Breaking the Boundary, the Immortal Alliance Army Arrives

Daytime, early morning.

Due north of Great Chu.

North Sea, Xuan Ci Island, one of the Twelve Islands.

A patrol team of several hundred people, formed by a sect, was patrolling along the coast.

By now, not only Great Chu, but the islands of the North Sea as well, had entered a state of highest alert under the leadership of the Three Great Immortal Islands.

Whether it was the North Sea, the inland armies, or the Demon Suppression Division, all wore highly tense expressions steeped in killing intent. No one knew where the Fallen Immortal Alliance would descend—perhaps in the North Sea, perhaps in the western wilds, perhaps in the Hundred Thousand Great Mountains.

Suddenly.

The vault of heaven exploded. The sea of clouds boiled like fire, and enormous waves rose along the shore, as though they would overturn everything.

Song Baoshan, Manor Lord of Thunder Prison Manor, Xuan Ci Island's foremost power, sat cross-legged upon a bluestone in the rear mountain. Spiritual energy circulated around him as he rested with his eyes closed.

Suddenly, his brow furrowed. The mana circulating within him unexpectedly spiraled out of control. He snapped his eyes open and saw that at the very peak of the sky, the once-azure heavens were now rippling with eerie blood-colored waves.

"This is..." Song Baoshan's heart shook violently. An unprecedented sense of danger surged into his chest like a tide, crushing the breath from him.

At that moment, alarms suddenly blared across Xuan Ci Island's coastline, their urgent cries tearing apart the morning's tranquility.

Panicked shouts from the patrolling disciples rang out from the shore.

Crack—

A world-shaking boom sounded, as though the entire world had been torn apart.

Song Baoshan looked up, and his pupils abruptly shrank to pinpoints.

There, before him.

High above the nine heavens,