Qingling Region, where the mountain gate of the Shangqing Sect stood.
Crack! Crack! Crack!
Within the tranquil Soul Lantern Hall, more than a dozen crisp sounds of Soul Lanterns shattering suddenly rang out.
An elder of the Shangqing Sect stationed here froze where he stood.
More than a dozen Soul Lanterns belonging to Foundation Establishment Realm elders had gone out in succession?!
What major event had happened?
Before he could remain shocked for long, an even sharper sound of a Soul Lantern breaking rang out next!
Crack!
After confirming where that Soul Lantern's shattering sound had come from, his face filled with disbelief, and only then did he tremble as he rose to his feet.
He was certain that the sound just now had come from the stone platform where the ancestors' Soul Lanterns were placed!
"Impossible."
Muttering softly to himself, he rushed over in a panic.
Upon entering the deepest part of the Soul Lantern Hall, this elder of the Shangqing Sect who guarded the hall nearly fainted on the spot.
On a stone platform ahead, among the four Soul Lanterns that had once burned eternally bright, one had shattered and gone out!
"Something terrible has happened to Ancestor Xuanhe. Ancestor Xuanhe's Soul Lantern has gone out!"
"More than a dozen fellow sect elders also died just now!"
One stone stirred up a thousand waves. After nearly dominating the entire Qingling Region, the Shangqing Sect had not heard such dreadful news in a very long time!
The death of a powerful Core Formation Ancestor was absolutely a major event that could pierce the heavens!
Boom!
After receiving the news, all the upper ranks, including the Shangqing Sect's sect master and chief seat, gathered within the Soul Lantern Hall.
Their expressions were all exceedingly grave as they stared without blinking