Fire-Worship Venerable used qinggong to flee through the forest in panic, keeping his senses trained on the movements behind him.
Only after confirming that the blood-red figure who had struck fear into his heart was not pursuing him did he feel slightly relieved.
So the other party had truly been willing to spare his life.
Even now, lingering fear remained in his heart, while his vanity and arrogance had been utterly shattered.
Yet they could not be blamed for their confidence and pride.
After all, the Fire-Worship Sect towered above the Western Regions. When venerables like them traveled through the nations of the Western Regions, they were no different from gods.
Whether it was the Five Great Lineages or Flying Sand Fortress, which had once ridden roughshod across the Great Desert, neither was worth mentioning before the true Fire-Worship Sect.
Only the Grand Commandant's Residence, backed by the Yu Dynasty, might be able to borrow the imperial court's strength and wrestle with the Fire-Worship Sect.
Yet chaos was now gradually brewing within the Yu Dynasty, and the Grand Commandant of Ye City was no law-abiding man either.
The Fire-Worship Sect had long made its plans.
They intended to seize this chance to advance eastward and spread the faith of Fire-Worship.
The three of them had left the mountain under orders this time to seize Qu Feiguang's treasure and quell the turmoil in the Great Desert. This was precisely the first step of the Fire-Worship Sect's grand plan to move east.
They had merely never expected that before they had even caught sight of the treasure's trail, Lotus Venerable would die for no clear reason.
Word had come from Red Sand Town that the Central Lands Underworld was likely responsible.
Fire-Worship Venerable did not believe Red Sand Town would dare play