It had to be said, the Heavenly Court established by the Heavenly Dao Palace in the Immortal Scar Realm was truly imposing!
Palaces stood beside palaces, linked by tier upon tier of heavenly stairways that rose straight into the clouds, carrying the grandeur of dominating heaven and earth and looking down upon all living beings. It was grandly named the Thirty-Six Heavens.
It could be called one of the most overbearing sights in the entire Immortal Scar Realm.
But now...
Three months after Earth Venerable Hun Tian, the Earth Venerable of the Heavenly Dao Palace, had been killed, an invisible dark cloud hung over this domineering spectacle.
From the Heavenly Venerables of the Heavenly Dao Palace down to the Human Venerables.
Every heart was filled with gloom.
Within the heavenly palace at the very highest level.
Heavenly Venerable Tai Shi, the Grand Heavenly Venerable of the Heavenly Dao Palace, sat there like a coiled dragon and crouching tiger, his bearing astonishing. It was as though his mere presence represented a stretch of heaven itself, his majesty profound and unquestionable.
Yet his expression was frighteningly ugly.
"Three months, and still not a shred of news?"
"Can't you even trace a single karmic remnant?"
"Do you know that because of this, our Heavenly Dao Palace and Heavenly Court have nearly become the laughingstock of the entire Immortal Scar Realm?"
"How many people are waiting to see us make fools of ourselves... no, people have been laughing at us from the very beginning."
"If we still fail to catch the murderer who ambushed and killed Earth Venerable Hun Tian, the prestige our Heavenly Dao Palace and Heavenly Court have built over countless years will be reduced to nothing!"
"Besides..."
Heavenly Venerable Tai Shi paused. "News has arrived from the Chaos Great Void. So