Shiva Continent, the Joyous Union Sect's sanctuary.
"Where are they! I sent you to find them-don't tell me not even a hair remains!"
Inside the sect's great hall, Sect Master Zong Renye roared in fury!
Yet the other sect members remained silent as the grave. None dared court disaster at a time like this, afraid Zong Renye would turn them into an outlet for his rage.
Zong Renye was not merely furious-the loss cut him to the bone!
For a Heavenly Venerable Inheritance whose authenticity was unknown, Elder Jile and an entire group of prodigy disciples had gone out, and not one had returned. This was a crippling blow to the sect!
Had everyone else who went to scout the treasure failed to return too, he might have accepted it.
But at this very juncture, the spies he had sent out reported that practically all the cultivators from Brahma Heaven Province and Indra Continent had left the Mystic Sea Region safely.
Put plainly, someone had clearly targeted the cultivators of Shiva Continent!
Nor was the Joyous Union Sect alone in suffering this tragedy. It seemed that not a single sect disciple who had left Shiva Continent had returned alive.
Zong Renye's expression was hideous.
"Send people to Brahma Heaven Province immediately and find out exactly which factions and sects took part in scouting this treasure!"
"If you cannot find Elder Jile, Qingming, and Chiming, I will make them all join our dead in the grave!"
At these words, the sect members felt as though they had received a grand pardon and scrambled over one another to flee the great hall.
Meanwhile, the sect masters of the Shouyang Sect and Immortal Valley were equally bewildered and furious.
Scouting treasure was ordinarily an undertaking with very little danger.
Moreover, Primordial Chaos Realm