The burly man said, "That's true."
Then he raised his head and looked outside, only to cry out in shock, "What is that?"
The white-haired man looked over at his words and saw a mass of black fog rolling toward them. He, too, was startled. "Could Nether Palace be up to something?"
He made his decision at once. "Activate the grand formation! Everyone, stay on guard!"
Myriad Stars Palace was one of the foremost powers in the Netherworld Ghost Domain. Other than Nether Palace, no faction dared provoke it. Yet precisely because of that, whenever someone came knocking, they were almost certainly a formidable enemy.
The Tianyang Kingdom Imperial Family had established Myriad Stars Palace here primarily to keep watch over Nether Palace. Though there was no proof that Nether Palace had colluded with the Netherworld, the sect's cultivation arts were sinister and uncanny, bordering on the Ghost Path. Moreover, the Netherworld had retreated here back then, into the Netherworld Ghost Domain. Thus, many sects across the Heavenly Heart Continent remained wary of Nether Palace.
The Tianyang Kingdom Imperial Family had another purpose as well: to use this place to swallow up the Netherworld Ghost Domain. This in turn made the other sects of the Heavenly Heart Continent guard against the Tianyang Kingdom Imperial Family, allowing Nether Palace to preserve itself instead.
Brilliant light burst from Myriad Stars Palace, and in an instant, thirteen layers of golden light were laid down around it.
The black fog came surging in, swallowing the entire Myriad Stars Palace through the golden light. Dozens of cultivators and Evil Ghosts emerged from within the fog. Some were at the Dao Integration Stage, while others were at the Spirit Cultivation Stage.
The burly man roared, "Who has the gall to come wreak havoc at Myriad Stars