Seeing the elder in charge of Frost Condensation Mountain explode into a mist of blood before their eyes, the Miaochuan Sect elders behind him all froze.
These elders of the Miaochuan Sect were all Spirit 통 Realm cultivators.
Compared with Immortal Cultivators of the preceding four realms, the strength of their Spiritual Sense had undergone a qualitative leap.
And this improvement in their Spiritual Sense naturally manifested in their reaction speed and agility of thought—
A Wanhua Realm cultivator.
Ni Hai was actually a Wanhua Realm cultivator!
But how was that possible?
Everyone knew that Ni Hai was not entrusted with important duties in the sect, for a reason that could be traced back to a mistake he had made over a hundred years ago.
A hundred years ago, Ni Hai had been the Miaochuan Sect's Ritual Elder. His standing in the sect could even have been said to exceed that of the elders in charge of its various peaks.
Only after his negligence had caused a mishap at the Miaochuan Sect's millennial ceremony had the course of his life taken a drastic turn.
Although it had been unintentional, it had cost Ni Hai all the trust of the Miaochuan Sect's Sect Master, the Guiyi Realm cultivator Xuan Huaihan.
After that, Ni Hai had been pushed to the margins of the Miaochuan Sect.
For over a hundred years, Ni Hai had held no real authority within the sect. The cultivation resources he ordinarily received amounted to nothing more than the minimum allotment of spirit stones available to a Spirit 통 Realm cultivator.
A hundred years ago, Ni Hai had been a middle Spirit Passage Realm cultivator.
No matter how they looked at it, the cultivation resources he received from the sect alone could never have allowed him to become a