Daoist Qing Xuan frowned, just as he was about to close his eyes again.
Without warning, the World-Protecting Grand Formation enveloping the entire Qingyu Realm vanished silently, like an enormous bubble that had been punctured.
"What?!"
Daoist Qing Xuan sprang to his feet in horror. With a single step, he appeared outside the realm barrier.
Yet what awaited him was not the vast army he had imagined.
Instead, it was a blood-red figure radiating a cold, bloodthirsty aura.
It was Ancestor Xue Ku.
A cruel gleam flickered in Ancestor Xue Ku's eyes, and a dark-gold Jade Talisman in his hand glowed faintly.
A streak of light flashed and vanished.
Daoist Qing Xuan's vision blurred, and an irresistible, terrifying power engulfed him completely.
Before he could even scream, his flesh and True Spirit were utterly erased from this stretch of Chaos.
Ancestor Xue Ku did not spare the empty void so much as a glance. His figure flickered, and he appeared at the Origin core of the Azure Profound Realm.
"Extract!"
He swept his broad sleeve, and an enormous golden dragon condensed from the entire world's fortune let out a mournful cry of defiance as he forcibly tore it from the world's Origin.
With that done, Ancestor Xue Ku belched, a satisfied smile spreading across his face.
He activated the Cross-Domain Array Disk again, and his figure vanished instantly.
From his arrival to his departure, the entire process had taken barely a dozen breaths.
Within the territory of the Northern Cold Immortal Court, in the Great World of Wanshuang.
Fairy Wanshuang, the realm lord, was discussing how to handle the friction with the Nine Netherworld Court with several Trusted Elders.
Suddenly, space throughout the entire world seized up.
Immediately afterward, several figures radiating the terrifying aura of the Hunyuan Wuji