But this ghost deity did not immediately pursue the people who had fled. The change at the distant Yellow Springs Riverbank was even more alarming; if left unchecked, it might cause even greater trouble. Through the Golden Dharma Eye, he saw crimson-black flames rising endlessly within the distant mist, swallowing the screams of ghost creatures and Yin Cha alike.
"Such astonishing, terrifying karmic force!"
The ghost deity pressed his palms together and silently recited a spell. Then he spread his hands again. An immense surge of magical power, accompanied by waves of dense incense-offering aura, transformed into a boundless net that cast itself toward the distance. Rather than extinguishing the flames directly, it first gathered in the ever-spreading mist.
Yet from the corner of his eye, the ghost deity still caught sight of another concealed streak of fleeing light. Narrowing his eyes slightly, he understood that it had to be one of the parties who had previously fought the sword-wielding demon.
"Humph. It is probably no good thing either!"
However, this was not the only place in the Underworld where abnormalities were occurring. The rolling Yellow Springs had begun to boil, triggering a chain reaction. This ghost deity's Dharma Form grew larger and clearer by the moment. Boundless magical power spread outward, shrouding the initial area in dazzling light. Yin and yang converged above the Dharma Form, stars appearing among them. Clearly, his cultivation had surpassed the shackles of ordinary ghost deities—he was a true great power of the Underworld.
"Burn for me!"
Rumble—
The Yellow Springs churned as though rivers and seas had been overturned. Endless Yellow Springs Water was stirred into towering waves that swept over that patch of eerie flames.
The commotion there was simply too great. Even Hu Yun and Mihuang, who had already slipped away