"Xiang Cheng, hand over the One Breath Becomes Three Purities Fragment right now, this instant. I can consider leaving you an intact corpse—and sparing the lives of this whole family of yours."
"Otherwise..."
At the center of an enormous city, an old man glared down at another old man below and barked harshly.
Dozens of figures stood around the old man, each radiating an incomparably terrifying aura.
Below, an old man clad in coarse linen with a head full of white hair shielded a group of young men and women behind him. His eyes were locked onto the man in the sky.
"I want to see my granddaughter with my own eyes. Otherwise, I will never give you the One Breath Becomes Three Purities."
"If even the slightest thing happens to my granddaughter, I'll drag all of you down to the grave with me."
Xiang Cheng looked coldly at the old man above, extreme fury tightly suppressed in his voice.
"Don't worry. My third grandson will bring your little granddaughter back safe and sound. If your granddaughter knows what's good for her, perhaps she'll return alive. But if she doesn't know any better, I can't guarantee what my third grandson might do."
The old man folded his arms and sneered.
Countless spectators had gathered all around the city, hiding in their rooms as they silently watched the scene unfold.
"The Xiang Clan is in deep trouble this time. They offended the Shangguan Family—things are likely more grim than hopeful for them now."
"Heh, the Shangguan Family? They're nothing but a dog of the Blazing Fire Sect. If they hadn't attached themselves to the Blazing Fire Sect, Old Master Xiang alone would have been enough to slaughter their entire family."
Someone sneered. In his younger days, Old Master Xiang had been