If I Didn't Know You Had a Grudge Against the Sect Master, I'd Think You Were a Mole! (Please Subscribe and Vote with Monthly Tickets)

Although news of Heaven-Topping High Person's defeat had been suppressed, after so many days, it had still reached the central region of the Heavenly Strategy Dynasty.

The sects with broader information networks had also heard similar rumors.

But the news came from the Imperial Capital, where no sects existed, leaving them unable to verify its source.

It was much like how people everywhere outside the Imperial Capital believed Li Chen was an old, ugly, obese emperor, even a debauched tyrant. All of that was merely rumor.

Everyone knew Heaven-Topping High Person and Orchid Fairy were in secluded cultivation. Heaven-Topping High Person hid his secrets deep, refusing to tell even his fellow elders the truth, so those elders had never been certain whether the news from the Imperial Capital was accurate.

Moreover, the place where Heaven-Topping High Person and Orchid Fairy were cultivating was covered in restrictions, and he had told them not to disturb him unless something important happened.

Thus, acting sect master Ling Tian High Person did not know whether he should interrupt him.

Now that he sensed Orchid Fairy had emerged, Ling Tian High Person immediately came to ask her.

Looking worried and miserable, Orchid Fairy said, "Alas, the sect master hasn't returned after so long. Something must have happened. I just received news from the Imperial Capital as well. Have the other elders gather in Parliament Hall. I have something to announce."

Hearing this, Ling Tian High Person understood the gravity of the situation and immediately went back to notify the others.

Once he left, Li Chen came over to Orchid Fairy. In fact, he and Orchid Fairy had arrived here early that morning.

With nothing else to do, Li Chen had taken a good look around the Heavenly Evolution Divine Sect. He had grown up in