Chương 1699: Death of an Expert 

As told by Minos, right after overcoming the third catastrophe, the supreme elder Edwardstone failed when facing the fourth, suffering a considerable rebound that seriously injured his body.

With this failure, even if he overcame the next catastrophes, he could never advance cultivation again!

Unfortunately, that was not the most worrying thing for the old supreme elder. Since each catastrophe came stronger than the previous one, failing the fourth would mean failing the fifth, sixth, seventh, and eighth!

That would make five leaves in a row, enough that neither he nor anyone else in that big cultivation room had any hope!

As the dark fog over parts of his body increased in intensity, covering more and more of his skin, some of those closest to that old man in the vicinity bowed their heads and let tears run down.