Southern Heaven Continent.
Cloudlink Mountain.
Inside the Xu Family's Secret Realm, a crowd of Xu Family cultivators gathered together, terrified and uneasy.
"Why has the Earth Immortal ancestor's life lamp gone out?"
"The life lamps of our many Void Insight Realm ancestors, Spirit Transformation Realm experts, and Nascent Soul Realm cultivators have all gone out too."
"They were all taken away by the Earth Immortal ancestor. What could possibly have happened to wipe them out completely?"
When the lamp went out, its owner was dead.
Every cultivator in the Xu Family knew that.
For the Xu Family, this was no less than the sky collapsing.
Their Earth Immortal ancestor was dead, along with their many Void Insight, Spirit Transformation, and Nascent Soul Realm cultivators.
The Xu Family had now been reduced to little more than an empty shell.
Among the cultivators present, fewer than ten were in the Spirit Transformation Realm, and fewer than twenty were in the Nascent Soul Realm.
For a Longevity Aristocratic Family whose legacy stretched back untold tens of thousands of years,
this was practically the extermination of their entire lineage.
One cultivator at the perfected Spirit Transformation Realm stepped forward, his expression grave.
He was Xu Da, the current head of the Xu Family.
"Listen carefully, all of you. As family head, I order everyone to swear a Heavenly Dao Oath. You must not let a single word of today's events get out."
"If the other Longevity Aristocratic Families and immortal cultivation powers learn that our Xu Family no longer has even one Void Insight Realm expert, it could shake our very foundations."
The Xu Family cultivators present nodded silently. None dared disobey their family head's order, and each swore a Heavenly Dao Oath.
Immediately afterward, Xu Da made a series of further arrangements.
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