For millions of years, the leaders of the Four Great Sects had rarely stepped forward in person. But this time, it was an unprecedented first, for all four Sect Masters sensed an eerie strangeness in the air. Their direct disciples had one after another received bizarre, unfathomable summons, followed by equally bizarre and inexplicable accidents. Gathering together, the four Sect Masters wore grave expressions. They knew full well that this matter was of monumental importance; these direct disciples were the future hope of their sects, yet now they had encountered such a catastrophe.
"This summons is bizarre beyond measure, as if a mysterious force is manipulating things from behind the scenes," one Sect Master said in a deep voice.
"Indeed, and the manner in which our disciples met with disaster follows no discernible pattern, leaving us entirely unprepared," another Sect Master chimed in.
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