“First brother has not come out since then. It's already evening. Damn it! Ah.” Su Ying muttered, pacing in the courtyard outside Murong Wuque's palace. The other members of Jade palace were equally patrolling around. Once in a while, they will leave their own courtyards and loiter before Murong Wuque's. They will see that he's still not out yet, and will return to whatever they were doing. The process continued till evening. As for Xi Meng Yao, she had not done anything but stand before the gate. Other disciples also came to Jade palace but were denied entry by Murong Wuque's disciples guarding the gates. The reply was unanimous. The first brother was in secluded cultivation and won't see anyone. Some wondered if he was at the point of death and didn't want anyone to witness his suffering, while others said that the soul eating notorious ability of eating away at the victim till their bodies became filled with holes like sieves had set in, making him look disgusting and ashame

The words of the speaker made people look towards the jade palace, pointing at them. “It seems to be a dragon and a Phoenix. He has the bloodline of divine beasts.” “Or perhaps, they were just willing to bond with him.” “They could also be from the Murong family.” “Be more realistic, Murong clan is at the other end of the world, when will they have the time to send him spiritual beasts to bond with? Besides, no one knew that he would break through to divine emperor realm.” “Or he could have already bonded with them a long time ago.” “That would be even more terrifying. Divine beasts only bind with those at immortal emperor realm, if he had bonded with them before now, how absurd will it be?” “I think the divine beasts came to him on their own or were formed from the essence of his being.” A huge growl was heard again from the energy pillar, making people look towards it. “This… am I going blind? Did I just see sacred Xuanwu among the beasts?” “That's right, that's the anc

“Spirit sea plain is truly in a league of its own, I made so much progress in my cultivation within the space of a few hours.” Alvin muttered, stretching himself. He was currently in the valley behind Medicine sage valley, at the source point where the spiritual vein the sect was established on was located. How amazing would it be to live in such an amazing location? “Of course, there's a spiritual vein here. Why do you think the medicine sage valley has remained on the top for ages? The spiritual vein is one of the reasons children from powerful families leave the comforts of their clans and join the medicine sage valley. That snake pit has the highest number of privileged heirs from powerful cultivation clans. Normally, cultivation clans don't let their heirs go or accept other heirs from rival sects. But Medicine sage valley is different. It's more like a school and the hierarchy is not determined by bloodline unlike the others.” Alvin nodded, agreeing with the system's words.

TIAN LUO SECT The moment Alvin entered the heavenly sword sect, he immediately realized that something had gone wrong. Guards in strange uniforms were patrolling all around, fire was rising in some parts. It was exactly ten p.m, the time when the night guards were supposed to take over duty. By ten p.m, the sect should have gone quiet and people would have settled down for the night. But tonight was too strange to ignore. The silence had undertones of danger and Alvin had always been one to trust his instincts. Rarely has his sixth sense failed him. So seeing the strange atmosphere filled with charged currents, he became cautious. He quickly crossed out of the stone forest and dived into the garden leading to the entrance of the tunnel. Just then, another group of guards passed by. This time, they were wearing the sect's uniforms. Alvin frowned as he watched them. They were moving wordlessly like mercenaries on a mission. “What's going on? If the sect got invaded, why are

Alvin realised what she was about to do the moment her eyes widened on seeing the shadow. He dived towards her and clamped his hand tightly over her mouth, making the screams come out muffled. “Shhh! It's me, Alvin.” He whispered, bringing his neck closer to her face to let her perceive the scent of his body. Her fierce struggles slowly reduced when she confirmed that it was truly him. Her initial reaction shocked and frightened the hell out of him. Even now, his heart was still pounding gbim gbim against his rib cage. Shi Yue was normally not the delicate young mistress that easily gets scared or shouts at any slightest inkling of danger. She was the boss lady that was confident of being able to handle all types of challenges. She never screamed in the past when encountering Alvin, nor made a blunder that informed other people as to his presence. But she actually screamed. Torture and fear could do that to anyone. After all she went through within the past one hour, it would