"They're from the Immortal Sect."
Everyone panicked and scattered.
They might not recognize Wen Ping and the others, but they recognized the Immortal Clear Wind Robe.
...
Hundred Sects Alliance main headquarters.
Ever since all three Golden Level Chiefs had died, the people of Sky-Covering Tower had taken their place and seized control of the entire Hundred Sects Alliance.
The position of Golden Level Chief had been abolished.
Now there was only one highest position—the Alliance Leader of the Hundred Sects Alliance—the first Alliance Leader being Di Ting!
Di Ting had been among the first powerhouses to help the Hundred Sects Alliance invade East Lake.
So Sky-Covering Tower had bestowed this position upon him.
After Di Ting took office, the positions of Silver Level Chief were kept, because Di Ting knew very well that if Sky-Covering Tower wanted to quickly and efficiently control the Hundred Sects Alliance, they couldn't rely solely on their own people.
"My lords, any news from above?" Last night, upon learning that Sky-Covering Tower's Celestial Unrestricted powerhouse would open a Curved Realm Passage, Di Ting had been preoccupied with this matter.
Because the time for revenge was finally approaching.
He'd been getting beaten down and humiliated in a tiny, barren dump like Heaven and Earth Lake for so long that he could no longer bear it.
This was one of the reasons he'd chosen to take over the Hundred Sects Alliance.
How could he leave before he finished his revenge?
Hei Zhao and Lan Feng were currently standing with hands clasped behind their backs on the high viewing platform at headquarters, mood lifted as they gazed out toward Vast City.
Hearing Di Ting's inquiry from behind them, Hei Zhao replied coolly, "We don't even need to ask. If not today, then tomorrow. Since the higher-ups have already designated East Lake and Demon Emperor Lake as war zones, they'll definitely move with thunderous speed."
"I really am curious—why would such a backward, barren Heaven and Earth Lake produce a Sect like the Immortal Sect? And also produce someone with a Rebirth Body. You have to know, the Rebirth Body was lost for over a thousand years, and only reappeared during the first generation Tower Master's era. After that, only each generation's Tower Master has been able to cultivate it."
Lan Feng sighed off to the side.
Hei Zhao turned around, a faint smile on his face. "Once the Curved Realm Passage is opened, everything will come to light. This trip, even though we lost Celestial Traveler, we unearthed so many different things that Heaven-Gazing Gorge doesn't have at all. This mission can't really be called a failure."
"We might even get a reward when we go back. Just that Vortex Divine Artisan Skill alone, which can add a Special Ability onto the Vortex Map, is worth a hefty reward. Not to mention everything else—and that person with the Rebirth Body."
Tianxing threw his head back and laughed.
Extremely pleased with himself.
Di Ting chimed in from the side, "My lord, I carefully combed through the records on the Immortal Sect and its previous Sect Leaders. For the current Immortal Sect Sect Leader to so quickly develop a fallen Starless Sect to this level, there must be an extraordinary expert behind Sect Leader Wen Ping—one who is about to burn out his last drop of oil."
If he weren't extraordinary, he couldn't have created so many new things.
If he weren't extraordinary, he couldn't have helped the Immortal Sect grow to this extent.
But he chose to flex his muscles here in Heaven and Earth Lake, which meant his strength was definitely less than a tenth of what it had been—a lamp running out of oil. Otherwise, wouldn't it be better to cultivate a force in Heaven-Gazing Gorge?
The resources in Heaven-Gazing Gorge were so abundant.
Compared to Heaven and Earth Lake, it was like heaven and earth.
Hei Zhao gave a soft hum of agreement. "If we could capture that person and make him serve us, it would be a tremendous boon for Sky-Covering Tower. If it weren't for Celestial Traveler's death giving me pause, I'd honestly want to go sit in East Lake myself, just to keep that guy from slipping away."
Lan Feng responded calmly, "He can't run. Once he reached Heaven and Earth Lake, he had no way out. Where else can he go?"
After that, the two of them made some bold conjectures and predictions about the person behind the Immortal Sect.
At the same time, they made a few guesses about Weisheng Xingyu, the one with the Rebirth Body.
But people as smart as them—
Every guess they made was wrong.
Though they were chatting quite happily.
Just as the conversation was getting good, they saw a pillar of white light fall from the sky.
Boom!
The two of them clearly saw the white pillar crash down outside Vast City.
They had already heard about this light pillar from Di Ting.
It belonged to the Immortal Sect.
The last time a pillar like this appeared, people from the Immortal Sect had walked out of it.
"People from the Immortal Sect are here!"
Hei Zhao's Perception immediately swept over, then he said in surprise, "One Upper Realm Demon God, and one Upper Realm Human Race powerhouse. Of the remaining two, I can't sense the Realm of one of them, while the other is only Earth Unrestricted Lower Realm."
"And they still dare come here? Let's go, capture them."
Lan Feng immediately soared into the air!
(Just spotted a 500-tip from an old reader, Brother Qilin… Thanks also for the straight guy's 100-tip.)