Da Luoze

Da Luoze.

Inside the ancient ruins.

A dim, yellowish valley. The air was nearly frozen.

Pei Ling felt as if an invisible giant hand had pinned him down. His knees hit the ground against his will; his entire body, right down to his fingertips, could barely move. His skin was split and bleeding all over, leaving him a gruesome, terrifying sight.

Before him, seated upon a throne as vast as a mountain, was a giant skeleton as tall as one.

The skeleton's jaw opened and closed, its voice like rolling thunder. "Swear your allegiance to me now, and serve me forever."

"Offer up half your soul to prove your sincerity."

"Not only will I spare your life, I will also promise you the position of Sacred Sect Master in the future!"

His thunderous voice echoed throughout the valley.

The few remaining ruins crumbled to dust in an instant.

At those words, Pei Ling's heart surged like a raging sea. The will within the skeleton... was definitely not that of the original giant!

"Who... are... you?!" Pei Ling asked with great difficulty. His whole body was bound by an invisible force, like a tiny insect sealed in amber. This was only the pressure the other party was releasing. If he truly made a move, Pei Ling would likely be reduced to dust in an instant, without even a corpse left behind!

"I am Su Lijing," the voice within the skeleton said calmly. "You may address me as... Sect Master."

Su Lijing... Sect Master?!

Pei Ling's heart jolted. He blurted out, "The Sacred Sect Master?!"

The giant skeleton in these foreign-race ruins was the Sacred Sect Master?!

What was going on?

No!

If the dignified Sect Master wanted to deal with a mere Core Formation cultivator like him, he could have done