"This is bad! Something has happened to the Heavenly Tomb!"
Moments after that alarm rang out, every elder-level Dou Sheng Expert in the Ancient Realm rushed toward the entrance to the small world housing the Heavenly Tomb.
Unfortunately, by the time they arrived, nothing remained. The Heavenly Tomb was nowhere to be found, as though it had vanished into thin air.
Gu Yuan narrowed his eyes, fury filling them. Only a handful of people on the entire Dou Qi Continent could have taken the Heavenly Tomb away in so little time.
Moreover, less than half a minute had passed between the warning from the elder guarding the Heavenly Tomb's barrier and his arrival here.
In that brief interval, the intruder had not only taken the Heavenly Tomb but also disappeared without a trace. That all but settled the question of who had done it.
"Clan Chief."
The Three Immortals of the Gu Clan were about to speculate about the culprit when Gu Yuan waved them off. "Enough. Everyone, go back."
"Clan Chief, that was the Heavenly Tomb!"
"I know. All of you, go back first," Gu Yuan said, waving impatiently.
How could he not know who it was? Who besides that bastard Xiao Tian Ce could have done this?
Besides, even if he went to demand its return, what grounds could he possibly give?
Putting everything else aside, the Heavenly Tomb had originally been built jointly by the Xiao Clan and the Gu Clan, with an agreement to change its Guardian every hundred years.
But because the Xiao Clan had remained hidden for a thousand years, the Heavenly Tomb had stayed in the Ancient Realm all that time, leading many people to believe it belonged exclusively to the Gu Clan.
Others might not know the truth, but how could he