The Crisis of the Heavenly Snake Mansion

Northwest Continent, territory of the Heavenly Snake Mansion.

The sect's sacred land of old had now become a prison of despair. The sky was no longer a clear azure, but covered by a distorted pale-green curtain of light that rippled without end.

This was the Heavenly Snake Mansion's final lifeline—the Sect Protecting Array, the "Myriad Snake Spirit Wall."

Beyond the light curtain, the vast black army of the Lion Nether Sect resembled an eternal night that devoured all light. Their banners fluttered in the wind, their Sectarian Qi soaring into the heavens.

The dense mass of figures stretched from the ground all the way to the end of sight, joining with the distant mountains as though the entire world had been occupied by enemies.

Countless vicious Siege Crossbows had been erected, their massive bolts gleaming with Armor-Piercing Runes. Energy Condensation Devices hummed as beams of energy powerful enough to tear apart mountains continuously bombarded the protective light curtain like a torrential downpour.

"Boom! Rumble—!"

Every impact erupted with an ear-splitting roar, like the dying howl of an ancient giant beast. The light curtain shook violently, flickering erratically as ripples spread madly from the points of impact across the entire sky, as though it would shatter completely like fragile glass the very next instant.

The unceasing thunderous blasts did not merely batter their eardrums—they slammed heavily against the hearts of every Heavenly Snake Mansion disciple, making their faces grow ever paler with each flicker of the light curtain.

Looking down over the mansion, the lush greenery and peaceful sight of spiritual snakes coiling about were long gone.

The Coiled Snake Pillars that symbolized the sect's majesty had broken and collapsed. Elegant pavilions and towers had become charred black ruins, cruel marks left behind by the Lion Nether Sect's earlier probing attacks.