After storing the orb of light containing soul origin in the System Space, Liu Yu vanished from the shattered plaza with Medusa. As the two disappeared, a pitch-black hole silently swallowed the Black Grand Hall...
Inside a towering Black Grand Hall somewhere in the Central Plains, shadowy figures with unfathomable auras stood assembled. Yet at this moment, these experts, each powerful enough to command awe across the Dou Qi Continent, all gazed with fear at the black-robed figure seated on the hall's throne.
The black-robed figure looked utterly unremarkable, like an ordinary man. His slightly rough hands slipped out of his sleeves and gently rubbed the throne, producing strange sounds that echoed eerily through the unnaturally quiet hall...
Just as the atmosphere in the hall began to congeal, ripples spread through space, and a black-haired old man silently appeared inside the black hall.
Seemingly sensing the eerie atmosphere, the black-haired old man opened his mouth without a sound. He wanted to say something, but ultimately remained silent...
"Speak."
A flat voice came from the black-robed figure on the throne. Its strange syllables assailed the black-haired old man from every direction, making his body tremble involuntarily!
"H-Hall Master, the twenty-four Earth Fiend Halls and two Heavenly Dipper Halls—the Human Hall and Earth Hall—have all disappeared. The soul origin, too..."
The black-haired old man looked utterly terrified. In the end, somehow, he dropped to his knees in the hall and spoke in a trembling voice.
"Where are the Vice Hall Master and the Nine Heavenly Venerates..."
Neither joy nor anger could be heard in the Soul Hall Master's indifferent voice, yet an invisible, terrifying pressure shrouded the entire black hall!
"Th-this subordinate does not know..."
The black-haired old man prostrated himself on the floor, not daring to look at the Hall