Crack!
The sound was faint, almost insignificant, yet it exploded through a towering hall in Silver Fox Star's Central Region like a clap of thunder.
At the center of the hall, a row of ancient, solemn soul tablets floated silently. Each belonged to one of Silver Fox Star's top Sages, their auras deep and their Dao Resonance enduring.
But now, the tablet engraved with armor patterns—the one belonging to the Armored Elderly Woman—suddenly filled with countless fine cracks. It shattered with a crash, dissolved into motes of True Light, and vanished without a trace.
A soul tablet shattered, its owner dead. That had never changed.
Two figures sprang to their feet. Their auras erupted, and the pressure of two Great Sages swept through the hall, reducing its tables, chairs, and furnishings to powder.
On the left stood a stern-faced man in a star-patterned brocade robe: Ye Xingjue, Star Lord of Silver Fox Star.
On the right stood the Plain-Robed Elder, dressed in a gray cloth robe, his hair and beard white. Together with the Old Woman and Ye Xingjue, he formed the three pillars of power on Silver Fox Star.
The two had been seated on opposite sides of the hall, cultivating in seclusion and studying fragments of the Demon Fox's Dao Fruit. They hoped to glimpse the secrets of the Heavenly Saints and break through to a higher realm, but the shattering tablet had jolted them awake.
When they saw which tablet had shattered, both their expressions changed drastically. Their pupils contracted, disbelief filling their faces before boundless fury and a biting Frost Aura took its place.
"Her soul tablet... shattered?!"
"How is that possible?"
"Who did this?"
The Plain-Robed Elder's voice trembled. Horror filled his face, and he could scarcely believe his eyes.
Ye Xingjue clenched his fists