Hengshan Dao.
Baoxiang Prefecture.
Golden King Sect.
High above the sky, three figures stood side by side, their imposing pressure spreading all around them. Even the void seemed to tremble beneath their feet.
At that moment, the three lowered their gazes, looking down over the entire city below.
Below them, the Golden King Sect, the overlord of Baoxiang Prefecture, had its gates tightly shut. One Killing Formation after another had been activated at full strength, their dazzling lights shimmering in every color as brilliant radiance shot straight into the clouds.
Under the agreement between the Three Prefectures and Kunlun Divine Palace, Xingdao Prefecture in Hengshan Dao, Yangzhou Prefecture, and Baoxiang Prefecture were to come under the Three Prefectures' control.
In Xingdao City, the former overlord, the Hengdao Sect, had been uprooted by Jiang Yan. In Yangzhou Prefecture, the sect master of Divine Weapon Valley, the local overlord, had also died at Jiang Yan's hands.
One had been destroyed, the other crippled. After Venerable Hua and the others arrived and showed the contract with Kunlun Divine Palace, then demonstrated a little of their strength, the forces of all sizes across both prefectures had bowed and submitted one after another.
Originally, they thought things would go just as smoothly with the Golden King Sect in Baoxiang Prefecture. Who could have expected a snag?
Faced with the contract from Kunlun Divine Palace, the Golden King Sect declared:
They were lords enfeoffed by the Great Dry Imperial Dynasty, charged with guarding this territory of Baoxiang Prefecture. Kunlun Divine Palace had no right to hand Baoxiang Prefecture over to someone else. And so, both sides reached an impasse.
The three Great Beings of the Jie Realm—Venerable Hua and the others—issued the Golden King Sect a final ultimatum, giving them three days to decide:
Once the