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What exactly should he arrange next? After careful consideration!

Ding!! The system's voice suddenly rang out!

Random A-rank quest triggered: wipe out everyone remaining at the Ghost King Sect's base.

Quest reward: Bronze Summoning Card ✘1

1,000,000 low-grade spirit stones

Would the host like to accept the quest??

What? This system!!

Wiping out the Ghost King Sect was only an A-rank quest??

"Are you sure you haven't made a mistake?" Luo Tian asked.

Ding! No mistake!

The Ghost King Sect's sect master, ancestor, grand elder, and other primary combatants have already fallen. The remaining strength of the Ghost King Sect amounts to nothing but a bunch of small fry!

This system determines rewards based on their actual remaining strength!

Therefore, this is an A-rank quest! Please do not doubt this system's judgment!

A quest like this is a free reward!!

Host, will you accept? If not, it will disappear in three seconds!

Countdown begins: 3... 2... 1...

"Yes, accept!!" Luo Tian hurriedly replied!

Ding!! Quest accepted successfully!

A reminder for the host: if you had refused that quest just now, all future quests would have had high difficulty ratings!

"System, this is naked retaliation!"

#--#!!

I'll accept even the smallest quest. Free rewards! Luo Tian thought!

"System, could you give me something different as quest rewards in the future?"

Ding! This system's better rewards will be developed after a version upgrade!

More features! Please look forward to them...

"System, you've said that several times already. When exactly will you upgrade?"

...Silence...

Since there's this quest, let's start with the Ghost King Sect!!

Luo Tian decided to wipe out the Ghost King Sect first and make it the location of their Shadow Pavilion's new headquarters!

Our Shadow Pavilion's headquarters doesn't need to hide like a rat. We'll take them head-on!

Meanwhile, that Blood Kill Organization must not be spared either. Take them in if possible; if they won't surrender, they must be dealt with!

"Yan Nantian!" Luo Tian turned his gaze toward him. "Take some men and wipe out the Ghost King Sect!

"Then arrange for people to clean up and renovate the place, because our Shadow Pavilion will be establishing its headquarters there!"

"Also, to prevent the remaining members of the Ghost King Sect from fleeing beforehand, have our intelligence personnel in the capital keep a close watch!

"Have Ding Chunqiu in the capital take some assassins and lie in ambush outside the Ghost King Sect. Kill anyone they find escaping!

"The Ghost King Sect's resources must end up in our Shadow Pavilion's hands. We can't let its members secretly carry them away!"

Yan Nantian nodded without hesitation. "Yes, my lord! Your subordinate will not fail you!"

With that, he turned and began gathering men, preparing to depart for the Ghost King Sect immediately.

Meanwhile, far away at the Ghost King Sect's base in the capital, a deacon stared in terror at the soul jades in his hands, shattered into countless pieces.

These soul jades belonged to the sect's ancestor, sect master, and elders respectively, and they had all shattered at the same time! This was simply inconceivable!

"Th-this... how is this possible? What exactly happened?" the deacon muttered to himself, cold sweat streaming down his forehead.

He knew full well that without these core figures, the Ghost King Sect would fall into an abyss of no return. It was completely finished!

Absolutely not! I must escape this place as soon as possible! Even the sect master and ancestor have fallen. This must be the vicious handiwork of those Shadow Pavilion bastards!

If I don't flee now, once the Shadow Pavilion's forces arrive, I'll have nowhere to run even if I want to!

There's no time to lose. Retreat, now! After making his decision, his heart burning with anxiety!

He acted decisively and passed this shocking news to the remaining members of the Ghost King Sect.

Better a fellow Daoist die than this poor Daoist! When disaster strikes, every bird flies its own way!

However, whether these people ultimately chose to flee with him would depend entirely on their own decisions.

After all, everyone viewed life and death differently. Some might prefer to fight to the death rather than flee in panic like homeless dogs.

But regardless, this deacon had already fulfilled his responsibility. As for what fate held next, he could only leave it to heaven...

Meanwhile, the Falling Rosy Clouds Sect had also descended into chaos.

The elder responsible for watching over the soul jades rushed into Grand Elder Lin Ye's quarters, his face deathly pale, and cried out in a trembling voice, "Grand Elder, terrible news! The sect master's soul jade... shattered!

"And the soul jades of several elders have shattered too!"

Hearing this, Grand Elder Lin Ye, who had been sitting upright in his chair with his eyes closed in repose, abruptly opened his eyes. A piercing sharpness shot from them as he sprang to his feet and seized the elder by the collar!

"What did you say?" he demanded harshly. "The sect master's soul jade shattered? And those of the other elders too? How is that possible! Didn't they lead our men to encircle and destroy the Shadow Pavilion?"

The elder nodded, his face filled with terror. "It's absolutely true, Grand Elder! I've been watching over the soul jades the whole time. There's no way I could have mistaken it.

"With the soul jades of so many senior figures shattering at once, something extremely serious must have happened!"

Grand Elder Lin Ye released him, his brows knitting tightly as he muttered to himself, "This time, the powerful force jointly assembled by our Falling Rosy Clouds Sect, the Ghost King Sect, and the Blood Kill Organization!

"Went to encircle and annihilate the Shadow Pavilion. By rights, success should have been all but assured.

"After all, the Ghost King Sect's ancestor was a peerless expert at the peak Tribulation Transcendence realm, and there were the Ghost King Sect's sect master and all those experts from the Blood Kill Organization as well!

"With such a formidable lineup, who in the entire Heavenly Star Dynasty would dare confront them head-on?

"Could it be... that they fell into the Shadow Pavilion's ambush?" At this thought, Grand Elder Lin Ye's expression grew even darker.

"Has any other news arrived? Do you know the reason?" the grand elder asked the deacon elder!

"Reporting to the Grand Elder, the details are currently unknown!"

"Quickly send someone to request intelligence from our capital outpost. News of something this big must have spread throughout the capital!"

"Yes, Grand Elder!" the deacon elder replied!

A heavy atmosphere hung over the Falling Rosy Clouds Sect. Like an ant on a hot pan, the grand elder paced anxiously back and forth through the great hall.

His brows were tightly furrowed, a fine sheen of sweat beading on his forehead as he kept muttering, "Why is there still no news... what are we going to do!"

Just then, a disciple rushed inside. Before he could steady himself, the grand elder grabbed him and demanded urgently, "Well? What exactly happened? Speak!"

The disciple panted heavily, took a moment to steady his breathing, then hurriedly said, "Reporting to the Grand Elder, we just received the latest intelligence from the capital: the Shadow Pavilion's pavilion master is a supreme expert in the Reincarnation realm!

"Reportedly, the Ghost King Sect's ancestor went so far as to use a secret art to forcibly raise his cultivation to the mid Reincarnation realm. Yet even then, he was no match for the Shadow Pavilion's pavilion master. In just two sword strikes, he met his end!"

Hearing this news, the grand elder could not help drawing in a sharp breath, his expression growing even darker. However, what the disciple said next shocked him even more.

"In addition, a deputy pavilion master appeared in the Shadow Pavilion. She actually looked like a little girl, with a head full of white hair.

"Despite her young age, her strength has already reached the peak Tribulation Transcendence realm!

"As for the Shadow Pavilion's young master, his true identity and circumstances remain unclear at present.

"However, reports say that the Blood Lord, leader of the Blood Kill Organization, attempted to capture this young master of the Shadow Pavilion. Unexpectedly, he too possessed cultivation at the peak Tribulation Transcendence realm, and he seemed to have used some unknown secret art or mysterious means."

"His cultivation went straight from the mid Yin-Yang realm to the peak Tribulation Transcendence realm!!"

At this point, the disciple paused, swallowed, and continued, "At the time, the Blood Lord let his guard down for a moment. While exchanging moves with the Shadow Pavilion's young master, he was injured after exchanging just one palm strike.

"That palm technique was sinister and eerie, as though it carried deadly poison. After being struck, the Blood Lord instantly lost his ability to fight!"

"The more Spiritual Qi was used to suppress this palm strike, the more it backfired and hastened death. Only the Shadow Pavilion's young master could-these were the words the Shadow Pavilion's young master spoke at the time!"

After hearing the report, the grand elder looked as though he had been struck by lightning. His face turned deathly pale, and he cried out involuntarily, "Now we're in trouble! Something disastrous has happened! A Reincarnation realm expert!"

He groaned inwardly without end. The Falling Rosy Clouds Sect's ancestor was only at the peak Tribulation Transcendence stage, and was in death seclusion. Unless the sect faced a crisis of life and death, he absolutely could not be disturbed lightly!

No, this is no small matter!

I must hurry and report to the ancestor, and have him leave seclusion to preside over the Falling Rosy Clouds Sect!! We must also notify every disciple to return to the sect in case of an emergency, to guard against the Shadow Pavilion's retaliation!!

In a forbidden area of the Falling Rosy Clouds Sect, the atmosphere was heavy and oppressive. The grand elder hurried toward it, his expression tense, fine beads of sweat even appearing on his forehead.

Finally reaching the door of the secluded chamber in the forbidden area, the grand elder dropped to both knees without hesitation and said respectfully, "Lin Ye has a matter concerning the Falling Rosy Clouds Sect's very survival to report to the ancestor. I beg the ancestor to leave seclusion!"

The surroundings were deathly silent, as though even the wind had stopped blowing. Only the grand elder's slightly hurried breathing could be clearly heard.