The voice instantly turned piercingly shrill, like the legendary painted-skin demon: beneath a peerlessly beautiful face lay a hideous, unspeakable evil spirit.
In the blink of an eye, it went from flawless, heavenly music to something brimming with Chaos, madness, and distortion... the exact opposite of its former perfection!
Pei Ling's eyes immediately turned blood-red. The power within him boiled and surged out of control, veins bulging one by one as his entire body began to swell and warp.
At the same time, ten blazing suns rose abruptly above his head.
The suns hung in the sky, pouring down waves of scorching heat.
Under the combined radiance of the ten suns, Pei Ling's aura gradually steadied, and his body returned to normal.
He gasped in great heaving breaths, drenched in sweat. Then he suddenly recalled the scene from his immortal dream in the Eternal Night Desert, where mortals who heard an immortal's voice immediately fell into corruption and mutation...
His cultivation had already reached the Tribulation Crossing stage, and he had weathered forty-nine Dao Tribulations. Yet he had nearly failed to withstand the voice of that immortal!
The divide between immortals and mortals was as vast as heaven and earth!
After a moment's daze, Pei Ling quickly recovered and said, "Senior truly is an immortal!"
"Please forgive this junior for any offense."
"From now on, this junior will immediately follow your instructions."
"However, Si Hong Qingyan must be saved."
"Demon Emperor Xun Mu has sealed off all of Qingyao Mountain. I can't get out alone."
"But Si Hong Qingyan is the current Sect Master of Chongming Sect. She has a method that can take me with her!"
"Once we leave this place, I will cooperate with Senior Immortal, capture her, take her to the underworld, and keep her under strict