Celestial Demon Sect.
Inside the Soul Destruction Hall.
The mont the Spirit Destruction Hall Master received the ssage, his expression changed, and an Elder imdiately asked what had happened.
The Spirit Destruction Hall Master answered.
"A mysterious Spirit Refiner has appeared in Vortex Cave."
"What!"
The mont those three words were uttered—mysterious Spirit Refiner—all the Celestial Demon Sect Elders present knew what was happening.
This Spirit Refiner, about whom they still had little information, had inflicted great losses on their sect’s subordinate Foundation Establishnt Influences.
The Stone Demon Sect’s fall into ruin and the Feng Family’s annihilation were both the work of this Spirit Refiner.
And now, this Spirit Refiner had shown up at Vortex Cave.
After a brief silence, an Elder spoke up.
"Compared to the previous incidents, at least we have so news this ti."
"Hall Master, shouldn’t we go and reinforce Vortex Cave?"
"Use your head. If we could reinforce them, the Hall Master would have already said so. Even if you rushed to Vortex Cave now, you’d only be there to collect corpses. And if the Spirit Refiner has burned the bodies, you won’t even get that chance."
There was sothing else this Celestial Demon Sect Elder left unsaid.
’Judging by the Spirit Destruction Hall Master’s expression, the mysterious Spirit Refiner must be on a rampage inside Vortex Cave’s territory. If the Spirit Refiner had been trapped outside the Grand Array, the Hall Master wouldn’t look like this.’
"Hall Master, what is this mysterious Spirit Refiner’s Realm?"
Discovering the mysterious Spirit Refiner’s presence and learning this piece of news wasn’t difficult.
The Spirit Destruction Hall Master was silent for a mont before answering.
"Mid-stage Foundation Establishnt."
The reason for his earlier silence was that he couldn’t understand why this Spirit Refiner was only at the mid-stage of Foundation Establishnt.
In his mind, the mysterious Spirit Refiner should have been at the Peak of Foundation Establishnt, or at the very least, late-stage Foundation Establishnt.
When he gave this answer, many of the other Elders reacted similarly to him. They all fell silent.
The news that the mysterious Spirit Refiner was only at the mid-stage of Foundation Establishnt was far more shocking than they had expected.
So Elders, their faces etched with disbelief, exclaid in shock.
"Only mid-stage Foundation Establishnt!?"
"To be so powerful at only the mid-stage of Foundation Establishnt... just what kind of monster is this Spirit Refiner...?"
"So our previous line of investigation was all wrong. If the Realm is mid-stage Foundation Establishnt, doesn’t that mid-stage Foundation Establishnt Elder from the Celestial Cloud Sect fit the description best?"
"I seem to recall soone saying earlier that they thought this mysterious Spirit Refiner had a Core Formation Stage Cultivation. Turns out they’re just mid-stage Foundation Establishnt."
"Elder Chen, cut the sarcasm. My previous guess was a reasonable one. Could you have imagined this Spirit Refiner was only at the mid-stage of Foundation Establishnt?" the Celestial Demon Sect Elder who had previously speculated the mysterious Spirit Refiner was a Core Formation Cultivator imdiately retorted, firing back a question of his own.
"Hall Master, was there any other information in the ssage?"
"No." The Spirit Destruction Hall Master shook his head. "The mysterious Spirit Refiner appeared in Vortex Cave and revealed a mid-stage Foundation Establishnt Cultivation. That’s it."
The ssage was incredibly brief.
This implied the situation at Vortex Cave was so critical that the Foundation Establishnt Cultivators there didn’t have much ti to send a more detailed ssage.
"The fact that they could send a ssage at all ans there’s a chance they escaped from the mysterious Spirit Refiner. Let’s wait a while and see if any more news cos in."
Under the current circumstances, there was no way for them to send a ssage to the Foundation Establishnt Cultivators at Vortex Cave.
Even if a ssage got through, the cultivators would likely be in the middle of fleeing and unable to receive it.
"Hall Master, should we go and take a look?"
"We definitely need to go to Vortex Cave. Who among you is willing to go?"
The Spirit Destruction Hall Master scanned the Elders present.
Before long, five Celestial Demon Sect Elders volunteered, and the Spirit Destruction Hall Master imdiately granted his permission.
Even though this mission would likely be a wasted effort, they still had to go and see for themselves.
After the five Celestial Demon Sect Elders departed, the remaining Elders in the Soul Destruction Hall continued their discussion about the mysterious Spirit Refiner.
A mid-stage Foundation Establishnt Spirit Refiner.
The scope had seemingly narrowed, yet it felt even harder to identify this mysterious Spirit Refiner.
Within the Celestial Cloud Sect’s territory, there were more Spirit Refiners at the mid-stage of Foundation Establishnt than at the late-stage and Peak of Foundation Establishnt combined.
"This mysterious Spirit Refiner is hidden so well. We still can’t even be sure if they’re from the Celestial Cloud Sect."
"If they’re mid-stage Foundation Establishnt, they aren’t necessarily a Spirit Refiner from the Celestial Cloud Sect."
"What do you all think? Could Fang Yun of the Celestial Cloud Sect be this mysterious Spirit Refiner?" a Celestial Demon Sect Elder proposed, also providing his reasoning. "If I rember correctly, Fang Yun took first place in the Celestial Cloud Sect’s Inner Sect competition back when he was in the Qi Refining Stage. I think he also got excellent results in so kind of trial. But there’s been no news of him since he reached Foundation Establishnt."
They had investigated and learned about the special constitution Fang Yun possessed.
This special constitution would provide a definite boost to his power.
"You’re overthinking it. Isn’t Fang Yun from the Celestial Cloud Sect only at the early stage of Foundation Establishnt?"
"The Celestial Cloud Sect has his information on total lockdown. Can you be sure he’s still in the early stage and hasn’t, with the sect’s nurturing, already broken through to the mid-stage of Foundation Establishnt?"
"Even if he did break through to the mid-stage, he wouldn’t have been there for many years. I feel like this mysterious mid-stage Foundation Establishnt Spirit Refiner is close to reaching the late stage."
As for whether Fang Yun of the Celestial Cloud Sect was the mysterious Spirit Refiner, the Celestial Demon Sect Elders with differing opinions all voiced their thoughts.
Most of the Celestial Demon Sect Elders believed Fang Yun was not the mysterious Spirit Refiner. The Elder who had proposed the idea only gained the support of a few others.
"Fang Yun of the Celestial Cloud Sect is not only talented in Artifact Refining, but also in Alchemy. With an Elder like that, never mind whether the Celestial Cloud Sect’s Supre Elders and Sect Leader would let him out at all, let alone allow him to co to our territory."
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