Emperor Luo’s eyes swiveled over to look at Leader Hong. "Don't worry about us. We can't retreat at this time, so let's just enter the Royal Frost Continent altogether."

Leader Hong's eyes flickered as he thought about something.

Emperor Luo suddenly asked, "How’s the Purge going?"

Leader Hong's tone turned gloomy. "I was thwarted by Lu Yin. Didn't I tell you?"

"But what happened, specifically? How did he avert the Purge?" Emperor Luo pressed.

Leader Hong snorted and gave a brief accounting of what happened.

Long Yi clenched a fist. "That little brat’s quite powerful. Were the Sword Sect and the Lingling clan really overwhelmed by him?"

Leader Hong replied, "It’s true that very few in his generation can match up to him, and my guess is that only the Neoverse’s inheritors or maybe Liu Tianmu with the Thirteenth Sword have a chance of beating him. All of the others are too far behind him, and it would not be difficult for Lu Yin to drag them down one by one."

"Is ZENITH really that important?" asked Long Yi. The sylvan dragon clan had a truly embarrassing status in the Human Domain. Not only were they traitors to the Astral Beast Domain, but they were also outsiders within the Human Domain. Not having any access to sensitive information was just the beginning of the dragons’ troubles. They had intended to take refuge under the umbrella of the Daynight clan even if as mounts, but unfortunately for the dragons, that path had been severed by Lu Yin.

When it came to their...