At the edge of a folded space somewhere in the Pacific Ocean.
Space suddenly tore open. Three battered figures tumbled out like torn sacks and slammed into the reef.
Zhuge Xuan was covered in blood, and even the Bronze Mask that marked his status as High Priest had been half shattered. Beside him lay the Ancient Shu Princess, Yu Ji, her entire right arm severed and her aura desperately weak. As for the Ancient Shu King, Yu Hou, he had remained forever in the shattered space of Cangyuan Hall.
"Our king has fallen, and our elite forces are gone..." Clutching his chest, Zhuge Xuan spat out black blood mixed with fragments of his organs. Undisguised terror filled his eyes. "Pass down my orders. The Ancient Shu Royal Court is to seal off its mountains completely. For the next hundred years, no member of our people is to set foot in Huaxia!"
The European wasteland, at the Great Yu Dynasty's headquarters.
Yu Cheng'an slumped against his broken dragon throne, coughing up mouthfuls of pale golden imperial blood. A sword wound cut across his chest, deep enough to expose bone. Yun Sheng had left it there. Not only had this expedition brought him nothing, it had cost him several Deity Transformation elders.
"That Immortal Palace... that man..." Yu Cheng'an gritted his teeth, then finally closed his eyes in defeat. "Activate the Nine-Dragon Sealing Heaven Formation. All forces under Great Yu are to cease expansion."
The Hundred-Thousand Great Mountains of Yundian.
Ji Longxue, sect master of the Hehuan Sect, stared at her reflection in the Water Mirror. Her face, scorched by sword qi, looked slightly withered. Furious, she smashed her dressing table with a palm strike. The Fire Phoenix Clan's ancestor had died in battle, leaving a devastating gap in the clan's highest-level