Chapter 524 — The Ghostfire Old Demon Blocks the Way: The Taste of Death
News travels faster than wind among cultivators.
Within mere days of the Fiery-Ice Secret Realm's closure, rumors of the cataclysm inside swept through the Seven Kings City like wildfire.
Whispers echoed through taverns, sect halls, and tea pavilions alike—of the Golden-Furred Howlbeast, a creature at the pinnacle of the Saint King Realm, that had set a deadly ambush and slaughtered countless Saint Realm cultivators.
The tale was grim, yet those seasoned in the Dao took it with the weary acceptance of veterans.
After all, to explore a secret realm was to wager one's life against heaven's whim. The danger was expected; death was a silent price they had all long since acknowledged. It was, as the elders often said, "a tragedy unforeseen, yet never unjust."
