The legendary Tai Xiao Palace had vanished into obscurity long ago! The Divine Martial Tang Sect... it must just be an affiliate force of the Divine Martial Tang Sect!

This Heavenly Tribulation... it must be for Master! He's been in seclusion for almost thirty years. He should have already reached the peak of the Core Formation Stage, so why hasn't he condensed his Golden Core? Did something go wrong and delay it? Or was he just not ready? Considering how long it's been, he should be breaking through to the Divinity Transformation Realm, but that's impossible if he hasn't even formed his Golden Core. He's still so far away from the Divinity Transformation Realm!

The young girl pondered, growing more certain of this possibility. She clenched her teeth and grumbled for a moment before continuing deeper into the ancient town. Once outside the town's limits, she stopped, having detected a familiar aura!

Just then, shouts erupted from behind her. "Junior Sister! Junior Sister, wait for me! Junior Sister, don't leave!"

She turned her head to see a group of panicked, luxuriously dressed young masters chasing after her. Among them, one was particularly burly, his face etched with anxiety as he rushed forward, apparently terrified she would get away.

However, the young girl merely glanced at them before continuing on her way, quickly disappearing into a valley.

"Senior Brother! Slow down!" the group chasing her cried out. "This is Xian Wu City! You can't just barge around recklessly! If you cause trouble here, you'll be in big trouble!"

Someone else from the group shouted, "Senior Brother! Didn't you promise to take me on a tour of the entire Beiming Xian Wu Great World? I've already decided where to go first! Let's go to Tianhai Country, I love to look at the sea!"

The burly young master ignored them and yelled, "Hmph! You stop right there! I said you have to come with me, don't you understand? I am your Senior Brother!"

A defiant voice shot back, "You act more like my Senior Sister!"

"Nonsense!" the burly young master bellowed, his voice filled with authority. "I am the Senior Brother in charge of the Divine Martial Tang Sect's Penal Law Hall! When I tell you to stop, are you deaf?"

"You may be my Senior Brother, but what right do you have to control me! I don't want to play with you anymore. Let me go!"

Ahead, a young girl stopped, her beautiful eyes blazing with rage as she stared back at her pursuers.

"Heh!" The burly young master let out a cold laugh and casually flicked his sleeve.

BANG!

The girl was sent flying, slamming hard against a rock wall.

"Junior Sister!"

"Xiao Rou!"

The others cried out in shock.

"Get lost!" the girl, Xiao Rou, snarled as she struggled to her feet. She glared at the burly young master with utter resentment, then turned and fled. But after only a few steps, a streak of white light struck her back.

PFFT!

Blood sprayed from her lips as her body instantly went rigid.

"Hmph!" The burly young master sneered, raising his hand and closing it into a fist. In an instant, he had seized the girl's Nascent Soul.

"You... you dare touch me! My father and mother would never allow this!" the girl's Nascent Soul cried out in a mixture of anger and alarm.

"Hehe! Your parents have already been crippled! Now you're all that's left. I'll take you back to the sect and hand you over to the elders!" The burly young master laughed grotesquely and licked his lips, his eyes greedily locked onto her Nascent Soul. "I love to devour Nascent Souls most of all. Cooperate with me, or I'll swallow you whole!"

"You... you're a monster! You're not human! Just... just kill me!" the girl despaired.

"Heh heh! You're my little sister. How could I bear to kill you? Don't be afraid, little sister, your big brother will take very good care of you!" the burly young master sneered viciously. He dangled the girl's Nascent Soul by his fingertips and started to walk away, the others hurrying to keep up.

WHOOSH!

However, at that very moment, a sudden change occurred. The girl's Nascent Soul, still clutched in the man's hand, began to emit a black fog. It rapidly transformed into a pitch-black flood dragon, which fixed its ferocious gaze on the burly young master.

BOOM!

The pitch-black flood dragon lunged forward!

BOOM! BOOM!

The surrounding rocks exploded, and all the nearby vegetation was shredded to pieces.

"What is this thing!" the burly young master shrieked in terror.

He quickly produced a Spiritual Artifact to defend himself.

PUFF!

The Spiritual Artifact was instantly torn to shreds by the pitch-black flood dragon. A bloodcurdling scream followed as the dragon swallowed the burly young master whole.

ROAR—

After devouring him, the pitch-black flood dragon threw its head back and roared, the sound shaking the very wilderness. Immense mana surged madly from its body, blanketing the ancient town in an instant and affecting every cultivator within.

"What's going on!"

"My cultivation is dropping!"

"This is bad! This is terrible! My cultivation has been suppressed to the Foundation Establishment Stage! I can't accept this! I'm at the ninth layer of Qi Refinement, I was about to break through to the Golden Core Stage!"

"I don't know what's happening!"

Cultivators throughout the ancient town were startled awake, their shock quickly turning into roars of rage.

"Ah—my cultivation!"

"I'm at the ninth layer of Foundation Establishment! How can this power suppress me? I was about to break through to the Golden Core Stage!"

"No! It wasn't my fault! There's a demonic beast!"

Chaos erupted among the cultivators in the ancient town.

"Hmph! Mere ants, daring to try and break free from my control!" Just then, a cold, mocking voice echoed from the heavens.

HUM!

The sky itself trembled violently.

"Jie-jie-jie! Hahaha! After so many years, This Emperor is finally free! My seal has been broken! Jie-jie-jie! I will soon reign over the Beiming Xian Wu Great World once more! Jie-jie-jie!"

A ghastly wind swept through the valley. The next moment, a man in black appeared. He had long, disheveled black hair, a face as pale as paper, and skin so shriveled and wrinkled that he looked like a dried corpse. He cast his murky eyes over the town below, let out a sinister laugh, and then vanished with a sway of his body.

WHOOSH!

A bizarre scene unfolded. The man in black, who had just vanished, reappeared just as suddenly, landing where the burly young master had stood. He swiped a clawed hand at the ground, and it split open.

The onlookers gasped in horror.

"Jie-jie-jie! So strong! I sense the terrifying aura of a Saint's bloodline. This creature is definitely of a Saint's lineage!" the man in black cackled. "I am Beiming Ye, one of the seven princes under the Beiming Great Emperor!"

WHOOSH!

As soon as Beiming Ye finished speaking, a massive flying boat materialized in the sky. The vessel was entirely crimson, appearing as if it were engulfed in raging flames. Standing upon its deck was a general clad in black armor. He looked down upon the ancient town and declared in a cold, indifferent voice, "In Beiming Xian Wu City, this general will reward whoever kills that abomination with ten thousand taels of gold!"

BOOM!

At these words, the ancient town erupted.

SWOOSH! SWOOSH! SWOOSH!

Several figures shot out, arriving before the flying boat in the blink of an eye. Every one of them was a cultivator at the ninth layer of Qi Refinement.

"We pay our respects to the Seventh Prince!"

"Seventh Prince, you have finally awakened!"

These ninth-layer Qi Refinement cultivators knelt respectfully before the man in black.

"Hmph! You all deserve to die!" Beiming Ye proclaimed coldly. "I was imprisoned for hundreds of years and had nearly forgotten everything. But you fools just had to come looking for me again! Since that is the case, today I shall retake control of the Beiming Xian Wu Great World!"

"We welcome the Seventh Prince's glorious return to the throne!" the cultivators kowtowed again, trembling with excitement.

At that very moment, thunder flashed in the sky above.

CRACK! CRACK!

The next second, a purple thunderbolt descended from the heavens and struck the flying boat. The bolt contained a terrifying power, instantly blasting the vessel into dust. The cultivators who had been on it were thrown to the ground in a wretched state, vomiting blood. The ninth-layer Qi Refinement cultivators were hit the worst, their bodies and souls suffering massive damage.

"You all deserve to die! All of you!" the man in black roared in fury. He took a single step, and the void around him collapsed. He moved so fast that he left only an afterimage. At the same time, purple thunderclouds churned above the ancient town. One by one, orbs of purple lightning materialized and began to bombard the man in black relentlessly.

BANG! BANG! BANG

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