Strategic Alliance, Meeting Under Tribulation (3)

Where a glimmer of light dotted was the location of the mudpill and the Nine Palaces of the four cardinal and intermediate directions. The dark void extending around them was naturally the manifestation of the Nine Palaces Demon Domain activating in full. Yu Ci and Madam Huanyong exchanged thoughts in a flash of lightning, sharing information and confirming that the female cultivator had not made such a move, and so the situation became rather ominous. Old Crow had indeed tamed the Nine Palaces Demon Domain, seizing the control that should have been contested between Madam Huanyong and Supreme Good Demon Lord and activating it, thereupon transforming into the environment he excelled at the most. The terrain of the undersea mountain range was like floating clouds here, scattering at a single blow. Yu Ci's field of vision suddenly became very broad, yet within the boundless and limitless dark void, it was actually shrinking continuously; he could only see what Old Crow allowed him to see—for instance, in the direction of the Glazed Pearl Palace, that face which should have belonged to Old Crow. Having fought for so long, Yu Ci finally saw Old Crow's true appearance. His features were thin and gaunt, with a hooked nose and long eyes, a beard under his chin, and a complexion slightly dark as though draped in a layer of shadow, seeming as if he naturally ought to dwell in darkness. Yet his visage quickly lost its meaning; as the Nine Palaces qi catalyzed, his physical form also transformed into smoke, swirling and changing through men and women, the old and the young, beasts and birds, ghosts, spirits, and demons, encompassing everything and remaining ethereal and unfathomable. This continued until a great star rose through the air from the smoke, hanging down in brilliant illumination,