518: Of the ten imperial attendants, five died.

The Central Domain, located in the middle of the Four Domains, is surrounded by seas on all sides, separated from the other domains by the Sea of Despair, one of the Nine Great Forbidden Seas!

Of course, the Sea of Despair is vast, and the surrounding sea areas are merely a part of it, yet within this single sea area, countless ancient treasures are hidden!

As one of the Nine Great Forbidden Seas, the Sea of Despair is overrun by Yao Beasts; some are enormous, reaching the heavens and earth, rumored to be hundreds of thousands of feet long, while others are as small as ants, barely visible to the naked eye.

Every Cultivator is filled with covetousness for the Sea of Despair, yet also with deep reverence!

This is because the Yao Beasts here are too powerful, and there are also some experts from ancient times who have died until now, whose Divine Souls are incomplete after death, their grievances unscattered, lingering in the Sea of Despair, becoming a peculiar kind of Undead!

These Undead are far more terrifying than remnant Divine Souls, as they absorb the power of sin and the Qi of death from countless living beings, condensing their own grievances.

Their individual strength may not be immense, but their terrifying ability to create illusions is enough to make people die silently within them, and many people don't even realize they've been parasitized by Undead.

Therefore, those who dare to venture into the sea are mostly extremely powerful Golden Body Realm Cultivators, or old monsters who have been in the Golden Body Realm for countless years with no possibility of a Breakthrough to the Immortal Realm.

Old monsters whose Lifespan is nearing its end will come to the Sea of Despair to try their luck; if they obtain an Opportunity, they might even be able to Break through to the Immortal Realm, increasing their Lifespan by a hundred thousand years!

For example, Fang Sihai, the Old Ancestor-level figure of the Star Picking Hall, obtained an Opportunity in the Sea of Despair when his Lifespan was nearing its end, ultimately stepping into the Immortal Realm!

Cultivators as lucky as Fang Sihai are actually not many; he is already considered very fortunate, as most Cultivators who venture into the Sea of Despair face a certain death!

Because of its unique geographical location, the Central Domain inevitably has ambitious Cultivators who take risks, and the more risks they take, the greater the opportunities they naturally obtain!

The reason the Central Domain can transcend the Four Domains and form its own domain is that the Cultivators here are generally stronger than those in the other Four Domains.

Moreover, unlike the other Four Domains, where Immortal Great Sects are numerous and no single Sect has fully dominated a region, the best examples are only the Holy Heaven Demon Sect and Dianxing Academy in the Northern Domain.

The entire Northern Domain only has these two Sects, which is already very rare.

But in the Central Domain, although there are many Immortal Great Sects, there is only one Sect that truly rules the entire Central Domain.

The Meteorite Sect!

...The Central Domain has been very lively recently because a piece of news reached here.

Shen Tianxing has arrived in the Central Domain!

Since Shen Tianxing killed the Emperor's Companion Murong Yun in the Eastern Continent a month ago, his reputation has risen rapidly like a shooting star!

Originally, he was only famous in the Eastern Continent, and Cultivators from the other domains were merely watching the show.

But in just three days, only three days after Murong Yun's death, another piece of news spread.

The South Sea Divine Sect's Emperor's Companion, Wei Tianya, died at the Cape of the World!

When this news broke, the various Great Sects in the Southern Domain were incredibly shocked; no one expected that Shen Tianxing would dare to kill again?

Moreover, this incident occurred only three days after Murong Yun's death!

He actually crossed the Eastern Continent and went directly to the Southern Domain?

And killed the South Sea Divine Sect's Emperor's Companion with his first move!

This is outrageous!

The Sect Master of the South Sea Divine Sect erupted in thunderous fury, and the entire Sect dispatched experts to extensively search for Shen Tianxing's whereabouts in the South Sea.

But no one could find him!

It wasn't until ten more days passed that another piece of news spread, completely making Shen Tianxing's name resound throughout the Four Domains; everyone knew him now!

Su Qingyang, the Emperor's Companion of South Sea Immortal Mountain, was killed!

Blood permeated the sea, and Su Qingyang's body floated in the water, with only a concentrated, unscattered Saber Qi on him; apart from that, there were no other injuries.

The origin of that Saber Qi was the same as those on Wei Tianya and Murong Yun!

It could be concluded that Shen Tianxing did it!

Out of the ten Emperor's Companions, three have now died, excluding Nangong Shang and Sikong Wuji, whose killers are unknown!

This means five Emperor's Companions were lost all at once!

Of the three Emperor's Companions in the Southern Domain, only Ye Daohuang of the Divine Phoenix Dao, who happened to be absent from the Southern Domain, remains!

..."Have you heard? Shen Tianxing has come to the Central Domain, and his tracks have already been discovered. The Sects from the Four Domains whose Emperor's Companions died have now dispatched experts to the Central Domain, preparing to eliminate Shen Tianxing!"

In a tavern in the Central Domain, Cultivators filled the seats, chatting and discussing, but all their conversations revolved around Shen Tianxing's deeds.

"This news is no longer a secret. It's been ten days since Shen Tianxing came to the Central Domain. I heard that even the high-ranking officials of the Meteorite Sect have heard about it, but it's unknown if they will intervene."

"I think they definitely will intervene! After all, the Meteorite Sect is the organizer of every Emperor's Son succession struggle. They spent ten thousand years selecting ten Emperor's Companions, and now five have died. How could they not intervene?"

"What you said makes sense. After all, this concerns the Opportunity for new Sects to enter the Inner Domain!"

"If it's not handled well, it might be suppressed by the envoy from the Inner Domain, just like thirty thousand years ago. This is no small matter; the Meteorite Sect definitely won't stand by and watch."

"Hehe, no matter what, I'm very curious now what capabilities Shen Tianxing has to dare to come here? I heard that in three days, heroes will gather in the Valley of Gods and Demons, and Shen Tianxing will be there. We'll see what his fate holds!"

"Just watch. I heard that Wu Long, the Emperor's Companion of the Holy Heaven Demon Sect, has already arrived and made harsh statements, vowing to deal with Shen Tianxing!"

"I heard that too. The Emperor's Companions from other Sects might also make a move. This is too interesting!"

Shen Tianxing's reputation was already widely spread in the Central Domain.

No one knew that at this very moment, Shen Tianxing was safely seated in this very tavern, listening to them discuss his deeds while enjoying a drink with Yan Yuzhu.

In the private room on the top floor.

Yan Yuzhu poured a cup of wine for Shen Tianxing and said, "The commotion this time is a bit big, it might attract the attention of the Meteorite Sect."

"If their experts intervene, your plan might be cut short."

Yan Yuzhu had no doubt that if Shen Tianxing was given the chance, all the so-called Emperor's Companions would die at his hands, not a single one missed.

Now, the biggest fear was the intervention of the Meteorite Sect.

After all, the power of this Sect was the strongest Yan Yuzhu had heard of since coming to the Four Domains!

It was stronger than all the Immortal Great Sects in the Four Domains. It was rumored that not only did it have Immortal Realm experts, but it might even have terrifying Heaven and Earth Sealing King Realm Cultivators!

Of course, this was merely a legend.

After all, the Meteorite Sect has existed since ancient times, so having such a foundation is quite normal.

"No need to worry."

Shen Tianxing picked up his wine glass, took a sip, and said, "The more experts that come, the more interested I am in making a move. Otherwise, it would be too undeserving of me revealing my whereabouts."