If Xia Congyun died, the Flowing Light Sect would surely go mad and attempt to eradicate Cao Zhen. In that case, the Flowing Light Sect would naturally join the pro-war faction. But now, Xia Congyun is alive.
The Flowing Light Sect might even owe their opponent a debt of gratitude!
In the void, Xia Congyun was frozen in mid-air, paying no heed to the blood oozing continuously from her limbs. Her eyes were fixed on Cao Zhen across from her, finding it utterly impossible to accept the reality of her defeat.
She had made a breakthrough, even forming half a Golden Core with an anomaly. But what was the outcome? She had lost.
Had it not been for her opponent holding back, she would have died by now!
She, Xia Congyun, had to rely on someone of the same cultivation realm, no, someone with a lower cultivation realm, to show mercy in order to survive.
What kind of prodigy was she?
For the first time since she began her cultivation journey, Xia Congyun began to doubt herself.