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"How did Xuan Pin die? While I was fighting Ma Tuo over here, what exactly happened on their side?"

This was what Li Huowang most wanted to know right now. Had Xuan Pin and the others overestimated themselves and gotten involved in the clash between the Fate Ministers, or had they been ambushed by the Fa Sect?

Either was possible, but thinking it over again now, the former seemed less likely.

After all, his duty was with the Director of the Celestial Surveillance. It was impossible for him not to understand the Fate Ministers' strength. None of them were fools; they would not have charged recklessly into White Jade Capital to meddle with the Fate Ministers.

If it was the latter, then it was the worst possibility Li Huowang could imagine. If the Fa Sect had summoned Ma Tuo's Transformation Body to deal with him while still having the spare effort to go after Xuan Pin and the others—

Then the Fa Sect's strength had likely long surpassed everyone else's. If they wished, they could defeat them at any time.

Then the Fa Sect's retreat back to Nanping had not been because they were driven back, but because they were preparing to rest and gather strength before swallowing all of them in one gulp.

They absolutely could not lose now. Great Qi, Later Shu, Qingqiu, and Great Liang had all been piled into this fight. If they lost, those lands would likely be occupied by the Fa Sect. In the end, every place would become like present-day Great Qi.

Upon hearing Li Huowang's question, the Vice Directors of the Celestial Surveillance from Great Liang did not answer at once. They whispered among themselves, occasionally asking Gao Zhijian for instructions.

"I'll explain it. They don't know much either. There were some