Chapter 6449

Just then, the heavily injured Venerable Starwick slowly raised a hand.

His voice was low, but it cut cleanly through the hall. “All of you… stop. Let them leave with the Soul-Vault Pearl.”

The assembled Golden Immortals had plenty they could not accept, but none of them dared disobey the Hall Master’s order.

One by one, they stepped aside, their retreat stiff and unwilling, as if forced to yield against their own will.

Venerable Emberlain and Venerable Frostgrave said nothing more.

Taking the opening without hesitation, they turned and quickly left the Soul-Refining Hall. That very night, they withdrew from the inner precincts of Pole Star Hall, cutting ties without a second thought.