This was an eternally dark place of utter death. Not the faintest trace of daylight existed anywhere around it. Heavy darkness surged and spread, flowing with an endless aura of evil filth. This sinister, icy power did not belong to the world of the Tian Xuan Continent at all.
At the very center of the dark hinterland floated several ancient blood-colored lamps. Their bowls and wicks had all been forged from eerie bone patterns. Dim red flames swayed and burned slowly, each thread and wisp formed from demon baleful qi so dense it had reached the extreme, spreading in every direction.
All of a sudden, one of the blood-colored ancient lamps trembled lightly. The strange flame that had been leaping and raging actually began to dim and wither at that moment. In the end, the fire was completely extinguished, vanishing into the boundless darkness.
Buzz—
As that blood lamp went out completely, waves of obscure ripples suddenly spread from the depths of the dark abyss. Hazy black shadows faintly emerged from the pitch-black void, flickering in and out within the curtain of darkness, giving off a chilling, unfathomable pressure.
"Hm? Old Ninth... has been completely erased."
In the darkness, a hoarse, dry voice slowly echoed, carrying a trace of gravity and solemnity.
"Dead? Heh, what an unlucky fellow." Another soft, sinister voice sounded after it. "Back then, he was ordered to intercept and kill the previous controller of the Devouring Ancestral Symbol, and afterward there was no news of him. Since his natal blood lamp had remained lit, we assumed he had merely been sealed and trapped. How could his soul have suddenly been destroyed now, erased by someone?"
"He likely encountered some top-tier expert. Old Ninth had the Demon Emperor Armor protecting him. An ordinary Reincarnation Realm cultivator could