Yue Guanshan looked at Yue Qingying and the others and said bitterly, "That's the truth. The Tianjue Hall really did send an envoy to issue an Imperial Edict naming Demon Emperor Lei Li the Emperor of the Northern Domain. And..."
He paused, gritted his teeth, and continued, "Moreover, because our ancestor refused to submit, the envoy from Tianjue Hall subdued him. The envoy also killed all ten-odd Tribulation True Monarchs of our clan!"
"Besides our clan, the other Five Great Imperial Clans have all submitted to the Heavenly Demon Clan. We only learned of this because the Wind Clan's patriarch remembered the generations of friendship between our clans and risked sending someone to inform us."
"Furthermore, Demon Emperor Lei Li will hold his official enthronement ceremony tomorrow in the City of Ten Thousand Demons!"
At these words, Yue Qingying and the others froze again.
"H-how could this happen?!"
"O-our ancestor... was subdued by the envoy from Tianjue Hall, and all ten-odd of our clan's Tribulation True Monarchs were killed by that envoy? Th-this..."
Yue Qingying stood there with her mouth open, utterly bewildered.
The others were no better.
To them, the news was like a bolt from the blue.
Especially since Ning Wangshu's arrival had given them hope of ending the turmoil caused by the Heavenly Demon Clan for good. He had single-handedly killed the Heavenly Demon Clan's three demon kings and wiped out the millions-strong army that had invaded.
But before they had even had time to savor their relief, this devastating news had suddenly arrived. How could the people of the Silvermoon Clan accept it?
Yue Qingying and the others knew all too well what kind of place Tianjue Hall was.
Even with Ning Wangshu here, they didn't think he alone could stand against Tianjue Hall.
After all,