All Part of Qin Mu's Plan

The crimson rift looked like a hideous wound slashed across the sky, bleeding thick, unyielding scarlet mist.

Its aura clashed with every other power present.

It held none of Haotian's majestic authority, none of the Buddhist School's serene compassion, none of the Interception Sect's sky-piercing Sword Intent, and none of Chi You's pure will to battle heaven and earth.

It was filth born in the deepest reaches of the Nine Nether Blood Sea, steeped in venomous resentment and slaughter.

It was the Boundless Karma and hatred amassed by billions of souls who had sunk into the Blood Sea, never to be reborn.

Even a trace of the aura made the souls of the less powerful immortals, gods, demons, and monsters on the Peach Mountain battlefield sting. Unease gripped them, as though their most primal urge to kill were being drawn out.

"What... what the hell is that?"

"What a vicious aura! Someone from the Devil Dao?"

"What's going on today? Did Peach Mountain kick over a hornets' nest? Why have all the ghosts and monsters of the Three Realms come crawling out?"

The mighty figures watching from afar had gone completely numb.

What began as Yang Jian's farce of splitting the mountain to save his mother had first drawn out an Avatar of Haotian, ruler of the Heavenly Court, then the ancient Military Lord Chi You, followed by the Western Teachings' Sub-Saint King Ksitigarbha. Now even the Interception Sect had come out in full force.

This was no longer a fight between immortals. They were about to punch a hole through the heavens!

And now another mysterious force had arrived. Judging by this display, it was no small power!

On the battlefield, the factions that had been fighting tooth and nail instinctively stopped. One after another, they looked up and