Rumble!
Great Hua Mountain shook, and the Great Hua Secret Realm trembled with unrest!
"What's happening? What is it this time? Has someone come to invade us again?"
Inside the Secret Realm, Qiongfa Zi's expression changed sharply. He rode his Escape Light out of his cave abode, then stared in horror at the blood-red clouds surging across the sky above the entire Great Hua Secret Realm!
"The heavens are weeping blood? Is the Secret Realm about to be destroyed?"
Chuiyunzi stepped out of his cave abode as well. Looking at the strange phenomenon overhead, he was equally shocked and bewildered.
Nanmingzi followed him out of the New Bamboo Abode. Unease filled him as he watched the sky. He was just about to form a Hand Seal and contact the Secret Realm's core...
"Wait!"
Yan Yin Zi's voice came from behind him.
"Martial Uncle, you've come out of seclusion?"
Qiongfa Zi brought his Escape Light down and joined them.
"How could I stay in seclusion at a time like this?" Yan Yin Zi shook his head.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
A series of explosions suddenly rang out. Every Mount Taihua disciple, young and old, felt their heart tremble and an emptiness open inside them, as though they had lost something precious. While they were still wondering what it was, Nanmingzi understood. He turned to look in one direction.
"So it is the Patriarch Temple..."
At his words, Yan Yin Zi, Qiongfa Zi, and Chuiyunzi seemed to wake from a dream. All of them turned toward the Patriarch Temple!
Rumble!
The temple had collapsed!
Deep within its ruins, the Patriarch's portrait rose into the air. Time, long frozen upon it, began to flow again, drawing in every fold of time and projection of space that had filled the temple!
Crack!
With a sharp