"Chu Feng, what exactly is going on?"
Gu Mingyuan and the others asked in unison.
And so Chu Feng told everyone what he had learned from the Blood Devouring Hall's Master.
It turned out that the Blood Devouring Hall's Master's grandson had been a prodigy of martial cultivation in his youth.
He began cultivating at the age of five, and by ten, he had already reached the Half-Emperor realm.
Under normal circumstances, given the talent of the Blood Devouring Hall's Master's grandson, he would have surely become a figure of renown throughout the Ancestral Martial Star Domain.
But unfortunately, when the grandson was ten years old, tragedy struck.
He had been poisoned — and it was no accident. Someone had deliberately afflicted him with the toxin.
Moreover, it wasn't just one person. It was a group, every single member possessed formidable strength, and the Blood Devouring Hall's Master was no match for any of them.
All he could remember was that they wore red robes and white conical hats, with three words written in black characters across their robes — "Emissaries of Hell."
The Blood Devouring Hall's Master had no idea why they had chosen to poison his grandson.
But ever since the poison entered his body, the boy had transformed from a brilliant, heaven-blessed prodigy into a fool.
The Blood Devouring Hall's Master had exhausted every method at his disposal, yet none could cure him.
He had also tried to track down those people — to seek vengeance on his grandson's behalf and to find a cure.
To that end, the Blood Devouring Hall's Master had traveled across nearly the entirety of the Sacred Light Galaxy.
Through his efforts, he had encountered those people on two occasions, but without exception, he had been defeated each time.
Defeated and desperate, the Blood Devouring Hall's Master could only kneel and beg.
He did not beg for his own life — he begged them to provide the antidote for his grandson.
But the very people who had intended to kill him, upon hearing the story of his grandson, actually withdrew their killing intent and spared his life.
Yet without exception, none of them gave the Blood Devouring Hall's Master the antidote, nor did any of them reveal why they had poisoned his grandson.
Even now, the Blood Devouring Hall's Master still did not understand why they had done it.
But Chu Feng and the others knew why those people had acted as they did.
Because that was no ordinary poison — it was a monster.
Those people had not placed this monster inside a martial cultivator's body on a whim.
They had deliberately chosen their targets, most likely selecting children with exceptional talent to serve as hosts.
And according to the Blood Devouring Hall's Master's account, that mysterious organization seemed to have quite a large membership, each one possessing overwhelming strength — all of them peak martial cultivation experts.
So Chu Feng surmised that the Blood Devouring Hall's Master's grandson was probably not the only victim.
There had to be many others.
No one knew the organization's true objective, but whatever they were doing… it certainly could not be anything good.
Placing such a dangerous monster inside a gifted child, turning a genius who could have had a brilliant future into a fool — that in itself was an abominable act, one bordering on the most unforgivable of sins.
From this behavior alone, it was clear just how dangerous this organization was.
"How despicable — to commit such inhumane atrocities."
Upon learning of this, Gu Mingyuan's face was filled with rage.
He was not the only one. Everyone present wore the same expression of fury.
Yet at the same time, unease gripped them all.
A force this dangerous, spreading horrifying monsters throughout the Sacred Light Galaxy…
No matter what their ultimate goal was, the outcome was certain to be catastrophic.
"This matter should be reported to the Sacred Light Clan."
"We cannot allow this evil organization to continue wreaking havoc in the Sacred Light Galaxy."
Master Liangqiu spoke up.
"Forget it. Our Ancestral Martial Star Domain is nothing but an abandoned star domain."
"The Sacred Light Clan couldn't care less about whether we live or die, let alone bother with something like this."
Gu Mingyuan shook his head with a bitter smile.
Hearing this, Master Liangqiu fell silent.
Within the Ancestral Martial Star Domain, they stood at the pinnacle, but viewed against the backdrop of the entire Sacred Light Galaxy, they were insignificantly humble.
"As expected, wherever there are martial cultivators, peace is but a pipe dream. We remain in the Ancestral Martial Star Domain, mired in deceit and treachery, yet the entire Sacred Light Galaxy is no different — a world of turmoil."
The Chu Heavenly Clan's clan chief let out a helpless sigh.
"Stop dwelling on it. If fortune comes, it's not a disaster; if disaster comes, there's no hiding from it."
"Rather than counting on others, you'd be better off striving to strengthen yourselves."
Bai Liluo suddenly spoke, and after saying this, she turned to Chu Feng with a smile.
"My dear brother, does your big sister speak truly?"
"Sister Liluo, you're right. Mountains can crumble, people can run — you can only ever truly rely on yourself." Chu Feng replied with a smile of his own.
Even now, he was aware that somewhere within the vast Sacred Light Galaxy, a terrifying organization was orchestrating something catastrophic.