The Peerless Emperor

In the expansive hall, the bright flame of the Life Lamp illuminated everything thoroughly.

The extinguishing of Jiao Wenbo's Life Lamp was extremely conspicuous within the entire hall.

The two commanders guarding this hall were both terrified.

In their impression, it was impossible for the Life Lamps of the four Marshals to go out.

But now, Jiao Wenbo's Life Lamp was indeed extinguished, clearly indicating his death.

"Report to the Immortal King immediately, this is no small matter!" One of the hall's commanders came to his senses and shouted urgently.

"That's right, go quickly!" The commander nodded in agreement, while instructing the nearby immortal soldiers to continue guarding the place and observe the situation.

At this moment, in the center of the Immortal Court, within the Upper Yuan Immortal Palace of the Upper Origin Immortal Country, the Upper Origin Immortal Emperor sat high upon his throne.

The Upper Origin Immortal Emperor's expression was very grim at this time, listening to the Immortal Official reporting the situation below, his mood was as dark as if water could drip from it.

According to the report from this Immortal Official, the bandit was wild and unrestrained, not only looting low-level cities but even targeting high-level cities!

Moreover, from the information this Immortal Official provided him, it seemed to have been assisted by his disciple Jiao Wenbo.

How could that be possible!

The Upper Origin Immortal Emperor's first reaction was exactly this, unsure about how his disciple Jiao Wenbo, whom he knew so well, could assist bandits in looting the Immortal Country's cities?

What's more, he was one of the four Marshals of the Upper Origin Immortal Country, of high rank and authority, with wealth reaching unprecedented levels.

How could he aid and abet, helping bandits plunder the cities of the Upper Origin Immortal Country?

"Are you sure the information passed on is not wrong?" The Upper Origin Immortal Emperor frowned, staring at the Immortal Official kneeling on the ground below, asking sternly.

Jiao Wenbo was his disciple, and this matter required his utmost caution.

The Immortal Official, hearing the somewhat angry tone of the Immortal King, hurriedly explained, "Reporting to the Immortal King, this matter is absolutely true."

"The city garrison and the Immortal Army all saw Marshal Jiao entering the city to discuss with the City Lord, claiming to deal with bandits and requesting resource support." The Immortal Official prostrated on the ground, fearful, "Afterwards, the City Lord brought Marshal Jiao into the treasury."

"Yesterday, they found the City Lord's corpse in the treasury, and all the stored items had vanished without a trace."

"Several cities were like this, thus concluded that Marshal Jiao colluded with the enemy, which led to this..."

As the Immortal Official reached this point, the Upper Origin Immortal Emperor's face was gloomy, instinctively feeling that the matter wasn't this simple.

This Immortal Official did not know that he had dispatched Jiao Wenbo to capture Lin Di, the Human Ancestor's only son.

With such an important task at hand, how could he have had the time to go looting cities?

Just as the Upper Origin Immortal Emperor was indecisive, he noticed two streaks of light flying from afar and landing at the palace gate.

After stabilizing at the gate, the two commanders guarding the Life Lamp Hall entered together.

The Upper Origin Immortal Emperor noticed their arrival, heart tensing, sensing something amiss.

These two were commanders residing over the Life Lamp Hall, arriving simultaneously, there must be an issue.

Surely, something had happened!

Beside him, the Immortal Official kneeling on the ground noticed the commotion and looked back, shocked by the identity of the arrivals, unclear of the reason.

He too had a vague realization, feeling that something had likely occurred; otherwise, why would the commanders of the Life Lamp Hall come here.

"Reporting to the Immortal King, the flame of Marshal Jiao Wenbo's Life Lamp in the Life Lamp Hall has extinguished!" The two commanders approached within the hall, knelt on one knee before the throne, and reported respectfully.

Sitting on the throne, the Upper Origin Immortal Emperor's breath caught, clearly shocked by the commanders' words.

Jiao Wenbo's Life Lamp extinguished, he was dead?

The Immortal Official on the ground widened his eyes, hardly believing what he heard.

Jiao Wenbo's Life Lamp extinguished?

You must be joking; he had just been reporting that Jiao Wenbo had colluded with bandits, looting high-level city treasuries, murdering City Lords.

And now, unexpectedly, he was dead?

"Immortal King, I..." The Immortal Official hastily tried to explain, but was stopped by a wave of the Upper Origin Immortal Emperor's hand.

In truth, there was no need for further words; the Upper Origin Immortal Emperor understood, this matter was not as simple as he had initially imagined.

Disciple Jiao Wenbo, tasked to capture Lin Di, had gone silent without any news.

Now, news of his death had come, with his Life Lamp extinguished.

Additionally, there were allegations that he had colluded with bandits to loot city treasuries.

The conjunction of these three messages was indeed unusual.

"During this period, was there anything unusual with Jiao Wenbo's Life Lamp?" From his throne, the Upper Origin Immortal Emperor suddenly questioned the two commanders of the Life Lamp Hall.

Upon hearing the Upper Origin Immortal Emperor's question, the commander who discovered the abnormality first stepped forward and reported, "Reporting to the Immortal King, there was indeed an anomaly."

"In the past few days, Marshal Jiao's Life Lamp flame was exceedingly stable, almost unchanged, without any fluctuations whatsoever."

Upon hearing this response from the Life Lamp Hall commander, the Upper Origin Immortal Emperor had already formed a hypothesis, somewhat understanding the situation.

"The enemy likely used some method; Jiao Wenbo's soul was stabilized, preventing the Life Lamp from extinguishing, while he had long been dead."

"Then they impersonated Jiao Wenbo to deceive the City Lords of high-level cities, open the treasuries, and swept away the resources inside."

When the Upper Origin Immortal Emperor finished speaking, everyone suddenly understood, realizing roughly what had happened.

This explanation clarified many previously unclear aspects, like a mist lifting.

Following this, the Upper Origin Immortal Emperor remained expressionless, while the many Immortal Officials in the hall did not know what their Immortal King was thinking.

However, they could feel the raging aura emanating from the Upper Origin Immortal Emperor, clearly indicating extreme anger.

The crowd did not know what thoughts were swirling in the Upper Origin Immortal Emperor's mind, but within him, fury was surging.

Clearly, the attempt to capture Lin Di had undoubtedly failed this time.

Furthermore, the Upper Origin Immortal Emperor had every reason to suspect that the bandits plundering cities within the Upper Origin Immortal Country were definitely in league with Lin Di.

Otherwise, how could it coincide so perfectly that after Jiao Wenbo's death, they used some unknown trick to impersonate him and loot high-level cities?

How could those bandits plundering within the Upper Origin Immortal Country have suddenly attacked where Jiao Wenbo was located?

It must be that the two were colluding; after Lin Di was attacked and besieged, he notified the bandits to come to his aid, and together they killed Jiao Wenbo.

Then, they disguised themselves as him, looting various cities.

"Lin Di!" The Upper Origin Immortal Emperor inwardly roared in anger, placing the entirety of the blame on Lin Di.

He vowed to kill Lin Di no matter what.