Heavenly Light City, Deep Space Merchant Association. 

After returning from Cloud Chart Mountain Range, Xiao Cong reported everything that had happened there to the association's senior leadership, including its Martial Saint. 

The news stunned the entire association. The fact that a Divine Ability martial artist had killed a sacred beast—and not just any sacred beast, but a flood dragon—was almost unheard of. This feat was the equivalent of a Divine Ability martial artist killing a Martial Saint. Even the senior members of the Deep Space Merchant Association struggled to believe it.

However, as unbelievable as it was, everyone believed Xiao Cong. His status within the Deep Space Merchant Association was special, and there was no reason for him to fabricate a story like this. So, the association took notes of the physical description and divine abilities traits of the mysterious martial artist he had provided and proceeded with an investigation. 

The investigation proceeded far more smoothly...