Primordial Unity Golden Immortal

"There's something else here!"

Bi Xiao's crying stopped. She pointed to two more corpses on the other side and exclaimed.

Yun Xiao and Qiong Xiao hurried over.

In another pile of rubble, lay the bodies of two Daoists. One was young, the other slightly older, both dead in horrific ways.

The younger one had a bloody hole in his forehead; his Primordial Spirit had been instantly shredded, and his face still held an expression of extreme terror.

The elder one had his chest pierced by an incredibly domineering force, his heart and Primordial Spirit pulverized into dust.

"It's them! Xiao Sheng and Cao Bao!"

Qiong Xiao recognized them instantly. She had seen these two at a Myriad Immortals Assembly before.

"They... they're dead too?" Bi Xiao stared at the two corpses, looking dazed.

Things were becoming increasingly mysterious.

Yun Xiao crouched down and carefully examined the bodies.

"Killed in one blow, clean and swift. The attacker's cultivation is far above theirs," Yun Xiao's brow furrowed even tighter. "The strike that killed Xiao Sheng was condensed power, seemingly some kind of finger technique or sword energy. And the strike that killed Cao Bao..."

She looked at the horrifying wound on Cao Bao's chest, a flicker of familiarity in her eyes.

"This power... it's so familiar... it seems like..."

"It's the Sky-Turning Seal!" Qiong Xiao stated decisively from the side.

"The Sky-Turning Seal?" Bi Xiao exclaimed, "Isn't that Guangchengzi's magic treasure? How could it..."

"No." Yun Xiao stood up and shook her head. "Although this power shares the same origin as the Sky-Turning Seal, it's purer and more domineering. This isn't Guangchengzi's Sky-Turning Seal, but rather... the legendary artifact of the Heavenly Origin Sect's Deputy Sect Master, Daoist Randeng, the imitative Houtian Spiritual Treasure, the Heaven-Measuring Ruler formed from the Qiankun Ruler!"

"Daoist Randeng?!"

At the mention of this name, Qiong Xiao and Bi Xiao gasped.

If the Heavenly Origin Sect's Twelve Golden Immortals were hypocrites, then Daoist Randeng was notoriously known throughout the Primordial Era as a scheming old bastard – despicable, shameless, greedy, and cunning. He was someone even the Heavenly Origin Sect members themselves looked down upon.

"It was him? Why would he kill Xiao Sheng and Cao Bao?" Bi Xiao asked, confused.

Yun Xiao didn't answer. Her mind was racing, trying to connect these scattered clues.

The Western Teachings' Saint Zhunti.

The Heavenly Origin Sect's Daoist Randeng's aura.

The bodies of the Mount Wuyi rogue cultivators Xiao Sheng and Cao Bao, and their Treasure Dropping Golden Coins.

Her elder brother's demise.

What was the connection between all of this?

"I understand..."

After a long while, Yun Xiao looked up, a cold glint in her eyes, along with surging fury.

"Well done, Randeng! Well done, Heavenly Origin Sect! What a poisonous scheme of using a borrowed knife to kill, and then framing the Western Teachings!"

"Eldest Sister, what exactly do you understand?" Qiong Xiao and Bi Xiao asked urgently.

Yun Xiao took a deep breath and slowly explained her deductions.

"This is likely how it happened."

"Eldest Brother was in seclusion here and was found by Saint Zhunti, who coveted his magic treasures. Eldest Brother couldn't defeat him, his treasures were stolen, and he was gravely wounded."

"Just then, Daoist Randeng, who had been lurking in the shadows, incited Xiao Sheng and Cao Bao to use their Treasure Dropping Golden Coins to knock down the magic treasure Zhunti was about to obtain. Then, he himself seized the opportunity in the chaos to snatch Eldest Brother's Sea Calming Divine Beads and Qiankun Ruler!"

"In a fit of rage, Saint Zhunti, without bothering with the gravely wounded Eldest Brother or Xiao Sheng and Cao Bao, went all out to pursue and kill Randeng, who had stolen the treasures!"

"And Randeng, that despicable and shameless wretch, after escaping, quietly returned!"

"To silence witnesses, monopolize the treasures, and to shift all blame onto the Western Teachings, he then killed the only witnesses, Xiao Sheng and Cao Bao!"

"As for my Eldest Brother..." Yun Xiao's voice became filled with boundless sorrow and choked sobs, "He was already gravely wounded, his strength depleted. He probably... probably also died from a finishing blow by that beast Randeng!"

Yun Xiao's deduction, although differing in some details from the truth (such as Xiao Sheng and Cao Bao actively initiating the attack), logically connected all the clues perfectly and pointed to a single culprit—Daoist Randeng!

And all of this was the "truth" meticulously designed for them by Shen Zhaochi from behind the scenes!

"Randeng!!!"

After hearing Yun Xiao's analysis, Qiong Xiao and Bi Xiao's eyes blazed with fury, their surging killing intent almost tearing the sky apart!

"That despicable old thief! I will grind his bones to dust!!"

"Heavenly Origin Sect! It's the Heavenly Origin Sect again!"

They had finally found an outlet for their hatred over their Eldest Brother's death!

"Let's go!" Yun Xiao collected the Treasure Dropping Golden Coins from the ground, her eyes filled only with icy killing intent. "We're going to Xi Qi! Randeng is the Deputy Sect Master of the Heavenly Origin Sect, he must be there!"

"This time, I'll see how the Heavenly Origin Sect plans to give Eldest Brother an explanation!"