When Great Elder Fang Mei received the report, she was genuinely surprised. As the head of the Punishment Palace, almost everything that occurred within the territory of the sect was known to her. How could a mere Xiantian cultivator possibly kidnap an imperial descendant and commit such severe crimes right under her nose without her immediately detecting it?
Before she could ponder the matter further, five men and two women dressed in flowing red robes materialized before her, kneeling smoothly on one knee. Each carried a distinctive red sheath strapped to their back. Every single disciple assigned to the Punishment Palace wielded one of these specialized crimson blades, known across the continent as Punishment Swords. Crafted as high-tier spirit artifacts, these weapons possessed the lethal sharpness required to slice through an Earth Monarch's defensive body refinement with absolute ease.
