The Primordial Immortal Realm, the Heavenly Court.
East Heavenly Gate.
The enormous gate soared into the clouds, exuding an imposing aura.
Gu Xuan's figure appeared suddenly in front of the East Heavenly Gate like a ghost.
However, just as his foot was about to step into the Eastern Heavenly Gate...
A sharp system notification suddenly rang in his mind—
[Beep beep! Warning! Warning!]
[An anomaly has been detected in the World Tree of the Heavenly Profound Divine Realm. Host, please proceed immediately to resolve the anomaly!]
The sudden alarm made Gu Xuan's heart tighten.
He immediately stopped in his tracks, his brows furrowing deeply.
"System, what exactly is going on?"
[This appears to be an invasion by an unknown dark force from beyond the realm. Host, please proceed with caution!]
Upon hearing this news...
Gu Xuan's expression suddenly darkened.
It's like one wave has barely subsided before another rises – an unknown dark force from beyond the realm?
What the hell is this thing?!
Thinking about this...
Gu Xuan raised his head and looked at the East Heavenly Gate, which was shrouded in mist and exuded an ethereal aura.
He took a deep breath, steadied himself, and thought to himself, "I'll have to improvise."
The next second, he vanished from the spot.
...
At this moment, in the Heavenly Profound Divine Realm, in the Land of Return to Nothingness.
The pre-dawn mist shrouded the World Tree, and Lan Ruoli staggered backward, clutching her severed wrist.
Ten feet in front of her, Xiaoqing's illusory figure was forming two completely different hand seals—her right hand was evolving life and creation, while her left hand was outlining the Dao patterns of destruction.
Two completely opposite Daoist principles collided in the void, exploding into fine black lightning.
"This isn't a tree spirit...something is imitating her!"
Lan Ruoli suddenly realized something, but then saw the illusory figure abruptly turn its head.
That face, which should have been delicate and lovely, was now covered with cracks, from which viscous black fluid seeped.
The sect's jade pendant in her arms shattered with a "crack," and a divine light from the Purple Mansion was automatically activated.
Under the purple divine light, a chilling scene emerged behind the phantom—seven translucent tentacles rooted in the void, each tentacle's end adorned with a different fragmented soul.
On the very center tentacle hung a face that bore an eight-tenths resemblance to the tree spirit Xiaoqing!
"So this is where it was."
A cold voice suddenly came from behind Lan Ruoli.
She turned her head in horror—
Suddenly, a mysterious figure, hidden beneath a loose black robe, appeared, stepping onto the moonlit path.
In addition, this person was carrying an ancient bronze lamp, with countless stars floating in its black flame!
The moment I saw the man in the black robe.
Lan Ruoli took a few steps back warily, ready to fight at any moment.
However, she saw the mysterious black-robed figure who had suddenly appeared slowly extend his left hand from within the black robe.
Those were extremely white hands!
A drop of seven-colored blood condensed at his fingertip and was gently placed on Lan Ruoli's severed wrist.
In an instant.
A seven-colored ray of light quickly enveloped Lan Ruoli's severed hand.
They didn't give it any chance to react at all.
Immediately afterwards, a new hand grew out instantly, but a tree-shaped mark appeared in the palm.
Lan Ruoli frowned, about to say something.
Suddenly!
The ground beneath her feet instantly turned transparent, and through the ground, she could see a huge black pillar wrapped around the roots of the World Tree!
The pillar is covered with split faces identical to those of the tree spirit Xiaoqing.
Even more terrifying is that these black pillars are pulsating like living things!
"Senior! That's..."
"The ruins of the ancient demon court that fell from beyond the Thirty-Three Heavens."
Nine talismans flew from the black-robed man's sleeve, sealing the ground. "These are things that the Heavenly Profound Realm should have sealed away forever."
Suddenly, the phantom behind the two emitted a piercing shriek.
All the cracks on its body burst open, and countless black particles gushed out, forming a sky-covering, sun-obscuring army phantom in the air.
These soldiers all wore black masks, and their chests were inlaid with bronze lamps similar to those held by the black-robed man.
"I see."
For the first time, a solemn expression appeared in the black-robed man's eyes. "The truth behind the fall of the Demon Court back then was..."
...
at the same time.
The Central Region, Mount Sumeru, a sacred site of the Western religion.
Above the Great Thunder Temple.
Eighty-one golden Arhat statues formed a demon-subduing formation.
Master Xuanku sat cross-legged at the center of the formation, the crystallization on his chest spreading to his neck.
Before him floated the Xuan Tian Mirror, split in two.
The mirror reflected a terrifying scene three thousand feet underground: the ancient bronze coffin was completely open, and it was empty.
But with each flicker of the mirror, a blurry figure appeared inside the coffin.
During the third flash.
The mirror was suddenly pierced by a blue palm!
The hand grasped the bronze mask covered with strange runes and slowly placed it on Master Xuanku's face.
Amitabha...
The chanting of the Buddha's name came to an abrupt halt.
When the other Arhats looked at the center of the formation in horror.
Master Xuanku has transformed into a statue entirely of lapis lazuli, with a third vertical pupil opening between his brows.
The ground shook violently, and nine bronze chains burst forth from the earth.
Each chain was wrapped around the corpse of a powerful cultivator at the Remnant Immortal Realm. These ancient corpses, who should have been dead for a thousand years, all had their pupils wide open.
At the end of the chains, a figure wearing a bronze mask slowly rose...
Within the shadows spreading beneath its feet, the phantom images of the eighteen levels of hell were clearly revealed.
"When I slumber, you all call me a demon."
The masked man raised a hand and gently stroked Xuan Ku's golden body, which immediately turned into dust and scattered. "Since you all call me a demon, then I'll show you what a demon I can be!"
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