The hall fell into stunned silence.
King Zhenyan had explicitly ordered the arrest of Ancestor Yanshi, the Shi Family Head, and Shi Youbing. Marquis Yanshan and Marquis Chiling, two Marquis Conferment-Rank Creation experts, had even led the operation in person.
Yet now...
Ancestor Yanshi was nowhere to be seen.
Instead, they had brought in a host of Shi Family Elders and descendants.
Even the Shi Family's two other High-Rank Venerables, Venerable Tiansheng and True Person Qiyuan, had been seized.
And what was more...
Venerable Tiansheng and True Person Qiyuan were injured. They had clearly fought back, and now both wore indignant expressions, as though they had suffered some grave injustice.
The crowd was more baffled than ever.
Among the captives...
Venerable Tiansheng looked like a burly middle-aged man. He had reached the Ninth Layer of Venerable Martial Realm. Though he had yet to become a Half-Step Venerable, his strength was formidable.
True Person Qiyuan, meanwhile, looked like an elderly woman.
The two exchanged a glance. Anger showed on their faces, but unease gnawed at them inside.
Creation experts!
Creation Great Experts from all five worlds—the True Martial Continent, Torch Dragon World, Ten Directions World, Heavenflame Continent, and Eastern Splendor Continent—had gathered here.
There was also the Inspector sent by the Azure Flame Sect: King Zhenyan, a King-Rank Creation expert!
Dragged here without warning, how could the two not know what this was about?
Yanshi's affair must have come to light!
Venerable Tiansheng's and True Person Qiyuan's hearts lurched. Neither had known when Ancestor Yanshi struck at Tianshui City and the Myriad Phenomena Hall. They had learned of it only afterward.
By then, the wood had already been made into a boat. Even if they had wanted to stop him, they had had no chance. Besides, Ancestor Yanshi was the