"The Sect Headquarters will announce the contest for places in the heaven and earth secret realm soon. In addition, all of you must do your utmost to investigate Phantom Baleful Poisoness and Old Devil Lie Kong. Be especially vigilant around the Sect Headquarters, and guard against any Ancestral Gods who approach."
Heavenly Martial Ancestor spoke after a moment of thought, his tone taking on a trace of coldness toward the end. Clearly, he was quite enraged that Old Devil Lie Kong and Phantom Baleful Poisoness had secretly attacked the Qiankun Sect Disciples.
"Yes, Heavenly Martial Ancestor."
"We understand."
Everyone cupped their hands in acknowledgment.
Heavenly Martial Ancestor nodded, then vanished in a flash, turning into a rainbow streak that shot straight into the distance.
Seeing this, Venerable Nine Suns, Venerable Honglian, and the others exchanged glances before flying toward the Qiankun Immortal Palace. None mentioned Qin Hao again, as though they had never witnessed the incident at all.
Phantom Shadow True God did not leave with Venerable Nine Suns and the others. Instead, she stood where she was, pondering for a long time. As though she had finally made some difficult decision, she lightly bit her lip before flying into the Qiankun Sect.
The Qiankun Sect.
A scene of utter devastation.
Mountains and trees had collapsed, the ground was riddled with bumps and hollows, rocks lay shattered, and severed limbs littered the earth.
"Why am I here? What was I doing just now? What on earth happened?"
"I... why did I draw my divine weapon? Wait, so many people died?"
"Weren't we watching Qin Hao fight Pei Jinye? Where are Qin Hao and Pei Jinye?"
The Qiankun Sect Disciples looked around in bewilderment. When they noticed the severed limbs strewn across the ground and the thick scent of