Li Qingyun tentatively carved away at the Xia Clan's interests on Myriad Origin Star, taking forty percent of their source essence mines.
Several days passed, yet he encountered neither backlash nor retaliation.
Xia Su and Xia Meng, however, left Myriad Origin Star with bleak expressions and never returned. Only Xia Yuji remained behind for the time being to hold the fort.
This surprised him somewhat.
As far as he knew, the Xia Clan normally had two or three Myriad Heng Level patriarchs who remained awake at all times.
As for Xia Cheng Ye, who was hailed as invincible, he was young enough that he did not need to enter eternal slumber and could patrol the myriad universes continuously.
"Could it be that the Xia Clan is still wary of my identity as a Sacrifice Master?"
At the top level of the tower palace, Li Qingyun was sitting in cultivation when his heart suddenly stirred. He opened his eyes and looked toward his right palm.
The Vertical Eye Talisman Pattern on his palm had already faded greatly. Its vertical eye was tightly shut, like an ordinary design.
Yet at this moment, Li Qingyun felt an abrupt itch where the vertical eye lay.
After staring at it briefly and making calculations on his fingers, he cried out in surprise.
"Xi Yixian suddenly died!"
Immediately afterward, he sensed a new turn of events through the vertical eye.
"Ji Leng has fallen too!"
Within the span of two breaths, two failed Sacrifice Masters—Xi Yixian and Ji Leng—had died one after another, their bodies and Dao vanishing.
Neither the backing of the Eternal Ji Clan nor the Xi Clan's protection of their entire bloodline had preserved their lives.
Li Qingyun instantly sensed that this mysterious Sacrifice Master ritual was violently driving something forward. The deaths