Those were the flames of a burning soul.
They gave off no heat, yet shone with blinding brilliance.
Power terrifying beyond measure poured ceaselessly underground through the formation patterns.
The earth beneath Xuanji Hall's entire Main Peak began to rumble dully.
It was as though an ancient killing array, slumbering for countless ages, was slowly awakening deep beneath the earth.
Greed, Sloth, Envy, and Lust—the four Great Emperors assaulting the array—all paused at once.
"Hm?"
Greed frowned, a trace of puzzlement appearing on his gaunt face.
"This power... something's wrong."
Sloth slowly opened his half-closed eyes as well.
For the first time, a trace of gravity appeared on his perpetually weary face.
The next second.
The earth burst apart with a thunderous roar.
Countless golden formation patterns shot out of the ground, soaring into the clouds.
They rapidly interwove, coiled, and joined together in midair.
In the blink of an eye, they formed an enormous golden cage.
The instant the cage closed, it trapped Greed and Sloth firmly inside.
Envy and Lust reacted a little faster, pulling back at speed and narrowly escaping the cage's reach.
"What is this?!"
The Lord of Greed roared in shock and fury.
He raised his pitch-black claws and raked them viciously across the golden array wall.
Clang!
Sparks flew everywhere.
The array wall merely trembled slightly, without so much as a scratch.
Instead, an immensely powerful purifying force surged back through his claws.
"Aah!"
The Lord of Greed let out an agonized scream.
Black smoke instantly rose from the tips of his claws where they had touched the formation patterns.
The eldritch Dao laws he had accumulated over countless ages were actually dissolving at a speed visible to the naked eye.
"The Human Emperor's array!"
The Lord of Sloth's expression changed completely.
He recognized