As soon as He Ping and Great Sage Lieyun made their move, North Water Divine King Lianjia, far beyond the horizon, sensed that something was wrong.
"Not good—the Seven Seas Kingdom Sphere is in trouble!"
As the ruler of the North Water Divine Palace, Lianjia had secretly refined the Seven Seas Kingdom Sphere for who knew how many years. She had long since formed a latent connection with it.
He Ping and Lieyun had employed some secret art. On one hand, they had seized the artifact's spirit essence; on the other, they had altered the foundation of the Seven Seas Kingdom Sphere, twisted some of its fundamental workings, and even taken control of this artifact's central core.
At this point, it was tantamount to having stolen the artifact. At the very least, Lianjia could feel that she had lost nearly seventy percent of her control over this sect-suppressing treasure.
What exactly happened? There are the Four Great Elders within the Seven Seas Kingdom Sphere, along with so many disciples who have entered the Dao. How could someone possibly seize seventy percent of its control...
Lianjia simply could not comprehend this situation. The only possibility she could think of was that the Four Great Elders, together with every disciple of the North Water Divine Palace, had collectively betrayed her—but such a possibility did not exist at all.
Could they have encountered some great enemy? The Four Great Elders were defeated, and even the disciples were captured alongside them? No—even if that were so, the other party does not practice the Dao arts of our North Water Divine Palace lineage. They could not possibly occupy the artifact's central core and take control of it in so short a time.
Lianjia grew somewhat anxious as well.
The Seven Seas Kingdom Sphere was an