On the day the battle at Wind Snow Mountain in Carefree Continent ended.
Spirit Travel Continent, Immeasurable Emperor Palace.
"Did Grandmaster really... perish?"
Someone spoke in a trembling voice.
The entire Immeasurable Emperor Palace was now shrouded in gloom. Everyone was terrified, like children who had lost their parents.
The pillar supporting a Heavenly Emperor-level force was its Heavenly Emperor.
When a Heavenly Emperor died, to a Heavenly Emperor-level force, it was no different from the sky collapsing!
The authority, prestige, and territories they had once enjoyed and controlled would all crumble and fall apart!
"Impossible, absolutely impossible! Today, who knew how many Grand Dao Phenomena appeared in the depths of the heavens. Could it be that all those Heavenly Emperors died?"
Someone spoke firmly. "Do not panic, everyone. There must be some hidden mystery here that we do not know about!"
Though that was said, the entire Immeasurable Emperor Palace remained trapped in a suffocating atmosphere of panic and unease.
Seeing this, the sect leader personally stepped forward to soothe everyone. "Do not forget, Huang Ting Grotto-heaven is still here! If Grandmaster had perished, our ancestral court would have long since been destroyed!"
His voice spread throughout the sect.
Everyone froze. Before they could recover their senses, the entire Huang Ting Grotto-heaven shattered like an eggshell smashed by a colossal hammer, exploding into countless fragments!
The grotto-heaven collapsed, mountains crumbled, and this secret realm blessed land, reputed to be among the finest in the world, was reduced to ruins in an instant.
Amid the billowing dust, cries of agony rose one after another.
The sect leader and those great figures all stood there blankly, their bodies covered in dust, their faces filthy and disheveled.
Yet none of them could spare any thought for such things.
Their hearts were filled