"A king must not be insulted!"
The aged voice of thunder halted everyone's discussions and mockery.
The old Heavenly King's gaze fell upon the Soul Banner in Luo Tianfeng's grasp. Calmly, he said, "When you cast your divine soul into it, his cultivation fluctuated. Could it be that this ghost cultivator is not a living person at all?"
Those eyes, like the curses and blessings of gods and devils, began to turn.
Radiance bloomed.
The old Heavenly King sighed. "So that was it. So he truly is not a cultivator."
"The Cult Leader is truly blessed by heaven, an envy to all. Who would have thought that misfortune would bring fortune, granting you such a precious treasure?"
"Not a cultivator?"
The cultivators at his side cried out in alarm.
The old Heavenly King did not answer. Instead, he looked at one of the cultivators. "Yan Zang, you should know this very clearly, shouldn't you?"
Yan Zang nodded.
He drew a deep breath.
Cupping his hands, he said, "In reply to the Heavenly King, Cui Gu once investigated a strange occurrence."
"It was said that a treasure containing an artifact spirit had suddenly appeared in the Eastern Wasteland. That artifact spirit could refine souls to improve itself in strength, drawing the intervention of Dao Lords. Five great Dao Lords and countless heavenly geniuses once arrived in the Eastern Wasteland. The Jade Clan's First Patriarch killed a Dao Lord of the True Devil Dao, and from then on, the treasure vanished without a trace."
"Some said the treasure had self-destructed in a Dao Lord's hands. Others said it had been taken away by the Jade Clan's First Patriarch."
"Still others said no such heaven-defying treasure had ever existed. The so-called treasure was merely an ordinary artifact-spirit treasure, seized by a Dao Lord