"What hellhole have we ended up in?" The God-Striking Stone was horrified. That ancient beast was far too powerful, yet why had they heard none of its roars outside the island?
Clang, clang, clang!
Immediately afterward, sword qi shot into the heavens. Every strand of immortal qi was accompanied by another wisp of immortal qi, chilling their souls and making their hair stand on end. Its power was utterly overwhelming.
Dimly, they could see one lesser world after another being annihilated in the skies pierced by the sword qi.
"This can't be real, can it?" The smile on Shi Hao's face stiffened a little. He was beginning to regret coming here.
Wandering around with this fellow who called himself his senior brother had clearly led him into a deathtrap. Even retracing their steps would be difficult now.
"Don't worry, everyone. As long as you don't enter that forbidden ground, you'll be fine. Still, the sword qi back then was much stronger than it is now. A single slash could cleave a true great world," the Black Gold Divine Medicine reassured them, though for some reason, those words sounded rather like a threat.
Unmoved, He Xian continued walking.
They were finally drawing near. Ahead lay a hazy expanse, with chaotic mist drifting above the flowers and grasses, making the place seem incomparably mysterious. Broken bluestones and ruined buildings lent it a desolate air.
"We're here. My lord is right over there," the Black Gold Divine Medicine said, indicating the mist ahead.
White mist billowed, as though they had arrived in the homeland of immortals.
"May I ask what guidance you wished to offer by inviting us here?" Shi Hao asked.
He Xian had been standing silently to one side the whole time.
"All things will wither, the world will fall into