In the Universe's Stellar Sea, a desolate Star Domain was utterly swallowed by darkness.
The darkness ran deep, yet it was not purely dead and silent.
A hundred terrifying shadows crouched within it, each radiating an irritable, oppressive Eternal aura. Their auras collided and ground against one another in the void, producing piercing shrieks that made True Spirits tremble.
"Evil Buddha..."
Cracked Sky's lips moved, his voice cold enough to freeze and shatter layers of space.
"Ten thousand years!"
"That One has made us wait for ten thousand years already!"
His words were icy, yet they were like a spark that detonated the atmosphere, suppressed to its very limit.
In an instant, pairs of scarlet eyes lit up in the darkness, all focusing on the enormous mountain of flesh at the center as voices rose in furious condemnation.
"That's right, a full ten thousand years! We've been waiting like a pack of rats hiding in the gutter, wasting away in this forgotten dump!"
"Evil Buddha, where has that 'lord' of yours gone?"
"You gathered us here, yet there has been no movement for so long. What exactly does that 'lord' intend to do?"
"Everyone..."
Cold sweat streamed down Evil Buddha's forehead. Facing those furious gazes, he tried to force out a placating smile, but against the backdrop of his twisted, squirming flesh, it looked especially savage.
"Please remain calm. My lord..."
"Remain calm?!"
The ghostly blue soul-fire in Netherbone's eye sockets abruptly surged, and he said in a hoarse voice:
"Enough with this 'my lord' business. Just say it!"
"Li Qingshan is in the [Ancient Hall]. The only reason we gathered here to form this alliance was because Lord Lang Yu could force him out!"
"But ten thousand years have passed. Li Qingshan has likely already finished refining