As Promised

Holy Pill City's night sky had long since been torn to pieces by violent energy.

The enormous dark-gold Mother-Child Rune Grand Formation now resembled a greedy beast, devouring and exhaling the vast Dou Qi jointly poured into it by six Spirit Clan Dou Shengs.

Ling Xuanmo stood at the edge of the surging torrent of Dou Qi, his gaze complicated as he watched the hunched figure wreathed in blood energy at the formation's core.

"The Supreme Elder has truly decided to burn himself away."

The plan discussed that day kept flashing through his mind, and a tangled mix of grief, admiration, and indescribable bitterness rose within him.

Yet everything was now unfolding step by step according to the circumstances Ling Haonan had designed beforehand. Naturally, many unexpected events had arisen along the way, and there had been several twists and accidents, but within Ling Haonan's overall plan, those accidents could only shake things to a limited extent.

At this moment, the Pill Tower Ancestor, Fire Cloud Ancestor, and Mu Yaoyin were all trapped within the grand formation, unable to escape.

At first, the Pill Tower Ancestor had not taken it too seriously. Even after learning that Ling Haonan's purpose was to trap him, his first reaction had been to directly shatter the formation and regain his freedom. But the arrival of six Spirit Clan Dou Shengs made everyone, including the Pill Tower Ancestor, realize that the Spirit Clan's ambitions tonight were immense—far greater than anyone had imagined.

The Pill Tower Ancestor still had no intention of giving up, continuously bombarding the rune formation. The attacks unleashed by a six-star Dou Sheng were naturally enough to make heaven and earth change color. Yet every Dou Sheng of the Spirit Clan, including Ling Haonan and Ling He, was currently doing everything in