This Sword Cultivator is Somewhat Dependable

Because of the mockery from Taoist Master Lixing, he truly had no way to retort.

The power of the Bright Moon Formation was said to reach the heavens.

With the Bright Moon Formation, not to mention three against three, even three against six, they stood undefeated.

They also anticipated that the Cultivators at Dragon City Pass, driven to desperation, would launch a desperate counterattack, resulting in considerable losses for them.

"The initial sacrifices are always inevitable."

This was their mental preparation.

However, the White Tiger Sovereign never imagined the Cultivators at Dragon City Pass would counterattack with such terror, able to forcefully trade pieces and take down the Vermilion Bird Sovereign, even in such adversity.

"Yes, I admit I underestimated you, but you also overestimated our losses." After a moment of silence, the White Tiger Sovereign finally spoke.

"The fall of the Vermilion Bird Sovereign is indeed a heavy price for us, but... that's all." He laughed.

"What do you mean?" Taoist Master Lixing couldn't help but frown.

"Lixing..." A slightly trembling voice sounded in his ear.

It was from the Nine Lotus Spirit Venerable.

The Nine Lotus Spirit Venerable seemed to be afraid of something?

Taoist Master Lixing turned his head to see the Nine Lotus Spirit Venerable beside him, lips slightly trembling, eyes flashing with terror, as if witnessing something horrifying.

Was he afraid of death?

Taoist Master Lixing subconsciously thought, but then shook his head the next moment.

Impossible, the Nine Lotus Spirit Venerable isn't that kind of person.

"No..." The Nine Lotus Spirit Venerable continued, his voice revealing an incredibly shocked emotion, "There's no Heavenly Phenomenon of Dao Disappearance!"

The Nine Lotus Spirit Venerable finally finished speaking.

Taoist Master Lixing was struck by this realization, his whole body shaking, standing dumbfounded.

Yes, he had been feeling as if something was missing since the beginning, but couldn't recall what.

Now, after what the Nine Lotus Spirit Venerable said, he finally reacted.

The Heavenly Phenomenon of Dao Disappearance was missing!

In Sky Dome Heaven, whenever an Honorable Realm Cultivator falls, a heavenly phenomenon of Dao disappearance invariably appears. It's a feedback process to Heaven and Earth from the Cultivator, determined by the will of the Heavenly Dao.

Therefore, it's a rule, an ironclad law, without exception.

But now, at least five breaths have passed since the fall of the Vermilion Bird Sovereign, so why hasn't the heavenly phenomenon of Dao disappearance appeared?

Unless the Vermilion Bird Sovereign isn't dead yet?

Taoist Master Lixing's gaze was like lightning, he quickly looked at the Vermilion Bird Sovereign's physical body already fallen on the ground.

It still lay there like a muddy pile, motionless, with no signs of life recovery, absolutely dead.

"Could it be that his Primordial Spirit is still intact?" The Martial Emperor Qingfeng had just been trapped in a cage, focusing on breaking out, and naturally wasn't as concerned about the battle situation here as the other two, thus proposing his own guess.

Cultivators are different from ordinary people, especially Cultivators of such a level as the Honorable Realm.

For them, not to mention the loss of life within the physical body, even without a physical body, as long as the Primordial Spirit remains, it does not count as death and they have a complete chance to reconstruct the body.

"The Vermilion Bird Sovereign is definitely dead, I could clearly sense his Primordial Spirit being completely shattered and annihilated by the Northern Rainbow Sword, leaving no trace." The Nine Lotus Spirit Venerable immediately dismissed the Martial Emperor Qingfeng's hypothesis.

—The Primordial Spirit is the depository of the life imprint; once it dissipates, everything becomes void, and nothing remains.

Thus, if the Vermilion Bird Sovereign's Primordial Spirit was truly crushed entirely, he would have absolutely no chance of survival.

And Spiritual Cultivators specialize in the Primordial Spirit, and the Nine Lotus Spirit Venerable is among those with the highest level of Cultivation within the Human Race, an expert among experts in the realm of the Primordial Spirit.

How could his perception be wrong?

"Clearly an Honorable Realm Cultivator, clearly has fallen... yet no Heavenly Phenomenon of Dao Disappearance appears? How is this possible?" The Martial Emperor Qingfeng could not comprehend this matter, his gaze flashing with bewilderment.

"Eliminate all possibilities, and the only remaining one must be the final answer." While the Martial Emperor Qingfeng was still confused, the Nine Lotus Spirit Venerable had already figured everything out first.

He exhaled a heavy breath, sighed bitterly, "The Vermilion Bird Sovereign... he was never part of our Sky Dome Heaven Human Race!"

"Are you saying..." Taoist Master Lixing already understood the meaning within Nine Lotus Spirit Venerable's words, his voice starting to tremble.

"Though we don't know how they managed it, the fall of a Cultivator of this level, without triggering the Heavenly Phenomenon of Dao Disappearance, can only mean this." The Nine Lotus Spirit Venerable nodded.

Since the law of the Heavenly Phenomenon of Dao Disappearance is set by Sky Dome Heaven's Heavenly Dao will, it only affects the beings of Sky Dome Heaven!

Within the Demon Race, there has never been such a thing.

Just like the other day when Chang'an's Blood Slaughter, with strength comparable to a top-tier Honorable Realm Cultivator of the Human Race, nearly approaching the Demi-Ancestor Xuan Venerable, fell without causing the Heavenly Phenomenon of Dao Disappearance.

Everything is now clear.

"No wonder the Rinsing Spirit Sect would betray the Human Race, and in such a collective manner..." The Martial Emperor Qingfeng said, lost and dispirited.

The betrayal of a Cultivator at the Honorable Realm level is already an earth-shattering affair.

However, all the Honorable Realm Cultivators of the Rinsing Spirit Sect, even all the senior Cultivators, were as solid as a rock, collectively betraying the Human Race...

It's akin to a nation's ruling class entirely defecting, a scenario so shocking that not even supernatural stories would dare depict it.

Now, all doubts, all illogical areas, have been explained.

The so-called betrayal never really existed!