A quarter of an hour later.
High above the Hundred-Thousand Great Mountains, space twisted violently.
The silver-white Heavenly Shuttle leaped out of thin air like a colossal beast tearing through the void, then hovered silently in the sky above the altar.
Chen Lin leaped down like a falling meteor and landed firmly on the edge of the altar.
Behind him followed a withered figure shrouded in gray robes-the Star Moon Demon Saint. After receiving Heavenly Hatred's report, Chen Lin had immediately used a spatial jump to pick up the Star Moon Demon Saint, who had been investigating the central heartlands, and rushed here at full speed.
"My lord!"
Heavenly Hatred True Lord immediately reined in his aura and dropped to one knee.
Chen Lin did not look at him. His piercing gaze remained fixed on the altar before him, which radiated an evil presence.
A nauseating stench of blood filled the air. Inside the black crystal at the altar's center, the Lightning False Core pulsed frantically as the runes flickered.
"Have you figured it out?" Chen Lin's voice was calm, yet carried an unquestionable weight.
Shame crossed Heavenly Hatred True Lord's face. He lowered his head. "I have failed you. The arrangement of this formation's runes completely defies the principles of Blue Star's Cultivation World. Forcibly extracting spiritual energy from the earth veins and mixing it with the resentment and essence blood of countless living beings-such a brutal method of reversing yin and yang is something I have never heard of."
He swallowed, then added, "It isn't just me. Yun Sheng and Changqingzi have also sent word. Identical underground altars have been discovered on Changbai Mountain and Mount Wuyi. The methods are exactly the same. Whoever laid these formations possesses mastery far beyond mine."
Chen Lin turned toward the Star