Inside the palace.
Withered Wood True Lord sat in the seat of honor, red dust incense smoke drifting before his face and obscuring his expression.
Mad Sword True Lord, sect master of Suspended Mountain, narrowed his eyes. "They're dead, and the Soul Thought Flowers were taken by Qi Yuan?"
Below, Elder Li Xiao nodded.
Kang Fulu did the same. Thinking of something, he added, "Most likely, Junior Brother Qi Yuan killed them and took the Soul Thought Flowers. There should have been around three hundred."
After returning from the Sky Dragon Immortal Realm, Li Xiao and Kang Fulu had rushed without pause to see the sect master and report everything that had happened within the Secret Realm.
"Three hundred Red Demon Seed death warriors, with at least a hundred Core Formation cultivators among them..." Mad Sword True Lord did not finish his sentence.
The news was simply too shocking.
Even a late-stage Core Formation cultivator would not have been able to accomplish such a thing.
Yet Qi Yuan was clearly only at Foundation Establishment.
"Could it be that the Red Sword Sect never planted Red Demon Seeds in those death warriors?" The Great Shang Empress, dressed in a light violet phoenix robe, revealed a trace of suspicion on her jade-fair face.
"If that were the case, it could explain it... but without planting Red Demon Seeds, how would the old emperor's grand plan succeed?" Mad Sword True Lord voiced his doubts.
Withered Wood True Lord remained seated in the place of honor, silent all along, no one knowing what he was contemplating.
At last, he said thoughtfully, "Have you still not found a way to enter the Land of Sunken Coffins? If we find it, everything will become clear."
Elder Li Xiao shook his head. "I fear only the Red