The Taiqing disciples were tied up and placed on the altar, many severely injured and barely alive.1

At the center of the altar was the Lady Arclight, bloody all over. Her internal organs had been severely damaged, and she was coughing out blood. Seals laid out all over her body rendered her immobile.0

"Marquis Wu, what exactly are you planning?! Aren't you afraid of follow-up investigations from the Taiqing sect?!" the Lady Arclight called out, glancing at a nearby mountaintop. There, Marquis Wu and a group of his subordinates were looking down coldly at the mountain valley.0

"I need a large quantity of spiritual power. Ordinary cultivators only begin cultivating spiritual power at the peak of Immanence, but the Taiqing Immortal Sect, an orthodox school of cultivation, begins such cultivation at the start of Immanence. The spiritual power of Taiqing disciples is pure and unadulterated, incomparable to those of many other Immortal sects. As for the investigation, well, all of you will have died to a group of spirits more dangerous than you could handle. What does...0