Yunxi had endured untold hardship in the heart of the Secret Realm. Because she had given the token for entering the Secret Realm to Wanqi Rui, when the Blazing Fire Secret Realm closed, she was left behind inside while all the surviving Immortal Practitioners were teleported out.
However, the casualty rate this time was extremely high. Of the five thousand cultivators who had entered for training, fewer than half had lasted until the Secret Realm closed.
Only Wanqi Rui and Wanqi Yin of the Wanqi Family emerged alive from the Secret Realm. Because they had entered the Inheritance Stele, their memories had become distorted. They forgot what had happened after entering it, remembering only that Ranxi had given Wanqi Rui the Secret Realm token, allowing her to leave safely while Ranxi herself remained behind.
Wanqi Wei looked at Wanqi Li's life tablet. It was still covered in cracks, yet it had not completely shattered. At the very least, it proved that although he was trapped in the Secret Realm, he had not fallen. Elder You's expression eased slightly because of this.
Yet on the very day they returned to Wanhao Immortal City, Wanqi You was summoned to the City Lord's Mansion. Out of habit, Elder You brought Wanqi Wei along. He believed the City Lord had likely summoned elders from other families as well, probably to investigate the excessive casualties in the Blazing Fire Secret Realm.
Ever since Kuang Mei had seen the jade bottle and Imprint Jade brought back by his blood descendant, Kuang Jiheng, he had realized the gravity of the matter and immediately met with Vice City Lord Xue Ling in private.
The two spoke in secret for an hour. Afterward, under the pretext of investigating the abnormalities in the Secret Realm, they successively met with several