When the underground palace in Licheng opened, more than half the top powers in the Eastern Wasteland sent people there. They even dispatched their Holy Sons, intending to pit them against one another and see who was stronger.
Who could have known that the Chaos Stone would be so extraordinary? The force field it radiated immobilized all the Holy Sons, and in the end, Lu Chen and Ye Fan, two independent cultivators, claimed the greatest fortune within.
Not only that, the two also suppressed and carried off the Yaoguang Holy Son, the Golden-Winged Little Peng King, and Fairy Zixia, who possessed an innate Dao embryo, sending tremendous shock waves through the entire Eastern Wasteland.
Those three ranked among the most powerful prodigies of the younger generation. Whatever the reason for their defeat and capture, it caused a sensation, drawing the attention of even the various Holy Lords.
The Purple Mansion Holy Land was especially incensed. Its Holy Son had been slain only a few months ago, and now eight geniuses competing to succeed him had also been killed. Even its Saintess, who possessed an innate Dao embryo, had been suppressed and captured. They were beside themselves with fury, and the Purple Mansion Holy Lord was utterly enraged.
They increased the number of experts they deployed more than tenfold, determined to kill that brat at any cost and restore the Purple Mansion Holy Land's honor.
The Yaoguang Holy Land likewise mobilized on a grand scale for its Holy Son. The Demon Race's response was even more terrifying: the Golden-Winged Old Peng King personally set out to search for Ye Fan throughout the Northern Region.
Meanwhile, the storm surrounding Licheng's underground palace had yet to subside. Duan De, who had obtained the Beast-Skin Scroll suspected of containing the Nine Secrets, had actually