The instant the Eye of Rules appeared, all Eight Sects outside the secret realm were shaken.
Above Lion Peak Mountain, that gray-white fissure stretched across the clouds like a wound slashed open by a sharp blade.
The enormous eye within the fissure slowly turned, its gray-white gaze piercing the void and looking down over the entire land, chilling all who saw it to the bone.
It held no emotion, not the slightest ripple, like a god scrutinizing ants and dust.
The Yellow Dragon Great Experts leading the Eight Sects changed expression almost simultaneously.
Feng Xian'er was the first to rise, her languid drowsiness vanishing completely.
She stared fixedly at the eye in the sky, brilliant light flashing from her Phoenix Eyes.
"The power of rules... someone triggered the power of rules?"
Her voice was soft, but the chill seeping from her very bones made everyone around her shudder.
The languid, mature beauty from Tai Chi Hall also stood. The Little Tabby Cat in her arms arched its back, its fur bristling and its eyes filled with unease.
She narrowed her eyes at the eye in the sky, the smile on her lips gradually freezing.
"Power beyond Meridian Opening... someone beyond Meridian Opening is fighting inside the secret realm?"
The Cat-Raising Fairy said nothing, but her gaze passed beyond the eye toward the depths of the secret realm.
Her hand rested on her sword hilt, her knuckles white.
Jian Wuhen of the Heavenly Sword Sect, Yun Mengyao of Setting Sun Valley, Granny Ghost of Netherworld Hall, Ouyang Lie of the Five Elements Sect, and Bing Wushuang of Ice Soul Palace-the experts leading the Eight Sects swept out from their respective locations almost simultaneously and gathered before the Immortal Alliance's two elders, demanding an explanation.
"Elder Qingming, Elder Cang Xuan, something has