A thunderous boom rang out. A rainbow beam pierced the ancient Gate of the Spirit World and kept going, its light flickering like flame, like wildfire sweeping across the plains.
Beginning in the Void God Realm, it passed through the gate to the Spirit World until the entire Spirit World rippled beneath an ocean of pure white.
The cultivators of the Three Thousand Provinces were stunned by the magnificent sight. Those inside the Spirit World were gripped by fear. They could clearly feel a terrifying will enveloping this vast world, built from the spiritual power of mighty figures of antiquity.
Fortunately, it did not last.
Like a white colt flashing past a crack in the wall, the vision vanished moments later.
Tens of thousands of li away, a group of Immortal Palace disciples watched a body fall from the sky. Their hair stood on end, their scalps prickled, and a chill spread from their spines.
It was the body of Yi Hai, the young lord from the Immortal Domain. His eyes were wide, his pupils unfocused, and his face still held a flash of shock, as though he had encountered some unimaginable horror.
"Only his body's left," someone said, trembling. "Didn't he go to the lower realm?"
Why had he flown out along with that terrifying white light? And how had his body remained completely unscathed under such power?
"Report this to the sect master, quickly!" someone cried. "The Gate of the Spirit World is broken!"
Some forced down their fear and seized on that excuse to leave in a hurry. Just then, reports came from the area closest to the Gate of the Spirit World.
"Huang! He's still alive!!!"
"He's in the Void God Realm! Even the Immortal-Breaking Curse didn't kill him!"
"That light came up from the lower