Replacing the Cage to Change the Birds?

The rocket, armed with Nuclear Bomb warhead, could have ascended directly into space and then fallen back down to strike its target.

But Yang Ning rejected this launch method, insisting on launching within the atmosphere, specifically over Taiheng!

Qu Heng used the Calamity Annihilation Heavenly Origin Steps to maintain a relatively stable distance from the rocket traveling at 45 times the speed of sound. After watching the rocket reach its destination, he began to deflect its trajectory.

"So it's the Wang Family?" Qu Heng's expression was puzzling, wondering whether he should remind the Wang Family head.

But after picking up the phone, he put it down again.

Why should I remind you? What connection do our Qu Family and the Wang Family have?

Furthermore, who exactly made these things?

Did the Nanlin Lin Clan of Nanlin also disappear in the same way?

What is Hengming's attitude?

What will Eastern Victory be like next?

Taiheng entered first, purging the Wang Family clan members, and then Lord Hengming announced the takeover of Eastern Victory?

In an instant, countless possibilities flashed through his mind. Qu Heng thought for a long time, but still couldn't figure out whether he should tell the Wang Family or not.

Until the rocket crashed to the ground.

The Wang Family's protective formation had already been upgraded after the Southern Forest incident, at least the disciples who dared to embezzle the Lineage's formation Spirit Stone were transferred away, allowing the formation's defensive power to return to its peak when it was first established.

Even the most advanced formations are nothing more than shields from the era of cold weapons.

Yang Ning, however, used armor-piercing rounds from the new era!

The Wang Family's protective formation, which was said to be no less powerful than the Taiheng Formation, was as fragile as paper in front of the rocket and shattered instantly.

Then came a deafening roar, and boundless light and heat erupted instantly.

Qu Heng immediately squinted, because the light was so bright, it was like looking directly at the sun, and he couldn't see anything at all.

But just by feeling the violent tremors and the enormous mushroom Qu Heng knew that the devastation below must be similar to that of the Southern Forest tribe's territory.

"Call out"

"Whoosh."

One by one, figures that sensed the tremor arrived above the Wang Family's territory. Upon seeing Qu Heng there, they immediately gathered around.

"Sect Leader, what's going on?" A hot-tempered elder was the first to speak.

His name is Lu Jiang. It is said that his ancestors accidentally drank a drop of blood from the Nine-Colored Deer Spirit Beast, which gave his descendants the ability to communicate with animals.

The Lu family controls the Beast Taming resources of Taiheng, as well as industries such as crane rental. In addition, some materials from spirit beasts can be used for alchemy, and the Lu family also raises them.

Qu Heng shook his head. "I also came with the rocket. I only know that the rocket was launched from the Great Ming Kingdom, but I don't know who launched it!"

"How is that possible? You know where the rocket was launched from, how could you not find the launcher?" Lu Jiang asked.

Qu Heng glanced at him as if he were an idiot. "Let's not even talk about the fact that the Ming Dynasty can't get in at all. Even if you could, haven't you heard of remote control?"

There's no way you'll find anyone at the launch site!

"That's those players!" Lu Jiang continued, "Besides them, who else in the entire Taiheng could build this thing?"

This is a stupid question. Qu Heng felt that this elder spent all his time with deer, and his intelligence might have been assimilated.

He shook his head and said softly, "First, there are no players in the Great Ming Kingdom!"

"Secondly, look at the crater left by the explosion below. Doesn't it resemble those large craters in the Southern Forest tribe's territory back then?"

"At the time of the Southern Forest Incident, players didn't even exist in Taiheng yet!"

Lu Jiang fell silent. He was simply naive, not stupid.

Before Qu Heng could finish speaking, his phone rang.

He quickly answered the call, then hung up with a somber expression.

"What is it?" Lu Jiang asked.

"The hydrogen bomb attack wasn't just aimed at Wang Jia, but also at the Northern Plains Jin Family and the Western Splendor Fang Family!"

"Hiss!" Lu Jiang gasped, then fell silent.

Qu Heng sat cross-legged in the air, his gaze fixed on the Wang Family ruins below where the smoke and dust were dissipating.

He doesn't want to go back, doesn't want to handle affairs, and doesn't want to face the elders' questions.

He didn't realize that his current state of mind was actually called "giving up".

But he really didn't want to do anything.

Qu Heng couldn't understand why the world, which had been fine before, had changed so drastically after he became the sect leader.

The elders acted arrogantly due to their seniority, and those below them relied on the elders' presence to outwardly comply but inwardly defy them. Hengming did not cooperate with their work, and the disciples they favored threatened the existence of the Aristocratic Clan, so they had to be killed.

The advent of mobile phones has completely thrown global public opinion out of control, and now a hydrogen bomb has emerged, first wiping out the Lin Family, then the Wang Family, the Jin Family, and the Fang Family.

"Ring ring ring"

Qu Heng's body trembled; his phone rang!

Cell phones are a good thing, as long as you don't get involved in work.

But now, seeing the caller ID, Qu Heng has no choice but to answer it.

"Where are you now? Come back and preside over the meeting!" It was the Supreme Elder!

"Alright!" Qu Heng nodded, then turned away dejectedly and flew back to his sect.

Lu Jiang glanced at Qu Heng as he left, then at the dust and smoke below. He first took out his phone, snapped a few photos, and sent them to his ancestor. Then he asked, "Ancestor, is there a change in the celestial phenomena? What should our Lu family do?"

No one replied because the Lu family patriarch was cultivating in the inner realm and couldn't come out now!

It was still the same palace, but only seven elders had come to attend the meeting!

"What happened outside?" an elder asked impatiently as he saw Qu Heng enter.

This person was Zhao Wudi, who had excitedly wanted to divide up the Lin family's wealth upon hearing of its destruction.

"A hydrogen bomb has been launched within the territory of the Great Ming Dynasty. The targets are the Wang family of Dongsheng, the Jin family of Beiyuan, and the Fang family of Xihua!" Qu Heng said calmly.

"A hydrogen bomb?" Zhao Wudi puzzled. As a powerful cultivator in the Spiritual Law Realm, he had no interest in the trivial things created by a group of players.

"A powerful weapon, its destructive force comparable to the self-destruction of a top-grade Dao artifact, or the strike of a Celestial artifact!" Qu Heng said, "The attack that the Nanlin Lin Clan suffered last time was caused by a hydrogen bomb!"

"Wasn't that done by Lord Hengming?" Chen Xiangyun asked in surprise.

The Chen clan is also a prominent clan in Taiheng, ranking eleventh.

However, since many people didn't attend the meeting, he surprisingly ranked third out of the seven.

"It could also have been Lord Hengming fired it!" Upon hearing Chen Xiangyun's words, Qu Heng suddenly felt that the attack on the Lin family might not necessarily have been caused by a hydrogen bomb.

After all, the power of a hydrogen bomb explosion is very similar to that of a solar bombing, so the crater that a hydrogen bomb can create can also be created by Hengming.

Actually, you could find out the answer by asking Hengming.

But for some reason, no one brought it up.

"So, shouldn't we do something?" The speaker was a woman in a long blue dress; her name was Mengyu.

Because the Meng Clan ranks seventh from the bottom among the twenty surnames, and Meng Yu is not very powerful, she was just a voting tool in previous meetings and never had a chance to speak.

But today, there are fewer people!

"What are you doing?" Qu Heng asked. "Dividing up the Wang Family, the Jin Family, and the Fang Family?"

Meng Yu quickly shook her head. "They've already brought out a hydrogen bomb; this attack definitely wasn't done by Hengming."

So.

"Shouldn't we first investigate who is targeting these Lineage?" Meng Yu asked.

She had barely uttered a word when she felt a look from the person next to her, as if they were looking at an idiot.

It was the Xiao family, even weaker than the Meng Clan, led by Xiao Lei.

"Does Elder Xiao have a different opinion?" Meng Yu asked.

"Do we even need to investigate the real culprit?" Xiao Lei chuckled. "I'm asking you, who's behind the Great Ming Kingdom?"

"Um, Lord Hengming?"

"What are Lord Hengming's duties?"

"Protect Taiheng?"

Xiao Lei shrugged. "Isn't that settled?"

Meng Yu was taken aback, then suddenly realized.

Yes!

Is there still a need to find the real culprit?

Without Hengming's permission, who would dare launch such an attack on the other Lineage of Taiheng?

Moreover, the attack originated from the Ming Dynasty. Would the Ming Dynasty dare to do such a thing without Lord Hengming's consent?

Moreover, Lord Hengming bears the responsibility of protecting Taiheng. With his strength, as long as he doesn't allow it, who can send an attack into Taiheng's territory?

Most importantly, the way a hydrogen bomb is used is too similar to the way the Hengming Tower is attacked!

Perhaps, the power of the Hengming Tower was sealed inside before the attack was launched!

So the question is, why did Hengming do this?

Why would someone turn against their own people for no reason?

"And another thing," Xiao Lei continued, "While you were researching hydrogen bomb strikes, I had already traveled all over Taiheng, and even went to the moon!"

"I can tell you, spatial fluctuations not only exist in Taiheng, but the outer starry sky is also sealed off! Now, Taiheng is an isolated island; you can only come in, but you can't leave!"

The edge of a galaxy has an ionosphere formed by the combined effects of Solar Wind and gravity. This ionosphere interferes with the flow of a cultivator's Law Power, and without spatial teleportation, it is impossible to fly out of it.

In other words, the spatial blockade is not only equivalent to Absolute Earth Heavenly Connection, but it also imprisons cultivators at the Spiritual Law Realm within the Tai Heng Star Domain!

So why did Hengming do this?

Everyone present was intelligent, but after exchanging glances, they immediately considered one possibility.

A possibility they are unwilling to think about, yet have to consider.

Hengming was dissatisfied with the current state of Taiheng.

He wants to "replace the old with the new"!