The Tritalent imperial family was gripped by panic.

Gao Kui had taken half of their elites and the best of the neighboring factions to ambush Imperial Prince Huo.

All twelve of the advanced empyrean cultivators had been killed in one fell swoop. The lesser cultivators hadn’t even been able to get close enough to see how Gao Kui and the others died.

That was the most terrifying.

Powerful enemies were terrifying, but powerful unknown enemies, even more so.

“Everyone, speak your mind,” the emperor said. “Do you have any clues as to how our men were killed? What are your theories?”

He couldn’t maintain...