Imperial Court.
Several black stone pillars stood outside the Imperial Capital, towering into the sky. Heaven and Earth Origin Energy and Immortal Qi were still madly pouring into the pillars. The Imperial Capital had already been submerged by tribulation ash, which continued to erode everything. In just a few days, it had swallowed seven immortal cities!
The nearby blessed lands had also dried up within days. Not a trace of Immortal Qi emerged from them; instead, they spewed tribulation ash outward!
As a result, the Imperial Court's thunder pool was relocated. Many soldiers pushed the thunder pool out of the Imperial Court, fleeing this inexplicable calamity.
Over these days, Empress Yu Qingluo had been organizing people to evacuate the populace. She had also invited capable figures from Tongtian Pavilion, trying every possible means to destroy those black stone pillars, yet all who went never returned!
Even when Di Xin used Dao Soul Liquid to create several thousand copies of himself, none could reach the black stone pillars before having all their energy drained away. They turned into droplets and fell into the tribulation ash, beyond recall.
The Heavenly Empress was also alarmed and tried to personally enter the center of the tribulation ash to destroy the stone pillars. Yet after traveling only halfway, she lost thirty percent of her cultivation and hurriedly withdrew.
By the time she had left the range covered by the tribulation ash, she had aged considerably. White hair had sprouted, and the Dao arts on her body began to break apart, turning into tribulation ash that drifted away. She said to Yu Qingluo, "This thing is incomparably wicked. I cannot approach it. Even if I risked my life to reach it, I would have no power to deal with it. Qing Luo, lead everyone in relocating