The Tree Starry Sky was home to countless cultivators. Half-Ancestors didn't only come from the Great Families and major sects; occasionally, one emerged from among Rogue Cultivators or from a smaller family or sect. Every time someone became a Half-Ancestor, the Four Sides Heavenly Balance would try to recruit them. Those it couldn't recruit were assigned to the Backside Battlefield. That was how the Four Sides Heavenly Balance operated, much like the Star Alliance.
But they didn't dare go too far with Half-Ancestors.
Wu Yao was a Rogue Cultivator, ruthless and bloodthirsty. Countless corpses littered his path to cultivation. He had joined the Cold Immortal Sect of his own accord. Otherwise, he would surely have been sent to the Backside Battlefield to fight to the death.
Long Ke fixed his gaze on Wu Yao. "This has nothing to do with me."
Wu Yao replied in a low voice, "Patriarch Wang Zheng can testify. The sect master disappeared, and you were involved."
Long Ke turned his gaze to Wang Zheng.
Wang Zheng stepped forward. "Brother Long, I saw you return from outside Wangyu with my own eyes. You were injured, too. Before that, Senior Food God can confirm that you left with Sect Master Bai Teng."
Long Ke said in a low voice, "I did leave with Bai Teng, but I didn't do anything to him. I don't even know how I got back."
"Ridiculous. Do you believe your own words, Patriarch Long?" Wu Yao scoffed.
Long Ke felt aggrieved. He truly didn't know how he had returned. His last memory was of Bai Teng vanishing; he couldn't remember anything else. By the time he came to, he was back in Wangyu—and injured.
What had happened? Who had attacked him? Had Bai Teng disappeared, too?
"Wang Zheng, did you see me