Chapter 641: Killing Intent (1/2)

Zhao Zhicheng was the lord of Dusk City, but Wanfeng still wielded power over Dusk Province.

In the years she’d been with Wayfarer, not only had her cultivation improved by leaps and bounds, but she herself had become incredibly resilient as well. Having grown out of her youthful naivete, she was now an incredible leader. Apart from Qing Yu and his Envoys of Samsara, the one person Lu Yun trusted the most was Wanfeng.

Upon receiving her orders, Wanfeng sprang into action. The Skandha Range and factions loyal to the Star Demon Sect exerted their influence, spreading rumors like wildfire against the Sword Divine, Dongfang Hao!

It was common knowledge that Dongfang Hao had died a few years ago while attempting to restore the void realm. However, he’d then suddenly come back to life as Sword Divine, a development that instilled fear in the Dongfang Clan since the details were now being widely disseminated.

The Dongfang Clan ranked among the peak clans as well, possessing their own crippled origin dao immortal that held down the fort. But in Primus Major, where the heavenly court and Lin Clan dominated over all others, the Dongfangs would never be allowed to rise to power.

And yet the clan had seen great, inexplicable surges in power recently. Several of their talented cultivators had ascended to immortality one after another. While their phenomena of ascension didn’t span an entire major, they were second only to those of the greatest geniuses.

At this point in time, their future seemed even brighter than that of both the Lin Clan and Primus court. Many had been speculating how it’d all happened, but recent happenings and the clan’s sudden rise were in line with the rumors.

Some time before, many factions in the world of immortals had found soul seeds planted in their geniuses and lost their guardian spirits in a mass revolt. All signs pointed to the suddenly-emerging Sword Divine.

The Dongfang Clan wrung their hands with despair, as many powerful immortals were on their way to Primus Major to demand an explanation. The clan had their fair share of enemies, so even though Dongfang Hao was dead, everyone was quite willing to believe that a dead man was the Sword Divine everyone knew.

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Celebrations reigned jubilant as all of Exalted Major delighted in Zhao Wushuang successfully overcoming his tribulation. However, no one, including the prince himself, had a clue how he’d managed it.

After a long discussion, the Exalted celestial emperor and Zhao Wushuang concluded that the previous celestial emperor must have made a great many preparations, which ultimately helped him overcome his tribulation by a hair.

The celestial emperor threw open the court’s vaults and hosted a great banquet, showering an astronomical sum of crystals on various ingredients, materials, and rare pills for the immortals in Exalted Major.

A joyous atmosphere permeated the major.

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Within a cavern in the rear mountain of the Exalted Immortal Sect were gathered the Exalted celestial emperor, Zhao Wushuang, Lu Yun, Qi Hai, Ge Yanxia, and Donglin Taihuang. In addition, the reclusive heavyweights of the major were in attendance as well, their grave expressions suggested that something momentous was about to happen.

Ge Yanxia played with a treasure with visible delight. This was the reward the celestial emperor had promised her.