Heavenly Abyss Demon Mine, northern border.
Inside a great hall, Lin Xianyin gazed at three corpses lying before her.
Their heads had been severed, and dense, sinister energy radiated from their bodies. The corpses began to mutate, blood-red eyes suddenly opening one after another. The sight was utterly eerie!
"Protect Her Majesty!"
"Amitabha Buddha!"
Several Buddha-like figures nearby watched with their palms pressed together. In an instant, waves of Buddhist chanting and golden Buddhist script surged forth with terrifying pressure, shaking the surrounding space.
Bang!
A violent explosion rang out. The corpses burst apart, spraying flesh and blood.
As Lin Xianyin watched it all unfold, her expression grew increasingly grim.
"The Mo Family... Meikong..."
Slowly settling onto her throne, Lin Xianyin gritted her teeth, her eyes icy.
She was, after all, the Esoteric Sect's holy maiden, the woman who had founded the vast Liyue Dynasty. Yet now she had been driven to such a state!
At Lin Xianyin's words, the elders' expressions grew grave. This was already the twelfth time. More than half of the Liyue Dynasty's eighty-six cities had fallen. Now, not only did they have to withstand the Heavenly Abyss Demon Mine's invasion, but even the power behind Her Majesty seemed to have abandoned them.
And all of this had begun after Lin Xianyin returned from traveling the Starry Sky Ancient Road in cooperation with the Sword Burial Sect.
Although she had gained plenty of opportunities, Meikong, the Esoteric Sect's holy son, had somehow established ties with the Mending Heaven Pavilion. Using Meikong's territory as a springboard, the Mending Heaven Pavilion began extending its operations into the Western Heaven Domain.
Their goal was to cooperate with the exiles in the Heavenly Abyss Demon Mine, and the Liyue Dynasty had become an obstacle in their path!
Thus, Meikong's Void