155: Unusual activity in the restricted area: a sign of impending chaos?

At the Yaochi Grand Meeting, the feast lasted for three full days and nights.

This was the liveliest and most bizarre gathering in Central Province for tens of thousands of years.

The Human Race and the Ancient Myriad Races, once sworn enemies, were now sitting under the same dome, clinking glasses and drinking together.

Although most of the Ancient Creatures were forced into it, their smiles were uglier than their cries.

But at least on the surface, there was peace.

"Drink! Everyone, drink!"

Shi Tian had one foot on the table, holding a sizzling, roasted dragon wing in his hand, his face flushed from drinking.

"Hey, you there, the old man from the Golden Family, don't leave any in your glass!"

"This is wine my Revered Master brewed with true dragon undying medicine. One sip extends your life by a hundred years. If you dare spill a drop, I'll make you eat the table!"

The Golden Ancestor King's mouth twitched as he tearfully downed a large bowl.

Is this freaking wine?

This is drinking their blood!

On the other side.

Ye Fan was holding Purple Moon of Ji's small hand, whispering in a corner. The sour smell of romance was too much even for Big Yellow nearby, who moved his spot in disgust.

Xiao Chen and Leng Yanran were exchanging insights on "killing techniques," occasionally gesturing a few moves, frightening the surrounding maids into trembling.

Upon the main seat.

Li Daoxuan leaned lazily against the back of his chair, swirling a luminous cup in his hand.

The wine in the cup was as crystal clear as amber.

He looked at the chaotic scene below with a faint smile on his lips.

"This is the life."

"Fighting and killing is so boring. Everyone sitting down to eat and drink not only promotes feelings but also... allows me to collect some gift money along the way."

He touched the storage ring in his bosom, which had been stuffed full again, and felt in high spirits.

However.

Just as the cups were clinking and everyone was heated with wine.

Late at night.

The hour of the Rat.

A gust of wind suddenly stopped.

The bright moon, which had been hanging in the sky and shedding clear light, dimmed without warning.

It was as if... something had covered its eyes.

The wine cup Li Daoxuan was bringing to his lips suddenly froze in mid-air.

Those eyes, which had been somewhat tipsy, became clear and deep in an instant, like an ancient cold pool.

"Hmm?"

He tilted his head slightly, his gaze passing through the boisterous crowd, penetrating the Yaochi Holy Land's Mountain-Protecting Formation, and looking directly towards... the Far North.

There.

It was a place of dead silence, shrouded in gray mist all year round.

It was also one of the seven Forbidden Zones of Life in Central Province—

Taichu Ancient Mine.

"Hoo..."

An extremely heavy and suppressed sound of breathing abruptly rang out between heaven and earth.

The sound wasn't loud.

It didn't sound like thunder, nor did it sound like a beast's roar.

It was more like... a giant who had slept for eons, letting out a breath of turbid air as he turned over.

But this breath.

Was too heavy.

"Crack!"

Inside the Yaochi Holy Land, the jade pot in the hands of a maid pouring wine suddenly shattered.

"Snap!"

In the center of the hall, the ten-thousand-year-old golden silk phoebe pillar supporting the dome split with a crack without warning.

The laughter came to a screeching halt.

Everyone's movements froze.

They raised their heads in confusion, looking around.

"What's going on?"

"What was... that sound just now?"

"Is it... an earthquake?"

Cultivators with low cultivation bases only felt their chests tighten, as if they had been punched, but they didn't know what had happened.

But.

The Soul Transformation and Void Refining old monsters present.

At this moment, their faces instantly turned as pale as paper!

Especially those few Archaic Ancestor Kings.

They were all too familiar with this aura!

It was the... great terror etched deep in their Bloodline and passed down through generations!

"Im... impossible..."

The wine bowl in the Golden Ancestor King's hand fell to the ground and shattered into pieces.

His whole body trembled violently, and his cloudy old eyes were filled with unprecedented horror.

"That place... how can there be movement in that place?!"

"It's... clearly not the time yet!"

Li Daoxuan ignored the surrounding commotion.

He slowly stood up and gently placed the wine cup in his hand on the table.

"Hiss..."

Another heavy sound of inhalation came from the Far North.

This time.

The commotion was even greater.

The sky of Central Province darkened visibly.

It was as if something was swallowing the... light of this world.

"Snap! Snap! Snap!"

Within the Void Realm, a series of sounds like bowstrings snapping rang out.

Those were... the Laws of the Great Dao!

With every breath, a chain of the Laws of this world would snap!

The Great Dao was wailing!

The heavens were trembling!

"Fellow... Fellow Daoist..."

Gai Jiuyou, who was sitting next to Li Daoxuan, suddenly stood up.

This old man, who was once invincible in the world and had not flinched even when facing the Ancient Myriad Races.

At this moment.

His thin face was actually filled with... gravity.

There was even a hint of... despair.

He stared fixedly at the north, his voice as hoarse as two pieces of sandpaper rubbing together.

"Taichu Ancient Mine..."

"That's the direction of the Taichu Ancient Mine!"

"This aura... this sense of oppression..."

"It's a Supreme!"

"An ancient Supreme... has awakened!"

"What?!"

As soon as these words came out, the entire place erupted!

An ancient Supreme?!

These four words were like a heavy hammer, smashing hard against everyone's heart.

That was the heaviest, darkest, and most desperate term in the cultivation world!

It represented... invincibility!

It represented... slaughter!

It represented... Dark Turmoil!

"Impossible! Absolutely impossible!"

One of the Human Race Saint Lords fell to the ground in terror, shouting incoherently.

"It's only been less than thirty thousand years since the last Dark Turmoil!"

"According to the pattern, it should be at least another fifty thousand years before those Supremes wake up to feed!"

"Why?! Why is it early?!"

"Could it be... that the heavens want to destroy my Human Race?!"

Panic.

Boundless panic swept through the entire Yaochi Heavenly Palace in an instant, like a plague.

One second it was a victory banquet with songs and dances.

The next second.

It became the prelude to a living hell.

"Hoo—"

The third breath came.

This time.

It wasn't just a sound.

There was also a visible gray mist gushing out from the Far North, spreading towards Central Province at an incredible speed.

Wherever it passed.

Vegetation withered.

Lives were devastated.

Even the Spiritual Qi was swallowed whole, turning the land into a place of death!

That was... the breath of death!

"It's over..."

"It's all over..."

The Golden Ancestor King closed his eyes in despair.

Their Primordial Imperial Clan, although they considered themselves noble.

In the eyes of those ancient Supremes.

They were just like the Human Race.

Nothing more than... pigs and dogs kept in a cage.

Or... slightly fatter... blood food.

"What's everyone panicking for?"

Just as everyone was falling into despair, even preparing to close their eyes and wait for death.

A flat voice rang out abruptly.

Li Daoxuan stood with his hands behind his back at the highest point of the hall.

Those white robes were exceptionally striking in the gray and dim world.

He looked at the rolling gray Death Qi coming from the north. Not only was there no fear on his face, but instead... he frowned.

He seemed somewhat... disgusted?

"Isn't it just a few old fogies waking up and turning over?"

"Is it enough to scare you like this?"

He turned around and shook his head at the group of powerful figures who were scared out of their wits.

"Pathetic."

"When we were dividing the treasures just now, each of you was more active than the last."

"Now that something's happened, you're all crawling on the ground?"

"Fellow... Fellow Daoist..."

Gai Jiuyou gave a bitter smile, his voice dry.

"You don't understand."

"Those aren't ordinary old fogies."

"Those are Great Emperors who once attained the Dao! They are Supreme existences who slashed themselves and are lingering in the Forbidden Zones!"

"Once they emerge, they will launch a Dark Turmoil, swallowing the essence and blood of billions of living beings to extend their lives!"

"That is... the end of the world!"

"The end of the world?"

Li Daoxuan raised an eyebrow.

"Did I agree to that?"

He brushed the dust off his clothes, his tone casual yet unreasonably domineering.

"This Central Province is under my management now."

"Every blade of grass, every stone, and... every person here."

"They are all my private property."

"Want to touch my things?"

"Even if they were once Great Emperors..."

He paused, a cold glint flashing in his eyes.

"They'll have to have their claws chopped off first!"

After saying that.

He didn't care about everyone's reaction.

He directly beckoned to his few Disciples who were still dazed below.

"Xiao Chen, Ye Fan, Shi Tian, Leng Yanran, Su Mo."

"And that dog."

"Stop eating."

"Time to work."

Hearing this, although the five Disciples were somewhat nervous, seeing their Revered Master's calm and composed manner, the blood in their bodies was instantly ignited!

"Yes! Revered Master!"

Xiao Chen wiped the wine stains from the corner of his mouth, and the immortal slaying sword clanged as it left its sheath!

"Who cares about some Supreme!"

"If they dare to run wild on our turf, we'll just fight them!"

Shi Tian even shouldered his hoe, a fierce light appearing in his eyes.

"Revered Master, those old things... are they edible?"

"If they are, I suggest... braising them!"

Li Daoxuan laughed.

He looked at this group of newborn calves who weren't afraid of tigers and nodded in satisfaction.

"Whether they're edible or not, we'll only know after we fight."

"But..."

He raised his head, his gaze piercing through the endless Void Realm, meeting a pair of indifferent eyes deep within the Taichu Ancient Mine from afar.

"Since they want to come out and stretch their muscles."

"Then we shall accompany them..."

"And have some fun."

"Just as well."

The corner of Li Daoxuan's mouth curled into a cruel arc.

"You guys just divided so many Emperor Weapons and haven't had a place to test them yet."

"These few old fogies..."

"Are the best... punching bags!"