Three days later.
Dao Tian Hall.
"Sect Master, corpses have been found strewn across nine major cities on the Azure Continent overnight. Every victim died after an unknown entity drained their blood."
Among them were Void Immortals, Integration Stage cultivators, and even a Great Cultivator from the Tribulation Crossing Stage. He was Cai Ji, the ancestor of the reclusive Cai Household in Huixi City.
We investigated the surrounding area and found no traces of battle. That means the entity responsible was far stronger than that Tribulation Crossing Great Cultivator, Cai Ji. My guess is that it was very likely a True Immortal-level powerhouse... The Azure Continent is already gripped by panic."
An elder stood in the middle of the main hall, reporting to Mu Taiyu.
Mu Taiyu rubbed his brow. "Does this unknown entity follow any pattern when it attacks?"
"It seems to have started at Blood Skull Mountain in the north and moved southward from city to city." The elder pondered for a moment. Suddenly, he seemed to think of something, and a trace of shock appeared in his eyes. "Could it be... the White Bone Demon Lord whom Old Ancestor Tingyue once suppressed beneath Blood Skull Mountain?!"
"That's most likely it." Mu Taiyu nodded. "All right, you may withdraw."
"Yes." The elder acknowledged the order and turned to leave. Halfway there, he stopped and said to Mu Taiyu, "Oh, right, Sect Master. Although the Cai Household was destroyed, the Cai Household's young lady, Cai Xiling, wasn't in Huixi City that day. She is currently staying temporarily at You Ran Mountain of our Dao Tian Sect."
"Mm." Mu Taiyu nodded.
After saying that, the elder left Dao Tian Hall.
Mu Taiyu, however, remained seated in the main hall, lost in thought. If the White Bone Demon Lord had truly