Turbulent Winds and Clouds

"What? Impossible!"

Inside a quiet room within the Sun Moon Divine Cult, Cult Master Jian Qianxiong, who had been sitting cross-legged in meditation, was so startled by the contents of a Talisman Signal that he abruptly rose to his feet, his face filled with horror.

This Talisman Signal had come from Ye Zhen. Its contents were brief, yet every sentence was earth-shattering.

"Myriad Stars Tower Master Yan Cong is dead. Palace Opening Realm King-level patron Du has died, and Palace Opening Realm King-level patron Qing Yu has also perished, body and soul extinguished. Of the eight chief stewards within Myriad Stars Tower, six have already died. They are now leaderless and in utter chaos. Men can be dispatched ahead of time to seize the various martial cities and marketplaces controlled by Myriad Stars Tower, gaining the initiative!"

Just a few sentences, a little over a hundred words, made Jian Qianxiong's scalp tingle.

Under normal circumstances, he would never have believed—or dared believe—the contents of this Talisman Signal, because he understood all too well what it represented.

The Tower Master and patrons had been slain, while six of the eight high-ranking chief stewards had been killed. This practically meant that Myriad Stars Tower of Qinglan Martial Capital had been wiped out.

Yet Jian Qianxiong could not help but believe it, because of one detail.

The intelligence division of the Sun Moon Divine Cult had put considerable effort into investigating the other four major powers of Qinglan Martial Capital. Myriad Stars Tower was naturally no exception.

On the surface, Myriad Stars Tower only had one publicly known King-level patron at the third level of the Palace Opening Realm. However, according to secret intelligence, Jian Qianxiong knew that Myriad Stars Tower had another hidden and immensely powerful King-level patron of the Palace Opening