"Re... reporting to the Devil Master, the Supreme Ice Plains are gone. Even the Xuan Ming Heart... is gone."
Inside a grand hall overflowing with demonic aura, a figure knelt on the floor and delivered his report, trembling from head to toe.
Seated above him was an exceptionally burly figure, his face stern and imposing, his entire bearing brimming with majesty.
"The Xuan Ming Heart is gone? The Supreme Ice Plains are gone too? What was that old bastard doing? Did you ask him? Who did it?"
A voice devoid of the slightest emotion fell.
Not a trace of joy or anger could be heard within it.
"I asked. The Yue Family did it. They said it was to save one of the Yue Family's direct descendants."
The figure below answered without the slightest hesitation.
"The Yue Family? Could it have been for that little girl?"
"That old bastard Yue Like the Wind truly stops at nothing. For the sake of a cripple, he was actually willing to go this far."
The burly figure stroked his chin and muttered, sinking into thought.
"Go. Capture all the fleeing demons and bring them back."
The voice rang out once more.
The messenger below raised his head in astonishment and looked at his Devil Master.
"Devil Master, the Xuan Ming Heart..."
"If the Xuan Ming Heart is gone, then so be it. Since that old fellow wants it, let him have it."
"You must capture the demons again. Not a single one may slip through the net. This matter concerns our sect's grand plan. Do you understand?"
"I... I understand."
"Then go handle it."
"Yes!!!"
Even after leaving the grand hall, the Demonic Cultivator delivering the report still had not recovered his senses.
The Xuan Ming Heart had been destroyed, the Supreme Ice