Penglai, Mirage Tower Mountain.
While Daoist Cangsheng and several other Heavenly Origins were still slaughtering their way through Shushan territory, the three Penglai Isles remained a picture of tranquil years. Spirit birds danced above the mountaintops, exotic beasts raced through the forests, and seven-colored clouds wreathed the blessed realm.
Bang—
Suddenly, an explosion rang out, and traces of demon aura rose from within Mirage Tower Mountain. Yet the disciples who heard it paid no heed. It was perfectly normal for disciples of an immortal sect to practice divine abilities, and equally ordinary for spirit birds and beasts to leak a little demon aura.
Only...
The demon aura grew increasingly intense until it spread across the mountainside. At last, nearby disciples could not help coming over to investigate, and they beheld this scene.
A black-robed man with a sinister presence held an unfurled scroll in one hand. As light flashed, humanoid figures cloaked in black and reeking of demon aura continually sprang out from it, gradually covering half the slope.
"You are..." The Penglai disciple was young and clearly stunned. He had never expected to see such a thing within his own sect, the foremost righteous sect in the world. After freezing for a moment, he said, "Half-demons?!"
Ssh—
The black-robed man flashed forward, and that disciple was already separated from his head. The other Penglai disciples recoiled in alarm, shouting, "Demons are attacking the mountain!"
Though it sounded utterly absurd, it had truly happened.
Demons had come to attack... the three Penglai Isles?
"Mang..." the black-robed man shouted. After pausing, he changed his words. "Demon Race forces, heed my command! Any disciple of the Penglai Upper Sect you see—kill without mercy!"
Roar!
Human voices mingled with demonic miasma, shaking the valley.
Even though the Penglai Upper Sect's eighth-realm experts had