“We shall discuss the second matter after Wushuang’s tribulation.” The celestial emperor remained guarded on the subject. 

The Wushuang he spoke of was the previous emperor’s only son, Zhao Wushuang, and his deflection seemed to Lu Yun that the second matter was likely related to Zhao Wushuang as well.

……

On this moonlit evening, moonbeams scattered down upon Mount Exalted from a clear sky, lending an atmosphere of incomparable holiness to this greatest mountain in Exalted Major.

Inside the Exalted Immortal Sect, a faint black shadow stood motionlessly in the middle of Lu Yun’s small courtyard, gradually melding with the dirt.

Having been thrust into the Exalted Immortal Sect’s lifepoint, the Death Spike’s effects would manifest after forty-nine days and destroy the sect’s foundation, leading...