In the Divine Capital, countless people witnessed True Lord Kunlong's death, and an uproar broke out.
"An immortal—an immortal has fallen!!"
"Even a Corpse-Release Immortal can be killed?"
"That man is terrifyingly strong. It took him only moments to kill True Lord Kunlong. In terms of ability, he must be the strongest in the world, right?"
"More or less. True Lord Kunlong might not have been the strongest, but he ranked firmly among the top three of the five Corpse-Release Immortals. Even Haoluo High Person, the strongest of the five, couldn't have killed him. By comparison, this man is clearly stronger. He deserves the top spot."
"Our great Jin Kingdom is finished!"
"So it's finished. What, will you miss it?"
"Not exactly. I'm just used to it. Things have been this way for centuries. Now that everything has suddenly changed, it all feels strange."
"Heh. The changes you'll find harder to get used to are still coming. Didn't you hear why this man attacked the Divine Capital? He came to put an end to refining people into pills. True Lord Kunlong's death was merely the opening act of a new era. I can already picture hundreds of immortal clans being wiped out, hundreds of thousands of cultivators' heads falling, their souls scattered to the winds—"
"What's wrong with that? Such filth should have been rooted out long ago. The only problem is that without Human Pills, cultivators will struggle to advance by leaps and bounds. How will they fight the demons ravaging the human world?"
Amid the clamor, the Divine Capital descended further into chaos. Some cheered, some turned pale with fear, and others swiftly took flight, trying to slip out of the city.
In the imperial palace, the young man in dragon robes and the imperial guards and court