Rumble!—
Rumble, rumble!——
Chen Yang had just received Xu Cang's transmitted message when the Apex of the Firmament directly above the Yang Family Sacred Land was instantly shrouded by a heavy black shadow.
He looked up and saw that the shadow blotting out the heavens did not come from the sky, but from somewhere even higher, beyond the vault of the firmament.
At the same time, the many Void-Treading cultivators above the Canglan Void Realm were stirred by this sudden development.
Three faction patriarchs at the peak of the Void-Treading Realm appeared beyond the material realm at once, preparing to join forces and intercept this power of tribulation law headed for the Canglan Continent.
"Sea Pavilion enforces the law; the Lightning Bureau sends down tribulation. This concerns the immortal path—withdraw at once!"
Yet when those immortal decree-like words rang out, all three halted their techniques in shock.
"Is this the work of higher cultivators? How could this be?"
"Tribulation law sent down by the Lightning Bureau... What are they planning to do to Canglan itself?"
The patriarchs of both the Demonic Path side and the Confluence Faction wore startled, doubtful expressions, then turned their eyes toward the Dao Academy's Old Ancestor, whose lifespan was nearly exhausted.
"Fellow Daoist Yan, the only matter at present that could involve something as grave as the immortal path is your granddisciple who obtained the Sea-Chasing Command."
A Void-Treading patriarch from the Demonic Path side said, "We cannot defy the orders of Sea Pavilion's higher cultivators, but we must at least understand the cause of this."
The Dao Academy patriarch pondered briefly. Just as he was about to speak, he suddenly sensed something and said, "Fellow Daoist, you are right. But rather than ask this old man, why not question Xuanji face-to-face and get to