The Underworld Office Threatened a Dynasty's Fate, While the Bright Moon Gathered Pure Qi

The Violet Star hung high as Dynastic Purple Qi gathered around it.

The Earth Veins trembled, and illusory fragments appeared once more.

One above and one below, they caught the mortal dynasty between them. The illusory Palace that had just shattered into pieces was projected anew. Fragment by fragment, it fitted itself back together as though time were flowing backward, like a puzzle riddled with Rifts.

But this time, the Palace seemed to have lost its soul and foundation. It looked lifeless and wooden, as though someone had merely traced its outline!

The Palace appeared around the Violet Light star, and a soft Violet Light glow shone through every Rift.

Chen Cuo stepped into the air and entered it, taking his seat beneath the star and above the earth. With a wave of his hand, strands of soft light fell like threads, sinking into the ground and joining the trembling Earth Veins.

At once, the people of the Southern Dynasty felt a faint stirring in their hearts, as though they had sensed something.

Those who felt it most keenly were the members of Great Chen's Imperial Clan. Even Emperor Chen Xu, whose mind the Five Paths had invaded and whom the Five Paths had held hostage, sensed something strange, let alone Chen Baxian, who stood so close.

Now free of that control, Chen Xu had also noticed the lingering effects of the strange Images outside. He stumbled out of his chambers and looked up. The Violet Light star filled his sight.

The Southern Dynasty's supreme ruler felt his mind sway. Hot blood surged and trembled through him, and from its deepest reaches flew a speck of Violet Light. Faint as a firefly, it flickered as it left his body. Yet the wind could neither snuff it out nor make it