The outside world.
Arrays suddenly appeared one after another in the sky above the entire Dou Qi Continent!
The arrays above the other continents were relatively faint, while the one over Middle Continent was the most concentrated.
Above Middle Continent and the other continents, enormous luminous cauldrons had actually appeared!
The faint fluctuations emanating from those cauldrons filled many powerful cultivators with intense unease.
Just then, streaks of black light began to emerge.
Those overwhelming black beams of light intertwined in the sky like a spiderweb, forming a massive array.
Immediately afterward, the array shot out pillars of light that plunged into Middle Continent and the other continents.
"Rumble, rumble!"
As the pillars of light struck the ground, Middle Continent and the other continents began to shake violently, as though an earthquake had struck.
Somewhere on the Southern Continent, a huge city stood upon a plain.
This city was one of the most prosperous cities on the Southern Continent, and it was exceptionally vast.
The city also had an enormous population, with many powerful cultivators gathered there.
Some powerful clans and factions had established branch offices there as well.
The headquarters of certain factions were also located within this city.
Some of the more powerful cultivators faintly sensed unease in their hearts, yet they had no idea where it came from.
Just then...
"Boom!"
The entire city... no, the very ground beneath it began to tremble!
A huge fissure spread out from within the city.
Some of the more powerful cultivators hurriedly flew into the air.
However, before they could react, a massive black pillar of light burst from underground and enveloped the entire city!
"Bang!"
"Bang!"
"Bang!"
Under the cover of that black pillar of light, figures throughout the city suddenly exploded!
They turned directly into clouds of