Just as the golden-robed cultivator's words fell into Deputy Hall Master Ying's ears, an extreme unease suddenly rose in his heart.
"Not good!"
He did not even know where that unease came from, but the instant he sensed something was wrong, he did not pause to think. His entire body shot into the sky in an instant.
Yet just as he flew out like an arrow, the dense branches and leaves overhead spun wildly as heaven and earth turned upside down, then instantly pressed down upon him...
By afternoon, storms were already gathering within "Return Home." All elders, hall masters, and Supreme Elders at or above the Void Refinement Realm, aside from those away from the main headquarters, had been summoned by the main headquarters' strongest patriarch over an urgent matter.
Afterward, none of them emerged again. Figures from the "Return Army" had also appeared around the cave abodes of elders who remained in secluded cultivation...
Inside the golden great hall, the Main Headquarters Master kept rubbing his forehead. The woman in azure palace robes at his side also wore an exhausted expression.
Most of the elders and Supreme Elders were now inside the secret chamber. These people were core cultivators among the various factions, so three patriarchs were personally overseeing them.
The patriarch from their branch had once served as both Main Headquarters Master and Supreme Elder. He was also the strongest among the several patriarchs of "Return Home."
With him personally standing guard there, no one dared make a move. Some of them had already been apprehended...
At present, the only cultivators allowed outside to control the overall situation were those jointly permitted by several patriarchs, including the Main Headquarters Master and his wife.
They had been arranging all kinds of matters, dispatching personnel to capture known spies,