"Grand Elder, an urgent secret report: Lin Qi ambushed and killed all five Earth Rank Elders at the Demon Alliance's Ji Mountain Branch Headquarters. The Market Districts under their control and the lineages under their protection have all been absorbed into his ranks."
On Cloud Summit Peak, Tian Heng remained personally in command of the home camp for the expedition into the Otherworld. A messenger hurried over with a secret report, informing him of an urgent incident that had occurred only yesterday.
"Oh? Lin Qi? Who is he?" Tian Heng opened his eyes at the news and asked with a trace of puzzlement.
He was a towering figure at the very pinnacle and genuinely did not know Lin Qi, even though the latter could be considered a renowned master of the late Earth rank.
The attendant who had brought the report hastily explained.
Tian Heng snorted coldly. "So he is a survivor of the Lin Mountain Grotto-Heaven and the Lin Mountain Branch Headquarters. His host, Lin Xun, has already been captured, yet he still dares to stir up wind and waves!"
The attendant said, "This time, he seems to have found a new backer. It may well be the master of the Eye of Heavenly Punishment whom we have been searching for all this time!"
"Oh?" At those words, Tian Heng's expression finally changed slightly.
More than twenty years ago, when the first Cloud Summit Gathering was held, everything had initially proceeded smoothly. Nine Records United had been the irresistible tide, until a mysterious powerhouse who controlled the Eye of Heavenly Punishment and seemingly wielded the power of heavenly tribulation changed everything.
Tian Heng had been searching for his whereabouts ever since, but had never found anything.
Fang Qianyuan had also fought the Eye of Heavenly Punishment, but at the