The current Palace Lord, Wei Litian, had died in battle! For any sect, the death of its leader was enough to shake the foundations of its people, leaving hearts unsettled and morale in the doldrums.
After the Nascent Soul Ancestor of Soaring Heavens Palace announced this news before the assembled crowd, the hundred-plus Foundation Establishment cultivators who had been watching the battle, along with the tens of thousands of Qi Refining disciples below, all stood there dazed for a long while.
Even Luo Qian was momentarily lost. Wei Litian had been an unparalleled genius of Soaring Heavens Palace, forming his Golden Core in less than two hundred years. Though he had still failed to step onto the great path of the Nascent Soul, his profound cultivation technique had made him nearly invincible among Golden Core cultivators. Since the outbreak of the great war in the Cultivation Realm, Wei Litian had slain no small number of enemy cultivators, playing a vital role in stabilizing the situation at Soaring Heavens Palace.
Back when Lu Xiaotian, Luo Qian, and the others were still in the Qi Refining stage, Wei Litian had already been the Palace Lord of Soaring Heavens Palace. He had ruled Soaring Heavens Palace for several centuries, yet now even he had fallen amid this great melee that had engulfed the Cultivation Realm. It was plain to see just how bloody and devastating the battle at Heaven Sword Mountain had become.
"Palace Lord!"
"Palace Lord!"
"Palace Lord!"
Yet at this moment, the tens of thousands of Qi Refining disciples and the Foundation Establishment disciples of Soaring Heavens Palace showed not the slightest trace of dejection. Wei Litian was gone, but Heaven had sent an even more outstanding Palace Lord before them. With a flick of his fingers, he had annihilated six