An emerald-green jade mirror soared upward and hovered beneath the Nine Heavens.
An ancient, dormant, uncanny aura slowly spread across the sky, drawing dark clouds from every direction until they enveloped all of Delusion Village.
The clouds blotted out the blazing sun and the sky. The human world, where the morning sun had only just risen, instantly plunged from daylight into eternal night, pitch-black.
With no light in the world, no one could see their own hand before their face. Everyone in Delusion Village felt as though someone had covered their eyes and made them blind, their hearts filled with both excitement and dread.
"Has... has that place opened?!"
An old man cried out, his voice trembling.
No sooner had he spoken than the emerald jade mirror overhead abruptly warped the space beneath the drifting clouds. Like a teleportation array, or a gateway through the void linking this place to somewhere else, it slowly unfolded, emitting a gentle white glow.
The jade mirror gradually expanded and grew larger, then hung motionless in a circle, like a full moon illuminating the eternal night. It radiated an ancient, majestic aura that shook the void and connected the two places.
Rumble!
Heaven and earth shook as the aura radiating from the jade mirror grew increasingly fierce and intense.
Whoosh!
Before long, an image faintly appeared on the surface of the moonlike jade mirror.
Within that full moon lay a hazy, immortal grotto, seemingly lush with vegetation and towering trees. Amid its peace and silence, a crimson bronze coffin radiated a terrifying, overwhelming pressure of Dao Rhyme.
Bright Moon Burying the Ancient Coffin!
Such an uncanny phenomenon was truly staggering. Even the Little Bad King, who could enter Vermilion Bird Academy whenever he pleased, had never heard of it before.
The implication of this