After the fierce battle, the headquarters of the Heaven Pavilion Sect was destroyed beyond recognition, and its grounds were
littered with corpses of dead warriors.
The troops of the Black Wind Gang and the Tiger Gang were thoroughly annihilated.
In the whole duration of the battle, there was a group of people who were just looking on passively, unwilling to get involved with
the conflict. It appeared that they were indifferent with the sentiments of the two opposing sides.
These men belonged to the forces that joined the Heaven Pavilion Sect only recently.
Those forces were only willing to submit to the Heaven Pavilion Sect in order to ensure a temporary refuge. That meant that they
didn't pledge their allegiance to the sect, and that they couldn't care any less about what would happen to it.
With no commitment to the sect, they purposefully stepped back when the war between the Heaven Pavilion Sect and the Black
Wind Gang broke out.
The moment the Heaven Pavilion Sect took the upper hand in the war and it becobvious that the Black Wind Gang would lose,
sof them started offering their help in order to give the impression that they had participated in the war and assisted their
sect to victory.
This scam was easily caught by Austin's observant eyes.
To him, it was starting to feel like allowing them to join the Heaven Pavilion Sect was a grave mistake.
They had brought no good to the Heaven Pavilion Sect ever since they beca part of it. Instead, it could be argued that they
had caused more trouble than what they were worth.
The Tiger Gang was a prexample of this. They attempted to take control of the Heaven Pavilion Sect, and even conspired with
the Black Wind Gang to be able to do it.
With that, Austin quickly made the decision that a purge should be carried out in the Heaven Pavilion Sect as soon as possible.
Any other forces which joined the Heavenly Pavilion Sect for any other purposes instead of faithfully serving the sect could no
longer remain in it.
After a while, the chaos caused by the war had been cleaned up.
Then Austin called a meeting with the seniors of the sect in the council hall.
Even the leaders of the forces that had submitted to the Heaven Pavilion Sect were invited to and were present in the said
meeting.
Austin's eyes coldly ran down the crowd.
When the sharp gaze fell upon the leaders of the newly joined forces, they instinctively lowered their heads in fear.
After all, they knew what they did and did not do when the intense battle was raging on.
Most of them didn't aid the sect.
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Sof them even took it a bit further -- ever since the Black Wind Gang becstronger, they actually stood with them in secret
instead of the troops of the Heaven Pavilion Sect.
Now that the Black Wind Gang had been wiped out, these leaders begun having serious regrets about the decisions they had
made.
Under Austin's intense glare, they slowly cto an understanding as to why Austin had called for this meeting.
From that moment on, they realized that Austin, indeed, was the real ruler of the Heaven Pavilion Sect.
His words were laws, and whatever he decided on doing would happen.
"Everybody, attention please," Austin started, his tone serious and piercing.
"The Heaven Pavilion Sect once opened its door and allowed all of you in because we all took pity on you. Under the suppression of
the Heaven Palace, you had nowhere to run and in grave danger. Since you chere, we have provided you with protection and
shelter.
The sect even makes sure that tens of thousands of your people are fed. As far as | know, the Heaven Pavilion Sect has never
asked any of you to repay them, even if they fully saved your and your people's lives.
Despite that, you still have the audacity to act the way you acted during the war that we had just been through." Austin paused
and once again looked around the room, his eyes full anger. "With that, | have nothing to say to you except this:
you must vacate this place before the day ends.
There will be grave consequences if you fail to do that."
As Austin's eyes once again swept across the room, he made no attempt to disguise his disgust and indignation.
A chorus of shocked and horrified gasps filled the room.
"What!" one leader dared whisper, looking incredibly stunned.
The Triangle Zone was still in turmoil, and chaos still abounded in its regions.
Many of them had unfortunately fell under the control of the Heaven Palace and the demon race.
None of the forces were strong enough to defend themselves against the Heaven Palace and the demon race on their own. When
they all gathered in the Heaven Pavilion Sect and their powers converged, they actually started to have a chance to survive their
oppressors in the Triangle Zone.
They were also aided by the clever array in the headquarters of the Heaven Pavilion Sect, which was sufficient to defend its people.
So without any doubt, staying inside and with the Heaven Pavilion Sect was the safest and wisest thing they could do at the
moment.
However, they were now faced with a leader who intended on kicking them out of the only safe place for them to reside in.
"The Tiger Gang is the one that should be blamed! Collude with the Black Wind Gang and slyly take them to the Heaven Pavilion
Sect! We have nothing to do with their sordid business!"
one of the leaders said, trying his best to clean his hand off any responsibility.
"That's right! Furthermore, it would be incredibly unwise to push through with your proposal considering the threat we are all
under. Now it isn't the tfor us to go our separate ways -- we need to unite and defend ourselves from external threats!
We have tens of thousands of people here in total. If we leave, it will be a huge loss for the Heaven Pavilion Sect!"
another leader said, laying out sthings he thought would easily convince Austin to change his mind.
"That's true. We have helped maintain the safety of the Heaven Pavilion Sect. We deserve credit for efforts at the very least!
How could you throw us out like this?"
The leaders becriled up as they began to bend the truth to their advantage.
And with that, the council hall becincredibly rowdy, with people, up on their feet, shouting at each other and at Austin.
"All of you, be quite!" the Sect Supremo suddenly shouted in a loud, authoritative voice. "My master has made it perfectly clear.
All of you, please leave the Heaven Pavilion Sect as soon as possible.
Otherwise, each one of you will be punished as criminals and trespassers!"
The Sect Supremo began to release his vital energy force at the medium stage of Tribulation Realm, and with it, he violently hit the
leaders of the forces.
Whistle!
A strong wind blew in the council hall.
With powerful shock waves released from the vital energy force, the Sect Supremo was able to force over a dozen leaders out of
the council hall.
The others who still remained inside felt their blood surging within them as if trying to escape from their bodies.
The strongest among them was at the premium stage of Astral Realm, and even him couldn't rival the power Sect Supremo had.
Thus, the leaders could do nothing but relent to what Austin and the Sect Supremo wanted them to do.
No one dared to speak again.
"Leave the Heaven Pavilion Sect today. This is your last chance," Austin said in a quiet voice.
"Or else | really don't mind massacring all of you, like we did to the Tiger Gang and the Black Wind Gang."
After that last warning, Austin strode out of the council hall.
At this point, the leaders knew that they had no choice. They must leave the Heaven Pavilion Sect, or they would face death.
They had witnessed how the five overmatches of the Black Wind Gang who were in the Tribulation Realm were easily killed by the
ruler of the Heaven Pavilion Sect.
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If the overmatches in the Tribulation Realm were no match for Austin, none of them, who were only in the Astral Realm, would even
stand a chance against him.
In the next few hours, people left the Heaven Pavilion Sect in droves.
True enough, a day later, most of them had already gone.
A few gangs, however, still stayed around.
These gangs were eventually allowed to stay in the sect, as per Austin's instructions and blessing after the Sect Supremo spoke for
them.
This was because these gangs had always been on the side of the Heaven Pavilion Sect during the twhen it was under the
control of the Black Wind Gang.
After the purge, only a few remained inside the sect. These people were the warriors loyal to the Heaven Pavilion Sect.
Seeing this, Austin felt incredibly satisfied.
He then left everything else to the Sect Supremo.
He also turned over piles and piles of various resources to him to make sure that he would be able to maintain the regular
operation of the sect as well as the disciples’ cultivation.
These resources cfrom the Barren Mountain, especially from the treasury of the Oracle Sect.
Hundreds of years ago, the Oracle Sect was a prosperous sect that enjoyed good reputation.
The said sect, however, quickly declined to what it was now and Austin was able to obtain their rich resources.
Furthermore, Austin promised its sect leader that he would rebuild the Oracle Sect.
As part of that process, he decided to train a number of potential disciples who would be the Oracle Sect's new members to start
its reconstruction.
Therefore, he made sure that the Sect Supremo divided the resources equally among the disciples who would be trained.
Also, Austin asked him to keep an eye for all the disciples that have incredible potential and to train them specifically.
After taking care of that, Austin transmitted Fanny, Fanny's grandpa, Emma and Debby from his City model so that they could
finally have a bit of rest.
The Four Devil Clowns calong with them.
Now, they were Austin's faithful servants.
Right after that, he ordered the four to aid the Sect Supremo in maintaining order in the sect and to do whatever needed of them.
As for Austin, he announced that he would temporarily retreat from the world in order to improve his cultivation.
Later on, he entered his cultivation chamber.