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Chapter 289 - 178 Heavenly Master’s Fall (Second update! Please subscribe! Please vote monthly!)_2

Chapter 289: 178 Heavenly Master’s Fall (Second update! Please subscribe! Please vote monthly!)_2

The moment this notice came out,

Dragon Country exploded in an instant.

What?

The Heavenly Master died?

After receiving this news,

major news headlines, Weibo trending searches, and short video platforms were instantly set ablaze.

All sorts of keywords rushed to the top of the trending lists.

"#Grey God website ranking for Qingyun Mountain plummets, falling from fourth to ninth!"

"#Reliable overseas reports claim the Purple Robed Heavenly Master has fallen?"

"#Heavenly Master has perished, are the rumors true or false?"

"#Holy Masters from the Sha Country Holy Hall, Onmyoji from Japan’s Divine Mountain, and SSS-rated Transcendents from the United States’ EF Corporation jointly confirm the news of the Heavenly Master’s death is true and express their intention to send Earth Vein Essence to Qingyun Mountain as a gesture of mourning!"

"#Japan’s Divine Mountain issues a detailed narrative of the Heavenly Master’s demise, the Heavenly Master actually died at the hands of a thousand-year-old Willow Demon in the Earth Cave?"

"#Three-headed Six-armed Monkey, Fire God Moth, Thousand-year-old Willow Demon, new species on Blue Star?"

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One trending topic after another spread the fact of the Heavenly Master’s demise.

Especially the detailed narrative from the Divine Mountain Onmyoji, which documented the entire incident.

Protecting their retreat, the Heavenly Master fought against three thousand-year-old Willow Tree Demons and ultimately got trapped, dying in the joint assault by the Fire God Moth and the thousand-year-old Willow Demon in the form of a three-headed six-armed Alien Monkey.

The long narrative from Japan’s Divine Mountain was wildly circulated within Dragon Country.

Many from Dragon Country found it hard to accept.

"I can’t freaking accept this! How could the Heavenly Master die? I’m really convinced now!"

"Holy shit! Waking up early in the morning, seeing on my phone that the Heavenly Master is dead, I freaking nearly blacked out. The Heavenly Master is so badass, how could he die?"

"Guys, I don’t believe this, I just can’t! I refuse to believe the Heavenly Master is dead, there’s got to be some trick to it!"

"Given the Heavenly Master’s strength, escaping from that Earth Cave would have been no problem, and the Heavenly Master’s style is never to take risks without assurance. He said he’d cover for these people, which certainly means he could have made it out on his own, but why didn’t he? There must have been some foul play!"

"That’s right, the Divine Mountain Onmyoji from Japan has had a feud with the Heavenly Master before, and Tamiya Yoshinobu and Yamamoto Oda were killed by the Heavenly Master. Now it’s the Divine Mountain who’s issued that long narrative, so there’s not something fishy going on? Who are they trying to fool?"

"Maybe they were the ones who backstabbed the Heavenly Master, who knows!"

"That’s too damn messed up, can this even be considered human?"

"@QingyunMountainOfficial, Taoist Masters, is the Heavenly Master really in trouble? Tell me this rumor isn’t true?"

Many netizens within Dragon Country began frantically tagging the official account of Qingyun Mountain.

Hoping to get some news from the Taoist Masters.

But even after several days, the official account of Qingyun Mountain did not respond.

The Taoist Masters of Qingyun Mountain seemed to implicitly confirm the news.

Seeing that the Taoist Masters didn’t reply or deny the rumors,

it appeared as if the Heavenly Master truly had perished.

The netizens of Dragon Country deflated in a moment.

The thing they least wished to accept had happened.

Many of them broke down.

Some even drove hundreds of kilometers to Qingyun Mountain to offer wreaths.

Up on Qingyun Mountain, several Red Robed Taoist Masters gathered in the Three Pure Ones Hall.

They too found it hard to accept.

The fall of the Heavenly Master was a devastating blow for Qingyun Mountain.

The few Red Robed Taoist Masters suddenly felt many years older.

For a while, they too were unable to accept the news.

However, the issue was that the Heavenly Master had left Qingyun Mountain almost two years ago.

And there had been no word at all.

With so many Transcendent forces from overseas sending Earth Vein Essence as a token of mourning,

the Taoist Masters of Qingyun Mountain also started to feel like the Heavenly Master might really have fallen.

Throughout the Three Pure Ones Hall, a mood of grief pervaded.

Looking at the deeply sorrowful and dejected looks of their fellow brothers and sisters in the faith,

Taoist Jing Xuan snorted.

"Supreme Heavenly Venerate, fellow brothers and sisters, there’s nothing to sigh about. If the Heavenly Master has left us, our Qingyun Mountain cannot fall. We must pull ourselves together, firstly conduct the Ascension Rites for the Heavenly Master, and then investigate the true cause of his death. If the Heavenly Master was indeed harmed by someone, we surely will not let any culprit off the hook! Even if it means putting the entire Qingyun Mountain on the line, we will fight the perpetrator to the death!"

Without the Heavenly Master, Taoist Jing Xuan had always been in charge of the overall situation.

Now, the words of Taoist Jing Xuan resonated within the Three Pure Ones Hall.

Jing Feng, Jing Chen, Jing Hai, and other Red Robed Taoist Masters nodded upon hearing this.

"We understand."

Then, they gathered their emotions,

stepped out of the Three Pure Ones Hall, planning to conduct the Ascension Rites for the Heavenly Master first.

At this moment, beneath Qingyun Mountain, countless cars stopped.

These were people from all over Dragon Country who had driven here.

Upon hearing the news of the Heavenly Master’s passing,

they had come spontaneously to mourn him.

Along the mountain path, countless wreaths were being carried up.

Inside Qingyun Mountain’s Taoist Temple, led by Taoist Jing Xuan, a ceremony for the Heavenly Master began.

The significant event drew the attention of Qin Hao, who was practicing with the Heavenly Master Sword at the top of the Heavenly Master Mansion.

He stood outside Heavenly Master Mansion, looking at the bustling scene below.

Qin Hao was utterly baffled.

Was there an event at Qingyun Mountain today?

With such commotion?

Qin Hao was not aware of what was happening below.

Holding the Heavenly Master Sword, he descended from Heavenly Master Mansion,

intending to check out the excitement at the Taoist Temple

to see what was going on.

As Qin Hao came down from Heavenly Master Mansion,

he found not a single person in the backyard of the Taoist Temple below.

It seemed all the Taoist Masters were gathered in the front courtyard,

where a grand ceremony was being held.

Passing through the Three Pure Ones Hall, Qin Hao stood at the entrance to observe the ceremony.

Within the crowd, the nine Red Robed Taoist Masters were chanting the Tai Yi Rescue Scripture in unison.

Qin Hao patted the shoulder of a green-robed young Taoist standing on the outskirts.

"Lad, what is this ceremony for? Has something happened within Qingyun Mountain?"

The green-robed young Taoist looked back at Qin Hao and said, "Boundless fortune to you, haven’t you heard? Our Qingyun Mountain’s Heavenly Master has ascended to immortality, and the nine Master Uncles are conducting the Ascension Rites for him... Huh? Heavenly Master?"

Mid-speech, the green-robed young Taoist’s pupils suddenly dilated.

What had he just seen?

The person who had patted his shoulder, why did he look so familiar?

In Purple?

The Heavenly Master?

Holy shit!

The green-robed young Taoist was stupefied.

This couldn’t be...

Weren’t they conducting the Ascension Rites for the Heavenly Master?

Wasn’t it said that the Heavenly Master had fallen?

Then who was standing behind him?

The young Taoist was dumbstruck.

Qin Hao, hearing what the young Taoist said, was also stunned.

What?

A ceremony for me?

Qin Hao was thinking about why there was such a commotion today, and he had specially come down to see what was happening.

But as soon as he arrived, was this a bolt from the blue?

Was he dead?

A ceremony for him?

Qin Hao thought: How could I die without knowing?

Isn’t this ridiculous?

Before Qin Hao could speak,

the young Taoist who had just answered his question shouted out loud.

"Heavenly, Heavenly Master!"

That loud shout attracted everyone’s attention.

The nine Red Robed Taoist Masters revealed displeased expressions,

looking at the young Taoist who was making a racket.

Whose disciple was this?

How dare he disturb the ceremony during the Heavenly Master’s Ascension Rites?

But in the next second,

They realized that beside the young Taoist, there seemed to be another person standing.

And this person looked very familiar.

Dressed in purple, holding a horsetail whisk,

that extraordinary and transcendent aura about him was immediately recognisable.

The nine Red Robed Taoist Masters of Qingyun Mountain froze as well.

This...

Wasn’t this the Heavenly Master?

Holy shit!

Wasn’t it said the Heavenly Master was dead?

Why was he here?

Not just the nine Red Robed Taoist Masters,

all the people present attending the Heavenly Master’s Ascension Rites were also at a loss.

What now...

Many had just been crying moments before.

There were now thousands of wreaths at the scene.

The atmosphere had built up to this point,

and then, the next second, the Heavenly Master just casually stood there.

Qin Hao thus calmly watched a group of people conducting an Ascension Rites ceremony for him.

Now it felt like he was attending his own funeral.

Qin Hao’s expression was complex,

and the expressions of all the people present who had come for the Heavenly Master’s funeral were also complex.

The atmosphere suddenly became frozen.

Now, Qin Hao just wanted to ask one question.

Which son of a bitch was spreading rumors that he’s dead?

They were the ones who died!