Xiao Yan had already slipped away quietly, but just after he put some distance between them, he suddenly felt a strange sensation arise within his body, one he had never experienced before.
The dormant devouring power in his right arm suddenly activated on its own. Then Xiao Yan sensed another devouring power he was extremely familiar with, somewhere atop the mountain, seemingly drawing him toward it.
"What is this?"
The unknown was what frightened people most. According to Ming Mei, Xiao Yan's right arm had belonged to one of the former owners of the Nihility Devouring Flame, ranked second on the Heavenly Flame Ranking. Though it no longer possessed the Nihility Devouring Flame, some of its devouring power remained.
It was this devouring power that had helped Xiao Yan survive countless life-and-death crises. It had never shown any abnormalities before, yet here and now, its sudden activation completely exposed Xiao Yan's whereabouts.
Sensing Xiao Yan's aura, Mu Gu grinned. "Today, there will be no road to heaven and no gate to earth for you. Just wait for death, Xiao Yan!"
A year earlier, as Mu Gu was preparing to attend the Pill Convention, he suddenly received a summons.
No matter how many times he asked around, the messenger revealed not a single detail. He only learned that the person who wished to see him was the true master of the Soul Hall!
The Soul Hall's master usually only directed the affairs of the entire Soul Hall remotely from the center and rarely acted personally. Being specifically summoned by him made Mu Gu deeply nervous. Yet when he arrived at the Soul Hall's main hall, he discovered that matters were even more serious than he had imagined. The master of the Soul Hall, whom he both revered and feared, did