Xia Yuan had emerged, slaying the Great Marshal of Ji Prefecture with a single saber strike!
As this heaven-and-earth-weeping scene unfolded, all of Ji Prefecture was shaken. Countless beings felt their hearts shatter.
The Great Marshal had died just like that.
And the Second Marshal of Ji Prefecture, whom they had all revered, had always been Lu Xunyang's deputy, Xia Yuan.
That long-dead True Dragon of the Xia Family.
"How is this possible?!"
Ji Yanqing's pupils contracted, and her face turned deathly pale.
Xia Yuan had died in Tribulation Crossing long ago. When Chen Yan Worshiped General and underwent Tribulation Crossing, Xia Yuan's Remnant Soul had appeared too. He had clearly been dead for ages.
He had been killed by the Chen Clan. How could he possibly appear again?
It felt like a dream. Unbelievable.
"Great Marshal!!!"
The Ji Prefecture martial artists rising from the earth in a dense swarm, thick as a beehive, were screaming too. Their cries shook the night sky.
Empress Ji's side had no time to grieve. Empress Ji, Lord Lu, and a host of Lu Prefecture elders were now surrounding Lu Xunyang alone.
The battle had reached a fever pitch. They broke through Qiong Heaven and entered the universe. One blazing Great Sun after another appeared in the firmament, slamming into each other again and again.
Even from tens of thousands of miles away, one could see the brutal scene unfolding there.
"Knowing you can't win and still charging ahead, Lu Xunyang, you aid the wicked and disgrace my Lu Family. If you don't die today, the souls of my Lu Family ancestors will be shamed!"
"Enough prattle!"
A booming voice rang out from the depths of the night sky.
"In my life, I, Lu Xunyang, have slain peerless Ancient God Beasts, subdued prefecture lords,