The two Domain Lords began accusing each other without the slightest dignity, right in front of both armies.
Just as their argument reached a fever pitch.
An elder from the Divine Asura Domain hurried over, a strange expression on his face.
"Reporting to the Domain Lord and Grand Elder."
"We just received the latest news..."
"Our spies in the Northern Cold Immortal Court and Heavenly Demon Domain reported..."
"They... they're having trouble over there too."
"Their subordinate domains have also suffered widespread plundering by an unidentified force."
"The methods are exactly the same as those used here."
The elder's words were like a boulder hurled into a placid lake.
Xuanji and the Nether Emperor's argument stopped dead.
Both fell silent at the same time.
Xuanji glanced at the Nether Emperor in the distance. A trace of astonishment had likewise appeared on the face shrouded in demonic qi.
It wasn't him?
It wasn't me either?
An absurd yet unmistakably clear thought surfaced in both Domain Lords' minds.
Xuanji waved a hand, signaling for the elder to withdraw.
He turned away, no longer paying attention to the Nether Emperor, and looked at Ming Luo instead. "Is the news reliable?" he asked gravely.
"Absolutely." Ming Luo's expression was graver than ever.
"And the Ten Thousand Buddhas Realm, Nine Netherworld Court, and Chaotic Ancient Demon Sect... things seem unsettled in those great domains too."
Xuanji's eyelid twitched.
If he had initially believed this was merely a plot by the Nether Demon Domain.
He now discarded that idea completely.
The Nether Demon Domain lacked the ability to stir up such enormous waves across all Seven Great Domains at once.
This was no longer mere harassment and sabotage.
It was an indiscriminate assault against every overlord of their Star Domain.
"The Flowing Light Domain..." Xuanji rolled