Free Web NovelChapter 2578: Chapter 2578: Haoyue Immortal King Has Returned
In the horrified gaze of Wuheng Immortal Emperor and Traceless Immortal Emperor, Fang Bai’s figure flashed instantly across a thousand feet and appeared in front of them.
"Die!"
Fang Bai’s voice exploded like spring thunder, shaking the eardrums of the Wuheng brothers, causing their minds to spin.
Immediately, a palm shadow appeared in front of them. When the palm imprint landed on them, an extremely strong and destructive immortal power surged into their bodies, exploding inside them.
In the next moment, they fell into an endless darkness.
"Once these two high rank Immortal Emperor Realm masters are refined into puppet corpses, they can form a Four Directions Traceless Formation. By then, it should be enough to deal with that Shadowless Immortal Emperor."
Fang Bai murmured to himself, conveniently collected the two puppet corpses, and carried the unconscious Wuheng and Traceless Immortal Emperors to a secret location nearby, setting up a concealment formation to start refining new puppet corpses.
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"Sect Master, something terrible has happened... something terrible..."
Within the Wuying Sect, a disciple responsible for watching the soul lamps staggered to the front of the Sect Master Hall, reporting with a trembling voice: "Elder Wuheng... Elder Traceless... their... their soul lamps... have both extinguished..."
"What did you say?"
A furious shout came from inside the Sect Master Hall.
Next, an immortal with a thin figure and a clean-shaven face appeared in front of the disciple, grabbed his chest clothing, and demanded harshly, "Say it again?"
The Wuying Sect disciple trembled under the electric-like gaze of the Sect Master; had the Sect Master not been holding him by the chest, he would have collapsed to the ground.
"Elders Wuheng and Traceless..."
The Wuying Sect disciple swallowed hard a few times before continuing, "The soul lamps are extinguished..."
Before he finished speaking, his chest clothing was released, and the Sect Master disappeared from sight, having rushed into the Soul Hall.
"Wuying Sect... has undergone an unprecedented upheaval!"
Looking towards the Soul Hall, a sudden, inexplicable fear surged into the disciple’s heart, causing his whole body to tremble like a sieve.
Lately, first, twenty-nine out of thirty young disciples of the Wuying Sect participating in the Sword Gorge training had their soul lamps extinguished, shaking the entire sect.
Now, two more elders have their soul lamps extinguished; if this news spreads, it will cast a shadow on the hearts of tens of thousands of sect disciples.
After the extinction of the soul lamps from twenty-nine disciples of the Wuying Sect, the Sect Master immediately sent an elder and four stewards to Sword Gorge to investigate what had happened.
Though the Sect Master appeared calm at the time, all Wuying Sect disciples knew it was merely a facade.
Many Wuying Sect disciples could see the volcano-like anger simmering under the Sect Master’s grim expression and deep eyes like an abyss.
And now, the extinguishing of the elders’ soul lamps seems to have ignited the Sect Master’s long-suppressed fury.
After ten breaths, Shadowless Immortal Emperor walked out from the hall that housed the disciples’ soul lamps.
The disciple quickly glanced at Shadowless Immortal Emperor, noticing his face looked paler than usual, fists clenched tightly, surrounded by a fierce killing intent that made him shiver uncontrollably.
Moments later, Shadowless Immortal Emperor stood on the square before the Sect Master Hall, letting out a long howl toward the sky.
The howl spread over a thousand miles, both a vent of anger and a call for all sect disciples to gather.
After the howl, Wuying Sect disciples, riding on fast-moving auspicious clouds, landed in the vast square before the Sect Master Hall.
Within tens of breaths, the tens of thousands of Wuying Sect disciples, including elders and stewards, gradually gathered in the square.
"Wuheng Immortal Emperor, Traceless Immortal Emperor... their soul lamps are extinguished!"
Shadowless Immortal Emperor spoke softly, his eyes filled with deep grief and sorrow.
His voice wasn’t loud, but all the Wuying Sect disciples heard it clearly, rendering tens of thousands of disciples dumbfounded and shocked.
For a long time, Wuheng and Traceless Immortal Emperors were second only to the Sect Master in strength and status within the Wuying Sect—figures revered by young disciples; no one expected they would both fall simultaneously.
This news came too suddenly, leaving tens of thousands of Wuying Sect disciples with blank minds.
There was a dead silence at the scene.
"First, twenty-nine young disciples of our sect had their soul lamps extinguished, and now two elders have fallen... what exactly is happening?"
After a moment, an elder asked with difficulty.
Shadowless Immortal Emperor shook his head and replied, "Elder Wuzong and the four stewards haven’t returned, no one knows what has happened. As for Haoyue Immortal King... his soul lamp is still lit, but we don’t know his whereabouts now. If we find him, we might learn the cause and effect of this matter..."
"What should we do now? Perhaps... I should also take a trip to Sword Gorge?"
Suggested the elder.
Shadowless Immortal Emperor thought for a moment and remarked, "Let’s wait... just a bit longer..."
Being the master of a sect with tens of thousands of disciples, Shadowless Immortal Emperor did not let anger cloud his judgment.
He knew that the recent consecutive events were unlikely to be coincidental, and perhaps the Wuying Sect was targeted by certain forces or immortals.
Sects in the Immortal Realm, more or less, had some enemies, and as the top sect among the ten Immortal Sects of the Western Desolate, Wuying Sect occupied the most cultivation resources, and its disciples were known for arrogance and dominance, hence both overt and covert enemies were many.
Shadowless Immortal Emperor believed that throughout the Western Desolate, more than one sect wished to dethrone Wuying Sect from its top position among the ten Immortal Sects, or even hoped for its complete decline.
However, to annihilate all disciples who participated in Sword Gorge training and the two elders, none of the Western Desolate sects seemed capable.
Unless several formidable sects within the ten Immortal Sects joined forces.
But the ten Immortal Sects always maintained a superficial harmony, making such an alliance unlikely.
Moreover, remnants of Emperor’s Palace seem to have become active across various Heavenly Domains in the Immortal Realm lately.
It’s possible that these events were instigated by remnants of Emperor’s Palace.
After all, Wuying Sect participated in the battle to overthrow Emperor’s Palace a thousand years ago, with many Emperor’s Palace disciples falling by their hands.
It’s understandable that remnants of Emperor’s Palace might target them for vengeance.
"Hmm?"
Suddenly, Shadowless Immortal Emperor’s brows furrowed, his divine sense caught sight of a sect disciple’s figure a thousand miles away.
"It’s Haoyue Immortal King... he has returned..."
Shadowless Immortal Emperor murmured.
His figure remained unmoved, but his divine sense followed Haoyue Immortal King until he appeared in view.
Tens of thousands of Wuying Sect disciples turned their gaze towards Haoyue Immortal King.
The soul lamps of twenty-nine Wuying Sect disciples and two elders had extinguished, while the weakest Haoyue Immortal King returned as the only survivor; it indeed seemed strange.
The reasons behind the disciples and elders’ downfall might only be known by Haoyue Immortal King.
