"Guidu of the Soul River, Huasheng of the Dao Land of Creation—you dare destroy my Underworld's Yama Hall and several Weapon-Hiding Grounds today. Will you invade the Underworld Source tomorrow?"
Jiang Yun's voice carried towering fury, exploding across heaven and earth like rolling thunder.
He strode through the void, closing in step by step. Each footfall shook the Underworld's foundations.
The Dao Flame around him burned ever fiercer, gathering behind him into a colossal Reincarnation Dharma Form. It held a wheel engraved with the Grand Dao of Life and Death, radiating pressure that could suppress All Heavens.
Jiang Yun stared at the two of them, the flames in his eyes nearly becoming real.
Over the years, he had studied the Weird Clan's Four Great Sources in depth and had long since learned Dao Ancestor Hua Sheng's background.
The man was remarkably similar to the Evil Emperor of old: a "seed" the Soul River had carefully nurtured during this Sacrificial Era. Once the Grand Sacrifice ended, he would join the Soul River outright.
Previously, he had been a Dao Ancestor who had wallowed in the mire alongside the Evil Emperor. He had never gone to the Heavenforsaken Land for the great battle, choosing instead to lord it over All Heavens.
And today's battle, though seemingly a clash of pride between Dao Ancestors, looked more like a carefully laid plot—to lure out and test any Dao Ancestors who came to support All Heavens, while seizing the chance to cripple the Eight Paths of Reincarnation he had painstakingly built.
By now, Jiang Yun had also gained a rough understanding that the Weird Clan was far from a solid block of iron.
The Underworld and the Soul River, two of the Weird Clan's great sources, had never stopped struggling against each other, openly and