Although the Life Flame was still burning, everyone could clearly see signs of its decline.

Sure enough, not long after, Li Daocheng's Life Flame was extinguished, as if snuffed out by someone.

Inside the Soul Hall, sixteen Great Powers were silent, yet an invisible aura spread out, nearly scaring the disciples guarding the True Inheritor Soul Lamps in the outer hall to death.

Sect Leader Zhou Qindao knew he had to speak.

He opened his mouth with difficulty, "What do the Elders think?"

The elder Zhu Jianxing beside him dared not speak, but another Elder next to him said:

"Sect Leader, in my opinion, they definitely didn't go to the Infinite Sword Sect. This must be the work of someone targeting our Beixuan Upper Sect!"

Almost all of the sixteen Great Powers nodded in agreement.

But if this were true, it spelled big trouble.

Who in the entire Beixuan Domain would dare to target the Beixuan Upper Sect? Could it be those top Upper Sects in the Southern True Domain? Were they secretly joining forces, planning to invade the Beixuan Domain?

At this moment, a Great Power suddenly said:

"Let's first check our communication jade talismans, to see if there's any message from the eight of them?"

All the Great Powers quickly took out their communication jade talismans. There were so many Great Powers in the Beixuan Upper Sect, among them quite a few had a good relationship with the eight people, but in the next second, everyone shook their heads, indicating they received no message from the eight.

"It's a pity they fell and did not send even a single message back. What on earth happened?"

Actually, it wasn't the fault of the eight. Li Daocheng and the others blatantly walked into the Infinite Sword Sect, thinking everything was under control.

Even though the Infinite Sword Sect's Sect Protection Array, intended for killing, didn't activate instantly on that day, the array for blocking communications was quickly turned on.

After seeing Sword Shocking instantly kill two people, an Elder immediately activated the Sect Protection Array to isolate communications.

So, afterwards, even if Li Daocheng and the others wanted to send a message, they couldn't.

The sixteen Great Powers frowned deeply, utterly baffled by what had happened.

"As of now, it would be best to inquire about the situation over at the Infinite Sword Sect," suggested a Great Power.

Thus, everyone contacted the disciples outside or other Sects to gather information.

Not until half a day later did they gradually receive some information, just as other sects were leaving after attending the Sect Leader succession ceremony at the Infinite Sword Sect.

However, such a major event naturally had to be reported to the sect leaders, and nobody dared to pass on information indiscriminately.

So, by the time the Great Powers of the Beixuan Upper Sect received the message, more than half a day had passed.

Beixuan Upper Sect's main hall.

The sixteen Great Powers were completely incredulous when they received the messages.

"The unparalleled prodigy of the Infinite Sword Sect from ten thousand years ago, Sword Shocking, has emerged, instantly killing two late-period Void Paths."

"The new Sect Leader Ning Qi is an unparalleled prodigy not seen in a million years, having advanced to the late-period of Void Path, and he killed an unparalleled Great Power with a single sword strike!"

"Ning Qi single-handedly killed eleven Great Powers!"

The information returned was even harder to accept than believing that the top Southern True Domain Upper Sects had joined forces to target them.

Yet the truth is the truth, no matter how hard it was to accept, they could only pinch their noses and recognize it.

For a moment, the entire main hall was silent as a pin drop.

Everyone's heart felt as if a mountain was pressing down; the loss of eight top Great Powers was unbearable for them.

The situation at the Infinite Sword Sect was even more unacceptable.

"Sect Leader!"

Zhou Qindao snapped out of his thoughts and looked at the one who spoke.

The person said, "Right now, the only option is to ask the Ancestor to leave seclusion. If the Infinite Sword Sect continues to grow, our Beixuan Upper Sect is in grave danger."

Zhou Qindao frowned, "But the Ancestor just returned yesterday, and he didn't look well. He told us to make our own decisions unless someone attacked our Sect, and not to disturb him!"

The Great Powers also understood the Ancestor Zhou Tianzi's indifferent nature; besides his direct descendants, others in the Beixuan Upper Sect were generally not valued by him under normal circumstances.

Only when Chu Xiaotian and others went to the Profound Truth Secret Realm did the Ancestor meet Chu Xiaotian and instruct him to kill the Infinite Sword Sect's True Inheritor and find the whereabouts of the Harmonization Profound Skill.

Unexpectedly, Chu Xiaotian died at Ning Qi's hands, but Zhou Tianzi no longer cared.

Upon receiving the message, he instructed them to deal with the Infinite Sword Sect, while Zhou Tianzi himself went to the collapsed Profound Truth Secret Realm to find the loose cultivator Fu Chen, hoping to obtain the priceless Harmonization Profound Skill and enter the Unity Realm sooner.

As Zhou Qindao, a descendant of Zhou Tianzi, he knew more than others.

Zhou Tianzi's journey also included a brief spar with a Giant of the Integration Realm from the Celestial Star Upper Sect.

Zhou Tianzi did not find the Harmonization Profound Skill and was slightly bested by the Integration Realm of the Celestial Star Upper Sect, so as soon as he returned to the Beixuan Upper Sect, he immediately went into seclusion, instructing everyone not to disturb.

Within the main hall.

The remaining fifteen Great Powers heard this and couldn't continue speaking.

They discussed many strategies but ultimately reached a unanimous conclusion.

Should they rally once more to eliminate the Infinite Sword Sect?

Although they outnumbered them by half, they lacked confidence.

Not to mention, the Infinite Sword Sect must have already activated the Sect Protection Array. Previously, the eight Great Powers chose the time when the Infinite Sword Sect held the Sect Leader succession ceremony so the array would be temporarily inactive.

Otherwise, with the Sect Protection Array, no matter how powerful they were, it would be hard to break through, unless the Ancestor made a move.

So, in the end, everyone had to look towards Zhou Qindao again, even if the Ancestor had instructed, he must be brought out of seclusion!

Thus, everyone headed towards Zhou Tianzi's place of seclusion.

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