Millions of miles away, within the territory of the Heavenly Origin Ninth Heaven Pavilion.
Inside the Main Hall.
The oppressive atmosphere seemed thick enough to condense into water.
Two figures sat facing each other, talking in the vast, empty hall.
"...And that is what happened!"
Seated below, Liu Jingci anxiously recounted recent events to the man before him, cold sweat already covering his forehead.
Meanwhile, in the seat of honor.
Lu Chengsheng, the Skysoar Pavilion Master who had been forcibly roused from secluded cultivation, had knitted his brows into a tight knot.
As Liu Jingci continued his account.
The hand with which he habitually stroked his beard gradually gripped harder and harder.
His expression shifted violently, like images in a revolving lantern-
His initial fury upon learning of Lu Ling's death slowly gave way to disbelief...
Until it finally turned into profound horror!
Yet even then.
Liu Jingci's account did not stop:
Ye Li, the man who had killed his daughter, had not only triggered the unprecedented Red Blood Pillar Phenomenon and gained universal recognition as a [Myriad Forms Seed].
He had even displayed his overwhelming might on the way to the Skysoar Pavilion, becoming the son-in-law personally chosen by the Dao Lord of the Dragon Martial Prefecture!!
With cultivation at the Eternal Life Realm, he had single-handedly crushed over two thousand of the Southern Region's finest prodigies!!
At this point.
Lu Chengsheng completely lost his composure!
He stared fixedly at Liu Jingci, his eyes tinged red, and asked in a trembling voice:
"Liu Jingci... are you sure you aren't making some joke at my expense?!"
It was hardly surprising that the esteemed Skysoar Pavilion Master, a late-stage Spirit Nurturing Realm cultivator, had lost control like this.
Taken individually, every one of these incidents sounded like an earth-shattering event that