Flame Dragon Demon Venerable, however, knew nothing of this.
The many eternal true gods at the Peak and Half-Step Ancestral Gods under Spiritual Energy Daoist had searched everywhere as ordered. During that time, quite a few Half-Step Ancestral Gods and Ancestral Gods had even passed through this stretch of starry sky.
But...
Spiritual Energy Daoist had never gone out to investigate at all. At most, when the occasional Half-Step Ancestral God passed through, he would strike and kill them.
Murder and plunder!
"Please punish me, Sect Master!"
Spiritual Energy Daoist knelt obediently on the ground, hoping to explain the matter away as he usually did.
"You dared shirk the task I assigned you."
"You may escape punishment in life, but you cannot escape death!"
Flame Dragon Demon Venerable spoke viciously.
"Huh?"
Spiritual Energy Daoist was dumbfounded. He could not shoulder all the blame for this, could he? Flame Dragon Demon Venerable was not entirely unreasonable, especially since he was one of the Blazing Sun Sect's eighteen Hall Masters.
No matter what, Flame Dragon Demon Venerable should not have treated him like this.
Yet what had Flame Dragon Demon Venerable said? He had actually told him that he could escape death, but not punishment!
"Let's go!"
Flame Dragon Demon Venerable suppressed his fury. Not daring to waste any time, he waved his right hand, and an incomparably mighty surge of Ancestral God power instantly descended.
Before Spiritual Energy Daoist could react, Flame Dragon Demon Venerable swept him up and carried him into the distance. Meanwhile, the many eternal true gods at the Peak and Half-Step Ancestral Gods of the Blazing Sun Sect stood obediently around the perimeter, trembling with fear...
Whoosh! Whoosh!
Without a sound, these eternal true gods at the Peak and Half-Step Ancestral Gods turned to ash in an