Shangguan Xiongtian

Regret! Self-reproach!

Now he had come into contact with a figure like this.

Every word and action could leave him feeling deeply suffocated!

The world of great figures was simply beyond the reach of a nobody like him!

It was utterly deadly!

And boundlessly terrifying!

"Y-yes... young master!"

Although he did not know who Su Fan and Jiang Xueyi were, since this terrifying young master had given the order, he naturally dared not neglect it and hurriedly answered in a trembling voice!

"Mm! You needn't be so afraid. As long as you do a good job... opportunities, magical treasures, resources-you'll have everything you want! Don't disappoint me!"

Looking at Fu Guiming, who was utterly terrified of him, Jun Wudao could not help smiling faintly. Then he painted a grand pie in the sky for this boy of only twelve or thirteen!

With temptation and desire!

Came motivation!

Jun Wudao understood that principle well.

Sure enough.

Upon hearing of opportunities, magical treasures, and resources, the fear in the young boy's eyes vanished in an instant without a trace, replaced by deep yearning and resolve!

He yearned to obtain cultivation techniques, magical treasures, and resources to cultivate and grow stronger. He yearned to enter that secret realm and search for his mother once he was strong-even if he could only retrieve her bones, he had to go!

At that moment, the resolve in those clear, bright eyes shone like radiance above the nine heavens, as brilliant and dazzling as the vast starry sky!

"Rest assured, young master! This lowly one will go out and ask around right away. As soon as there's any news, I'll come back to report!"

Looking at Jun Wudao, Fu Guiming nodded his little head and spoke with great seriousness and determination.

"Hehe! Good! Just walk around and listen more. There's no need to be too deliberate in your inquiries!"

Hearing this, Jun Wudao smiled faintly. Enthusiasm was good, but being too deliberate could easily stir the grass and startle the snake. If that brat caught a hint and fled, it would hardly be what he wanted to see. Heaven and earth were vast; finding him would not be easy!

"Yes, young master!"

Fu Guiming nodded, then bowed to Jun Wudao before running outside, brimming with fervor and excitement!

All because he had seen hope-the hope and possibility of finding his mother! That alone was worth putting his heart into this, and worth staking his life on!

He had not seen his mother for over a year. Late at night, he would miss her and weep bitter tears. Now that he did not know whether she was alive or dead, how could he not worry about her or miss her?

Watching the young boy's departing figure, Jun Wudao turned his gaze to the Asura standing silently nearby. Looking at the Asura on his right, he instructed calmly:

"Follow him in secret. If you encounter anyone named Su Fan or Jiang Xueyi, return and report!"

"Yes!"

The Asura bowed and answered respectfully.

With that said.

His figure flickered.

And he vanished from the spot.

Next, all I need to do is wait quietly. Su Fan, Jiang Xueyi... what expressions will you wear when you see me again?

Gazing at the scenery outside the window, Jun Wudao murmured inwardly. Cold glints flashed through his eyes, and an inscrutable smile lingered at the corners of his mouth!

The time that followed.

Slipped swiftly past like flowing water.

The next day.

The Desolate Domain, at the site of the Star Divine Sect's destruction.

By now, the sky and space here had long since returned to normal, but the earth remained as shattered and cracked as it had been yesterday!

Terrifying fissures like abyssal chasms stretched for untold hundreds of millions of miles!

Mutilated corpses, bloody bones, and dried blackish-purple bloodstains littered the ground. The stench of blood filled the air, pungent and nauseating!

The majestic, magnificent, ancient sect that had once resembled an immortal abode had now been reduced to ruins and dust. Palaces, pavilions, and mountain ranges had all collapsed! Without exception, the entire sect had been flattened into a plain of ruins!

At that moment.

Above this ruined, shattered land, thousands of figures stood in the sky. Each exuded an overwhelmingly powerful presence, sending vast, tremendous, terrifying fluctuations surging through the surrounding space!

The presence emanating from the man at their head was especially terrifying beyond description, sweeping out to blanket heaven and earth!

He had the appearance of a middle-aged man and wore a golden battle robe. His long black hair fell over his shoulders and swayed in the wind. His features were supremely imposing and domineering, his eyes as unfathomably deep as a boundless abyss, and an indescribably tremendous presence rippled around him!

Utterly supreme!

And utterly unfathomable!

This man was none other than the governor of Heavenly Moon Commandery-Shangguan Xiongtian!

In the void behind them loomed an enormous warship, roughly over a hundred thousand zhang in size. Its entire hull was crimson-gold, and it continuously radiated astonishing fluctuations and power!

"This is where it originated, and where the destruction was most complete!"

Shangguan Xiongtian, governor of Heavenly Moon Commandery, spoke in a low, hoarse voice. Laden with immense gravity, it echoed in the ears of everyone behind him, utterly shattering the deathly silence of this place!

"More than half the Desolate Domain was destroyed by those aftershocks. Countless living beings of our Heavenly Moon Commandery died in an undeserved calamity! Four entire great provinces were destroyed in this disaster!"

To Shangguan Xiongtian's left, an old man in blue robes, with chiseled features and a falcon's gaze, spoke grimly. The presence surging from him was likewise immensely vast and terrifying!

"If I remember correctly, this should be the grounds of that sect called the Star Divine Sect?"

"What connection did the existence that touched upon the forbidden have with this sect? Why was he here?"

To Shangguan Xiongtian's right, a powerfully built old man spoke. His face seemed honed to a sharp edge, and ten thousand vicious gleams seemed to shoot from his eyes.

A thick murderous aura permeated the old man's body. One glance was enough to tell that he was a ruthless character, extremely dangerous to provoke!

"That's right! These were the grounds of the Star Divine Sect, one of the Desolate Domain's five pinnacle powers! It's recorded in our Heavenly Moon Commandery's records. Every ten years, I would send people here to collect twenty percent of their resources!"

"I remember this sect too. Tens of thousands of years ago, they seemed to have participated in our Heavenly Moon Commandery's selection Heavenly Pride Battle! They simply stopped participating afterward!"

"Now that you mention it, I remember too. As I recall, the five pinnacle powers were the Jun Clan, the Star Divine Hall, Half-Moon Mountain Manor, the Earth Demon Cave, and the Sword Repository Pavilion!"

"The Jun Clan? That Jun Clan was wiped out by a youth just a few days ago! These truly are troubled times for the Desolate Domain-one massacre and tragedy after another!"

Behind Shangguan Xiongtian and the two terrifying old men at his sides, nine fearsome figures spoke in turn. Standing tall in the air, each exuded a vast, towering presence, profoundly soul-shaking and as boundless as the sea!

"Hmm? They were wiped out too?"

"And by a youth?"