The Royal Hunting Grounds.

The emperor was just about to retire for the night when he was startled awake by the voice of a young eunuch.

"Your Majesty, something has happened in the palace."

As soon as he finished speaking, the eunuch knelt down and continued in a slightly fearful voice, "The Grand Preceptor and the Holy Maiden are both... dead."

You must know, these are the Imperial Preceptor and the Holy Maiden!

They are people with divine power, who can communicate with the heavens, and who can pray for the well-being of the people of the universe.

But now he suddenly died overnight.

The emperor, who was still feeling sleepy, was jolted awake upon hearing the news.

"How did he die! I need to know the details!"

Hearing the emperor's voice, which was suppressing his anger.

The young eunuch truthfully reported, "A loud noise suddenly came from the Imperial Preceptor's Tower, and then half of the tower collapsed. By the time the Imperial Guards went to investigate, the Imperial Preceptor and the Holy Maiden had already perished there."

"The initial speculation is that it was caused by the Imperial Preceptor's refining of elixirs."

A brief silence fell over the tent.

He knew about the Imperial Preceptor's alchemy, and to this day he still treasures a life-saving elixir.

The imperial advisor also said that alchemy is risky.

Little did anyone expect that the Imperial Advisor would lose his life because of alchemy.

"Have Zhang Mengyue thoroughly investigate the cause of the Imperial Preceptor's death!"

However, the emperor did not completely believe this deduction.

Since it concerns the Imperial Preceptor and the Holy Maiden, he must want a precise answer.

However, this initial deduction is destined to be the accurate answer.

On the trees outside the palace.

Bai Yunqi breathed a sigh of relief as he watched the thunderclouds disperse.

As expected, the lightning wasn't meant to strike him, but rather the Grand Preceptor.

Even now, he still doesn't understand what the Heavenly Dao of this world is like.

It seems like he's been drinking fake alcohol; he's been dizzy all the time.

These are things you should think about in your heart, but you can't say them out loud.

He couldn't say anything that looked down on the Heavenly Dao, but he could say things that praised himself much more easily.

"How clever of me! I killed myself while refining pills—what a perfect excuse!"

Bai Yun'an: "Hmm, you're really smart."

Bai Yunqi suddenly turned his head and stared at Bai Yun'an: "Why do I feel like you're mocking me!"

Bai Yun'an shrugged: "It's probably because you're this kind of person that you think everyone else is like you."

Bai Yunqi: ...

Sometimes I really want to punch and kick him, and tear his mouth apart!

However, we should still treat each other with brotherly love and respect!

Brotherly affection and respect: Bai Yunqi: "Hey! Just who are you?!"

"You want to know?"

Bai Yunqi: ...

He and his two brothers should just be friendly and respectful to each other!

The third brother was punching and pounding wildly!

Seeing that my older brother's face had turned serious and he was no longer smiling.

Bai Yun'an beckoned to him: "Come here, let me show you."

Bai Yunqi was full of questions, but driven by curiosity, he went over to investigate.

The next instant, a finger touched his forehead.

Bai Yunqi raised his eyes, looked up at the finger, and asked abstractly, "You just touched the old man's corpse, did you wipe your hands?"

He disliked old men to some extent.

Bai Yun'an: "I wiped it off."

Bai Yunqi: ...Actually, I don't quite believe it.

"Don't move, don't resist, you should be able to handle it."

Bai Yun'an can play the victim in front of strangers, but for some reason, he doesn't like to do so with people he's close to.

Therefore, instead of letting him reveal his identity, it would be better to let others see the apocalypse for themselves.