When they heard the words "Demon Crystal Stone" and "Star Crystal," the middle-aged man and the old woman both paused in their speech, eyes showing intense excitement.

"The exchange rate between Demon Crystal Stone and Spirit Crystal is one to a thousand, whereas a Star Crystal can be exchanged for at least several hundred Demon Crystal Stones, possibly even over a thousand!"

The old woman took a deep breath and slowly said, "The value of a single Star Crystal is equivalent to hundreds of thousands, even millions, of Spirit Crystals!!!"

Even those strong in the Divine Sea Realm could not help but marvel at the preciousness of Star Crystals.

The middle-aged man also said, "Many people know that we discovered a Spirit Crystal vein on the Mixed Spirit Star, but they are unaware that within the Spirit Crystal vein, there are Demon Crystal Stones. They don’t know that the coexistence of Demon Crystal Stones and Spirit Crystal veins has a high possibility of the presence of Star Crystals!"

"You should be thanking our Dragon Cloud Sect for this."

The old woman smiled slightly and said proudly, "If it weren’t for the ancient records of our Dragon Cloud Sect, you wouldn’t have known, right?"

Upon hearing this, the middle-aged man and the old man exchanged a knowing smile, remaining silent.

The old woman was the Deputy Sect Master of the Dragon Cloud Sect, a peak Third-Grade Divine Sea realm expert, Xue Guihua!

And the middle-aged man was the Deputy Sect Master of the Frost Sect, also a peak Third-Grade Divine Sea realm expert, Dongg Haiyun!

The last old man naturally was the Deputy Sect Master of the Tai Ling Palace.

Equally a peak Third-Grade Divine Sea, second to none in the Tai Ling Palace.

Sui Qian!

With them and the alliance of the Three Great Sects, countless disciples, suppressing this Mixed Spirit Star is more than enough, hence there’s no need for Sect Master-level experts to come in person.

"However, that Phoenix Sect..."

Sui Qian suddenly frowned and said, "Previously, people from the Phoenix Sect directly informed us that they only want the Star Crystals. This implies that they know Star Crystals exist here."

"Humph, reckless fools!"

Speaking of the Phoenix Sect, Dongg Haiyun immediately snorted coldly and said, "Just an emerging sect. I’ve researched them; they are quite strong, having destroyed the Silver Moon Sect, not to mention having subdued the Hidden Blood Sect. But compared to our three sects, what are Silver Moon Sect and Hidden Blood Sect? Not even worth mentioning!"

"Exactly!"

The old woman Xue Guihua also nodded, dismissively saying, "If the Phoenix Sect really dares to come, we’ll show them the consequences of overestimating themselves!"

From their expressions and tone, the three clearly did not take the Phoenix Sect seriously.

They truly did not.

In the vast area spanning hundreds of stars, their status was supreme; if any powerful sect really emerged, they would surely know.

Thus, they were well aware that the site was initially discovered by the Phoenix Sect, yet still dared to forcibly seize it!

"Report—"

Just as the three were having a lively conversation, a sharp voice suddenly came from a distance.

It was a disciple from the Dragon Cloud Sect, pale-faced, filled with panic.

Upon arrival, he knelt on one knee and urgently said, "Reporting to the three Deputy Sect Masters, the Phoenix Sect... has invaded!"

"Hmm?"

All three were startled, then their brows furrowed deeply.

Xue Guihua said, "Phoenix Sect really dares to come? How many of them are there? Did Ning Le fail to stop them?"

"Elder Ning... is already dead!"

The disciple said, "The Phoenix Sect is too strong. Someone instantly disintegrated Elder Ning’s body and obliterated his Primordial Spirit!"

"There are over fifty million of them, but only a few million took action, and these people are all body cultivators!!!"

"We cannot stop them; we are forced to retreat step by step. At most, they’ll reach here within an hour. I implore the three Deputy Sect Masters to help us!"

"Millions of... body cultivators?"

The three exchanged looks, their hearts racing, unable to believe it.

They knew how strong body cultivators could be, but also knew how arduous body cultivation was!

This Phoenix Sect emerged only a few years ago. They may not know it thoroughly, but they had some understanding.

How could it be possible for them to produce millions of body cultivators in such a short time?

Moreover, according to those reporting, these body cultivators... were evidently extremely strong!

"Dragon Cloud Sect, consolidate battle power!"

Xue Guihua stood up, coldly saying, "I want to see what kind of strength this Phoenix Sect possesses to dare rashly breach the Mixed Spirit Star!"

As her words fell, both Sui Qian and Dongg Haiyun stood as well.

Yet at this moment—

"Three of you."

A calm voice suddenly echoed from the void ahead.

The trio’s expressions changed immediately, looking up to see ripples appear in the void, from which two figures slowly emerged.

A man and a woman.

The man, dressed in red, had an eerie smile on his lips, his aura restrained, yet causing a sense of trepidation in Xue Guihua, Sui Qian, and Dongg Haiyun.

The woman was ordinary-looking, not particularly beautiful nor ugly, exuding a pure air, with a blank expression.

It was Ling Xiao and Ye Xiaofei!

Watching the disciples of the Three Great Sects below continuously transporting Spirit Crystals, Ling Xiao’s gaze shifted and locked onto Xue Guihua, Sui Qian, and Dongg Haiyun.

"You’re quite interesting, occupying the Spirit Crystal vein discovered by our Phoenix Sect and leisurely mining it?"

"Who are you?!" Xue Guihua asked darkly.

Though they were at the Third-Grade Divine Sea realm, they couldn’t see through Ling Xiao and Ye Xiaofei’s cultivation, indicating that their cultivation far surpassed their own!

Though deeply puzzled as to how the Phoenix Sect had such experts, now was clearly not the time for doubts.

Sui Qian and Dongg Haiyun, silently and swiftly, produced a token in their hands, directly shattering it.

"Informing your Sect Master?"

Ling Xiao saw this and did not intervene.

He stared at them, slowly saying, "Do you believe that even if your Fourth Grade Divine Sea realm Sect Master actually comes, I can crush them like an ant?"

Upon those words, Dongg Haiyun and the other two’s faces drastically changed!

"Stop wasting words with them."

Ye Xiaofei impatiently said, "The Sect Master is waiting for our results, let’s deal with them first."

"Hold on."

Seeing Ye Xiaofei about to act, Ling Xiao quickly said, "Why the rush, little girl? The Sect Master surely won’t let us kill them."

"Then what should we do?" Ye Xiaofei furrowed her brows.

"Hand over your Lifeblood Gold Blood and let the Dragon Cloud Sect, Frost Sect, and Tai Ling Palace become subordinate sects to our Phoenix Sect!" Ling Xiao’s eyes sparkled.

"Impossible!!!" Dongg Haiyun and the others shouted in unison.

"Boom!" 𝒇𝓻𝓮𝓮𝙬𝙚𝒃𝒏𝓸𝙫𝒆𝙡.𝓬𝓸𝒎

Suddenly, roaring sounds came from above the void, as a gigantic hand emerged, reaching directly for the three!