Witch Tower Forbidden Ground, the True Saints' Arrival

The First Mountain Lord's tone had been utterly devoid of emotion, yet Han Yi had clearly sensed something unusual in those words.

Sword Demon Witch was a high-level Celestial Venerable. Among the Twelve Demon Witches he belonged to, the strongest had even surpassed Celestial Venerables. If that supreme Demon Witch knew how to deal with the Dao Tomb, he would most likely have told him. Yet he had not. Either this matter truly had no solution, or the solution was something that even he, a high-level Celestial Venerable, had no right to know.

The secret involved in this matter had to run exceedingly deep.

Han Yi did not dwell on it.

After a moment of silence, he continued asking, "Have the other Celestial Venerables gathered at the Dao God Sect all returned as well?"

The First Mountain Lord nodded. "They have all left."

"Eight years ago, the sixth group of Celestial Venerables completed their deductions. However, the conclusion of those deductions was not made known to outsiders. Only those few existences knew it."

"Afterward, the Dao God Sect dismissed the gathered Celestial Venerables."

"Unfortunately, Eldest Brother left early and did not wait until the end, so he could not tell us the conclusion."

Han Yi's heart turned solemn at those words.

The Eldest Brother mentioned by the First Mountain Lord was most likely the strongest of the Twelve Demon Witches—the Demon Witch who had surpassed Celestial Venerables.

His expression suddenly hardened.

If all the Celestial Venerables had returned, that meant the several Palace Lords of the True Saint Palace would be returning as well.

Han Yi did not have many enemies in the chaos, but the True Saint Palace was indisputably one of them. His battle against Daoist Su Xi, who wielded the Great True Saint Sword, must have long