Western Continent, Ji Province branch, underground altar.
Branch leader Chen Qingzhi chanted before the altar where the "Otherworldly Demon Lord" had originally been summoned, conducting a large-scale ritual.
The jade tablet at the center of the altar bore the words "Demon Lord Xuanyin." It was now glowing softly, illuminating the entire gloomy altar.
Behind the altar lay a pool of blood the size of an ordinary living room. Controlled by an uncanny force, the scarlet blood slowly circulated.
Chen Qingzhi's chanting suddenly grew louder. He raised his hand and forcefully poured spiritual qi into the jade tablet.
The light from the jade tablet abruptly darkened, and the entire altar seemed to be swallowed by darkness.
Whoosh~
A sinister wind suddenly swept around the altar, extinguishing every nearby brazier. Only a mass of eerie light on the altar remained to illuminate the underground chamber.
Bubble, bubble~
Under that eerie light, the blood in the pool suddenly began churning like boiling water.
Chen Qingzhi felt the spiritual qi pouring out of his body. He had to grit his teeth to keep feeding spirituality into the jade tablet.
The next moment, a shadow suddenly appeared in the blood pool. It drifted back and forth like a drowning man struggling in the water.
The shadow gradually solidified amid the boiling blood, then slowly rose out of the pool.
"Aaah~"
With a piercing scream, the shadow became a person of flesh and blood.
For the moment, though, he was nothing but blood and flesh, looking like a monster that had been skinned alive.
His face was contorted with pain, his eyes filled with madness.
After struggling in the blood pool for a while, his gaze gradually cleared. Enduring the excruciating pain, he sat cross-legged in the pool.
Before long, blood-red skin and hair grew over