Everyone in the Seven Blood Eyes capital city had settled into silence. They breathed. They waited. And their eyes glittered with increasingly intense trepidation and alarm. Everyone was wondering what exactly was happening in the Violent Crimes Division in Harbor 176.

The Seven Blood Eyes Formation could not crush Sima Ru, but it could keep making it impossible for anyone to see what was happening inside the division.

Normally speaking, the only people who could see through the formation were the high-ranking members of Seven Blood Eyes, as well as the echelon highnesses. Except... Master Seventh prevented them from doing so. The only people capable of observing events inside the division were those from the Seventh Peak.

Therefore, the only thing non-Seventh Peak cultivators could see was Sima Ru entering. Then, not long later, the isolating barrier faded away and everything went back to normal. 

***

The next day....

In an unusual break from the norm, the chosen from the Seven Sect Coalition stopped issuing challenges.

The Violent Crimes Division constables returned to their positions, and operations began as usual. Just like always, they tracked...