Great Emperor Disappeared

"Aren't you afraid of the Patriarch making a move? The Patriarch is a powerhouse at the Cycle Great Perfection!" the middle-aged man roared, though his heart was filled with bitterness.

"Heh, if it were him at his peak, our three families certainly wouldn't dare. But he failed to break through to the Feather Ascension Realm, his cultivation fell to the Cycle Late Stage, and he's severely injured. If we don't act now, when will we?"

"You should worry about yourselves."

The gap between enemies and allies was quite large, and soon only Wang Xinya and the middle-aged man remained among the Wang Family cultivators.

Just as the two were in despair, a figure descended from the sky: "Hold!"

Meng Zilang saw that it was just a cultivator in the Spirit Channeling Early Stage and didn't pay much attention. He casually sent out two cultivators in the Spirit Channeling Mid Stage to deal with this meddlesome brat.

However, in the next moment, the two Spirit Channeling Mid Stage cultivators were sent flying back just as quickly as they had arrived.

Meng Zilang saw that Lin Tian had activated the first form of the Demon God Core, his strength comparable to the Cycle Early Stage.

With a few moves, he killed all the other cultivators except Meng Zilang and then used the Life Creation Art to absorb energy.

"Fellow Daoist, a misunderstanding, a misunderstanding." Lin Tian was unmoved and punched Meng Zilang to death.

"Senior, please save our Wang Family!"

The Immortal Family, the Zhou Family.

Upon returning to the Zhou Family, Zhou Qiongtian issued an order and a wanted notice. Anyone who found Lin Tian's whereabouts would receive generous rewards from the Zhou Family.

However, there was one condition: absolutely no one was to attack Lin Tian.

The forces of the Central Region were in an uproar. This was a great opportunity to curry favor with the Zhou Family. Many forces took action, dispatching disciples to search for Lin Tian.

Zhou Qiongtian's haul this time included over ten top-grade Spirit Stones and a Feather Ascension Realm Puppet. These were nothing, of course. The most important thing was the tens of thousands of Destiny Points.

Zhou Qiongtian opened the System Shop, and a panel appeared before him with various categories: Cultivation Method Zone, Treasure Zone, Pill Zone, Divine Ability Zone, and so on.

Zhou Qiongtian realized his own lack of strength; he had almost been defeated by Lin Tian, who was only in the Spirit Aperture Late Stage.

Zhou Qiongtian directly clicked into the Pill Zone. Everything was blurry and indistinct, likely due to insufficient Destiny Points. By the time he reached the page where he could afford items with ten thousand points, he had already flipped through countless pages.

[Host, you can directly jump.]

Zhou Qiongtian's mouth twitched. "It's fine, I enjoy flipping pages."

"Any recommendations?"

[Breakthrough Pill: Can break through one minor realm below the Feather Ascension Realm, costs 5,000 Destiny Points.]

[Lesser Immaculate Pill: Can remove half of the impurities in the body, costs 10,000 Destiny Points.]

[Spirit Gathering Pill: Can increase cultivation speed by three times, lasts for three days, costs 5,000 Destiny Points.]

[...]

Most of these pills were available in the Zhou Family, but some made Zhou Qiongtian's eyes light up.

Especially the Lesser Immaculate Pill. He had never heard of such a pill before. There were pills that could remove impurities, but none that could remove half.

Moreover, consuming too many of those pills would lead to drug resistance, but the Lesser Immaculate Pill apparently had no such side effect.

Wait, if there was a Lesser Immaculate Pill, then was there an Immaculate Pill, or even a Greater Immaculate Pill?

Zhou Qiongtian flipped further and indeed, there was.

[Immaculate Pill: Can remove all impurities from the body, costs: 100,000 Destiny Points.]

Zhou Qiongtian immediately redeemed a Lesser Immaculate Pill but didn't use it in a hurry. He had only started cultivating recently and had consumed few pills. Using the Lesser Immaculate Pill now would be a waste.

Zhou Qiongtian immediately sat cross-legged in the training room and began to cultivate, throwing pills into his mouth as if they were free. His cultivation rapidly increased.

Seven days later, a piece of news sent the entire Zhou Family into turmoil!

The Shadow Continent had encountered an unprecedented natural disaster: the Great Unity Wind!

The Great Unity Wind ranked among the top three most devastating natural disasters!

Anyone or anything touched by the Great Unity Wind would dissipate into a gust of wind, vanishing into the heavens and earth.

In the past, a Supreme Great Perfection expert on the Azure World had triggered a Heavenly Tribulation to break through to the Great Emperor realm, and the Great Unity Wind had appeared!

This Supreme Great Perfection expert was once one of the strongest on the Azure World, yet he had no power to resist the Great Unity Wind. His body and soul turned into a gust of wind and vanished into the heavens and earth.

The Great Unity Wind that struck the Shadow Continent this time was unprecedented in scale. Half of the Shadow Continent had directly vanished.

The strongest expert on the Shadow Continent, the Shadow Great Emperor, and the strongest on the Azure World, the Savage Great Emperor, both went missing.

Although it was unknown if Great Emperor powerhouses could withstand the Great Unity Wind, they had to prepare for the worst.

The Zhou Family's higher-ups did not know if the Savage Great Emperor was still alive because he had not left a soul lamp in the Zhou Family.

As for the Zhou Family's two Supreme Beings and ten Saint Kings, their soul lamps left in the Zhou Family had completely extinguished!

This was absolutely devastating news for the Zhou Family!

With the Savage Great Emperor unreachable, the Zhou Family's higher-ups had prepared for the worst, believing the Savage Great Emperor might be dead!

The fall of two Supreme Beings and ten Saint King Great Perfection powerhouses had greatly weakened the Zhou Family.

Originally, the Zhou Family had five Supreme Beings, but now they only had three. Although they were still the number one force on the Azure World, they no longer possessed overwhelming strength.

The Zhou Family had held the position of overlord on the Azure World for too long, accumulating too many resources, which had drawn envy.

If other super-forces learned of this news, they would rush over like wolves smelling food, attempting to tear flesh from the Zhou Family's bones.

In the Zhou Family's main hall, the Patriarch's seat was empty, while many high-ranking members of the Zhou Family below engaged in heated discussion.

"What do we do? What do we do? We can't contact the Patriarch. Could it be that the Patriarch has truly fallen?"

"Don't jump to conclusions. The Patriarch is immensely powerful, a Great Emperor, and would not fall easily. What we need to do now is figure out how to deal with the predicament the Zhou Family is currently facing!"

"Third Elder is right. The Zhou Family must not panic or show any weakness, as that would only make other super-forces more suspicious."

"What we need to do is conceal the news with all our might. Only we people know this information right now. We absolutely cannot tell anyone else to avoid causing unnecessary panic!"

"Then what about the Patriarch's children? Should we tell them?"

"Absolutely not. If they knew, they might reveal a weakness. The fewer people who know about this, the better. We will act as if the Patriarch is still out conquering."

"Besides us, no one else should know this news, as they cannot penetrate the barriers between continents."

"What if they find out anyway? What do we do then?"

"Ridiculous! Does our Zhou Family fear them? With the contingencies the Patriarch left behind, we'll kill every one of them who comes, and that's not even mentioning that our Zhou Family still has three Supreme Beings, countless Saints, and Saint King powerhouses!"

"Our Zhou Family is still the number one force on the Azure World!"