In an instant, when the Chi Family's True Masters, a man and a woman, saw the 'kind-eyed and benevolent' Ancestor Master Chi Yuan.
Their eyes first widened in astonishment, then quickly realized what had happened to them, thus their faces turned extraordinarily pale:
"Ancestor Master..."
Their phantom-like figures bowed down and said:
"We... our spiritual forms have perished."
Seemingly aware of their impending fate, perhaps to be like the hundreds of 'fellow disciples' hanging from the beams of the Great Sacrificial Hall, with no chance of 'emerging to possess' again.
For a moment, their faces were ashen.
But then, recalling the actions of Li Treading Immortal, and the sudden appearance of the 'Northern Emperor's Sword, True Martial Armor,' their eyes involuntarily filled with furious flames.
Then, impulsively, they told Ancestor Master Chi Yuan the whole sequence of events outside.
"Ancestor Master, our defeat was not due to incompetence."
