He pointed at the crowd in the hall: “Daoist Brother Qingyangzi came from the ‘Xuan Shuang Valley’. Two of the three patriarchs of the valley fell in battle, and the rest scattered and fled to save their lives. Lady Qinxin came from the ‘Tianyin Pavilion’. The pavilion master sacrificed his natal immortal artifact to protect the hiding place of his disciples, and fell with the three Soul Hunter commanders. Those three warriors in gold armor were the last elites of the ‘Zhenyue Sect’. When the mountain gate was breached, they protected three hundred children and fought their way out of the encirclement. Now only the three of them remained.”
The main hall was dead silent.
The only sounds that could be heard were the young cultivators’ muffled sobs and the sound of drops of blood falling from Lady Qinxin’s fingertips.
David’s heart slowly sank.
He recalled the Soul Eater’s last words in the Earth’s Core Abyss.
“After I go to Twelfth Heaven and fully recover my strength” He recalled the inexplicable feeling of crisis when he left the Demon Abyss.
It turns out it wasn’t an illusion.
“Soul Devouring Puppet Evil Path Hall”
David muttered repeatedly, then suddenly looked at Xuanwei Zhenren, “Does Zhenren know the origin of that Soul Devouring Puppet?”
Master Xuanwei shook his head: “All I know is that the face of this doll is very similar to the famous Soul Eater Demon King from ten thousand years ago, but its cultivation technique has been completely changed, mixed with a dense aura of reincarnation and death. Some fellow Daoists speculate that the Soul Eater Demon King may have been poisoned by Zhan and turned into this doll.”
David and the Red Cloud Demon Lord exchanged glances, both seeing the seriousness in each other’s eyes.
Their worst fears came true.
Why not unite and fight?
David pressed further, “The Twelfth Heaven is filled with powerful figures, and there are definitely quite a number of experts in the Upper Immortal Realms. Are we just going to let the Evil Path Hall run rampant?”
“resistance?”
Qingyangzi laughed bitterly, raising his only remaining right hand to point at his empty left shoulder. “Kid, do you know what kind of injury this is? It’s caused by a streak of reincarnation energy from the Soul Devouring Puppet! I’m a peak level eight Immortal Lord, and I couldn’t even last three moves against that puppet!”
His voice was hoarse, filled with endless despair and fear: “As for the seniors of the Upper Immortal Realm. In the past three months, seven Upper Immortals had joined forces to besiege the Soul Devouring Puppet.
Simultaneous exclamations of surprise filled the hall.
Even Earth Fire Ancestor opened his eyes, a look of horror radiating from his turbid gaze.
Seven Immortal Realm experts surrounded the enemy, yet they suffered such a crushing defeat?
How terrifying was the Soul Devouring Puppet’s strength?!
“So you ran away?” A cold voice suddenly sounded.
Everyone turned their heads and saw that the Red Cloud Demon Lord had opened his eyes. His fiery red demonic eyes swept across everyone in the hall, and his lips curled into an irresistible grin: “If you can’t defeat them, you run. You run to the lower realms to earn a living. Is this all that the cultivators of the twelfth heaven have left?”
“You” Qingyangzi was furious, but his words turned into a long sigh full of disappointment.
What could he say?
Although what the Red Cloud Demon Lord said was harsh, it was the truth.
Master Xuanwei was silent for a moment, then slowly said, “Brother Daoist, what you said is true. When I led the disciples of the Qingming Sword Sect to retreat, I also asked myself, after cultivating for ten thousand years, how ridiculous we are like wild dogs.”
He raised his head, looked at Huo Fentian, then at David, with a flash of determination in his eyes: “But I didn’t come here just to make a living. The Twelfth Heaven has become a living hell, and the ambitions of the Evil Path Palace are far more than that.”
“Zhan E has refined countless souls through the Gate of Reincarnation; he definitely has something in mind. Once he is fully prepared, his next step will most likely be the Eleventh Heaven, or even another world.”
“I came here today in disgrace, hoping that fellow Daoists on the Eleventh Heaven can quickly make preparations. If we can unite the forces of all realms, perhaps there is still a glimmer of hope.”
FAQ Novel
Q: Why are cultivators from the Twelfth Heaven fleeing?
A: The Twelfth Heaven has fallen into disaster due to the Evil Path Palace unleashing ‘Soul Devouring Puppets’ and Soul Hunters, causing a widespread hunt for cultivators.
Q: What is the primary goal of the ‘Soul Devouring Puppets’ and Soul Hunters?
A: Their primary goal is to hunt living creatures, extract their souls, and refine their bodies into low-level puppets for their auxiliary troops.
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