Old Ancestor Kusong was dead?
Hearing Gu Zong's words, Gu An felt somewhat dazed.
Though he and Old Ancestor Kusong had not been particularly close friends, they had enjoyed their conversations whenever he visited the Inner Sect Library Hall.
Upon hearing of Old Ancestor Kusong's death, he felt an indescribable emotion.
"A Supreme Elder has fallen? I remember that Old Ancestor Kusong seemed to have been in the Profound Heart Realm, right?" Zhen Qin said with a frown.
When the Epiphyllum Sect had attacked, Old Ancestor Kusong had battled Chigan Zun, spreading his Daoist title throughout the Taixuan Sect. He had become a great cultivator whose prestige within the sect was second only to Sword Venerable Fudao's.
Even Zhen Qin, who had never crossed paths with Old Ancestor Kusong, felt saddened upon hearing of his death.
Gu An raised his eyes toward the horizon. He saw dark clouds gathering, heralding an approaching downpour.
Old Ancestor Kusong's death shocked the entire Taixuan Sect, and the news swiftly spread through the cultivation world.
Three days later, Gu An arrived at the Inner Sect City as scheduled to attend Old Ancestor Kusong's memorial service. Hundreds of thousands of disciples across the city observed a moment of silence as they listened to the sect elders recount his life. Even newly inducted Taixuan Sect disciples felt grief-stricken.
After recounting Old Ancestor Kusong's life, the Taixuan Sect publicly revealed for the first time that the Demon Calamity would erupt several decades later, sending every city into an uproar.
In the days that followed, the various sects of the Great Cang Dynasty also announced the matter. Peace in the cultivation world had been shattered once again, and every cultivator felt the looming sense of crisis.
A Profound Heart Realm cultivator had already fallen. This calamity was even