In a place where every blade of grass and tree had withered, the earth cracked open as though it had suffered beneath ten blazing suns, a figure shrouded head to toe in a hazy blood-red glow suddenly appeared. This was precisely where a Meng Family Grandmaster had struck not long ago.
The man lingered there, studying the scene for a long while before silently thinking,
"Judging by this, it must have been a Peak Grandmaster who acted. The divine art he cultivated is incomparably tyrannical; in an instant, it drained all the Worldly Power and inflicted devastation upon this place that will be difficult to recover from. Could it have been a Meng Family Grandmaster?"
This man was none other than Zhou Wangqiao, the Zhou Family's old ancestor and one of the aristocratic families allied in Lingwu City. He had once been the disciple of the vicious monk Hui Kong, but ultimately gained acceptance from the righteous path after betraying his master, settling down and multiplying in Lingwu City.
He, too, was a rare genius. He had escaped through feigned death, secretly hidden himself within the Zhou Family, cultivated demonic arts, and reached the Grandmaster realm. Had Meng Zhao not schemed against him and caused the Pudu Cult Master to come calling for a fierce battle, he might well have continued plotting and hiding away like some old scheming bastard.
At the same time, Meng Zhao and Zhou Wangqiao actually had several connections.
First, the Immovable Wisdom King Subduing Demon Great Hand Seal that Meng Zhao now cultivated originated from the Zhou Family founded by Zhou Wangqiao. It was their hereditary ultimate art.
The three martial arts split from the Immovable Wisdom King Subduing Demon Great Hand Seal represented the painstaking efforts of three generations of the Zhou Family. They