Outside, Lei Dong, who was sweeping the ground, suddenly stiffened.
He felt an aura of pressure so terrifying that it seemed to come from the great hall atop the mountain.
This pressure was not aimed at any one person. It spread across the entire world without distinction, as though the heavens had collapsed.
"Th-this... is someone breaking through to the Divine King Realm?"
Lei Dong's eyes widened, and then he sneered inwardly.
"Hmph. He's merely entering the Divine King Realm, yet he's making quite a spectacle."
"Once my cultivation recovers, killing you will be as easy as slaughtering a dog..."
Before the thought had even finished forming, his knees buckled, and with a thud, he fell to his knees on the stone steps.
It was not just him. The two Leiyun Sect elders who were feeding the pigs were also affected.
Along with all the disciples and elders within the Chaos Sacred Sect, even Lu Tian, Lu Xuanji, and the others—
all were pinned firmly to the ground by this pressure, unable to move.
The sky darkened.
The clear sky was shrouded by a layer of hazy gray mist at some unknown point.
The mist was so heavy that it made breathing difficult, swallowing even the light.
"Th-this... what kind of phenomenon is this?" The sneer on Lei Dong's face froze, replaced by terror.
He had seen people break through to the Divine King Realm. He had even witnessed breakthroughs to the Divine Emperor Realm.
Even when his own sect master had broken through to the Divine Emperor Realm, it had merely drawn thunder from within a thousand kilometers, creating a tremendous spectacle.
But this gray mist...
It lacked the thunder's ferocity, yet carried a feeling of "annihilation" that made one's soul tremble.
It was as though once this gray