Wind and Cloud World, Heavenly Gate's main altar.
Divine Mother Luo Xian looked at the many subordinates below, who were panic-stricken and kneeling in a heap, and felt an unbearable headache. The aftermath of the Divine Dragon Island incident—the fallout from Di Shitian's death—was now erupting.
During the battle to slay the dragon on Divine Dragon Island, quite a few of Heavenly Gate's experts had survived to the end. Although Luo Xian and Huai Mie had constantly restrained Heavenly Gate's people after returning, the news had still inevitably leaked out.
Heavenly Gate was now like the former Underworld Society, flourishing at its peak and controlling the martial world. However, Di Shitian's deterrence had played a considerable part in that. Once news of his death leaked out—well, Heavenly Gate had been established for a thousand years. It would not be immediately besieged by all the martial sects.
But Di Shitian had left behind another major problem before his death. He had divided Di Shitian and Xu Fu into experts of the righteous and evil paths, making them fight each other like the left hand fighting the right. He had also cultivated many righteous-path experts.
After the Seven Martial Slayers of the Dragon, the seven dragon slayers returned to the Central Plains and brought back the news that Di Shitian and Xu Fu were the same person. The thunderclap secretly revealed by this news was absolutely immense. Among those deceived disciples was Xiao Yao, who had once helped Whispering Wind—a genuine expert who had lived for more than a hundred years.
With so many deceived experts joining forces to demand an explanation, and with Di Shitian having previously taken the initiative to inform them of many of Heavenly Gate's secrets, their grudge against Heavenly Gate was truly deep. Under these circumstances, Heavenly