The Seventh Lotus Platform

Deep in the Impermanence Heavenly Realm, seven-colored radiance spread and condensed into a rainbow bridge. The Formless Palace stood upon it, dreamlike in every way.

At that moment, six lotus platforms appeared inside the Formless Palace. Xuan Qiong, Xuanji, Xing Sha, and Wuding each sent down a thought. Only the platforms representing No-Self True Lord and True Lord Yingling remained empty. No-Self True Lord's circumstances were unknown, while True Lord Yingling was in seclusion, staking his life on a breakthrough.

"Eyeless was a pity."

As her thought took form and she learned what had happened recently, True Lord Xuanji sighed.

The Eyeless Daoist was a veteran of the Impermanence Sect. He had earned merit and endured hardship for it. That was why, even knowing his chances of breaking through to the Celestial Phenomenon Realm were vanishingly slim, she had offered him guidance. She had never imagined he would meet such an end. At her words, True Lord Execution, whose manifested face resembled a tiger's, gave a cold snort.

"A traitor deserves no pity. Even if he'd survived by luck, I would have killed him myself."

Killing Intent surged from True Lord Execution. He made no attempt to hide it.

True Lord Xuanji glanced at him but said nothing more. She knew that was simply his nature. True Lord Xuan Qiong and True Lord Wuding had no intention of speaking either; each had calculations of his own.

Silence settled over them. Fortunately, it did not last long.

A streak of spiritual light entered the Impermanence Heavenly Realm, and the four True Lords sensed it and turned their gazes toward it.

Guided by that point of light, Jiang Chen appeared outside the Formless Palace.

*So this is where the Impermanence Sect's True Lords meet? Its nature is peculiar, poised between reality and