In the Secret Land left behind by an ancient Immortal Emperor.
The moment Ye Fan died, Ruthless, Wushi, the Azure Emperor, Dugu Baitian, and Zhong Yue opened their eyes and gathered together.
Every face was grim. Even Ruthless had lost her usual calm and cool reserve.
"Ye Fan... something happened to him," the Azure Emperor said slowly.
When Ye Fan encountered the red-haired Immortal Emperor, space-time had frozen. They could neither sense him nor contact him, and had noticed nothing wrong.
But they could still tell that Ye Fan had died.
In a world like this, determining whether someone was alive or dead was simple.
Even Human Dao cultivators used Soul Lamps, life tablets, and the like, let alone Quasi-Immortal Emperors.
A jade bead appeared in Wushi's hand. Six stars within it had once shone brightly. Now only five were lit; the sixth had lost its luster and even cracked.
Those six stars represented Ruthless, Ye Fan, and the other four. They were something like Fate Stars.
The one that had gone dark and cracked belonged to Ye Fan.
Ruthless and the others now knew for certain: Ye Fan's life had ended. Nowhere in the Heavens and All Realms was Ye Fan to be found.
"Ye Fan had barely left before something went wrong..." Wushi's expression was grave. "Someone has been searching for us. Watching us all along."
"To kill Ye Fan without letting him send back a single message or giving him any chance to escape..."
"A Weird Immortal Emperor did this."
It was an answer Ruthless and the others reached in an instant, and one they believed beyond doubt.
Only a Weird Immortal Emperor could have killed Ye Fan so swiftly and cleanly that he had no chance even to warn them or call for help.
No Weird