged to the Heaven Pce Sect, and turned the Realm of me Heaven into a living hell!


    “You probably know that part of the reason why the Blood Sect has been hesitant to make you their subordinate n is that many Blood Sect members detest Nie Tian for his rash behavior!


    “At present, one fourth of the Realm of me Heaven is already submerged in demon Qi. Considering the speed at which the demon Qi is spreading, it won’t be long before the whole Realm of me Heaven is doomed.


    “Even if Nie Tian is still alive, it will be toote when he finally returns to the Realm of me Heaven.


    “Open your eyes to reality. We’re on our own now.”


    When Nie Tian’s name came up, many onlookers cursed in low voices.


    Some of them med Nie Tian for being too stubborn and blindly insisting on refining the fragmentary star marks, and eventually inflicting this great cmity on the Realm of me Heaven.


    Yuan Fengchun’sments created a major stir among the crowd; everyone assumed an attitude as if they wanted the An n to pay for their connection with Nie Tian, the sinner.


    The look in Nie Tian’s eyes was very grim as he stood amongst the worked-up crowd.


    He almost lost control and charged through the crowd, but upon second thought, he forced himself to hold it. He remained in his original ce and let himself be submerged in everyone’s endless me.


    Heart filled with bitterness and sadness, he shook his head. “Human nature.”


    He had a feeling that thest remaining sense of connection he had with the Nie n and ck Cloud City had been cut off.


    An Rong let out a cold harrumph and said, “You’re all fools if you believe this man. I know you me Nie Tian for what’s happening in the Realm of me Heaven. But, as far as I know, if Nie Tian didn’t awaken the Blood Sect’s Bone Giant after returning from the Heaven Gate trial, the Blood Sect would already be gone! If he hadn’t helped lift the siege on the Blood Sect and then rushed to the Hell Sect’s aid with the unupied Li Jing and Bone Giant, do you really think those Demons would have retreated so easily?”


    “If it weren’t for Nie Tian, the Realm of me Heaven wouldn’t even have survived that cmity!


    “You think about nothing but yourselves and your own benefits! None of you have the right to me Nie Tian for anything!


    “Why would he hand over his fragmentary star marks to Ning Yang? He obtained two fragmentary star marks, while Ning Yang only obtained one! Why don’t you me Ning Yang for not giving his fragmentary star mark to Nie Tian, so that Nie Tian could unite all three fragmentary star marks?!


    “Nie Tian is a hero who has saved ck Cloud City, the Cloudsoaring Sect, and even the Realm of me Heaven. What right does the Heaven Pce Sect have to force him to make way?”


    An Rong reasoned with a loud voice.


    However, his voice was soon drowned by the curses and name-calling of the Yuan n members and the observing citizens of ck Cloud City.


    None of them remembered the good deeds Nie Tian had done for the Realm of me Heaven. They only dwelt on the fact that Nie Tian had taken two fragmentary star marks and gone missing. In their eyes, Nie Tian had betrayed the Realm of me Heaven and put them in a hopeless situation.


    They went on and on, moring about how Ning Yang was morepetent than Nie Tian, and that since years had passed and Nie Tian still hadn’t been able to refine those fragmentary star marks, he shouldn’t have taken them.


    From what they believed, as the chosen one from the Heaven Pce Sect, the noble and lofty Ning Yang was the one who would have been able to save them from their endless pain and fear.


    “Unfortunate men must have detestable qualities,” Pei Qiqi muttered to herself.


    Hua Mu’s face was still expressionless, as it seemed that he had been through situations worse than this, and thus his understanding of the dark side of human nature had be very deep.


    The fact was that he had expected things to be like this.


    He knew that if Nie Tian returned to ck Cloud City, he would have to face these ugly things. That was why he had intentionally taken a detour, hoping Nie Tian wouldn’t see ck Cloud City for what it was now.


    However, Nie Tian had insisted oning.


    Subconsciously, Hua Mu took a quick nce at Nie Tian, suspecting that, after witnessing what was going on in ck Cloud City at such close quarters, his temperament might even go through changes.


    He was afraid that, after today, Nie Tian would be increasingly cold and cruel.


    <i>“Is it a good thing for him, or bad?”</i> Hua Mu thought to himself with a frown. “<i>Many people will change significantly after seeing so much of the dark side of human nature. They’ll no longer be able to see the kind side of human nature, and then they’ll be bloodthirsty and fall into depravity. I hope this doesn’t happen to him.”</i>


    The reason he didn’t want Nie Tian toe so close to all this was that he worried that Nie Tian would have a nervous breakdown, and that he would develop a hostile attitude towards everything and grow into a fallen killer.


    “I’ve changed my mind.” Nie Tian said in a low voice. “I no longer want to go to the Cloudsoaring Sect after I settle things here. We’ll go to the Blood Sect instead.”


    A surprised expression appeared on Hua Mu’s face as he asked, “Are you sure?”


    “Now that my master isn’t in the Cloudsoaring Sect, I don’t see why I would want to go there.” Nie Tian answered.


    Even before everything had gone sour, he had felt little sense of belonging in the Cloudsoaring Sect. Many years ago, the Cloudsoaring Sect had ced tremendous hope in his mother. However, his mother had somehow gotten pregnant and died soon after giving birth to Nie Tian. For this reason, many people in the Cloudsoaring Sect had thought his mother had betrayed their trust and wasted the substantial amount of resources they had provided for her.


    They had even detested the Nie n because of it.


    Nie Donghai had only gone through so much unpleasantness because the Cloudsoaring Sect had once lost their faith in him.


    Now that Nie Donghai and Nie Qiao had disappeared from the Realm of me Heaven, some people within the Cloudsoaring Sect had adopted the same attitude as before, and once again became indifferent to the Nie n and ck Cloud City, which caused ck Cloud City to fall into a state of chaos.


    It was only natural that Nie Tian held the Cloudsoaring Sect responsible to some extent for everything happening in ck Cloud City.


    “nmaster of the Yuan n, a cultivator at the middle Greater Heaven stage...” After a moment of hesitation, Hua Mu said, “How about I take care of him for you when this whole thing is over?”


    His identity was very tricky, so he would rather not overtly kill Yuan Fengchun for Nie Tian under so many people’s gazes.


    However, he sensed that Nie Tian was going to make a move on him even though he was only at the Heaven stage. Therefore, he was worried that Nie Tian might fail to kill Yuan Fengchun in singlebat and cause future trouble.


    “No, thanks. I’ll do it myself.” With these words, Nie Tian quietly stepped closer towards Yuan Fengchun.


    As he took the first step, he unleashed his newly-acquired bloodline talent: Life Stealth.


    The fluctuations of his spiritual power and flesh power rapidly quieted and became undetectable.


    “Huh?!" Hua Mu eximed softly. If he didn’t examine Nie Tian closely with his soul power, Nie Tian would seem no different from a normal mortal to him, and he would never raise his guard against such an unimpressive mortal.


    Passing through the crowd of onlookers, Nie Tian quietly approached the members of the Yuan n.


    He suddenly formed a chaotic maic field around him and cast a short-range Starshift.


    In a split second, he appeared behind Yuan Fengchun’s back and drew his me Star.