A low, muffled rumble suddenly came from above Tianjue Peak.
Rumble!
The sound was not loud, yet it was incomparably dull and heavy, and it made Tianjue Peak—even the whole land of Cang Mountain—sink violently with it.
The starlight at Jiutian Xuanye's fingertips abruptly paused, and her elegant brows knit slightly.
But... the mystic light coiling around her fingertips instead grew even brighter in the next instant.
Seeing this, Su Shi'er's expression changed drastically.
"Senior, you must not!"
The words had only just fallen when the invisible pressure above Tianjue Peak suddenly grew heavier by several more degrees.
Billowing dark clouds came racing in from all directions, blotting out the stellar anomaly in the ten-thousand-zhang heights above.
Deep within the thick layers of cloud, lightning flashed without cease, and an aura of destruction spread and diffused outward.
All around the mountain's belly, the stone walls, already riddled with cracks, trembled as rocks and debris sprayed out.
"Thump, thump, thump..."
The hearts of everyone present began pounding violently, as if some heaven-destroying, earth-ending power were about to grind them all to ruin.
Hearing Su Shi'er's warning, Jiutian Xuanye's brows and eyes shifted slightly, and she raised her head to glance upward.
Her gaze remained calm as ever, but the starlight around her clearly drew in somewhat.
"If this man lives, the future trouble will not be small."
"This junior knows."
Su Shi'er drew in a deep breath, forcibly suppressing the churning blood and qi in his chest.
"But... Cui Shaolin forced Xuanheng to act just now. It may not have been only to save Sikong Lanyue."
At this point, Su Shi'er's gaze crossed over the crowd and fell upon the Altar.
Cui Shaolin's expression was as usual, but in Su Shi'er's heart, his vigilance only deepened.
"If Senior acts again, I