[Joint statement from the Five Domains and Nine Heavens: The Feathered Immortal Cult's leader, the Feathered Immortal Elder, committed heinous crimes and attempted to force a breakthrough to Spirit Transformation through a Blood Sacrifice! He has now been slain by the combined forces of seven Divine Lords!]
[Joint statement from the Five Domains and Nine Heavens: The notorious Illegal Organization known as the Feathered Immortal Cult, which existed for over 5,700 years, has been destroyed!]
[Breaking news!]
[Immortal Estate: Void-Flying Feather True Lord, a Nascent Soul Late Stage True Lord from overseas, has attained Spirit Transformation and officially become the Immortal Estate's eighth Divine Lord of this era. He has taken the title "Profound Metamorphosis Void-Flying Feather Divine Lord" and will reside in Mysterious Capital Heaven, the second of the Nine Heavens. The Immortal Estate celebrates this joyous occasion!]
[Immortal Estate: All registered cultivators may collect a reward of 20 Spirit Coins from their nearest neighborhood committee to celebrate the birth of the eighth Spirit Transformation Divine Lord!]
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Chen Zhuo's mouth twitched as he read the news on his Spirit Message Jade Slip.
What a load of fucking bullshit.
Wasn't this Profound Metamorphosis Void-Flying Feather Divine Lord the Feathered Immortal Elder?
Well, that made sense. He had washed his hands clean and come ashore.
Changing his name and appearance was only natural. Otherwise, Immortal Estate Cultivators might misunderstand and cause unnecessary trouble.
After all, the Feathered Immortal Cult's terrorist attacks had killed many cultivators' friends and family over the past few thousand years. Telling lower-level cultivators that one of their ruling Spirit Transformation Divine Lords used to be an extremist terrorist would inevitably leave a bad taste in their mouths.
Not that their discomfort could change anything, but the Immortal Estate still had a reputation to maintain. At least