The Diagram Reveals the Dagger, Life and Death Struggle

Amid flashing lightning, the lone tower shook, and the Realm of Encirclement cracked apart.

But beneath that lone tower founded upon blood, bone, iron, and stone, in the darkness even deeper and more secretive, an ancient buried door stirred slightly. For an instant, a Realm of Encirclement hidden beneath the Realm of Encirclement appeared!

That grand yet sinister underground palace lay buried in the darkness beneath this Realm of Encirclement. An image of a woman holding a lamp was painted upon the ancient Stone Door, her pale, eerie face seeming to grin.

The woman opened the door, and the realm of death yawned open.

A Blood River surged at the entrance, and the Bone Bridge stood jagged. Amid endless wails, within the Solemn Hall at the deepest part, Dark Green Incense sticks in the censer atop the altar burned on their own without wind. Wisps of smoke rose and curled around the spirit tablet enshrined at its center.

The antique spirit tablet was completely different from ordinary designs.

Against its black surface, there was not a single word. A pale hand lifted a vermilion brush, soaked it in blood-black ink, and wrote in a single stroke.

[Spirit Tablet of Lou Yanyue]!

Viscous crimson blood slowly trickled down from the corners of the characters, as mournful as tears of blood.

Outside the hall, countless broken spirits bowed like marionettes, their faces expressionless as they performed a uniform, solemn kowtow. They were burned to ashes by Formless Flames.

Then the incense and candles atop the altar erupted into flame. The soaring firelight illuminated the savage, massive shadow behind the altar, as well as three pale, smiling faces.

The three faces leaned down in unison, looking down at the tiny spirit tablet. Their hoarse, shrill, and deep voices overlapped as they opened their