Rumble!
The quiet, peaceful Kunlun Secret Realm shook violently!
Ripples blossomed across one corner of the sky, wave after wave shifting without end!
Profound, intricate patterns spread across the heavens, forming the Celestial Circuit Grand Formation!
Cracks began to spread across the vast earth!
Boom! Boom! Boom!
Thunderclaps flashed overhead. Terrifying Aura Pressure and a sense of ill omen filled the hearts of the Kunlun disciples.
They looked up at the patterns of the Celestial Circuit Grand Formation covering the sky, stricken with shock.
"Why has the mountain-protecting formation activated?"
Across Hanging Peaks and cities alike, Kunlun's disciples stopped what they were doing and looked up.
For Kunlun elders and Return to Truth cultivators like Yuan Liuzi, the change in the heavens immediately set their blood stirring. It concerned them so directly that they knew the source of the turmoil without even needing to calculate it!
"So soon! He's already come for us! Then those sects outside Great Hua Mountain... could they all have... could they all..." Yuan Liuzi's hands trembled. He did not even dare calculate the matter in detail. Suppressing the ill omen in his heart, he sent a message to the others: "Return to your positions at once. Hold the formation!"
"Impossible! This makes no sense, none at all. Back in Hexi..." The Red-Haired Immortal stared at the strange sight in the Secret Realm's sky, his expression shifting. Then he recovered, formed a Hand Seal, and rose into the air.
Just then!
Clatter!
The sky abruptly shattered. A streak of Sword Light drove a Jade Bell before it and plunged straight toward the Flat Peach Forest!
Clang! Clang! Clang! Clang! Clang!
With each toll of the bell, a corner of the formation overhead broke apart. Throughout the Kunlun Secret Realm, cultivators' souls reeled and their thoughts fell