The elders searched the entire big residence in formations, acting as a team, lining themselves up in a triangular formation or even traveling solo to find the intruder!

However, they could not even find a trace! Even when they scurried to the point of checking the servant's quarters, they could not find the intruders.

One of the elders gritted his teeth as he shouted, "Find those two black-robed silver masked intruders! Leave no place unchecked!"

He was one of the numerous people who managed to glimpse the sight in the skies before it disappeared.

Many people thought that it was an illusion but since there were no intruders to be found, then that meant there was a certain chance that the illusion had been real.

If it was the truth...

That elder's face turned blank before it went ugly!

It obviously meant that they were not a match for the two figures who appeared in the skies! The family head being annihilated also supported this fact!

The elder quickly changed his body posture and tone as he shouted, "Report! Report it to the Royal Xuan Family!"

The elder's shout echoed throughout the residence but the elder made his way to the treasury after shouting, determined to check their losses.

He was near the treasury, so, once he arrived, he saw the battered elder who looked like he had been beaten to death while lying beside the rubble.

Many elders had also arrived here before but they all left after failing to find the intruders.

"Lockdown the place!" The elder gave a command to the others and neared the battered elder who was slowly recovering from his wounds.

"What happened? Who are the intruders? Is it those black-robed people?"

The battered elder who had his neck twisted barely nodded his head, twitching in pain as he did so.

*Crack!~*

The elder reached out both of his hands and twisted the treasury elder's neck, placing the muscles and bones into place as a crack echoed.

The treasury elder's lips quivered as he spoke, "Those two were so powerful, especially the figure which looked like a woman but wore a silver mask, however, she had bizarre strength capable of destroying this Low-Level King Grade gate into rubble."

The elder's eyes shook as he inadvertently took a step back, only to pull himself to the front as he regained balance.

The treasury elder's words sent fear into him because it undoubtedly meant that one of the black-robed figures were the ones who killed the Family Head.

Only a Seventh Stage Cultivator could battle against a Seventh Stage Cultivator!

But there were no signs of a battle in the place where the Family Head had secluded himself.

'Could it be!?' The Elder's heart shook again.

He shook his head and no longer dared to imagine or estimate the intruders' strength. The thought that he shouldn't meet with the intruders became implanted in his mind out of fear.

At this time, a figure came running from the Treasury as he hurriedly spoke, "Elders! Almost every treasure in the treasury is secure!"

Hearing it, both the elder and the treasury elder heaved a sigh of relief, however, their faces changed when they realized the prefix 'almost'.

"What was taken away?"

"It could be the item they came here for!"

The elder and the treasury what simultaneously echoed.

The figure who reported was none other than the attendant who notes down the people who enter the treasury. He steadied himself and opened his mouth despite his face looking pale.

"There are more than six items missing, including our precious tome of Inscriptions!"

The elder and the treasury elder's face turned ashen.

...The tome was enough for them to lose more than half of their fortune!

"A Meridian Regeneration Pill that is at Low-Level King Grade!"

"..."

"A... that is at Sky Grade!"

"..."

"A Blood Coagulation Pill that is at Low-Level King Grade!"

The elders selectively heard the words which had King Grade embedded in it, not bothering to listen to the Sky Grade items that had been stolen.

The elder who was trembling lost his footing as he fell down with a *thud* placing his bottom on the ground.

He wondered what disaster had they invited through possessing these items or did the Family Head receive aggression from a person he couldn't hope to offend?

Did the Family head unwittingly offend a person of high status? Is that why he had been secluding himself all these years while acting strange?

All kinds of thoughts entered the elder's head. He was like an advisor and right hand to the family head, so he was privy to some insider information, which made him make many connections to various events.

However, he still couldn't trace the intruders' identity or find their real motive.

After which seemed to be a long time, he could only look at the sky, letting out a helpless sigh, "Our Family's power is going to regress to a Sky Grade Power from here on out."

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Royal Xuan Family, Royal Palace, Throne Hall.

A male figure who adorned himself in a luxurious and magnificent robe, with a golden crown-shaped with a tortoise symbol in his head suddenly stood in shock from the royal throne he sat!

"What!? The Arashi Family's Head has been killed?"

A person kneeled on the ground as he reported, "Yes, your majesty. His death didn't even seem like to be a result of a battle but a one-sided execution. There was a hole in his abdomen effectively severing the meridian pathway to his dantian while his head had exploded into fleshy bits along with his soul."

The Emperor of the Xuan Empire, plopped to the seat of the throne in a shocked fashion before his eyes turned solemn, "Report this to the Tripartite Alliance. I remember that their members have been recently killed by these black-robed masked people you spoke of..."

The Xuan Emperor thought about them as his pupils trembled. He suddenly extended his hand as he made a command!

"And don't antagonize those black-robed people, even if you find them!"

"As you command, your majesty!" The person promptly stood up and left.

The Emperor, Xuan Fei, inwardly signed as he pondered over this matter deeply, 'There's a black dot in the skies, and from what I heard, it's been reported to be present in all the territories, further entrenching the fact that the fifty-two territories were once a whole single, huge landmass.'

'However, who are these black-robed people who have newly appeared after the dark speck of light in the skies? Are they members of an organization? Always acting in a team of two's?'

'Do the members of that mysterious organization always act in tandem? One male and one female?'

'In the first incident that we are privy to, the Tripartite Alliance faced a huge loss from those black-robed raven masked duo, and now, the Arashi Family had been reduced to a Peak-Level Sky Grade Power by a black-robed silver masked duo...'

'What is this supposed to mean? Are we welcoming the birth of a new era in the Tripartite Alliance Territory?'

Many theories and unanswered questioned popped up in Xuan Fei's head. He wanted to find the truth but also felt that he was lacking in both cultivation and thoughts.

As a Mid-Level Law Dominion Stage Cultivator, he only feared the Tripartite Alliance in this Territory, but now, it looks like he has to be wary of a new organization that suddenly sprung out of nowhere after the ominous event; the dark speck of light that loomed over their skies.

After a few minutes of pondering, the Emperor, Xuan Fei, let out a deep sigh again, "Kimmeu, we can only rely on you."

Seconds passed as time ticked along but then...

"As long as someone threatens the Xuan Family's survival, I will act..."

An ancient voice reverberated in his soul sea, making the Emperor visibly relax, his posture no longer one of insecurity as he knew that the guardian magical beast would definitely not go back on its words.