"Extinguish..."
Xun's voice drifted out from the Reincarnation Plate and echoed through the space.
"Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh..."
Extinguish swung the spear in his hand in a circle, then knelt in midair on one knee, his eyes filled with profound depth.
"My king."
He wore snow-white robes. His flowing, fine silver-gray hair fluttered behind him, and his handsome features were even three points more beautiful than a woman's.
Of the four—Extinguish, Annihilation, Slaughter, and Massacre—only Extinguish was a man. The other three were women.
Now that Extinguish had knelt in midair, Annihilation, Slaughter, and Massacre knelt as well.
Xun stared blankly at the four people inside the Reincarnation Plate and asked faintly, "Are you... all right?"
It was only a gentle greeting, yet the four bodies trembled slightly, and their thoughts drifted back to the past.
Seven hundred years ago, a heavenly phenomenon had descended upon the cosmos. The originally flawless Heavenly Dao had split open, and a corpse had fallen from within the fissure, eventually landing on Purple Profound Star.
Legend had it that it was the body of a True God...
The myriad races of the Upper Realm had sprung into action at the news, sending martial artists from their clans to Purple Profound Star to investigate the corpse's whereabouts. Because the matter was of extraordinary importance, Extinguish, Annihilation, Slaughter, and Massacre had been sent to Purple Profound Star.
That day, Xun had personally seen the four of them off from her Locking Sky Hall.
Although the trip to Purple Profound Star meant competing against experts from the various great clans, Xun had immense confidence in the four of them. Together, they could remain undefeated beneath the Celestial Venerable Realm.
Celestial Venerables rarely made a move in the cosmos, so this mission did not place much pressure on the