Amidst the chatter around them, both Chester and Dax were frozen in their tracks.

It seemed Darryl was the Nine Heaven Sage. No wonder the Heavenly Alliance had stopped troubling the Carter Family during this period of time. However, under their shocked expression, Chester and the others were not even a little bit happy. Instead, they were all in a turmoil of emotions. Since the start of the Heavenly Alliance, they had been forcefully coercing people in the world of cultivators to join them. Chester was not a huge fan of the methods that the Heavenly Alliance resorted to.

At this time, Agatha, Elder Fire and the other elders looked at Darryl one by one, their gazes filled with shock and anger.

'So, Darryl's actually the Nine Heaven Sage. No wonder he refused to work with the Hidden Hero Sect in the past,' Agatha thought in awe.

Disappointment was written all over Agatha's face after uncovering the truth. Her heart tugged from the feeling of being fooled and played.

"Sh*t!" Darryl