Nine Tripod City.

Outside Azurecloud Court.

A group of cultivators subordinate to the Great Xia’s imperial family stood guard. They’d sealed off the entire area.

“Fellow Daoist, look. This is a fragment of that enemy’s corpse. It seems… he wasn’t actually human.” Weng Jiu held a piece of bone in front of Su Yi.

Su Yi glanced at it. “That’s a fragment of a demon puppet. I already know who it belonged to.”

As soon as he returned from beyond the city, he saw Weng Jiu leading a group of guards stationed outside the residence.

After a few quick questions, he learned that shortly after he left, a man in black approached Azurecloud Court and attempted to climb the walls, only for Weng Jiu to catch him in the act.

After a brief skirmish, the black-robed man died on the spot.

When he saw...