When news of the Stone Clan's complete disappearance spread across the Central Plains, Xiao Ze was at the Nine Heavens Alliance headquarters, overseeing battle reports. The Purifying Lotus Demon Flame flickered suddenly at his fingertip, and a cold glint flashed in his eyes.
No one else knew where the Stone Clan had gone, but he knew full well. The Hun Clan had to be behind it.
Just as with the Spirit Clan's disappearance all those years ago, a vast conspiracy lay hidden behind the Hun Clan's actions. Hun Tiandi sought to use the entire Central Plains to secure his throne!
But Xiao Ze now possessed the strength of an eight-star Dou Sheng. He wouldn't stand by and let Hun Tiandi's scheme succeed!
He had to find a way to raise his strength to nine-star, then return to Jia Nan Academy...
Meanwhile, the standoff between the Soul Hall and the Nine Heavens Alliance was finally broken.
A blood-red challenge letter had been delivered to the Alliance headquarters. It had come from the Soul Hall.
In Serenity Garden at the Nine Heavens Alliance headquarters, a stone pavilion stood beside the lake, and a breeze rippled across its surface.
Xiao Ze stood in the pavilion with his hands behind his back, his gaze resting on the blood-red letter on the stone table before him. Its edges looked stained with dried blood, and a chilling aura of blood and Soul Qi seeped from it.
"The Soul Hall really did choose the most direct approach."
Yao Lao stood nearby, lightly resting a hand on the edge of the stone table. His expression was grave, yet tinged with a hint of bemusement.
"Still, the letter is addressed entirely to you. That's somewhat unexpected."
Xiao Chen leaned against a pavilion pillar, Blood Axe in hand. The blade