Qinghe Sect, Yanqing County, Qinghe Peak.
The mountain peaks stretched on, each one loftier than the last. Rolling white clouds surged like a river, flowing across the mountainsides.
Beyond the mountains lay the vast Yanqing River, winding downward to form Qinghe Peak's greatest moat.
Qinghe Sect's mountain gate was situated atop Qinghe Peak.
At that moment, inside the sect's ancestral hall, a cultivator stumbled and staggered as he rushed toward the sect's main hall within the mountain gate.
"Sect Master, something terrible has happened!" Qinghe Sect's Sect Master was Qingxi Real Person.
He was also one of the Nascent Soul seeds and had spent these years cultivating his body and spirit within the sect.
Seeing the disciple's panic, he immediately frowned.
"Why are you so flustered?"
"Reporting to Sect Master Old Ancestor, the soul slips of West King Old Ancestor, Old Ancestor Yun Mu, and even Zheng Old Ancestor have all shattered unexpectedly!" The disciple was speaking so quickly that his words were nearly indistinct.
One had to know that during the previous beast tide, when Sky Horse Pass had fallen, Qinghe Sect had lost only one Golden Core cultivator.
Yet this time, three had suddenly fallen. Clearly, something major had happened to the sect.
West King Real Person, in particular, had been one of Qinghe Sect's Nascent Soul seeds.
"Impossible. Even if Junior Brother West King was not among the strongest at the Golden Core Peak, Heavenly Saber Sect absolutely had no Golden Core cultivator capable of killing him—unless Heavenly Saber True Monarch personally acted!" Qingxi Real Person's face filled with disbelief.
Yet he also knew that this disciple could not possibly be lying.
He immediately flew out, arriving at the ancestral hall shortly afterward.
Within the brightly lit Soul Storage Altar, the soul slips of West King Real