Five-Insect Sect’s sect leader’s hall had not escaped the aftermath of the battle. Once grand and majestic, it now lay in ruins. The plaza in front of the hall was riddled with craters and fissures, scorched and soaked in places. There were clear signs of a cultivator battle.0

Inside the hall, deathly silence reigned.0

Cui Xuanzi stood with a dark expression, gazing silently at the devastated mountain gate outside and the corpses of his fellow sect members. His face was filled with sorrow.0

Across from him stood two middle-aged men, both Fake Core Realm experts.0

At their waists hung identical tokens engraved with the character "Li."[1]0

One of them stood with hands behind his back, exuding a strong presence. Compared to him, Cui Xuanzi’s aura appeared noticeably weaker.0

The other was a burly man, but his aura was feeble. Clutching...0