Outside the Shed District.
Dong Chenglou still held the statue of the Great Void Snake Mother in both hands.
He could feel it.
One helpless, agonized soul after another flew out of the Shed District and flowed into the statue of the Great Void Snake Mother.
"Yes... just like that."
"Return to the Land of All Beings. That is your final resting place."
Dong Chenglou's smile grew increasingly fanatical and sickly.
He was absorbing the statue's power, seeking to break straight through to the third realm: foundation establishment!
The first realm: qi accumulation and the second realm: meridian opening were, in truth, both preparations for foundation establishment.
Foundation establishment meant laying the foundation for a body that transcended the mortal and entered the sacred!
Cultivators at this realm were already immensely powerful. Their use of mystic qi was even more extraordinary, exerting a profound influence on reality.
As souls continued to merge into the statue of the Great Void Snake Mother, it fed power back into Dong Chenglou!
Until he broke through the limit.
Boom!!!
Patterns of snake scales began appearing on Dong Chenglou's face. Gray, insubstantial mystic qi spread around his body, expanding wildly.
"You who suffer and endure!"
"Return to the Land of All Beings!!!"
The instant he broke through, Dong Chenglou abandoned all hesitation and shouted madly!
At that moment.
Everyone in the Shed Quarantine Zone heard his voice.
Including the people from the Guard Hall and the Demon Extermination Palace.
"Enemy attack!!!"
"The Land of All Beings-it's the Void Cult!"
"Guard Hall, maintain order!"
"Demon Extermination Palace disciples, follow me!!!"
Several Demon Extermination Palace disciples emerged from different parts of the Shed Quarantine Zone and rushed toward the source of the voice as fast as they could.
A few dozen breaths later.
These Demon Extermination Palace