Taiming's Samsara

The moment these words were spoken, the entire venue fell silent.

Then came wave after wave of astonished questions and bewildered exchanges.

—What exactly did Miao Yunying mean by that?

—What True Demon of Taiming? What Heavenly Will Da Chen? What does any of this have to do with our Mingjing Sect's grand competition?

Just as the words implied.

Without a sound, more than half the True Persons and True Monarchs atop the Nine Halls vanished in an instant. Only Chenyinzi, Yepo, and True Monarch Yangui remained.

Biying, Puming, Fujing, and True Monarch Yulun had all disappeared.

Chenyinzi was not at all surprised by this. He merely rose to his feet and said to the solemn-faced Yepo and the stunned, at-a-loss Yangui, "It is time to prepare. Yangui, forgive me for hiding this from you for so long, but it was to prevent the news from leaking—and to observe whether any remnants of the Heavenly Demon's corruption still remained in you."

As he spoke, Chenyinzi pointed a finger at Yangui. Yangui raised a hand to receive it, and immediately felt an incomparably vigorous life force heal every hidden injury left behind by the Heavenly Demon's corruption.

This vast vitality was coming from Chenyinzi, who had originally been on the verge of exhausting his lifespan? True Monarch Yangui's eyes widened as he stared at the other man in disbelief. Then, at that very moment, a secret message concealed within that life force told him everything.

"What?!"

He cried out, "The sect actually...?!"

At the same time.

Mingjing Sect, beneath Yuansha Peak, within a dark Netherworld passage.

Kan Youli and the other Taiming Sect envoys were hidden here, waiting in silence.

A single day was not difficult to endure. Kan Youli had already healed from his injuries and was now seated cross-legged