Supreme City.
As the battle drew to a close, all three factions were utterly exhausted.
Supreme City's local faction had claimed the final victory and was about to take control of Supreme City.
Just then, several thunderous shouts rang out at once.
"Activate the Shushan Sword Formation!!"
Fate-Severing Sand came from Supreme City in the Netherworld Desolation and possessed the power to sever the threads of fate.
The grains were as fine as dust, their surfaces covered in blood-red cracks.
When placed beneath moonlight, they seeped black mist. Within that mist appeared the lingering shadows of severed threads of fate; merely looking at them made one's head split with pain.
Ever since Shangguan Suiyun had taken control of Supreme City, Fate-Severing Sand had been his alone.
At this moment, the City Lord's residence was already a complete mess. Everyone was shouting that the people of Shushan had come to kill them, scrambling to seize valuables before fleeing in panic.
But all of Supreme City had already been controlled by two mighty Shushan experts at the Tribulation Crossing Stage. Even if they wanted to run, they could not escape.
"Run for your lives!"
"The people from Shushan are here. From this aura, I'm afraid Tribulation Crossing Stage experts have arrived."
"If we don't leave now, it'll really be too late!"
"Wait. You and I have followed that neither-man-nor-woman eunuch Shangguan Suiyun for so many years. We can't just leave like this—we need to think about our future."
"What do you want to do?"
"Shangguan Suiyun's treasure vault holds countless rare treasures..."
The two acted at once and quickly found Shangguan Suiyun's treasure vault.
Finding the vault had not been difficult. The difficult part was figuring out how to crack its password.
Without Shangguan Suiyun's command, the vault could not be