Missing

The sky above Black Yin Mountain, which stretched for hundreds of li, was no longer shrouded by yin clouds that blocked the sunlight. Sunlight could now fall directly upon Black Yin Mountain.

Though the black mist over Black Yin Mountain could not be said to have fully dispersed, it had indeed thinned considerably. Most peaks over three hundred zhang tall had revealed their true faces.

Anyone with discerning eyes could see that Black Yin Mountain had undergone a tremendous upheaval.

Jiang Ping'an accelerated his descent and landed at the palace deep within Black Yin Mountain.

He did not sense Mo Ruyan's aura, but he found two Qi Refining Realm cultivators searching through the palace for something. In addition, he saw that one great hall had completely collapsed, exposing a charred black expanse with faint remnants of heavenly lightning still lingering.

Seeing the collapsed great hall, Jiang Ping'an could not help but speculate. Ruyan has already undergone her tribulation?

Jiang Ping'an vanished from where he stood. The next instant, he appeared before the two cultivators.

The two cultivators jumped in fright and turned to flee in panic, but Jiang Ping'an immediately captured them and brought them back under control.

"I ask, and you answer. If you dare conceal anything, die!" Jiang Ping'an said coldly, his face filled with killing intent.

The two cultivators trembled as they replied, "Yes, Senior."

"Who are you? What are your names?" Jiang Ping'an asked.

The two cultivators hurriedly answered, "We are disciples of the Yinluo Sect. I am Zhou Huai, and he is Wei Pingle."

Jiang Ping'an continued, "Why did you appear here?"

Zhou Huai said, "We wanted to try our luck. We heard that a ten-thousand-year Ghost Emperor once lived here and left behind many treasures..."

"Who told you there was a ten-thousand-year Ghost Emperor