Xiao Yuan saw Luo Wu rise abruptly, his expression transformed, the word "Master" on his lips.
Xiao Yuan's expression shifted.
Master?
Could it be the Nine Extremes Saint Venerable?!
Xiao Yuan had not been born in that era.
But through the Six Paths, he had glimpsed fragments of memory.
The Sacred Star had reached its peak under the Nine Extremes Saint Venerable.
He had founded the Nine Extremes Sect and taught anyone willing to learn!
The Six Paths, Seven Stars, and Eight Fiends could all be counted as half-disciples of the Nine Extremes Saint Venerable. All had benefited from his guidance!
But after "that battle"...
The Nine Extremes Saint Venerable had vanished along with a terrifying enemy, and the Sacred Star had fled into the distance!
The name Nine Extremes had become taboo!
Some unknown force seemed to have erased it, leaving it to fade from memory!
That was why the Outer Sacred Palace spoke of the All Saints as only the Seven Stars, Eight Fiends, and Luo Wu.
The more people who knew, the easier it was to become entangled in Karma and invite calamity!
"Master really is still alive!"
"That power must have done this deliberately."
Even Luo Wu lost his composure, his expression turbulent and conflicted!
Did Su Ye's visit to the Taiqing Hall ruins draw Master's attention through Karma?
He pondered the possibility.
Then his gaze returned to the Eternal Gate before him.
He sighed.
The source of all evil!
And a source of hope, too!
"It's because of Su Ye, isn't it?" Xiao Yuan's resonant voice rang through the silent space.
Luo Wu made no attempt to hide it. He nodded. "Yes. My junior brother must have stirred Master's awareness."
Curiosity shone in the Six Paths' eyes as he said:
"Perhaps Su Ye will bring