Heavenly Palace Hunting Operation, Shadow Clan Ambush Plan

Heaven Beyond Heaven, Heavenly Palace headquarters.

The Heaven Lord knelt on the ground, trembling as he looked at a statue before him.

Behind him stood a group of Heavenly Venerables, every one of them dejected.

Such a crushing defeat had never occurred in the history of the Heavenly Palace!

"Trash!"

The statue suddenly spoke, its tone incomparably icy.

"Please forgive us, Your Highness!!!"

The Heaven Lord prostrated himself on the ground and pleaded in a low voice. He did not dare raise his head, his entire body trembling violently.

In the eyes of outsiders, he, the Heaven Lord, was the master of the Heavenly Palace, but in truth, only he himself understood.

He was merely a puppet!

The true master of the Heavenly Palace was this "Your Highness" before him!

Of course, His Highness's true body was still in seclusion. What existed within this statue was merely a spiritual incarnation.

Yet even so, it brought boundless pressure, making the Heaven Lord feel as though his life could be snuffed out at any moment.

"Your Highness, we never expected the Heavenly Dao Sect to be so powerful!"

"Earlier intelligence reported that the Heavenly Dao Sect had several hundred Heavenly Venerables. Fortunately, the Shadow Clan's patriarch exposed that lie. Then again, if they truly had that many Heavenly Venerables, they would have long since flattened our Heavenly Palace!"

"Exactly, exactly! Who would have thought the Heavenly Dao Sect possessed two Supreme Venerables, as well as Flame Heavenly Venerable, who is absolutely invincible beneath the Supreme Venerable realm!!"

The group of Heavenly Venerables all knelt down as well, speaking in terror.

"Do not make excuses for failure. Failure is failure!"

"If you have failed, then be prepared to die!!"

The statue's indifferent voice continued to emerge from its mouth.

"Please calm your