"Both Sect Leaders, thank you for giving way."
Ling Feng stood proudly atop the arena, his face still as calm and collected as ever.
It seemed that such a victory meant nothing to him.
"Ugh!"
"Damn it!"
The two great Sect Leaders, faces ashen, could only clench their fists and remain silent.
Just a moment ago, if Ling Feng had been slightly more ruthless, the two of them wouldn’t be unscathed like they were now. In fact, if Ling Feng desired, he could easily snuff out their lives with a flick of his hand.
Even if they were foolish, they knew that the strength of the young man on the stage was beyond their imagination.
Disciples from the Three Sects looked at each other, and after a moment of silence, there erupted a thunderous cheer within the Wenxian Sect camp.
"Haha, we won!"
"Facing two alone, our Sect Leader wins decisively!"
"Long live the Sect Leader!"
"..."
Ling Feng didn’t hurry down from the stage, instead, he looked towards the two Sect Leaders and said indifferently, "Sect Leader Tianyun, Sect Leader Cao, it seems that my Wenxian Sect is slightly superior. Do the two Sect Leaders disagree?"
"Alas..." Tianyun Taoist took a deep breath and sighed softly, "I must admit defeat."
"Hmph!" Cao Tailai also clenched his fist and gritted his teeth, "I dare not deny it!"
"Whether you truly accept it or merely concede on the surface, I believe it is quite clear who is stronger. Henceforth, there is no need to conduct the tri-sect martial meet for the next five hundred years, correct?"
"What do you mean!"
Cao Tailai’s eyelids twitched, his gaze fixed on Ling Feng.
"The tri-sect martial meet should also be abolished," Ling Feng said with his hands behind his back, his eyes brimming with arrogance. "Such a meaningless competition simply wastes time."
"Sect Leader Ling, you..." Tianyun Taoist clenched his fist. "These are the rules set by the ancestors of the three sects!"
"Keeping up with the times, rules are dead while people are alive," Ling Feng spoke coldly. "Nowadays, do you think your two sects still qualify to divide the world equally with my Wenxian Sect?"
Cao Tailai and Tianyun Taoist’s faces turned grey.
Indeed, in terms of strength of the Sect Leader as well as the disciples, the Wenxian Sect had thoroughly crushed them.
Going forward, even if the tri-sect meet was held every three years, they would still be completely defeated by the Wenxian Sect.
"What exactly do you want?"
Cao Tailai clenched his teeth, all too aware of the survival of the fittest rule.
Within the Immortal Trace Mountain Range, the original sects were more than these three, but under their mighty presence, all had to either submit or shrink back into a corner. And such sects seldom lasted long, soon collapsing due to the lack of cultivation resources.
There were only two paths left: extinction or submission!
"Do you intend to drive our two great sects out of the Immortal Trace Mountain Range?" Cao Tailai said with resentment.
"Sect Leader Ling, the Immortal Trace Mountain Range is the foundation of my Qiankun Sect. If you insist on this, even if it means mutual destruction, I will never compromise!"
Tianyun Taoist also sensed the looming crisis. Could it be that the Qiankun Sect, established for hundreds of years, was to crumble today?
"Both Sect Leaders, rest assured, I am not so heartless," Ling Feng smiled softly. "If I truly intended to annihilate both your sects, I wouldn’t have participated in this tri-sect meet today. Liuyun Sword Sect and Qiankun Sect can continue to reside in the Immortal Trace Mountain Range, and even enjoy resources equivalent to those of the Wenxian Sect.
Ling Feng paused, enunciating each word: "However, you must unconditionally submit to the Wenxian Sect!"
"What?"
"Submit?"
Cao Tailai and Tianyun Taoist both twitched at the eyes, this young man, what great ambition!
"My terms are simple, as long as you submit to the Wenxian Sect, you can still maintain the independence of your sect, and I won’t interfere with the internal affairs of the two sects, you only need to pay a certain tribute each year."
Ling Feng’s eyes shone with an unbearable sharpness as he coldly said, "What I want is the unification of all the sects in the Immortal Trace Mountain Range! Apart from the Liuyun Sword Sect and Qiankun Sect, I will later gather the power of all the sects together!"
"A scattered force has so little strength, while all forces condensed together can break free from the title of a Nine Stream Sect and ascend to a higher level!"
Ling Feng stared at Cao Tailai and Tianyun Taoist, speaking indifferently, "You have three choices, either submit, get out of the Immortal Trace Mountain Range, or die!"
When he uttered the last word, Ling Feng directly activated three Mixed Element Locks, and the terrifying force of Eighty Meridians burst out instantly. Centered around Ling Feng, a fearsome vortex of True Qi formed, and the two closest sect leaders were unable to withstand it and were directly thrown out, stumbling dozens of steps back before they could steady themselves.
"What... what kind of power is this?"
"My God!"
Everyone was shocked by Ling Feng’s terrifying aura, even the disciples of the Wenxian Sect were completely frightened.
Lin Xian’er bit her lip and cursed in her heart, "This bastard, he lied to me saying he ate the wrong Poison Fruit and his cultivation plummeted, this... this scoundrel, he must have refined the Nine Profound Creation Fruit!"
The aura that Ling Feng burst forth just now definitely surpassed Goo Tengfeng, the captain of the East Courtyard Sword Team, though by how much, Lin Xian’er couldn’t even imagine.
After all, she was still too far from that level.
Even if both were in the Magnetic Condensation Realm, without reaching the Fifty Meridians, one could never comprehend how strong that level was.
Moreover, Ling Feng had already approached the third trail of the Magnetic Condensation Realm’s Heavenly Barrier, reaching the Eighty Meridians level. With just one more meridian opened, he could become a ten-thousand-year-old exceptional evil talent!
"So, choose one, it’s not difficult!"
Ling Feng retracted his aura, and all three Mixed Element Locks closed.
"I... submit!" Cao Tailai clenched his fist tightly; facing a stronger force, in this situation, Ling Feng alone was probably enough to slaughter their entire Liuyun Sword Sect, they had no choice but to submit.
Moreover, leaving the Immortal Trace Mountain Range and losing this foundation, trying to establish a foothold elsewhere would be extremely difficult!
"I too," Tianyun Taoist took a deep breath and eventually gritted his teeth and said two words, "Submit!"
They had no choice but to submit!
They dared not refuse!
"Good, very good!" Ling Feng laughed heartily, "Henceforth within the Immortal Trace Mountain Range, there will be no talk of the Top Three Sects."
Ling Feng pondered for a moment and then slowly added, "Wenxian Sect, Liuyun Sword Sect, Qiankun Sect will merge. After the three sects merge, it will no longer be called Wenxian Sect. Let’s call it, the Lingshen Sect!"
"Lingshen Sect?"
"Yes, Lingshen Sect."
Ling Feng narrowed his eyes, naming it after his own surname, that was a bit of his own wicked fun, then he added, "The three sects will serve as the branch halls, Inquiry Immortal Hall, Liuyun Hall, and Qiankun Hall, you two have no objections, right?"
Tianyun Taoist and Cao Tailai were silent, not daring to have any objections.
"Well, let’s leave it at that for now. The sect gates and internal affairs will remain relatively independent, temporarily using Inquiry Immortal Hall as the main. Later, once all the sects of the Immortal Trace Mountain Range form a real alliance, we’ll integrate all aspects of power and establish a new sect gate!"
In Ling Feng’s mind, a majestic blueprint emerged, with his own finances and various high-grade inheritance techniques...
In the near future, a brand new Lingshen Sect will stand tall at the pinnacle of the Empire Sect World, even reaching the heights of the National Guardian Divine Sect Cangqiong Sect.
Tianyun Taoist and Cao Tailai looked at each other, watching Ling Feng’s condescending figure, and a strange thought vaguely emerged: Perhaps, the decision they made today would be the most correct decision of their lives.

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