Ten million miles away.
Inside the Main Hall of the Violet Firmament Prefecture.
Sandalwood incense curled through the hall, yet it could not soothe the Violet Firmament Prefecture Lord's anxiety.
He paced back and forth, his expression dark.
How could this have happened?!
Two days earlier, he had unexpectedly received a plea for help from the Sea of Clouds Prefecture.
Over those two days, he had repeatedly expended divine power, trying to divine what calamity had befallen the Sea of Clouds Prefecture.
But the threads of cause and effect remained shrouded in fog. He could see nothing.
Only yesterday had confirmed news finally reached the Violet Firmament Prefecture.
The Sea of Clouds Prefecture had been annihilated!
According to the rumors, Ye Li had stormed the Fortune-Raising Arena alone and blasted the Sea of Clouds Dao Lord apart before hundreds of thousands of disciples!!
"But... how is that possible?!"
Shock filled the Violet Firmament Prefecture Lord's eyes, and his fists clenched inside his sleeves until they nearly split.
How old was Ye Li?
He was merely an Eternal Life Realm prodigy who had just made his name at the Dragon Martial Tournament!
No matter how heaven-defying his talent was, how could he cross two immense chasms in mere days, then slay a Myriad Forms Dao Lord with such deep reserves?
But the source of the intelligence was absolutely reliable...
A chill crept into the Violet Firmament Prefecture Lord's heart.
He recalled that he, too, had harbored murderous thoughts toward Ye Li during the Dragon Martial Tournament.
If Ye Li truly possessed such strength, the Violet Firmament Prefecture would never escape the reckoning to come.
The question now is whether this was the Dragon Martial Prefecture's intention, or whether Ye Li already had a grudge against the Sea of Clouds Prefecture...
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