One corpse after another was covered with white cloth and laid out before the palace. They died gruesome deaths, shattering their Primordial Spirits.0

Although the Xinghai Sect's bell had not been rung, many sect disciples who had heard the news still gathered near the front palace, watching how the matter would develop.0

All twenty-eight corpses were the Fengli Sect's female cultivators. When Wang Sheng arrived, he also discovered that among them was the fairy who had exchanged an immortal sword with him that day.0

Several female disciples helped Lan Huilin, who supported her severely injured Dao Body, reach the front palace to identify the bodies. Naturally, she recognized them all.0

Among the corpses, the one with the highest status was Jiang He, another disciple of the Fengli Sect's sect master and Lan Huilin's junior sister. Her middle dantian had been pierced straight through.0

Wang Sheng felt his resolve waver slightly. If this was truly a self-wounding stratagem[1], then the Fengli Sect had been ruthlessly decisive to an extreme degree.0

Among the twenty-seven other bodies were attendants who had followed the four immortal maidens to the recruitment pavilion, as well as a group of the Fengli Sect's cultivators who had previously been hiding on the planet. According to Lan Huilin's identification, the corpses...0