Divining Heaven's Secrets, Shocking the Heaven's Secret Pavilion

Over at Azure Cloud Hall.

"Master: Feng Qingyang. Cultivation: initial-stage True Person Realm. Disciples: Lin Bai, Shi Hao. Physique: Myriad Heavens Divine Body."

"Sect powerhouses: Ancestor Li Qingyun, peak Great Emperor Realm; Guardian Elder Wang Xuan, peak Shattering Void Realm; Outer Sect Elder Ye Bai, peak Shattering Void Realm; five guards."

"Sect: Azure Cloud Sect, Level One (8500/)."

"The sect points had risen by a full five thousand!"

Feng Qingyang remembered that it had not been long since the sect was established, right?

Azure Cloud Sect was about to break through from a Level One sect and become a Level Two sect?

Awesome!

A Level One sect was already this badass—wouldn't a Level Two sect turn the heavens upside down?

Looking closer, the sect did not have many powerhouses, but it did not have too few either.

However, it only had two Direct Disciples.

How could that do?

If a sect wanted to develop, disciples were what mattered most.

Servant Disciples, Outer Sect Disciples, Inner Sect Disciples, Direct Disciples, Saint Children, and even Sequence Divine Children.

There were also Outer Sect Elders, Inner Sect Elders, Enforcement Elders, Technique Elders, and masters of each peak.

Not one of them could be lacking.

"It seems that once we return from the Ancient Saint Secret Realm, we'll have to throw open the mountain gates and recruit disciples."

As for the various elders, if they could not be summoned...

He could only invite them from outside—by kidnapping them.

Meanwhile.

Divine Province of the Central Domain, Heaven's Secret Pavilion.

"What? Elder Mo Chen's Life Tablet shattered!"

"Quickly, check the scene from before his death."

Life Tablets were something every disciple of a major sect had to make upon entering the sect.

A wisp of divine soul was infused into them, allowing the sect to monitor the disciple's life or death at any time.

Once they died, the Life Tablet would naturally shatter.

They were kept in dedicated locations, with powerhouses dispatched to guard them day and night, while designated personnel inspected them every day.

The higher one's status in the sect, the more important one's Life Tablet was.

Because it contained a wisp of the owner's divine soul.

A special Crystal Ball could therefore record the scene before their death.

This made it easier to find the murderer and seek revenge later.

All the elders of Heaven's Secret Pavilion gathered around the Crystal Ball to watch.

The violet Crystal Ball glowed.

Under the Grand Elder's spell, an image emerged.

What entered their sight was an unfathomable old man.

The old man grabbed Elder Mo Chen by the throat.

Elder Mo Chen was lifted up like a little chick.

He had no power to fight back.

Then he was crushed to death.

"Hiss!"

Before the elders could speak, the old man within the Crystal Ball seemed to notice someone spying on him.

His deep, unfathomable gaze swept toward them.

Then...

With a bang, the Crystal Ball exploded!

"What!"

"Didn't Elder Mo Chen go to the Eastern Domain?"

"How could the Eastern Domain, a place starved of spiritual energy, have such a powerhouse?"

"What sect does this man belong to? How could he be so formidable?"

The Eastern Domain was a land impoverished in spiritual energy. In their understanding, it was impossible for such a powerhouse to exist there.

Casually crushing a Half-Saint, reaching across the river of time to strike.

"Grand Elder, didn't the news from the Eastern Domain branch say that they were attacking Azure Cloud Sect?"

"This person should be a powerhouse of Azure Cloud Sect."

"Azure Cloud Sect?"

The Grand Elder began to ponder.

The last time he had heard of Azure Cloud Sect was the last time.

Back then, he had even sent people to ask the transcendent Jade Purity Palace about it.

Right, Jade Purity Palace!

Could this man have been sent by Jade Purity Palace?

No, that was not right either. Jade Purity Palace was full of women—where would an old man come from?

"Could this man truly be a powerhouse of Azure Cloud Sect?"

"Hmph, what is there to fear? Our Heaven's Secret Pavilion is likewise filled with experts. In this Central Domain, other than those ancient Imperial clans, we have never feared anyone."

"This Azure Cloud Sect dared to slaughter an elder of our pavilion and challenge the majesty of a transcendent faction!"

"Grand Elder, give the order! Azure Cloud Sect must be eradicated this time!"

Heaven's Secret Pavilion was the transcendent faction with the deepest foundation in the Central Domain.

Its founder was the Heaven's Secret Great Emperor.

It was said that the Heaven's Secret Great Emperor could casually peer into the farthest reaches of heaven and all things beneath it.

There was nothing he did not know and no one he did not understand.

The Heaven's Secret Treasure passed down through the ages was a supreme treasure of the Central Domain.

Heaven's Secret Pavilion had been passed down generation after generation.

"Do not act rashly."

"Do you still remember that aura from several days ago?"

The Grand Elder seemed to think of something and hurriedly spoke.

"Grand Elder, you mean..."

At the Grand Elder's reminder, the other elders suddenly came to their senses as well.

"That's right."

"The vast Emperor's Might that appeared several days ago came from the east."

"Hiss! It can't be such a coincidence, can it..."

"Better safe than sorry!"

"This concerns the life and death of our pavilion. We must not act rashly."

Now, none of them could remain calm.

A Great Emperor!

That was a Great Emperor!

If they angered such a powerhouse, then even if they fled to the ends of heaven and the depths of earth—

They would still die without a burial ground!

Even if they could barely contend with one by relying on the foundation passed down through the ages.

They would still suffer grievous losses and eventually be destroyed.

If this matter might involve a Great Emperor, they had no choice but to be cautious.

"I will report this to the Pavilion Master first, then we will make our plans."

At the Grand Elder's command, the elders dispersed.

He alone headed toward the grand hall where the Pavilion Master resided.

Heaven's Secret Hall.

"Pavilion Master, that is the situation."

"Oh? You are saying that Azure Cloud Sect may be connected to a Great Emperor?"

The Heaven's Secret Pavilion Master was initially doubtful. At his level, he knew more hidden secrets.

Great Emperor Realm experts had not appeared for ten thousand years. It was said they were preparing something capable of changing the entire continent.

Forget Great Emperors—even Supremes had long stopped involving themselves in worldly affairs.

Yet he had indeed sensed Emperor's Might several days ago.

"Very well. I shall peer into Heaven's secrets and see just what kind of entity this Azure Cloud Sect truly is!"

As soon as the Heaven's Secret Pavilion Master finished speaking, he fully activated the Heaven's Secret Treasure.

A pillar of light shot into the sky, and then his divine sense stepped into the river of time.

"Heh heh, I found it!"

Just as he was about to inspect it, a sudden change erupted.

A fierce Sword Light flew forth and slashed his divine sense apart.

Within Heaven's Secret Hall, the Heaven's Secret Pavilion Master spat out a mouthful of blood, then immediately became listless.

His divine soul had been damaged. He could only recover it bit by bit through Sacred Medicine.

His cultivation would also fall.

"Pavilion Master!"

The Grand Elder hurriedly stepped forward to support the Pavilion Master, who had nearly fallen.

At the same time, he was greatly shocked. The Pavilion Master was a mighty expert at the peak of the Saint King Realm—how had he been wounded so severely!

Could it be that he had deduced Heaven's secrets and suffered a backlash from the Heavenly Dao?

Deducing Heaven's secrets was an act against heaven itself. One misstep could bring a backlash.

Even the Heaven's Secret Great Emperor, the founding ancestor of the pavilion and a supreme powerhouse, had suffered backlash from the Heavenly Dao.

"I'm fine..."

"Azure... Cloud Sect harbors a great terror!"

"Do not provoke it!"

After the Heaven's Secret Pavilion Master weakly finished speaking in broken phrases.

He went into seclusion. This time, his divine soul had been damaged far too severely.

Just thinking of the scene he had seen moments ago still filled him with lingering fear.

A figure stood with its back to him, towering against the heavens, surrounded by sacred azure lotuses that blotted out the sky and covered the earth.

Then, a Sword Qi capable of splitting heaven and earth suddenly struck, and his divine soul was shattered.