Mo Daolin

Huang Tieyi took a hot bath in his guest room, washing away every trace of fatigue. Sleepiness surged over him, and he collapsed onto the bed in his underwear. He slept right through the welcome banquet Yang Fanglin had prepared for him.

Huang Tieyi woke in the middle of the night only because he was ravenous. Spotting pastries and juice on the table, he grabbed them and wolfed them down without tasting much. All he knew was that the pastries were dry and the juice was sweet.

Once he was full, Huang Tieyi took fresh clothes from his Space Ring, dressed, and left the room. He reached the artificial lake and felt that same stirring again. The ominous premonition returned.

Huang Tieyi could not understand where the feeling came from, but he felt certain that leaving the lake was the right thing to do.

He turned to go, but had taken only one step when an aged voice sounded beside his ear. "You're here. You've finally come..."

Terrified, Huang Tieyi ran several paces before turning to look at the lake.

An old man with a hunched back floated above the water. His eyes were clouded, and he watched Huang Tieyi with a calm expression, murmuring, "When the Red Moon hangs overhead, when the sacred descends, the sealed demon king will break his bonds and descend upon the mortal world..."

The old man suddenly pointed at the sky. "Today, the Red Moon hangs overhead..." Then he pointed at Huang Tieyi. "Today, the sacred has descended..."

"Today is the day I escape my seal. I will make all of Douluo Continent tremble beneath my feet..." His voice rang through the night and spread across Heaven Dou City.

Bibi Dong and the others woke first and rushed out of their rooms. Yang Fanglin