At the outskirts of the Death Forbidden Zone,
on a vast, shattered battlefield,
the mountains and earth that had once been covered by flourishing vegetation had now been forcibly peeled open, exposing the bare rock beneath.
Huge pits stood across the land, so deep that one could not see a hand before one's face, as though they led straight into the abyss. Enormous cracks crisscrossed the earth, running for dozens or even hundreds of miles.
Within a hundred-mile radius, every trace of life had vanished.
From the terrifying ruins all around, it was clear that a devastating battle had broken out here not long ago.
At the center of the battlefield,
several figures lay scattered across the ground, already silent.
Yet even in death,
their existence continued to radiate an aura of terrifying power.
If a martial artist below the Void Realm approached, they would likely be so intimidated by the lingering might that they could not move.
Before long,
high in the sky,
space split open, tearing apart like a bolt of cloth and revealing the pitch-black spatial chaos behind it.
Yang Qingyun stepped out, carrying another corpse in his hand.
He casually tossed the corpse, which radiated a terrifying aura, onto the ground below.
Only then did he let out a long breath.
"Fortunately, I made it in time. The trouble isn't too great."
Yang Qingyun could not help sighing in this manner.
The identities of the corpses before him
were none other than the Qi Family members who had been preparing to attack Yang Qingyun, along with the reinforcements invited by the Seventh Elder of the Qi Family.
Yang Qingyun had already learned of this through a mole beforehand,
and had accordingly laid out a series of meticulous plans.
He had intended to use the mole he