With a gloomy gaze, Ling Wangjiao continued...
"The portion of Nine Heavens blood essence left behind in the Vast Sea Heaven-Soaring Imperial Family branch was also stolen and absorbed."
"What a coincidence..."
"By sheer coincidence, the Nine Heavens blood essence of the Vast Sea Heaven-Soaring Imperial Family branch was absorbed several decades ago."
"An even greater coincidence is that the person who absorbed the Nine Heavens blood essence left our Spirit Seal Realm and went to the Vast Cosmos Great World those lords spoke of. Utterly outrageous."
"If not for this..."
"Our Heaven-Soaring Palace would surely have received even greater promotion from those lords, and we would not have to run about like this now."
Why had Heaven-Soaring Palace been sought out by those lords? Because legend said that they possessed the blood essence of the Nine Heavens Emperor...
Yet all the Nine Heavens blood essence was gone. The ancient Heaven-Soaring Palace had branched and spread its leaves, dividing the Nine Heavens Emperor's blood essence into several portions. The largest portion remained in Heaven-Soaring Palace, while the others were taken away by the experts when the family branches split off.
After that...
All the other portions of Nine Heavens blood essence had vanished many years ago. Only the Vast Sea Heaven-Soaring Imperial Family had retained a tiny bit.
But when the lords came looking three years ago, they realized that it was all gone.
The Quasi-Emperor Palace Master of Heaven-Soaring Palace had been so enraged that he exiled Ling Yuyue and the others to an even more terrifying place.
A year ago, the Quasi-Emperor Palace Master of Heaven-Soaring Palace tried again, seeking out the people of the Vast Sea Heaven-Soaring Imperial Family branch once more. He obtained further details regarding Sikong Jing and his father.
After another year of cultivation,