"The Beast God..."
The blood-soaked disciple stared at Li Xiaoyu, who had rushed to his side, his eyes filled with boundless terror.
"The Beast God... has resurrected!"
The Beast God had resurrected?
Before they could recover from the earth-shattering news, the heavy doors of Jade Purity Hall burst open.
Sect Leader Daoist Daoxuan and the Chief Seats of the various peaks emerged from the hall, their expressions grave.
In their hands were blood-red messenger talismans. They had clearly already heard the terrible news.
"Xiaoyu, Xueqi, you're back."
Daoist Daoxuan looked at them. Even his usually calm, dignified face was now shrouded in gloom that would not lift.
"Come inside first. We'll talk there."
Li Xiaoyu and Lu Xueqi nodded, supported the seriously wounded disciple, and hurried into Jade Purity Hall.
The atmosphere in the hall was so oppressive it was hard to breathe.
Daoist Daoxuan sat upon the Sect Leader's throne, his face so dark it seemed water might drip from it.
The Chief Seats below wore equally grave expressions and remained silent.
"Speak. What exactly happened?"
Daoist Daoxuan looked at the disciple whose injuries Li Xiaoyu had temporarily stabilized with Wood Vitality, and asked in a hoarse voice.
The disciple struggled to his feet, then fell to his knees before them all.
His voice still quavered with uncontrollable fear.
"Reporting to Sect Leader and the Chief Seats."
"Half a month ago, deep in the Hundred Thousand Mountains of the Southern Border, the Ancient Demon-Suppressing Cave, where legend said the Beast God was sealed, suddenly erupted with a towering tide of baleful energy."
"That baleful energy blotted out the sky, dyeing the whole Southern Border red."
"Soon after, a mysterious Lich who called himself the Beast God Envoy appeared among the Five Tribes of the Southern Border."
"With his supreme