Just then—
"Gentlemen, I request an audience." The voice of the Violet Firmament Ghost King came from outside.
"Come in," said the old man in black.
"Have you two emerged from seclusion? Did it work?" The Violet Firmament Ghost King hurried over, landing before them with a grave expression.
"Of course it succeeded. Today is the day history changes. We, too, should make our contribution," said the little girl in the white dress.
"Yes. You have already seen the good news. There is also bad news." The Violet Firmament Ghost King lowered his head.
"Speak." Their expressions turned solemn in an instant.
"The Third has gone. His life spirit stone shattered. We do not know exactly what he encountered." The Violet Firmament Ghost King's voice choked.
The old man in black and the girl in white looked at each other, their gazes somewhat dazed.
"Find out," the old man in black sighed.
"Yes."
The scene sank into deathly silence.
"How far along is Jiang Wuxin?"
"Eighty percent. He will be ready for use soon," said the Violet Firmament Ghost King.
"The Third has passed, yet his merits are boundless. Everything he did deserves to be sung of for all ages."
"Prepare more blood. Let us send our brother off properly!"
The old man in black rose to his feet and looked toward the gray star overhead.
"Deliver the order throughout the Divine Realm. Begin the war at once. Use the blood of a billion enemy troops to honor the Third."
Beneath the gray star.
"Tianming!"
Li Tianming was still hiding inside the Supreme Unity Tower when a distant speck of light raced toward him and called out.
"Hall Master Yi?"
Li Tianming was about to emerge from the Supreme Unity Tower when he suddenly shuddered!
The Yi Xingyin he