Gu Yuanqing also rose to his feet, his gaze sharpening slightly.
With his attainment in the Dao, he could naturally see it clearly. This was a Blood Sacrifice Great Formation.
A blood-red pillar of light shot skyward from the far west of the Fa Yuan Realm, piercing layer upon layer of void and stabbing straight into the Nine Heavens.
Within the pillar, countless wronged souls could vaguely be seen twisting and wailing. Their essence blood and souls had been forcibly stripped away by the grand formation, transformed into pure resentment, and poured into the void above the Nine Heavens.
It was nearly noon. The great sun hung at the zenith, its blazing golden radiance illuminating myriad realms. This was when the yang energy between Heaven and Earth was at its strongest.
Yet in that void where blood-red light surged into the heavens, a full moon slowly emerged amid the crimson glow.
Between Heaven and Earth, yin and yang nourished and restrained one another in an endless cycle.
But now the moon had encroached upon the sun's course—a portent of terrible calamity.
Moreover, under the onslaught of blood energy, the full moon that had appeared gradually changed color.
Countless blood-red markings slowly surfaced upon the moon, like wounds sliced open by a blade. Spreading outward from its center, they devoured the bright moon's clear radiance inch by inch.
The blood moon's radiance spilled down!
Countless people in the Fa Yuan Realm stopped what they were doing and looked up at this uncanny sight.
A blood moon!
The heavens were about to change!
"Was the Demon Lord about to emerge?"
Countless cultivators murmured to themselves, their expressions changing drastically.
Though the divine court ruled the present age, certain ancient legends still circulated in the Fa Yuan Realm.
When Jiang Yunchuan entered, Gu