Although the Heavenly Emperor War had taken place at Hongfa Temple, the temple itself had suffered little damage.
The Bodhi Tree was gone, and the Sealing Buddha had destroyed a wall when he broke free. Apart from that, nothing had been lost, and not a single person had died. The few who were injured had sustained their wounds earlier, during the battle involving Yan Qianlie and the others.
Perhaps this could be attributed to the protagonist's soaring fortune. Whenever Chu Tiange took part in a battle as a main combatant, his own side generally emerged unscathed.
Skyreach City, despite being far from the heart of the battle, had actually fared worse than Hongfa Temple.
Its city lord, Xie Jiuxiao, had been controlled by the Heavenly Emperor. Not only had he clashed with Chu Tiange, but he had also returned to Skyreach City and destroyed the Heavenly Emperor Tablet and everything related to it.
That was tantamount to destroying the sect's sacred ground. Even its inherited cultivation methods and everything else had been wiped out.
In the end, Skyreach City's powerful cultivators could bear it no longer. Together with his own daughter, they rose against him, swarmed him, and restrained their city lord. Quite a few people had been injured in the process, leaving all of Skyreach City shrouded in gloom.
No one knew what had happened. It was difficult to seek outside help for something like "the city lord going mad." This went beyond keeping family scandals private. If they entrusted the matter to the wrong person, it could bring about Skyreach City's destruction.
Some proposed seeking Qiu Wuji's help, others suggested Dabei, and still others insisted they could approach no one. They argued for days, while ambitious figures within their ranks began to surface. All manner of undercurrents surged,