Tiger Head Mountain.
An imperial star fell from beyond the Ninth Heavens, crashing onto the bare mountaintop with a thunderous boom. The mountains trembled, the earth droned, and towering clouds of dust rolled up like a sandstorm abruptly appearing in the world.
Close behind came a fiery meteor, carrying immense suppressive force as it slowly gave chase, finally hovering above the fallen imperial star.
"Meow, meow—"
Emperor Longqing's Daoist robe was in tatters, his physical body utterly destroyed. Crimson blood poured from within him, staining his robe red before soaking into the land of Yunzhou.
His dilated pupils stared at the sky as he continuously drew in the mixed and chaotic qi of heaven and earth, yet could no longer expel it.
Within a few breaths, all signs of life completely vanished.
Several zhang above the ground, Chen Sanshi frowned.
Something was wrong!
Chen Sanshi swept the area ahead with the Qi Observation Technique and quickly spotted a blurry figure fleeing through the forest.
This was—
A yin soul?!
Boom! Flames erupted.
Chen Sanshi suddenly accelerated, blocking the yin soul's path in the blink of an eye.
He looked closely.
Emperor Longqing's remnant soul had disheveled hair and looked exactly like the corpse on the ground. He clutched the Imperial Seal to his chest, his expression already bordering on madness.
Looking at the figure in white before him, he seemed still unable to accept reality.
"Chen Sanshi!!!"
Cao Kai shouted with eyes splitting in fury, "You keep claiming that you do everything for the realm, so you should not have killed me! This land needs me to protect it!"
"Do you know how many secrets this realm still holds?!"
"Damn Emperor Longqing!"
"You—"
Cao Kai pointed at him, his expression solemn yet crazed as he said, "Listen to me! As