Beyond My Control, The World's People

In the mortal world, spring was like the frost of October.

The Blood Moon continued advancing toward Azure Cloud Prefecture. Even the Immortal-Banishing Sword Array had been stained crimson, yet the immortal army originally stationed in Spirit City remained where it had begun. In just three days, Spirit Lord's subordinates, who had arrived in overwhelming force, had become taciturn. Immortal figures stirred within the Spirit Hall, yet they could only gaze warily toward Xilang Prefecture.

Though they remained arrogant and contemptuous of humanity, the immortals possessed the same caution of not wishing to be the first bird to stick its head out.

The humans had fought to seize the array foundations, and now that the grand formation was complete, the immortals could only release their Divine Sense by entering the sword array. It had become an unknown land. They still remembered the pillars of light that had continuously risen from within the array, gathering from little into much before the formation was completed. Those humans had been fearless in the face of death. Now, no immortal knew what lay hidden within the grand array. The only thing they knew was that once they stepped into the Immortal-Banishing Sword Array, they would face humanity's desperate interception.

The immortals in Spirit City could only watch one another, hoping that someone would take the lead and test the situation inside the sword array.

Spirit Lord upon the jade throne still maintained His elegance and indifference, unhurried and unflustered.

In the needle-drop silence, hurried footsteps rang out with startling clarity within the hall. The immortals turned toward the entrance.

An immortal soldier approached. It seemed he had made an incomparably difficult decision before kneeling to Spirit Lord and the immortals, crying mournfully, "Reporting to Spirit Lord, esteemed immortals!"

"Immortal Maiden Sha led three thousand