"Di Chong... died just like that."
An aged, furious roar rang out from within the Bronze Immortal Palace.
"Well done, Desolate. Well done, you surviving remnant of the Supreme Hall. You dared to kill my Immortal Palace Successor. Once Immortal Ancient opens, I will grind your bones to ash and draw out your soul to refine it."
The voice shook the world like a golden bell, reaching every corner of the Three Thousand Provinces.
The sect masters of the great sects and the old relics of ancient Dao lineages were all alarmed by that killing intent.
Feeling the wrath emanating from the Immortal Hall's Giant, their hearts grew heavy and their scalps tingled.
If such a being went mad, a storm of blood would sweep across the entire Upper Realm.
No one doubted the Immortal Hall Giant's capabilities.
Everyone silently mourned Desolate.
Even if he swept through Immortal Ancient undefeated, he had offended the Immortal Hall's old monster. Once he emerged, only death awaited him.
Yet just as the Immortal Hall's Giant stood in unrivaled arrogance, intimidating the world's mighty figures...
Inside the Immortal Ancient Small World.
Within Bazhen Tower in the Qingling Realm.
Ye Xuan still sat at the jade table beside the window.
He set down his blue jade wine cup and lightly tapped the tabletop with his slender fingers.
Listening to that arrogant roar reaching him from the outside world through the unseen laws, Ye Xuan's lips curved into a cold smile.
"An old dog with one paw in the grave still dares to bark here."
Ye Xuan did not rise. He merely turned his head slowly, his profound gaze passing through Bazhen Tower's window toward the void of the Three Thousand Provinces outside.
In that instant.
An earth-shaking transformation swept through Ye Xuan's eyes.
His once-black