East Heavenly King City.
Tonight was destined to be a sleepless night.
The Holy Spirit Guards swarming out of the Holy Spirit Hall completely ignored all the rules that normally governed the Royal City.
Squad after squad crossed the heavens, mobilizing with utmost urgency and striking with precision at the greatest powers throughout the Royal City.
"What happened?"
Everyone was alarmed.
Throne-level experts led the teams, their firepower unleashed in full.
Their mighty advance held nothing back. Majestic spiritual essence of every attribute swept over the major sects and factions.
Even Spirit Cultivators in secluded cultivation were startled out of their retreats.
As the local snakes of the Royal City, the various organizations and factions naturally had their own means of acquiring intelligence.
Before long, someone got the news.
"They've gone mad!"
"The Holy Spirit Hall has suddenly gone mad! They actually showed up at the doors of the greatest powers with search warrants, refusing to reason with anyone. At the slightest obstruction, blood was spilled on the spot!"
"The Great String Celestial Sect, Returning Sound Pavilion, and the like... had only just activated their sect-protecting Grand Formations and tried to argue their case."
"The Holy Spirit Hall didn't even have time for nonsense. They sent out Void-level experts directly and blasted apart the sect-protecting Grand Formation!"
"I heard Sect Master Leng Qi tried to resist, only to be strung up and interrogated while being beaten..."
Every sect, large and small, within the Royal City panicked.
All they could tell was that the Holy Spirit Hall had suddenly made a major move, seemingly preparing for a massive purge.
Yet no one could uncover the slightest clue as to why.
Rumors said that any sects with guilty consciences that merely tried to stall for time and probe into why the Holy