Fang Taiqing, Xuanyuan Dao, and Jian Wuyi stood on a large podium within Soulburn Hall, facing Feiling on her throne. She had seemed a little distracted in recent days, and had definitely not had any good rest the whole time. Beside her stood Fang Qingli with her head lowered.

Fang Taiqing was currently giving his report. "Your Eminence, since the Kilostar Domain's opening, Nonahall, Heptastar, and Quadform launched an attack on Pentaphase. The allied army breached the formation at the border of the Pentaphase Divine Realm. The sect is having a hard time fending off their enemies and is in dire straits."

"Go on," Feiling said.

"Our enemies are desperate. Before, at least they would need a good excuse to attack. But now they no longer care about any pretense, and use all sorts of inhumane methods. For instance, they turn the bodies of the fallen into corpse puppets, then use them to trip the traps we've set for them. It's an insult to the dead! These methods have been forbidden across the other...