“Gasp…” Mao Ba’er sharply exhaled and looked at Peony incredulously. “A C-C-Core Formation master?! H-How’s that possible?!”

“It’s no error.” Peony was without a trace of a joking expression. “In a red region in 1954, Shuangqing City’s Heavenly Pit, a Red Spider Lily bloomed, visible in complete view to the entire western region.”

“There was a nameless Core Formation master… leading ten Great Circle Foundation Establishment cultivators and 400 Qi Condensation cultivators. It was a night exploration of Shuangqing City’s Heavenly Pit. Not a single one of them… made it out.”

The room was silent. Xu Yangyi pulled up the sleeve of his snow-white shirt. The flooded Omega watch on his wrist twinkled with an enchanting brilliance under the illumination of the lightning. His hair recovered once more to choppy locks. Under the light, he didn’t resemble a cultivator; he was more like an idol. [1] 

A Core Formation cultivator, ten Great Circle Foundation Establishment cultivators, and 400 Qi Condensation cultivators… had all been lost to the Heavenly Pit! 20,000 Foundation Establishment cultivators; it was unknown whether or not there were even a hundred at the Great Circle of Foundation Establishment… and they had become immediately lost!

His gaze wordlessly swept over the map. Tianshan’s Heavenly...