As the matters of the Kunxu Secret Realm came to an end, cultivators from all sides returned from the northern lands one after another, bringing news of the series of upheavals that had taken place upon the snowfields back to the heartland of the Central Region.
Although Dark Underworld Venerable had cleared the scene when they left the Secret Realm, news of Yang Xuanzhou's death still spread swiftly through the righteous path. Back in the Heavenly Mountain Secret Treasury, many Central Region cultivators had seen his corpse afterward.
When they heard that the Vaulting Dragon Lord's son—a peerless prodigy with boundless potential and a bright road ahead—had died within the Kunxu Secret Realm, every cultivator's first reaction was disbelief.
They would rather suspect that he had deliberately faked his death than believe Yang Xuanzhou had truly perished.
He had been the most gifted member of the Yang Clan's younger generation, the youngest cultivator ever to enter the Heavenly Talent Ranking, and the descendant of the Vaulting Dragon Lord, whose name shook the Azure Waves.
For a figure like him, even if he went out to gain experience, the Yang Clan could never have left him entirely to his own devices. They would surely have given him many trump cards for protection, ensuring that he retained the power to preserve his life even when faced with overwhelming danger.
Moreover, according to the intelligence brought back by the cultivators,
with the terrifying combat strength Yang Xuanzhou had displayed, neither the other cultivators within the Kunxu Secret Realm nor the various perilous places within the Secret Realm itself could have posed any threat to him.
What exactly had happened that could have taken his life?
The Central Region cultivators all sensed something strange and suspicious about the matter. As more and more details