Duan Linchuan said coldly, "Tell me exactly what happened."
"Yes, Sacred Lord!" The disciple hurried to explain.
"According to Senior Brother Ouyang, disciples of our Heavenly Treasure Sacred Land were searching for cultivation resources alongside disciples of the Blazing Sun Sect and the Azure Water Sword Pavilion when they discovered a Small World artifact."
"A Small World artifact?" Duan Linchuan asked in surprise.
Even the Heavenly Treasure Sacred Land possessed only one such artifact.
Back in the Luo River World, no one had been capable of refining one.
So when Duan Linchuan heard that they had found a Small World artifact, he was astonished.
But he quickly realized the artifact was probably not unclaimed.
Otherwise, someone would have found such a rare artifact in all the years since the Secret Realm World had opened.
Besides, every ruined palace in the Secret Realm World had now been destroyed. Finding a treasure like that would be even harder.
Could this artifact have something to do with Qin Huaian?
Sure enough, the disciple continued, "After Senior Brother Ouyang and the others found the artifact, they discovered it already had an owner."
"When they tried to refine its restrictions, Qin Huaian suddenly emerged from the Small World artifact."
"He then clashed with cultivators from our three sects."
"At the time, Qin Huaian used a broken spear to unleash a powerful Thunder Law divine ability."
"In just three breaths, nearly all one hundred and sixty-odd cultivators from our three sects were buried beneath the lightning."
"Only Senior Brother Ouyang and two others escaped."
"But of those three, one was still intercepted and killed by Qin Huaian."
"Senior Brother Ouyang only escaped Qin Huaian's clutches by using an escape art that damaged his foundation."
Duan Linchuan paced back and forth through the hall, his expression grim.