South of Yu County.
Within the vast territory stood a towering pagoda that shot straight into the heavens.
This was the territory of the Binfeng clan.
Within the Pengtian Mystic Palace.
A flustered Binfeng cultivator hurried in.
He dropped to his knees with a thud.
Facing the figure seated upon the lotus platform, he respectfully kowtowed three times before reporting, "Report, Clan Chief, something terrible has happened!"
"Something terribly wrong!"
Binfeng Xi snorted and bellowed in a muffled voice, "What could be so terrible? Speak truthfully."
The Binfeng cultivator hastily raised a jade slip in both hands. "Reporting to Clan Chief, the Underworld has declared war on us. They have given us one month to decide: surrender or fight."
"What?!" Binfeng Xi stared in astonishment, seized the jade slip, and examined it with his divine sense.
His expression changed drastically at once.
The contents of the jade slip were correct. It indeed said exactly that.
Smack.
Binfeng Xi snapped the jade slip shut.
His brows furrowed tightly.
Why had the Underworld declared war on them so suddenly?
"Summon... forget it. They would not be of any help." Binfeng Xi let out a long sigh.
In the entire clan, he alone had reached the fourth step.
Though they were both marquis-ranked cultivators, their strengths could still be clearly distinguished. He had heard that the Killing Dao Monarch who had slain the Ancient Immortal Tower by the Eastern Sea had exhausted the Three Flowers sixty years ago.
Even if he tied his entire clan to himself, they would still be no match.
The only thing worth celebrating was that man's true body was the Main Soul of the Soul Banner, a divine weapon spirit. The one wielding the divine weapon was still a One-Flower Dao Monarch—the Marquis of Crowned Fate.
Once that