"Tian Heng is here again!"
Inside the Jade Dew House, Lu Tianyao had just finished a full circulation of his energy, regulated his breathing, and emerged from seclusion when he saw Elder Tang enter the inner courtyard carrying two golden sabers. With a solemn expression, Elder Tang delivered the news.
Lu Tianyao snorted coldly. "That old bastard just won't let up."
He left the inner courtyard and went to the main hall, where Dream Elder, the Phantom King, and the Beast King were already waiting to discuss a response with him.
Dream Elder belonged to the Earth Baleful Gate and was ten years older than Tian Heng. Now decrepit with age, he looked as though he had only a few years left to live.
His eyes were almost closed, and his head drooped as he dozed, looking utterly listless. Only the profound aura surrounding him and the faintly shifting power of dream law revealed his status as a Heaven-Tier Powerhouse.
The Phantom King and the Beast King were the Demon Alliance's two other Heritage Elders, holding the same position as the Shadow King and Lu Tianyao.
Both came from the Secret Cult's direct lineage, but as members of the Otherworldly Branch Lineage, they had little contact with Lu Tianyao or the Shadow King.
They had accepted the invitation to leave seclusion both to save the Sacred Sect from peril and to seize the opportunity to suppress the influence of Lu Tianyao and the Shadow King's faction.
Both looked like old men in their seventies or eighties, dressed in luxurious purple robes and bearing themselves with extraordinary dignity. When they saw Lu Tianyao and Elder Tang, they did not rise, merely nodding slightly with a somewhat haughty air.
Lu Tianyao did not mind. The sect, and indeed the entire Demon Alliance,