Not only they, but countless other sects and factions across the other continents were shaken as well.
It was as though a meteor had plunged into the sea, whipping up storms and tsunamis.
Everyone was watching the situation at the Limitless Dao Palace.
Numerous figures observed from outside the Limitless Dao Palace, even mobilizing the informants they had planted within it to pay special attention to the matter.
Yet even after the palace master waited for half a month in the forbidden grounds behind the Limitless Dao Palace, their ancestor gave no response.
The news sparked heated discussion among the leaders of the various sects.
"Could the Limitless Ancestor be dead?"
"He's a Loose Immortal. How could he die so easily?"
"It's hard to say. Loose Immortals are formed when great vehicle cultivators fail to transcend tribulation and abandon their bodies. Hidden injuries and complications are inevitable. Perhaps the ancestor was gravely wounded after becoming a Loose Immortal and remained in seclusion all this time, but has actually already died."
"Otherwise, why wouldn't he come out after so long? The sect's strongest fighters have all been killed. It makes no sense, does it?"
At the Nine Heavens Sword Pavilion, atop Hanging Sword Peak.
Several pavilion elders whose auras soared into the sky sat around a massive Sword-Testing Stone. Even the sword marks on its surface seemed to hum faintly from their fierce
clashes of divine sense.
"Not a sound for half a month, and not even a response to that old fellow Xuan Yin's personal pleas. This is anything but normal!" one elder declared firmly. "In my opinion, that old bastard Limitless has long since died in those forbidden grounds!"
Another said, "The Limitless Dao Palace has ten thousand years of accumulated resources. Could they really have no way to