Celestial Venerable Taiwei had been one of the founding patriarchs of the Celestial Master Sect, and had passed down many wondrous arts within the sect.
Most rare of all, this venerable had always delighted in supporting the younger generation. Not only had Mystic Gate juniors received his aid—even Sword Cultivators of the East Sea Sword Palace, and even some of the Demon Race and Ghost Cultivators, had benefited from his grace.
With the stature of an Earth Immortal, he had remained in the world and forged good ties far and wide.
He deserved the appraisal, "Great virtue bears all things."
Yet afterward, this Celestial Venerable had gradually vanished without a trace from the cultivation world.
Some said he had crossed the Void and gone to another realm to establish a new lineage, already becoming the ancestor of a Dao.
Others said he had long since suffered Demonic Corruption, and had deliberately harmed cultivators of every path. His past good ties had merely been Demon Seeds painstakingly cultivated.
Still others said something had gone wrong with his cultivation, and he was undertaking a death-seclusion within his sect.
There were all manner of claims, too many to enumerate.
But today, everything was settled beyond dispute. Confirmed by Ming Wei, this outstanding disciple of the Celestial Master Sect, Celestial Venerable Taiwei of old had already fallen beneath a Heavenly Tribulation.
Jiang Shoucheng looked toward Li Shouchang. The martial brothers looked at one another, their faces filled with an indescribable shock.
For an Earth Immortal, falling beneath a Heavenly Tribulation was nearly impossible.
The most fundamental requirement for attaining Earth Immortality was proving that a cultivator had transcended the system of Heaven and Earth's laws, no longer bound by those laws.
If one could not cultivate to such a realm, the words "Earth Immortal"