Throughout the ruins, countless chilling roars and howls echoed. Ancient beasts, dormant for centuries, were awakened; malevolent spirits, born from the condensed Yin Sha of the earth's veins, emerged; and bizarre beings, tainted with imperial blood and fueled by murderous intent and resentment, broke free from their seals...
The entire Qing Emperor's Tomb instantly transformed from a place of opportunity into a hellish inferno!
"Oh no! The source of the ruins is out of balance, the suppressing power is waning, and all the ferocious creatures, evil spirits, and remnants of ancient battlefield souls that were suppressed by the Azure Emperor are about to emerge!" A knowledgeable demon clan Mighty One exclaimed in shock, his face turning deathly pale.
"Melee! Stop fighting! Join forces to fight these monstrous things!" a senior elder roared.
But it was too late.
From the collapsed mountainside, a colossal corpse demon, its body covered in bone armor and its eyes blazing with ghostly fire, crawled out; from the cracks in the earth, swarms of soul-devouring insects surged forth like a black tide; from the ancient battlefield, fragmented yet murderous battle spirit phantoms rose; even in the air, eerie clouds of resentment and poisonous energy began to condense, withering vegetation and turning living beings into pus and blood wherever they passed...
These ferocious creatures and evil spirits may not be individually extremely powerful, but their sheer number is overwhelming! Moreover, many of them possess terrifying auras comparable to those of Mighty One!
In an instant, the cultivators who had been fighting each other were met with annihilation. Screams rose and fell as swarms of cultivators were torn apart by corpse demons, devoured by insect swarms, annihilated by battle spirits, and turned into blood by poisonous clouds...
"Form ranks! Quickly form ranks and defend!"
"Break through! Charge outwards!"
"Help--!"
Chaos, utter chaos! Bloodshed and death became the dominant theme. What opportunities, what inheritances—all became a joke in the face of survival. Everyone was either frantically fleeing or desperately resisting.
Several important figures also changed their expressions and took action, unleashing earth-shattering divine powers to clear out areas and gather their own disciples and followers.
"This place is no longer safe! Retreat immediately!" The Supreme Elder of the Yaoguang Holy Land summoned an ancient mirror. Wherever the mirror shone, large numbers of ferocious creatures turned to ashes. He led the remaining disciples of the Yaoguang Holy Land and rushed towards the outer perimeter.
"Go!" Above the head of the Ji Family, an ancient cauldron filled with chaotic energy floated, protecting his clansmen and forcefully carving a bloody path through the tide of ferocious beasts.
The Mighty One from the Jiang Family, the Jade Lake Holy Land, and the demon race also used various methods to break through the encirclement. At this moment, they could no longer care about scheming against each other; they only wanted to leave this tomb that had suddenly become a dead end as soon as possible.
However, the entrances and exits of the tombs also seemed to be affected, the space became unstable, appearing and disappearing intermittently, and even distorted. Furthermore, some ferocious creatures directly blocked some of the only paths, and the escape routes were also covered with blood and corpses.
Inside the cave, the Snow Empress was awakened from his deep slumber by the earth-shattering events that had transpired in the outside world.
The earth trembled, and rubble fell from the cliff face. Faint rumbling, roaring, and screams echoed from afar, and the air was filled with a chilling atmosphere of chaos, violence, and bloodshed.
"Something's happened!" Snow Empress's heart sank, and she instantly ended her cultivation and stood up.
A single Enlightenment Tea Leaves brought her immense benefits. Not only did it deepen her understanding of the " Taiyin True Scripture," but it also refined her Magic Power, accelerated the refining of the Ice Emperor's Heart, and subtly brought her cultivation to the threshold of the Dragon Transformation Third Transformation. However, at this moment, she had no time to carefully comprehend and improve.
She quickly arrived at the cave entrance and peered out through the concealment array.
The distant sky was stained with eerie colors by chaotic energy beams, and black smoke, blood-red light, and malevolent energy soared into the heavens. On the ground, a tidal wave of dark shadows could be vaguely seen surging, accompanied by the fleeting glimpses of fleeing cultivators and their desperate screams. The entire world seemed to be facing the end of the world.
"Was the suppression deep within the tomb broken? Or did His Majesty's taking the Emperor Fire trigger a chain reaction?" The Snow Empress's mind raced, her expression grave. Whatever the reason, this place was no longer safe to linger!
She acted decisively, concealing her aura and maximizing the concealment formation. Her figure blended into the shadows as she stealthily moved in the opposite direction from the tremors and roars, towards the deeper outer perimeter of the tomb as she had deduced. Heading towards the main exit would inevitably lead to the most dangerous and chaotic area, so it was better to go the opposite way and get away from the core area first.
The Snow Empress moved with incredible agility, weaving through ancient trees and jagged rocks at top speed. Along the way, she witnessed many horrific sights: towering skeletal giants wielding bone clubs, smashing a group of cultivators into a bloody pulp; swarms of strange black birds swooping down, instantly devouring a fleeing cultivator, leaving only his skeleton; the ground suddenly cracking open, unleashing tentacles covered in suckers that dragged passersby into the earth...
She carefully avoided these ferocious creatures, and when she couldn't avoid them, she dealt with them swiftly and decisively, never lingering. The power of the Ice Emperor's Heart, combined with the Taiyin True Scripture, made her every move exude a chilling aura, capable of instantly freezing and shattering the ferocious creatures, allowing her to navigate the journey without serious danger.
But the further she went, the stronger the uneasy premonition in her heart grew. It didn't come from the pursuers behind her or the ferocious creatures blocking her path, but from... above?
Snow Empress suddenly looked up.
The previously gray sky was now shrouded in an endless expanse of dark, leaden clouds. These clouds hung low, slowly swirling to form a massive vortex, its center as black as ink, seemingly connected to the deepest abyss. A will far more terrifying, vast, and deathly still than the previous earth vein spirit emanated from the vortex, locking onto the entire Qing Emperor's Tomb ruins!
Under this powerful will, the rampaging corpse demons, insect swarms, and battle spirits actually cowered, emitting fearful whimpers, and their attacks slowed down considerably.
The fleeing cultivators also felt it; a chill and despair emanating from the depths of their souls gripped each and every one of them.
"What... what is that?!" someone's voice trembled.
"Emperor... Emperor-level pressure?! Impossible! The Azure Emperor has been dead for hundreds of thousands of years!" A Mighty One demon exclaimed in shock, his entire demonic power trembling.
"Not the Azure Emperor! It's... it's the undying resentment of another fallen ancient emperor?! It was suppressed here by the Azure Emperor, and now that the tomb is in turmoil, is it about to awaken?!" The Supreme Elder of the Yaoguang Holy Land turned pale as he thought of a terrifying legend.
As if in response to his words, something slowly emerged from the center of the dark vortex.
It was an... eye.
An enormous, cold, lifeless eye, covered with countless tiny cracks, seemingly composed of the purest darkness and destruction!
This eye occupied half the sky, indifferently looking down at the ant-like creatures and chaotic earth below. In the area swept by its gaze, space froze, time slowed down, and all sound, color, and vitality seemed to be drawn away and annihilated.
" The World-Destroying Demon Eye... It really is it... It is said to be the remnant of the ' Great Emperor of Nirvana ' who was killed by several Ancient Emperor Great Emperor the late Primordial Era... It was actually suppressed by the Azure Emperor under his own tomb..." The Jiang Family head's voice was dry, filled with bitterness and despair.