“There’s a Void God concealing his aura and lurking. Capture him.” Dongbo Xueying immediately sent a message to an outer hall elder, attaching a map marker and an image of the hidden Void God’s appearance.
Dongbo Xueying then instantly teleported away.
The number of known Void Gods in the Golden Wing Kingdom was limited. Any unfamiliar Void Gods not recorded in intelligence reports were to be captured on sight! As for whether they might be wrongfully seized? They could sort that out later after rounding them all up.
Each sweep of his detection could only cover a range of over five hundred thousand miles. After teleporting to another area to continue his search, given that the Golden Wing Kingdom spanned tens of millions of miles, Dongbo Xueying had to activate the *Panbo Diagram* hundreds of times to cover the entire territory. Each sweep required meticulous attention, and completing the full scan would take nearly half an hour.
**Boom—**
A divine rope descended, instantly ensnaring the ugly man who had been suppressing his aura. Startled, the man transformed into a streak of light, attempting to flee.
The rope stretched across a thousand miles of void, swiftly coiling around the ugly man and tightly binding him.
The eight envoys from the Water Sky City watched the scene unfold.
“He really was a hidden Void God.”
“Incredible.”
“Elder Dongbo is truly formidable.”
“His detection technique far surpasses ours.” The team of two outer hall elders and thirty enforcers had initially harbored some doubts but dared not disobey an inner hall elder’s orders. Yet when they acted, they found every capture was precise!
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In the hidden mansion, the black-robed man with violet hair sat holding an exotic beast when his expression suddenly changed.
“Saint Envoy, a low-tier Saint Disciple has been captured. It must be the Water Sky City team.”
This was the first message.
At first, the violet-haired man couldn’t believe it. “Impossible. We’ve only been active for a month. Even if Elder Qianyu himself led the team, they couldn’t have arrived from the Chaos City’s Water Sky City so quickly. Unless… Elder Chunwu, the top expert of the Water Sky City’s elder council, personally intervened? But for such a minor matter, Elder Chunwu wouldn’t mobilize.”
He knew well.
Among the two highest-ranking elders of Water Sky City, one was Elder Chunwu—a near-invincible existence within the Unity realm. The other, Elder Qianyu, was only slightly weaker but still terrifyingly powerful.
Yet, to reach the Golden Wing Kingdom in just a month, only Elder Chunwu could traverse the void so swiftly. But the elder council’s top expert rarely left Water Sky City.
“Saint Envoy, two low-tier Saint Disciples have been captured. It’s definitely the Water Sky City team. There’s a Unity realm expert among them, and their combined combat strength is immense.”
“Saint Envoy, another low-tier Saint Disciple has been seized…”
“Nine low-tier Saint Disciples have been captured now.”
Message after message arrived.
The violet-haired man’s face darkened. It was happening too fast. Each low-tier Saint Disciple was at the Void God level, all trained in aura-concealing techniques passed down by the Ancient Sacred Sect. Normally, they were nearly impossible to detect. Yet now, barely after the Water Sky City team’s arrival, hidden Saint Disciples across the Golden Wing Kingdom were being exposed one after another. This was no ordinary Water Sky City force.
“Disaster.” Though logic told him Elder Chunwu couldn’t possibly be here, he knew the situation was beyond salvage.
“All Saint Disciples, split into three groups and rendezvous immediately for evacuation,” the black-robed man ordered.
At his command, the Saint Disciples within the Golden Wing Kingdom sprang into action. The three among them capable of teleportation began swiftly gathering their comrades. The reason for splitting into three groups? Only three could teleport.
They assembled at three designated points, rapidly consolidating their forces.
The black-robed man’s location was the central gathering point, usually housing eight resident Void Gods. Now, even more flocked there—in times of crisis, sticking close to the Saint Envoy was safest.
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High above the Golden Wing Kingdom at night, Dongbo Xueying hovered midair, releasing imperceptible waves to scan for movement.
Suddenly, a figure traversed the void, passing through his detection range.
“Hmm?” Dongbo Xueying’s eyes gleamed. “Void traversal?”
He silently gave chase.
The figure teleported to a location, retrieved a companion into a pocket dimension, then moved on to collect another.
“Are they fleeing?” Dongbo Xueying sensed something amiss. Normally, devouring fiends were selfish, rarely caring for allies during escape.
“Gathering like this—aren’t they afraid of being wiped out in one strike?” he mused. “Or are they confident?”
He shadowed them unseen, tracking via the *Panbo Diagram*.
Soon, the figure entered a mansion and released the three rescued Void Gods. Scanning the estate, Dongbo Xueying’s eyelids twitched—fifteen ordinary Void Gods, two Unity realm experts, and a multitude of imprisoned Dominators filled the place.
**Gwah!**
The exotic beast in the violet-haired man’s arms suddenly screeched, its head jerking up.
“Damn it!” The black-robed man’s face paled.
A terrifying enemy was spying on them—undetected even by him, the Saint Envoy. Such reconnaissance prowess was horrifying.
“Break the formation. Now!” he barked.
**Boom—**
A blinding black beam erupted from the mansion, slamming into the kingdom’s massive defensive array. But Dongbo Xueying had already reinforced the formation, and despite their assault, it held—for now. The violent disturbance, however, alerted the entire Golden Wing Kingdom.
Nearby, Enforcer Jiuqi and his team noticed immediately. In a blink, they teleported to the scene.
“So many?” Jiuqi grinned. Without even scanning, he spotted the mansion teeming with Void Gods, their auras no longer concealed as they prepared to shatter the formation.
“Kill!” Jiuqi commanded.
**Boom!**
He and his seven enforcers transformed into a dazzling sword-light, crashing downward.
“The Water Sky City team?” The black-robed man, mid-assault on the formation, scowled. The kingdom’s defenses, layered over centuries, would take multiple strikes to breach. But the enemy had arrived too swiftly.
“Eliminate them first,” he hissed.
The black beam clashed with the colossal sword-light.
Hidden in the dark skies, Dongbo Xueying observed via the *Panbo Diagram*. His scans confirmed the enemy’s attacks posed no lethal threat to Jiuqi’s team—their combined formation, a legacy of the Empyrean Sky Palace, was formidable. Jiuqi, a Unity realm expert, was no pushover either.
**Boom—**
The collision of forces ravaged the surroundings. Mansion walls crumbled, revealing the sturdy, unharmed cages—protected by Dongbo Xueying’s covert intervention. The shockwaves were deftly dispersed, sparing nearby innocents.
Jiuqi’s team recoiled, expressions grim. “Strong. Possibly stronger than us.”
The black-robed man and his entourage glared around. Their attacks’ residual energy had been effortlessly neutralized upon leaving the mansion grounds. The unseen hand guiding this unnerved him.
“Show yourself. Your lackeys can’t handle us,” the black-robed man sneered.
A white-robed youth materialized in the distance.
Jiuqi’s team hurried over, bowing. “Elder Dongbo.”
The youth gazed down. “Bold of you to wreak havoc in the Golden Wing Kingdom.”
The black-robed man relaxed slightly—the youth was merely at the Nascent Soul realm. “An outer hall elder, likely versed in some advanced detection art from the Empyrean Sky Palace.”
A Nascent Soul posed no threat to him.
“You’ve mistaken us,” the black-robed man laughed. “Those fiends have nothing to do with me. If I truly sought to devour, could this kingdom stop me?”
“It couldn’t,” Dongbo Xueying admitted.
“Exactly. Release me, and I’ll leave this mess behind.”
“Those fiends deserve death. So do you.”
The black-robed man’s face darkened. “Must we fight? This kingdom will be reduced to ruins. Most of your men will perish.”
Silence.
Jiuqi’s team eyed Dongbo Xueying. This was no ordinary fiend group—it was an organized force, likely tied to the Ancient Sacred Sect. The cages confirmed their suspicions.
Would they turn a blind eye, or fight to the death? Their current strength was insufficient for such a battle.
—
Inside the cages, the survivors watched anxiously. They saw the horde of Void Gods and the black-robed man, facing off against the white-robed youth and his eight enforcers.
“Are they afraid of the Ancient Sacred Sect? Won’t they act?” they fretted, though none dared speak.
This was a clash beyond their station.
“Attack!”
“Kill them!”
Many prisoners seethed silently, having endured the kingdom’s recent horrors—all orchestrated by these very figures.
—
“Continue hunting the fiends, and we’ll leave. Deal?” the black-robed man offered, forcing a smile.
Dongbo Xueying studied him. “You’re from the Ancient Sacred Sect, aren’t you?”
The black-robed man stiffened. His followers tensed. Even Jiuqi’s team braced.
By naming them, there was no turning back.
“By the laws of the Empyrean Sky Palace, all followers of the Ancient Sacred Sect are to be executed without mercy,” Dongbo Xueying declared, his voice resonating across the land.
“Kill!” the black-robed man roared, leading his charge skyward.
Dongbo Xueying raised a hand.
**Swish—**
A thousand dark violet fish-shaped energy blades materialized, blanketing the sky as they surged toward the enemy.
The prisoners gaped upward, hope flaring as the white-robed youth unleashed his attack, the destructive fish engulfing the Ancient Sacred Sect’s forces. Their hearts swelled with anticipation.
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