All sorts of potential impacts on their human race flashed through his mind after the battle.

For a moment, Ji Haoyuan couldn't help but feel somewhat heavy-hearted.

As the saying goes, "There are no intact eggs under a broken nest."

If the Demon Race takes advantage of this great victory to continue advancing into the human hinterland,

It can be imagined that the subsequent defense lines of the human race may still be at risk of being breached.

Who knows what the current situation of Senior Brother Xuan Yuan and the others is?

Can they successfully escape from the subsequent pursuit by the Demon Race?

As Ji Haoyuan was contemplating these matters, his Spiritual Sense was suddenly alerted.

He immediately turned his head and looked towards the outside of the courtyard's array.

In the distance, about a thousand miles away, an Escape Light with the Spiritual Pressure of a Nascent Soul was speeding toward them.

After a short while.

Ji Haoyuan's eyes slightly narrowed.

Because he had already recognized that the owner of the Escape Light was none other than True Monarch Xuanyuan.

However, the other's condition didn't seem too good.

Without hesitation.

Ji Haoyuan's mind moved.

A gap was immediately opened in the courtyard's Defense Array.

With a whoosh—

At the same time.

The Escape Light that True Monarch Xuanyuan had transformed into immediately flew into the array.

Afterward, he apparently heard something and didn't slow his speed.

In no time, True Monarch Xuanyuan had already descended on Nanhua Peak.

"Senior Brother Xuan Yuan..."

Ji Haoyuan immediately stepped forward.

Behind him were Miao Zixi, Zhang Tianyang, Master Beichen, Pei Youlan, and others.

Upon seeing the current appearance of True Monarch Xuanyuan, they all felt a slight, inexplicable sense of joy.

No matter what, it was a good thing that their True Monarch was able to return safely at this time.

Immediately, they all stepped forward to give their respects.

After exchanging pleasantries, Ji Haoyuan looked at True Monarch Xuanyuan, whose aura was obviously a bit unstable, and asked:

"Senior Brother Xuan Yuan, what exactly did you encounter before that caused such an incident?"

Although he had heard the story's beginning and end from Zhang Tianyang and others,

The true insider details and intricacies could only be most clear to True Monarch Xuanyuan, who had personally experienced the event.

Indeed, that was the case.

At this moment, True Monarch Xuanyuan let out a long sigh, looking somewhat dejected, and said:

"You have probably heard the gist of it, Junior Brother Nanhua.

I will tell you something you did not know.

To be honest, the incident of the breach at Yuan Tong Pass could have been entirely avoided."

"Hmm..."

Upon hearing this, not only Ji Haoyuan, but even Miao Zixi, Zhang Tianyang, Master Beichen, and others, were all suddenly frozen in place.

"Senior Brother Xuan Yuan, what do you mean by this?"

"You should all know that apart from us, the main person responsible for overseeing the overall situation at Yuan Tong Pass was, in fact, the Fifth Elder of Feixing Palace, True Monarch Beiming."

Seeming to recall some unpleasant memories, True Monarch Xuanyuan first closed his eyes to adjust his state before reopening them to look at Ji Haoyuan and the others, saying:

"When we encountered an attack by the Demon Race army led by the Red Flood Dragon King, True Monarch Beiming was not actually at Yuan Tong Pass."

"Not at Yuan Tong Pass?"

Upon hearing this, Ji Haoyuan and Miao Zixi were all somewhat stunned for a moment.

It seemed they couldn't quite process this.

As the highest-ranking person within Yuan Tong Pass at the time, True Monarch Beiming, who was also the highest cultivated within Yuan Tong Pass, was not present during his term.

How is this different from dereliction of duty?

"Indeed."

It was as if he had read their thoughts, so True Monarch Xuanyuan nodded.

"If strictly according to regulations, True Monarch Beiming's earlier behavior was, indeed, dereliction of duty.

But as a Core Elder of Feixing Palace, as well as a Great True Monarch in the late Nascent Soul stage, even if he acted like that, we, along with others at Yuan Tong Pass, could not say much."

Indeed.

This world is like that.

The strong have the right to trample all rules.

While the weak can only act within the scope set by those so-called rules.

And must tread carefully.

A single misstep could result in catastrophic consequences.

Listening to True Monarch Xuanyuan continue:

"If that was all, it could still be understandable.

But True Monarch Beiming was never supposed to remain absent when Yuan Tong Pass was under attack by the Demon Race army led by the Red Flood Dragon King.

This dealt a massive blow to the confidence of the numerous cultivators at Yuan Tong Pass.

So much so, that when they used that fourth-grade highest quality Forbidden-Breaking Talisman to break one of the array bases at Yuan Tong Pass, it directly led to an uncontrollable panic within many hearts.

And still, this wasn't the main reason behind the complete collapse of morale among the defending cultivators at Yuan Tong Pass.

The real reason for the morale collapse was that the people from Feixing Palace were the first to choose to flee.

Originally,

Even without a Great True Monarch in charge at Yuan Tong Pass, even with a few array bases of the Defense Array being broken.

If everyone had united and fought the enemy together at that time, it might not have been impossible to hold out until reinforcements arrived.

But as it happened, the flight led by the cultivators of Feixing Palace rendered the remaining people without the will to continue defending.

In mundane terms, it was a rout like a landslide."

Indeed.

Feixing Palace, as the overt leader at Yuan Tong Pass.

Once they led the charge to flee, the pressure felt by everyone at the time was immense beyond words.

Especially since the apparent main person in charge, True Monarch Beiming, never appeared, making it all the more pointless to persist.

This matter may seem complex, but its internal reason is simple.

Things like fourth-grade highest quality Forbidden-Breaking Talismans, human traitors, and Peak Great Demon Kings.

They were merely excuses to cover the fall of Yuan Tong Pass and the mistakes committed by True Monarch Beiming and others.

What is most tragic is that, for such claims, whether from Wuji Hall, Ten Thousand Demons Demon Sect, or anyone else, no one will come forward to refute it.

Ji Haoyuan had heard before.

The three Divinity Transformation sects placed their most core cultivators in the safest places, even far from the front lines.

Even when forced by the situation to send some to the frontlines, those sent were almost useless.

At the time, he had no specific understanding of this saying.

Now, listening to True Monarch Xuanyuan's words.

Those guys aren't just almost useless; rather, they are better at ruining things than achieving them.

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