Dong Linghou had already received the news of his men engaging a battle at the Chen’s, but there was no update following that. Any attempt to contact his people was fruitless.

Not long after, he received another news that the Dark Legion had marched out of the city and heading his way.

"This is bad! They must’ve been wiped out, otherwise these mercenaries wouldn’t dare to attack us."

Dong Linghou immediately realized he wouldn’t be able to hold down the fort.

He was still unaware of the situation at the Chen’s, but even just a few late-sixth-realm feral beasts from the Dark Legion were too much for his men.

Without hesitation, he immediately requested the Royal Management for aid. In the meantime, he also prepared a small warship and a troop of a thousand soldiers for early evacuation.

Once he confirmed the Dark Legion was indeed heading his way, he boarded the warship without delay and fled.

If he had wasted any more time, the city could potentially be surrounded and he would be trapped with no way out.

What he didn’t expect was that after only a day’s journey, the Chen’s expert caught up to him, damaging his warship and his men all scattered.

With the sacrifice of his soldiers, Dong Linghou managed to escape although he was still being pursued.

In the midst of his desperate flight, he suddenly spotted an eighth-tier flying vessel in a stop, and from it disembarked two beautiful women to greet him.

"I’m saved!"

Overjoyed at his good luck, he quickly boarded the airship.

However, once he met the Golden Phantom Eyes of Ye Liuyun, he realized he had fallen into his trap.

But in an instant, Ye Liuyun and his clone seized control of his divine soul and planted into him a Slaving Seal. His Interspatial Ring filled with resources collected over the years was also taken away.

"Return and control what remains of your defeated troops, and attack the territory of Northsky Sect!" Ye Liuyun ordered, “Continue to provide the Royal Management with Spirit Crystals, but find a way to inform them the misunderstanding between us has been resolved, that it was actually Northsky Sect stirring up trouble behind our backs, let them take the blame.”

“Yes!” Dong Linghou agreed repeatedly, disembarked from the flying vessel, and rushed back to his station for his defeated soldiers.

His city didn’t had much resistance, allowing Ye Tiandao and Helian Xiu’s army to break them down easily.

As soon as the city was seized, the Dark Legion did not kill any of the surrendered soldiers. Instead, they took them all in and returned to Dong Linghou after he returned.

Meanwhile, the Demi-beasts’ troops also began their move, massively invading Northsky Sect’s territories, capturing many martial practitioners, and sending them all to Dong Linghou to replenish his troops.

Helian Xiu also attacked multiple medium and small mercenary groups within their territory.

They were dressed in the uniforms of the Eastern Royal Management as they act, making the Northsky Sect believe that they were too short of soldiers that they had to snatch more men from them.

So they immediately sent someone to negotiate with Dong Linghou, but they were all stopped and killed by Ye Liuyun with a group of strong men.

This enraged Northsky Sect, and started to take revenge by frequently striking at the Management’s territories.

Meanwhile, Dong Linghou kept all the evidence and counter-accused Northsky Sect while reporting it to the Management and simultaneously dispatched a large army to fight against them.

Ye Liuyun and his group disguised themselves as Dong Linghou’s soldiers, secretly taking actions against the sect’s martial practitioners.

Regrettably, he underestimated the relationship between these two major forces.

After a discussion between the higher levels of the Management and the Sect, they quickly began to strictly restrain the forces in the border battlefield, preventing them from acting rashly.

Dong Linghou did not dare to disobey, and could only report to Ye Liuyun, "Now I can only withdraw the troops!"

Ye Liuyun didn’t expect that his set up could be easily resolved.

"The major forces are indeed deeply intertwined!" Ye Liuyun failed to stir up discord between them, he could only come up with a Plan B.

"You withdraw your soldiers, I’ll send my people to seize control of the forces around them first."

He didn’t let Dong Linghou expose himself, instead he sent his men to take over the other territories surrounding the Northsky Sect.

The martial artists stationed here had no more power to reclaim their territory after continuous attack. They could do nothing but send some men to negotiate with Ye Liuyun.

However, the martial artists they dispatched were killed by Ye Liuyun, leaving only an external executive named Pang Xingwu, enslaved.

Through a thorough scan, Ye Liuyun learned that the in-charge, Ma Wencai, had already appeal for aid from the sect. As for who the sect would send, they weren’t sure at the moment.

"Do you have a way for me to meet Ma Wencai? I want to enslave him first," Ye Liuyun asked Pang Xingwu.

"Master, Mr. Ma is a late-sixth-realm, and his soul power is not weak; he can even challenge a seventh-realm practitioner," Pang Xingwu expressed his concern.

He was afraid that Ye Liuyun could not control Ma Wencai, and turn around to expose the fact that he had been enslaved.

Ye Liuyun had already been prepared for this. He and his clone hadn’t missed a chance to devour soul power in the recent fights. They have been intentionally strengthening this side of their strength as a reserve for facing stronger opponents.

Even though his strength was enhancing in various aspects, it was clearly still no match for a seventh-realm, so he could only rely on the advantage of his divine soul for now.

Moreover, if he and his clone were to act together, it would be basically foolproof.

Pang Xingwu, feeling helpless, could only suggest that Ye Liuyun disguised himself as his man to take them back.

"That’s easy! " Ye Liuyun and his clone immediately used Phantom Illusion, morphing into the image of his two underlings.

He could only maintain it for a day, but which was more than enough time.

"There’s such sorcery? It’ll definitely be no problem!" Pang Xingwu was also smitten by the sight.

They put on the men’s interspatial rings, then followed Pang Xingwu back to the Sect’s camp. 𝚏𝕣𝕖𝚎𝚠𝚎𝚋𝚗𝐨𝐯𝕖𝕝.𝕔𝐨𝕞

Pang Xingwu immediately took them to report the situation to Ma Wencai the moment they had returned.

"Sir! Ye Liuyun was so audacious, he’s trying to kill us!" As soon as he sees Ma Wencai, Pang Xingwu accused him.

"Is he tired of living?" Ma Wencai didn’t doubt it, but was also angry at Ye Liuyun’s arrogance.

Ye Liuyun and his clone, seeing no one else around, immediately launched a soul attack.

The two of them, with their four divine souls, were unstoppable by Ma Wencai, directly branded with the Slaving Seal.

Practicing divine soul as the primary cultivation made one the toughest to deal with among martial practitioners. And Ye Liuyun is not only strong in soul, his way of branding people as slaves is also very unique and fast, leaving people no time to react.

Ma Wencai also kept a gloomy face, thinking to himself, "With such a powerful divine soul and this profound sorcery, it’s hard for the whole sect to stand against him!"