Lin Bai had just walked out of the Apex Celestial Palace when the battle between Gong Jian and Wu Xianjun was decided.
Wu Xianjun had been battered by Gong Jian until he was covered in wounds and forced back again and again. Gritting his teeth, he hardened his heart and severed all his Dao Heart Stones, leaving only one for himself to stand on before fleeing at top speed.
When Gong Jian saw Wu Xianjun sever the other Dao Heart Stones and escape, he had intended to pursue and kill him. But then he thought that since Wu Xianjun had been defeated, his Dao Heart Stone would be enough. He immediately turned around and charged into the Apex Celestial Palace.
The moment Gong Jian entered the Apex Celestial Palace, he was dumbfounded.
The three treasures placed on the long table had almost all vanished without a trace.
"How is this possible?" Gong Jian stood before the table and said in disbelief, "Even if Junior Brother Qing Luo had entered just now, he should only have been able to take one treasure. Why are all three treasures gone?"
Gong Jian thought it over again and again, but he had not sensed any sign or aura of heavenly thunder descending within the Apex Celestial Palace. Thus, he concluded that Lin Bai had taken only one treasure. If Lin Bai had taken all three treasures, heavenly thunder should have been drawn down.
"Could someone have entered the Apex Celestial Palace faster than us?" Gong Jian could not make head or tail of it. After remaining silent for a long while, he searched the Apex Celestial Palace carefully once more. Finding nothing, he finally left the palace dejectedly.
After Gong Jian walked out of the palace, the battle between Jiang Xuansu and Murong Chuan