Several days later.
Hovering above Purple Nan Island, a massive White Bone Palace floated high in the sky, radiating waves of grim, ash-white aura. Its walls and floors were all forged from stacked beast bones, and at the tips of each of the rooftop corners rested the skeletons of exotic beasts—resembling dragons, tigers, turtles, and birds. Inside their skulls flickered ghostly flames, suggesting that they were not mere inanimates.
Surrounding the palace, numerous Flying Boats with the Wu Yue Sect's banners stood guard vigilantly, and on the island below swarmed figures cloaked in black robes.
Purple Nan Island had evidently fallen.
However, inside the White Bone Palace, the faces of the Wu Yue Sect Nascent Soul cultivators weren't entirely filled with joy; many bore traces of doubt.
