After learning what had happened to these souls, Gu Ningyun was thrown into utter turmoil. She had thought she would never see her family again in this lifetime, yet she had never expected to meet them in this way.
At the same time, she learned from the Elder Gu Family Head some of the events that had been erased from the Bamboo Slips.
A hundred years before the Gu Household's destruction, the three households had sent people into the Windforest Star River together.
But after they emerged from the Windforest Star River that time, the Secret Realm's seal had been broken.
Many things within it that should never have appeared on the Azure Realm Continent began appearing one after another.
The Gu Household had obtained nothing particularly valuable, but the Zhu Household and the Si Family had each acquired an item. The Zhu Household had obtained the painting they had seen earlier, while the Si Family had obtained a treasure-seeking device.
After returning from the Windforest Star River, their first gathering had taken place at the Gu Household.
They had never expected the Si Family's people to bring that treasure-seeking device with them.
The Gu Household had guarded a sacred artifact since ancient times, a fact no one else knew.
But the Si Family's people discovered it through their treasure-seeking device.
The Si Family Head of that generation had been an absolute scoundrel. Not only had he coveted the Gu Household's treasure, but he had also harbored filthy desires toward Ning'er's mother.
The Si Family Head also knew how powerful the Gu Household was. His family alone could never defeat them, so he secretly incited the Zhu Household to join him.
When the Zhu Household's head heard that the Gu Household possessed a sacred artifact, he was tempted as well.