Cleaning House

With a flick of his wrist, he produced an ancient jade talisman, its surface a dark blue and engraved with mysterious rock patterns, which he solemnly handed to Chen Fan.

"This is the Earth Vein Life-Link Talisman. As long as it's within the Great Wilderness, crushing it will allow sound to travel thousands of miles. The Blood Moon will completely envelop the Far North at most another month. Brother Chen, when shall we set off to scout the God-Burial Abyss?"

Chen Fan took the jade talisman and casually stuffed it into his sleeve.

He did not answer, but turned around and stepped into the Void at the edge of the Mountain-Viewing Terrace, looking down at the vast and desolate Northern Border landscape.

A chilling killing intent emanated from the depths of his dark eyes, spreading like ice.

There's no rush to set off.

Chen Fan had his back to the Giant Spirit City Lord, his tone calm and utterly indifferent.

"How?"

The Giant Spirit City Lord was taken aback.

"What could be more important than the Path to Heaven from the Guixu?"

Chen Fan turned his head slightly, a chilling, pale smile spreading across his lips.

"I have a mischievous stray dog at home, so before I go out... I have to clean the house first."

Before he could finish speaking...

Chen Fan's figure suddenly faded above the sea of clouds, disappearing into thin air without even causing the slightest spatial tremor.

The Law Domain is boundless, yet it can traverse a thousand miles in an instant.

The Giant Spirit City Lord stood on the edge of the cliff, feeling the lingering chill in the Void, and a cold shiver inexplicably ran down his spine.

"Who is this jinx... going to kill?"

Ten thousand miles away, in the Profound Nether Main City.

The entire city was shrouded in a grim atmosphere, with fully armed Fire Crow Tribe warriors patrolling the streets and alleys.

The City Lord's Mansion lies three thousand feet underground, at the deepest point of the Extreme Yin Earth Veins.

This place was originally an absolute forbidden area for the cultivation of successive city lords, with layers of Spirit-Sealing Black Iron poured into the four sides of the cliffs, isolating it from all Divine Thought probing.

In the center of the sealed chamber, a ghostly green Netherfire burned silently.

The Xuanming Old Monster sat cross-legged on a pitch-black Formation Disk, his face twisted and ferocious.

He rapidly formed hand seals and spat a mouthful of his Lifeblood Essence onto the array's core beneath his feet.

Buzz!

A hidden compartment deep underground slowly moved aside, and a fragment of a Xuanming Tortoiseshell covered in greenish-blue patina rose slowly from the yin and turbid energy.

The fragments are broken and incomplete at the edges, but the Black Tortoise totem carved on them is of the same origin as the mountain pattern of Giant Spirit Giant Spirit City and the blazing sun pattern of Red Rock City!

It is the Guixu Remnant Map, passed down through generations of the Xuanming City lineage!

"Damn brat... you barbarian bastard!"

Xuanming Old Monster's eyes were bloodshot as he stared at the tortoise shell in his hand, gritting his teeth. The Life-and-Death Slave Seal deep within his Sea of Consciousness was burning with pain, constantly reminding him of the shame of being reduced to a slave.

"You're forcing me to acknowledge you as your master? You're seizing my military power? Do you really think you're the ruler of this Great Wilderness?!"

"Those idiots in Red Rock City can't keep a secret, and that iron-clad guy in Giant Spirit City will definitely come after you! The Giant Spirit City Lord is already at the Ninth Tier; your journey to the Mountain-Viewing Terrace is a gamble with almost certain death!"

A morbid ecstasy appeared on the face of the Xuanming Old Monster, and he trembled as he pulled out a bone talisman that glowed with an eerie light from his robes.

That's a token from the Netherworld Heavenly Palace, the top overlord of the Great Wilderness!

"If I offer this fragment of the map to the Netherworld Venerable, Ninth Tier, he will surely use his supreme demonic power to remove the slave Slave Mark from my Sea of Consciousness!"

"Chen Fan... when you escape from Giant Spirit City severely injured, I will crush your bones inch by inch in front of the entire city!"

The Xuanming Old Monster's face was almost crazed, and his withered hand reached out to grab the floating Xuanming Tortoiseshell.

However, just as his fingertips were about to touch the fragment of the painting...

Boom!!

A deafening roar, beyond description, suddenly ripped through the sky!

The Protective City Formation of Xuanming City, with its nine layers of restrictions constructed from hundreds of Xuanbing divine runes, was instantly shattered like paper!

The dome of the Extreme Yin Earth Vein cracked inch by inch, accompanied by a torrent of rubble and violent shockwaves. A colossal fist, formed entirely from the Life-and-Death Dao Resonance of gray and white, descended fiercely from the sky with the power to crush everything!

The entire Profound Nether Main City trembled violently at that moment!

"Puff!"

The Xuanming Old Monster was instantly struck by the violent aftershocks of the punch, coughing up blood. His protective aura shattered like bubbles, and he was forcefully knocked to the ground, his bones emitting a teeth-grinding cracking sound.

Amidst the billowing smoke and ruins, a gaunt figure dressed in white slowly floated down from the collapsed opening in the dome.

The boy dragged a rough, broken Broken Saber covered in chips in his hand. The tip of the knife sliced across the bluestone ground, leaving a sharp, cold trail of sparks.

Clatter

Chen Fan landed steadily beside the hidden compartment, his shoes lightly stepping on the Xuanming Tortoiseshell that had been shaken to the ground.

He looked down at the pale-faced Xuanming Old Monster in the mud, a cruel smile playing on his lips.

Deep within those eyes, the phantom of Yin-Yang Millstone slowly rotated, transforming the entire underground chamber into a desolate wasteland.

"Old servant."

Chen Fan lightly rubbed the ancient tortoise shell with his toe, his voice as gentle as if he were chatting casually, yet it sent the old man on the ground plummeting into the Nine Netherworlds hell:

"This turtle's shell is well-hidden."

"When you were kneeling in the main hall serving tea to me, why didn't you bring out this... to show your loyalty?!"

Boom!

Xuanming Old Monster's mind was like a thunderbolt exploding, and he stared at the white-robed Asura in front of him in utter terror.

How is that possible?!

How long has he been in Giant Spirit City?

That Ninth Tier overlord, the Giant Spirit City Lord... didn't he make a move against him?!

In his Sea of Consciousness, the dormant Life-and-Death Slave Seal seemed to sense its master's murderous intent, and suddenly transformed into a raging gray flame, frantically burning his Three Souls and Seven Po!

"Ahh!"

The Xuanming Old Monster let out an extremely shrill scream, spitting blood from his seven orifices. He frantically grabbed at the Netherworld Bone Talisman at his waist, which had not yet been activated, his eyes flashing with final ferocity and determination!

Even a cornered beast will fight!

Chen Fan's eyes were indifferent. He slightly raised the Broken Saber in his hand, and his Half-Step Ninth Tier Law Domain instantly transformed into a black and white cage, completely sealing off the entire ley line space.

"Trying to call in reinforcements in front of me?"

"Can your lover save you?"

The Xuanming Old Monster's face was contorted, and his eyes revealed a desperate madness.

His originally depleted Qi and Blood surged wildly in reverse, and the remaining Golden Core burst forth with a dazzling, eerie green light, causing the entire Extreme Yin Earth Vein to rumble and tremble.

Let's die together!

The old monster roared and tried to detonate the Earth Vein Baleful-Energy Eye within a hundred miles, dragging Chen Fan down with him.

Chen Fan stood still, not even lifting his eyelids.

He simply took a step forward and pressed his right hand down.

Boom!

Within a radius of three zhang, the Void suddenly collapsed downwards. The Half-Step Ninth Tier Law Domain crushed down without reservation, and the black and white Dao of Life-and-Death Dao Resonance transformed into a tangible, invisible Divine Mountain, crashing down heavily.

The turbulent evil energy of the earth veins was forcibly suppressed back into the cracks in the rocks. The violent and surging Qi and Blood within the Xuanming Old Monster's body were as fragile as a candle flame in the wind in the face of this immense power, and were forcibly pressed back into the depths of his Dantian.

The violent Golden Core light instantly extinguished.

"You dare to self-destruct in front of me?" Chen Fan sneered. "Are you worthy?"