True Monarch Yu Hua's Inducement

Dugu Jian was the son-in-law he had favored—a Dual Spirit Root sword cultivator prodigy!

He was also the successor personally chosen by True Monarch Yu Hua!

Yet now, he was dead!

"Despicable Zhang Family! They must have used Fourth-grade Spirit Talismans to kill Dugu Jian!

Damn it!

I never imagined the Zhang Family possessed so many Fourth-grade Spirit Talismans!

It seems the Zhang Family obtained quite a few Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures from the Bihan Secret Realm!"

As he spoke, a flicker of greed surfaced in True Monarch Yu Hua's eyes!

In the past, with no hope of making a breakthrough, he had held little interest in sect authority or the struggles among the major powers.

But now, with the high-grade cultivation arts and high-grade spirit medicines acquired from the secret realm, the bottleneck that had plagued him for centuries had begun to loosen!

Breaking through to the Nascent Soul peak was already a foregone conclusion!

He could even strive for the Spirit Transformation Venerable realm, which had not appeared in the South Sea Immortal Continent for tens of thousands of years.

Once he succeeded, the entire South Sea Immortal Continent would be his alone to command!

His lifespan would soar to five thousand years!

Free and unfettered in this world!

Upon hearing of Dugu Jian's death, Sect Leader Luo Mingyu, standing beside him, felt a trace of delight rise in his heart.

As long as Dugu Jian lived, people would say that his position as Sect Leader had merely been handed to him by Dugu Jian!

Back then, Dugu Jian had been the sect's unquestioned leading figure.

His succession as Sect Leader had been inevitable.

Yet in order to prove to Chu Zhiwei that he was the only man worthy of her, Dugu Jian had resolutely entered seclusion