At the very depths of the spring source in the Immortal Pool of the Jade Pool Ruins, a graceful figure sat cross-legged beneath the water. For an instant, a terrifying gaze appeared and vanished. It felt unreal, sending chills down one's spine.
"Damn it, those bastards from the Underworld..."
Even Big Black Dog's fur stood on end. He had just seen a blurry, pallid face—the Western Emperor's face. It had seemed to stand directly before him, as though facing him across the water. It was like seeing a ghost.
A haunting? To cultivators, that sounded utterly ridiculous. Especially at their level, how could they possibly fear ghosts? Yet such Weirdness had happened to the Western Emperor, making it feel deeply ominous.
Within the Immortal Pool, loose hair draped across the Western Emperor's face. Her graceful body sat cross-legged, half-hidden by her tangled locks. From afar, she could not be seen clearly.
Yan Kuan watched for a moment as Chaos mist spread forth again. In a daze, a pair of icy eyes opened once more, accompanied by what seemed like a faint sigh—immensely sorrowful, filled with grief and anguish.
It was a contradictory scene. Those eyes were so cold, yet the sorrow echoing in that sigh was so mournful. The two clashed, creating something deeply strange.
At the Western Emperor's side, another shadow had appeared at some unknown time. Mist poured from it in waves, making the little pool many times more terrifying.
Chaos mist surrounded the emperor-level corpse. A bloody arm emerged, bluish-purple in color and covered in long golden hair. It was painfully conspicuous, carrying a chill that forced its way into one's bones—truly eerie to the marrow.
There were wounds on the exposed arm, fresh red blood flowing from them. It was the blood of a Great Completion