"Speak." Ai Cangsheng was sparing with words.
"Yes!" Xi nodded and recounted everything one by one. "There has been no movement at Siling Mountain... The Holy Palace's five great authorities are not led by the will of the Emberlight Lineage."
"Moon-Joining Immortal City in the Eastern Region and Desert Ridge in the Western Region have made no moves either. We are continuing to follow up."
"There is trouble within the Northern Region Heavenly Alliance, but it seems to be a minor disturbance caused by the Saint's fall in the Puxuan Jiang Clan. As for the specifics, and whether there are any additional circumstances, our people are still investigating."
"Half-Moon Residence in the Southern Domain remains unstable... Half-Moon Bay's secret realm is positioned too well for our forces to interfere, so they have remained in a half-provocative state, with little change from before."
"What bears mentioning is..."
The black-clad Xi paused, his eyes grave. "The entire Blackheart Fruit Clan of the Southern Domain vanished into thin air, including the Demi-Saint."
Demi-Saint Zang Ren? They had only just discussed him, and something had indeed happened... The Nine-Sacrifice Osmanthus spirit body looked slightly surprised. "They're all dead?"
"It does not seem like death. It is more like they collectively entered some secret-realm space," Xi said.
"Demi-Saint Zang Ren possesses a World-Swallowing Gu. If he swallowed his clansmen into the Gu's inner world and eliminated his worries behind him, that means it will not be long before he acts." Ai Cangsheng had the bigger picture firmly in hand. "What did your previous investigation uncover?"
Xi thought for a moment. "I tracked the Pavilion Master of Flower-Grass Pavilion in Half-Moon Residence and confirmed that they were connected to the Blackheart Fruit Clan's Demi-Saint."
"But I could only follow from afar. Once I saw them approach