Beaconfire City.
The Star-Track Boat piloted by the Star-Ruling Immortal King plunged headlong into this Human Race stronghold in something close to a crash.
This single transit had spanned billions of li. Even for an Immortal Boat at the level of a Xiantian Spirit Treasure, that was already operating beyond its limits. This sudden change immediately alarmed the many Mysterious Immortals and Immortal Kings in Beaconfire City.
Although humans made up a considerable proportion of these Immortal Kings, most belonged to various subordinate and allied races conscripted to assist in the defense.
Watching the Star-Track Boat return at its limits in this almost "panic-stricken" fashion, the Immortal Kings of these races revealed traces of surprise. All manner of ominous conjectures naturally arose in their minds.
Especially...
Shortly after the Flying Boat arrived, the formations in Beaconfire City, previously operating merely at alert status, rose straight to their highest intensity. This set everyone in the city talking even more.
"What happened? That Star-Track Boat... the way it returned looked anything but normal..."
"The Six Paths Nether Emperor has repeatedly issued provocations recently, even infiltrating Beaconfire City to assassinate Ye Qingping, third on the Human Race's Great Dao Golden Immortal Ranking. That provoked thunderous fury throughout the Human Race. They were bound to take action. Could it be..."
"I know about that. The Human Race dispatched a powerful force led by Ling Qiankun and Zhi Weichen, with Aurora, Gu Zheng, Zhan Ri, Star-Ruling, and others assisting, intending to surround and kill Six Paths and wash away their humiliation... but judging by how things look now... it probably didn't go very smoothly..."
"Has the Great Dao Golden Immortal Ranking become this pathetic? Suppressed by Six Paths, a single Nether Emperor? What about Gu Qingxian? Where is she?"
"Apparently, something went wrong with Gu