The Heavenly Lust Cult Master had previously poured considerable effort into setting up a ritual altar in this underground palace. Numerous Mystic-Yin God-Demon Banners stood on and around it, each bearing a different sort of "stitched-together" monster:
Some had heads covered in octopus-like tentacles and human-shaped bodies clad entirely in scales, with sharp claws on all four limbs and backs bristling with bat-like wings.
Some looked like two-headed great white sharks, but their hindquarters resembled giant lizards, their spines bristled with barbs, and their tails were those of demon dragons.
Some looked like thousands of giant leeches fused together, with spiraling teeth filling the mouths at their front ends.
Some looked like monkeys with rats' heads. When their mouths opened, their tongues could stretch far out, and another, human head grew inside.
Wrapped in black profound yin baleful qi, they howled and roared, emitting all manner of terrifying cries, high and low. Even a supreme expert like Qi Nangong felt a chill crawl over him.
Cha Shuangying invited him onto the altar and seated him at the due-west Dui position, amid a vast array of Demon Banners. He then gave him a Mystic-Yin Demon Bell to use as a ritual implement, took his own place at the due-south Li position, and began casting.
As he formed seals with both hands and spat out a mouthful of baleful qi, all the surrounding Demon Banners began to sway. Vast quantities of baleful qi poured forth, engulfing the entire altar.
At first, Qi Nangong thought nothing of it and even rang the bell to support the formation. But as the formation continued to operate, he gradually realized something was wrong.
"Why does this seem to be aimed at me?" He felt himself trapped in an endless void. Above, below, and in every