Xie Zhi lowered his gaze to the pendant resting in his palm.
Its surface shimmered faintly, threads of karma weaving and tightening, responding to something far beyond the Great Ascension Continent.
The first phase of their plan had succeeded.
They, the true powers of the Immortal Realms could not openly stoop to killing a junior.
Not only would it be beneath them, but the particular junior in question was troublesome.
Protected.
Watched.
And very likely backed by forces that even they would rather not provoke prematurely.
So they had chosen a cleaner path.
A karmic path.
Their strategy had been simple and cruel.
Establish a deep karmic link with the disciple of the Martial Ancestor.
Once both sides, the Fallen Heavens and the Heaven Immortal Sect, returned to the Immortal Realm, that link would become a beacon.
And with it, Yu Xuan's location in the Lower Realm could be precisely tracked and transmitted.
