"Everyone, more than three months have passed. Has there been any news of the cultivator named Ye Hao?"
In the Heavenly Dao Sect's great hall in the Parasol Tree Domain, Lingxiao Ke sat upon his throne. More than a dozen experts at Immortal Venerable Great Perfection stood before him.
One elderly man said, "Sect Master, a full month passed between Ye Hao's name disappearing from the Immortal Inquiry Stele and appearing at the top of the Nine Tribulations Immortal Inquiry Tower."
"That was more than enough time for Ye Hao to leave the Immortal Inquiry Tower without a sound, or even leave the Violet Thorn Domain."
"We've mobilized the intelligence networks of every sect, but it's as though he vanished from the Violet Thorn Great World. There isn't a trace of him."
"We did find quite a few people with the same name, including cultivators ranging from the Body Integration Realm to the Tribulation Transcendence Realm. But after checking, we found that none of them had entered the Nine Tribulations Immortal Inquiry Tower in the past several decades."
Lingxiao Ke frowned. "Our intelligence network spans the entire Violet Thorn Great World. Are you telling me we can't find even the slightest clue?"
Another cultivator cupped his fists. "Through disciples we planted in the other major powers, we've learned that they have no news of Ye Hao either."
"We suspect he may be a disciple secretly nurtured by one of those powers. Perhaps only their protection could let him evade our investigation."
Lingxiao Ke nodded. "Keep searching. Have our hidden agents in every major sect investigate with all their might."
"He carved his name at the top of the Nine Tribulations Immortal Inquiry Tower, just as Qin Huaian did. What he gained inside must have been extraordinary."
"Over the years, plenty