Sudden Upheaval

Central City was in chaos.

The City-Protecting Formation had fully activated. Countless Array Patterns converged, entangling a streak of Crimson Light.

The red light trembled ceaselessly, radiating waves of terrifying energy.

Each tremor shattered some of the formation's Array Patterns and shook the entire city.

The cultivators stared at it in fear.

The red light had torn through the void, its target unknown, leaving everyone fearing for their lives.

It felt overwhelmingly powerful. Wherever it landed, its target would not be the only one to die. It would reap lives across a vast area. Even with the formation holding it back, the energy leaking through left people dazed and their bodies beginning to change.

Above the Immortal Palace.

Wei Duxing watched the red light trapped by the formation, his face dark.

He had tried to advance to Mahayana, only to be interrupted midway. He had failed even to draw down the Heavenly Tribulation and had suffered a backlash instead.

Now that the red light had appeared, it was very likely coming for him.

At his peak, he could have resisted it. In his current state, he had no confidence at all. And he knew that, wondrous as the City-Protecting Formation was, it could not completely stop energy of this level. It would be broken before long.

Worse still, the spatial tremors had not ceased. He could sense that the Heaven and Earth Rules had become incomplete again, meaning the Boundaries that had merged had been pulled apart.

All his previous efforts had gone to waste. He no longer had a chance to advance to Mahayana.

"Bai Yuandu!"

He ground out the name, his voice cold as ice.

Below.

Chen Lin stared tensely at the red light overhead, his face grim.

That thing was coming for me!

Even through the formation,