Over the Five Elements Palace territory, the heavens were pitch-black. Dao resonance, lightning, and the Power of Heaven and Earth gathered together, as though they might pour down at any moment like a river bursting through a breached dam.
Within the Five Elements Palace, everyone was gripped by panic. Countless disciples looked fearfully toward the great hall, their hearts filled with a hundred conflicting emotions. They had no idea what had happened to make so many peak experts radiate such intense resentment.
"Stay calm!"
Inside the great hall, Xing Yue raised a hand and waved it. An invisible field of force enveloped every high-ranking member.
The higher-ups forcibly suppressed the fury in their chests and gradually reined themselves in. Only then did the clouds of gloom above the Five Elements Palace slowly disperse, and the oppressive atmosphere vanished as well.
"Palace Master, please allow me to act at once and kill that thief."
Suddenly, a high-ranking member requested permission in a deep voice.
The next moment, as if setting off a chain reaction, nearly all the Five Elements Palace higher-ups began speaking, turning the hall into a noisy uproar.
"Let me do it. Perfect—he is still in the Black Nether Forbidden Land. Even if I must cast aside this old face, I will still execute him."
"Hmph... He dared impersonate our palace's chosen prodigy and seize our palace's inheritance. His crime is unforgivable!"
"Killing him would be letting him off too easily. Capture him and bring him back to the palace. Burn his soul with ten thousand fires and squeeze every secret out of him."
The higher-ups in the hall all spoke at once, reciting every cruel punishment in the Upper Realm.
Xing Yue listened throughout, without the slightest change in expression.
At last, he gave a light wave of