The Man’s Decree – Chapter 5993

Lyza shook her head again. "No fixed time or place, only that a month ago their names flashed onto the Manor's wanted rolls, tagged with 'deserting the heavens, prying into taboos! The arrest was swift, quiet, no one in the streets even sensed the ripple. Rumor says they first tried to sneak near the city lord mansion. No clue why..."

"They vanished right after, and the next sighting was their execution at Soulfall Slope." She hesitated. "The site was sealed by an isolation array, no sound escapes. Our watchers were too far; they saw the blade fall but heard nothing."

Jared held back the heat rising in his throat and spoke low. "Then whose order was it, and whose hand did the killing?"

Lyza felt levity leave the room like breath from a wound. She straightened, vertebra by vertebra, until only formality remained. "From what we've learned, the order almost certainly came from Julian, the current City Lord of Jade immortal City and master of the manor. The celestials back him, his cultivation unfathomable, at least High Immortal Realm Level Seven-and the city bends at his knee..."

"A punishment that severe could only move with his direct command, or at least his nod. As for who actually carried it out..." She slid a glance toward Panther.