Sacred Abyss.
A towering palace hovered in the sky. A white-haired old man walked out from within, and before him, one Heavenly Sovereign after another had gathered. At this moment, the gazes they cast toward the white-haired old man held reverence.
The white-haired old man before them looked like an ordinary elder, yet he was a Saint Grade expert. Though his fame was not prominent in the Great Thousand World, among the circles of Heavenly Sovereigns, his status was in no way inferior to the clan heads of the Five Ancient Clans, and was even a notch higher.
That was because the white-haired old man's identity was one of the foundation-level experts of the Great Thousand Palace. He held the position of Great Elder, and in the years when no Demon Subjugation King had been born, he and the other two Saint Grade experts of the Great Thousand Palace jointly oversaw the many affairs of that colossal entity, the Great Thousand Palace.
"The Martial Ancestor fell into the Sacred Abyss while protecting the Great Thousand. The Great Thousand Palace cannot shirk its duty."
There was a pained look in the white-haired old man's eyes. When news from the Sacred Abyss had arrived, the Great Thousand Palace had immediately set out, but they had failed to reach the Sacred Abyss before the Extraterritorial Evil Clan. Instead, because of the entanglement of a Heavenly Demon Emperor, they had been unable to break free. Though they had repelled him, they had missed the best moment for rescue.
No matter how many reasons there were, as a Saint Grade expert of the Great Thousand Palace, he felt guilt in his heart and thought himself too ashamed to face everyone from the Sacred Abyss.
However, no one placed all the blame on the Great Elder.