“That damned White Robe Great Emperor!”
Their Divine Sense reached out, revealing the familiar, terrifying landscape of the Ancient Desolate Forbidden Zone. “Damn it! We’re truly back!”
Mysterious Dao patterns flowed through this corner of the world, constantly shifting into eerie, unsettling shapes. The misty heavens were shrouded in thick fog, like a desolate wasteland. Humanoid Creatures, covered in Red Hair, drifted through the dense mist. In the far distance, endless mountain peaks lay shattered, ancient rivers ran dry. Terrifying landscapes were everywhere, imbued with a ‘Stance’ that seemed to invert the very power of heaven and earth. Fear gripped their hearts. Though they were Nine-star Great Emperors, they dared not cause trouble within the Ancient Desolate Forbidden Zone!
As far as the eye could see, the Forbidden Zone seemed to have gained more burial grounds; some former Overlord-level Powers had been annihilated. As the two traversed the void within the Ancient Desolate Forbidden Zone, numerous entities from the Great Tombs extended their Divine Sense, observing them with a hint of confusion. Eerie beings crawled out from the Great Tombs, manifesting from terrifying ‘True Dragon Blood-Soaked’ terrains. Their faces were like ancient, thousand-year-old wood, skin peeling away like bark. They murmured amongst themselves.
“Silent Destruction Sect members? What are they up to?”
“I detect the Aura of the Outside World. These two went outside before the Heaven and Earth Change began.”
“Their direction seems to be towards the Xuanji Holy Lord Bai Li’s location?”
The many magnates discussed amongst themselves but made no move against the two.
The two Silent Destruction Sect Elders continued to traverse the void, constantly bypassing the terrifying ‘Stance’ formations within the Ancient Desolate Forbidden Zone. Their Life Force could no longer sustain them, and their bodies reverted to their withered, ancient forms, their vitality rapidly draining away. Their Divine Senses swept out repeatedly, and before long, both cried out in alarm.
“Damn it! Our path seems to lead directly to the Xuanji Holy Lord’s seclusion grounds!”
They immediately cursed the White Robe Great Emperor’s entire ancestry, eighteen generations deep. Not only did he send them back to the Ancient Desolate Forbidden Zone, but he delivered them right to the Xuanji Holy Lord’s doorstep? This was practically sending them to their deaths! Now, they could only gamble! They hoped the Xuanji Holy Lord wouldn’t detect the Aura of the Outside World on them! The two cursed and grumbled all the way.
“White Robe Great Emperor, you can’t be so utterly devoid of virtue!”
“Go to hell! Your ancestral grave must be spewing green smoke!”
“Don’t let me ever see you again! If I do, I’ll self-destruct just to take you down with me!”
In the extreme distance, within the heart of a collapsed mountain range, the Xuanji Holy Lord, Bai Li, sat cross-legged. Her slender jade hands continuously shifted, brilliant Great Emperor Dao Patterns radiating divine light, constantly circulating. Mysterious mist enveloped her body, gathering like a storm.
Her hair suddenly unfurled, Three Thousand Zang of White Hair cascading like a waterfall. Each strand pulsed with brilliant Dao patterns, flowing down to envelop her jade-like body. Her perfectly alluring curves descended from her snowy neck, her white hair serving as her only garment, an incredibly captivating sight. A layer of mist veiled her star-like eyes, and her jade teeth gently bit her red lips as the world within her roared. She was battling the Eerie Power and Ominous Power within her!
The Xuanji Holy Lord, Bai Li, murmured to herself, “Less than half a month remains until the Bronze Ancient Palace descends.” When it does, the Heaven and Earth Change will begin, and she will need to enter the Bronze Ancient Palace to seek opportunities and suppress the Eerie Power and Ominous Power within her! Currently, these two forbidden powers were wantonly flowing through her meridians. She was exerting all her strength merely to isolate her Dao Foundation. If her Dao Foundation were also invaded, she would likely lose her sanity completely!
Since the Ancient Era, all the magnates who had opened the Ancient Desolate Forbidden Zone with her had chosen the path of devouring Life Force. They were all waiting for her to fall into that path as well. But she would not. This so-called Life Force meant slaughtering all living beings, exchanging the lives of the masses for a chance at survival. This was not her Dao; she refused to take it!
The Xuanji Holy Lord continued her cultivation. In truth, she had already reached her limit. Over countless eons, her cultivation had fallen to the Eight-star Great Emperor realm, and the two forbidden powers within her had gained the upper hand. “Boom!” Before her, brilliant divine radiance surged. Her back, ancient and vast, seemed to bear the weight of heaven and earth, resisting the world’s momentum as she sat in withered seclusion for eons.
A day later, the Xuanji Holy Lord’s star-like eyes flickered. She raised her snowy neck, gazing into the distance, and murmured, “The aura of the Silent Destruction Sect.” For endless ages, she had almost no dealings with the Silent Destruction Sect, except for a while ago, when the Silent Destruction Old Man tested the Southern Wilds Heavenly Dao, she had seen members of the Silent Destruction Sect again. What could these people want? If the Silent Destruction Old Man wished to discuss leaving the Ancient Desolate Forbidden Zone early, she would absolutely refuse.
Before long, the two Silent Destruction Sect Elders’ figures streaked across the Forbidden Zone’s sky, emitting a dim light. Above the void, faint thunder rumbled. From a great distance, the two respectfully bowed to the Xuanji Holy Lord. “Greetings, Xuanji Holy Lord!” “Greetings, Xuanji Holy Lord!”
Suddenly, the Xuanji Holy Lord raised her eyes, glancing at the two. Her Divine Sense extended, and her face hardened with frost. Her voice, like a frozen wasteland, spoke coldly. “You carry the Aura of the Outside World.”
Dao patterns surged on the two Silent Destruction Sect Elders’ bodies, their teleportation power finally halting. They landed several thousand zhang away from the Xuanji Holy Lord. Both were utterly terrified, yet they feigned composure and said, “Holy Lord, perhaps you are mistaken.”
The Xuanji Holy Lord extended her snow-white hand and directly ascended into the sky. Her long, slender legs seemed to float, her Three Thousand Zang of White Hair fluttering between heaven and earth, making her appear like a white-haired demon empress. This sight struck immense fear into the two Silent Destruction Sect Old Ancestors. Though they were Nine-star Great Emperors, and the Xuanji Holy Lord had fallen to an Eight-star Great Emperor, they still felt an incredibly terrifying suppressive force before her! This was simply because the Xuanji Holy Lord had once been a Quasi-Dao Supreme! Her realm had fallen, but her Dao Rhyme remained! This was the source of her terror! A Quasi-Dao Supreme’s Dao Rhyme, tempered over endless ages, was already terrifying beyond compare!
Suddenly, a single strand of the Xuanji Holy Lord’s white hair floated up, incredibly crystalline, reflecting the void, and shot directly towards the two Silent Destruction Sect Elders. Brilliant Dao patterns surged on her hair strand, instantly capturing the auras on their bodies. The Xuanji Holy Lord’s beautiful eyes fixed on the two, a cold killing intent flickering within their depths. “Besides the Aura of the Outside World from the Southern Wilds, there’s also the aura of that infant… Ye Chen, and the aura of the Grand Dao Sect.”
The two were instantly stunned. How could the Xuanji Holy Lord instantly determine they carried Ye Chen’s aura? Indeed, they had brushed past Ye Chen, but even that faint wisp of aura had been detected by the Xuanji Holy Lord! What was her relationship with Ye Chen? Could it be that the Xuanji Holy Lord and the White Robe Great Emperor were allies?! A flash of lightning struck their minds. They were shocked: the Xuanji Holy Lord and the White Robe Great Emperor were actually working together? How would this situation end?
The two Silent Destruction Sect Elders immediately activated their Transmission Jade Slips, sending a message to the Silent Destruction Old Man. “Swoosh!” Suddenly, two crystalline hair strands from the Xuanji Holy Lord shot forth from the void, their momentum towering, evolving into terrifying ‘Dao’ and ‘Rhyme.’ A mere strand of hair had directly suppressed two Nine-star Great Emperors!