Seven soul-binding chains formed from Karmic Fire held the Yin Souls of seven fifth-grade Immortal Masters, surging across the sky.
The King of Hell hovered alone above the abandoned ancient county, the Yin-Yang Brush in hand and the Yellow Springs Road beneath his feet. Behind him loomed a sky-supporting phantom of the Karmic Mirror. He looked down upon the human world like a deity, his black robes snapping in the wind.
Outside, the tens of thousands of spectating Supernatural Ability Users felt their hearts turn cold at this sight. Their earlier shared hostility as local powers looking down on an outsider had vanished entirely. They no longer shouted for blood. There was only silence.
If Ren Ye entering Western Liang alone as a third-grade Supernatural Ability User and overturning the entire Heavenly Prodigy Grand Gathering had merely been "children's games" in the eyes of the high-grade experts who had disdained to intervene, then the appearance of his protector, the Underworld's King of Hell, had forcibly secured a foothold for the Ancient Emperor Successor on the Nine Li Continent.
He was no longer an outsider anyone could bully, much less a pushover anyone could squeeze.
He had backing, and backing that reached the heavens.
Thirteen fifth-grade experts had entered the ancient county. The King of Hell alone had led seven into the Yellow Springs, while the remaining old monsters and Heavenly Prides could only flee at the sight of him, running faster than rabbits.
Even the sixth-grade Nation Lord of Western Liang only dared to unleash his Mystical Ability from outside the county, seemingly afraid to take even half a step inside.
They could no longer suppress him. Western Liang could no longer hold down this outsider who was the Ancient Emperor Successor...
Outside the county, Nation Lord Situ Ang stood