That day was the Mortal Realm's New Year...
Endless slaughter descended upon the Ancestral Grounds with a thunderous crash, yet Su Mo's unexpected action prevented that supreme existence from descending.
The rift seemed to carry boundless cold, which descended into the Ancestral Grounds along with the influx of outsiders.
This New Year grew colder still.
At some unknown moment... snow began drifting through the blood-colored world.
Countless young people from the various grotto-heavens of the Ancestral Grounds gazed at the snow filling the sky, their hearts icy cold.
The murderous aura coming from afar was oppressive and chilling.
Screech!
Suddenly, a world-destroying shriek rang out across the skies of the entire Ancestral Image World!
Everyone looked up...
They saw several blood-colored banners blotting out the sky and sun, tearing across the horizon like seven death-dealing divine talismans from purgatory, hurtling straight toward the Ancestral Origin Land at the center of the Ancestral Grounds.
The seven banners came with heaven-shaking momentum, vast as rivers and seas!
Before anyone could react, the seven banners abruptly scattered and plunged into the ground in one direction outside the Main City at the center of the Ancestral Image World.
Boom!
The Seven-Faced Banner stood planted straight in the ground like seven mountains!
Mountains collapsed, and dust filled the sky.
Like seven gigantic peaks, the Seven-Faced Banner enclosed the entire Ancestral Image World.
The banners shuddered and linked together, and a power of law emerged throughout the entire Ancestral Image World.
In an instant, a certain resonance arose in response to those seven banners.
Suddenly, wisps of azure mist emerged from the ground throughout the snow-covered Ancestral Image World.
The mist carried an eerie aura as it spread in all directions.
"What on earth happened?" a disciple of the Ancient Scroll Grotto-Heaven asked in a trembling