Guest from Beyond the Heavens

The entire venue fell silent, with only the wild wind howling.

Suddenly, a piercing cry shattered the silence.

"Welcome, my lord!"

It was Xing Mo, the Great Elder of the Heavenly Chasm Sect, crying out at the top of his lungs. With a thud, he dropped to his knees and knocked his forehead against the ground, his expression devout.

Age had made him shrewd, and he had followed the Heavenly Saint for so many years. Though he did not know the Heavenly Saint's exact plans, he ultimately knew more than others.

Together with what this blood-skinned man had said to the Heavenly Saint earlier, how could he not have guessed?

Though he hardly dared believe it, this was happening right before his eyes.

This blood-skinned man... was unmistakably a guest from beyond the heavens!

And he had been drawn here by the Heavenly Saint through the Blood River Great Array.

Many years ago, the Heavenly Saint had comprehended the secrets of the Heavenly Chasm and received a heaven-bestowed method, allowing him to lay down the Blood River Great Array here and abduct the living beings of an entire province as sacrifices.

Now, it seemed that this was no heaven-bestowed method at all. Rather, this blood-skinned man had somehow communicated with the Heavenly Saint across the Heavenly Chasm, and the Blood River Great Array had been taught to him by the other party.

So this was the path forward the Heavenly Saint had found. Though it differed somewhat from what he had imagined, a path forward was still a path forward. Cultivators like them had already reached the end of their cultivation, yet the appearance of this blood-skinned man allowed him to glimpse the road beyond that end.

That was why Xing Mo knelt without hesitation.

The Heavenly Saint had set