In the Heavenly Soul Domain, not far southwest of the entrance, lay a Barren Mountain with little production of its own.
If anyone had been inside at that moment, they would have discovered that it was far from empty. Instead, there were several stone houses. The houses had been built simply, yet the patterns carved upon them were exceptionally ornate.
At this moment, a group of people sat or stood in the open space outside the houses, but every one of them wore an extremely ugly expression. "There's news. That person has already arrived in the Heavenly Soul Domain. What should we do?"
"What else can we do? With our strength, we're simply no match for him." The one speaking was surprisingly Hao Ran. When Huo Hai had first arrived in the Heavenly Soul Domain, Hao Ran had led the pursuit against him. If Huo Hai had encountered Hao Ran back then, he would undoubtedly have faced certain death. But now, Huo Hai no longer regarded Hao Ran as worthy of notice.
It turned out that this place was the Vast Earth Empire's stationed base in the Heavenly Soul Domain. The leader had actually reached the Eighth-Level Spirit Emperor. No one in the world knew that the Vast Earth Empire possessed two experts who had reached the Eighth-Level Spirit Emperor.
Unfortunately, an Eighth-Level Spirit Emperor was an absolute expert in the Ink Lotus Domain, but in the Heavenly Soul Domain, he could only be considered a minor powerhouse of one region. Compared to those large Sects, a mere Eighth-Level Spirit Emperor amounted to nothing.
"Are we just going to let it go? That bastard destroyed the Empire. If we return to the Ink Lotus Domain now, everyone will be shouting and beating us. Our foundation has been ruined—such a deep