I Am the Human Sovereign Hall's... Hall Emissary!

Within the Huayue curious land, shouts and the sounds of pursuit never ceased. Brandishing Ten Thousand Soul Banners, the prodigies of Guiyu Heaven radiated a frigid, murderous yin aura, sounding like the wails of ten thousand ghosts. "Blood Robe, if you've got the guts, stop running!" "You can't even compare to a single strand of Hei Jian's hair!" The pursuers were beside themselves with fury. Even when they accelerated—even when they burned their blood essence—they simply could not catch up to Blood Robe. Every single time, it felt like they were just a hair's breadth away. Just then, one prodigy sent a voice transmission: "Cursing him like this carries too little sting. He won't stop. Is there a brave man among us who will step forward... and follow Fang Xue's example?" The moment those words were spoken, the prodigies fell deathly silent. Only after who knew how long did a prodigy reply: "Our enemy is him. What does his mother have to do with this? Don't drag the innocent into it!" "Right! Cursing his mother is utterly devoid of class!" The prodigies buzzed in discussion. Little did they know that every single word fell straight into Qi Yuan's ears. "Sure enough, even wicked people have momentary flashes of humanity. "Then again, it's really because they fear me! They dread me! "If everyone were like this, why would anyone worry about the immortal cultivation world's atmosphere failing to be set straight? "So in the end, you still have to make heads roll before they learn fear and stop using dirty language! "As expected, has there ever been a reform without bloodshed?" Qi Yuan gained an even clearer understanding of this world. Pity his current strength was far too meager—he was merely at the Purple Mansion realm. The moral decline of the immortal cultivation world was still very difficult for him to reverse right now. "Still too weak. If I were as strong as that figure from Taihuang Palace, how could I have carelessly lost my mother?" Qi Yuan could not help but sigh with emotion. Pitiful, weak, and helpless, the life he led was truly far too tragic. ... "A bunch of useless trash. Dozens of them against one person, yet after so long they still haven't settled it!" Heavenly Venerable Lican swept his gaze toward the Huayue curious land, his eyes tinged with displeasure. The younger generation of Guiyu Heaven was facing an ever-worsening talent drought. One might even say they were completely falling apart. For instance, Guiyu Heaven would orchestrate assassinations against the prodigies of Black Demon Abyss, such as Hei Jian, or Blood Robe. Black Demon Abyss was furious, yet they never considered assassinating Guiyu Heaven's prodigies in retaliation. Because... within Guiyu Heaven, there simply wasn't a single prodigy worthy of being taken seriously. "Trash like this, living in this world and squandering the sect's resources, might as well enter my Ten Thousand Soul Banner." Heavenly Venerable Lican practically had "keke-keke" written across his face. Right at that moment, a voice abruptly rang beside Heavenly Venerable Lican's ear: "What you say makes sense. Living in this world isn't any different from living in a banner. After all, isn't this Nine Heavens just another kind of banner?" The voice was calm and ethereal, like an old friend offering an afternoon greeting. For a moment, Heavenly Venerable Lican's thoughts were sluggish, and he slowly nodded. "What you say makes sense." Yet the moment he spoke, his expression changed drastically, his heart leaping into extreme vigilance. "Who are you? How did you appear so suddenly?" Heavenly Venerable Lican looked over, only to find that the originally dim sky had turned blood-red at some unknown point. The patch of heaven and earth around him was abruptly enveloped by a bloody cage, severed and isolated from the Sixth Heaven. Looking toward the source of the voice, he saw a colossal blood-red silhouette! The giant figure seemed ten thousand zhang tall, mysterious and bewitching. Its entire body was clad in fluid-like armor, as though fresh blood flowed silently across it. The barbed blood crystals upon its shoulders looked grim and gory. In its hand rested a blood-red greatsword, radiating a subtle aura that seemed capable of driving anyone who glanced at it into madness. Upon its back was strapped a tattered banner. The cloth was blood-red and in absolute tatters, carrying an ancient aura. The terrifying red-armored giant seemed as though it had walked straight out of the underworld. Those exposed eyes peered like a gaze from the depths of hell. Looking at this blood-red figure, Heavenly Venerable Lican inexplicably sensed a threatening presence. Then, a hoarse, indifferent voice drifted over: "I am the Human Sovereign Hall's... hall emissary." As the blood-red figure spoke, its gaze seemed to pierce through eternity, falling upon the Ten Thousand Soul Banner beside Lican. "At the dawn of the Primordial Chaos, before heaven and earth divided, the Human Sovereign captured the five elements and refined the Human Sovereign Banner to suppress the universe and ward off fiends and demons! "When the banner emerges, all fiends retreat, and myriad gods bow their heads! "All banners under heaven belong to the Human Sovereign Hall. "The Human Sovereign does not die, yet the legacy has withered. To think the upright, magnanimous Human Sovereign Banner has degraded into this sinister... Ten Thousand Soul Banner. Utterly laughable. "As the hall emissary of the Human Sovereign Hall, I shall reclaim all soul banners under heaven and rectify the Grand Dao!" The voice was cold and emotionless, carrying an ancient weight. Heavenly Venerable Lican was left with a head full of question marks. Human Sovereign Hall? Human Sovereign Banner? What was that? Moreover, the Human Sovereign Hall represents upright magnanimity? That aura on your body is chilling, eerie, and horrifying enough to make people shiver! "Fellow Daoist, could there be a misunderstanding? I am a cultivator of Guiyu Heaven!" Heavenly Venerable Lican gripped his Ten Thousand Soul Banner, anxiety rising in his chest. Trapped inside this bloody cage, he could not contact the outside world at all. His connection to the astral projection in the Astral Realm had also been severed, causing his overall strength to drop significantly. Only by holding his natal artifact, the Ten Thousand Soul Banner, did he retain a shred of confidence. In his heart, he was immensely curious about the identity of this blood-red figure. "Give up your struggles. Returning to the Human Sovereign Banner is your only path of survival!" The wind blew, making the tattered, blood-red Human Sovereign Banner snap and flutter. Wielding the blood-red greatsword, the terrifying giant walked toward Heavenly Venerable Lican step by step. *Thump!* *Thump!* *Thump!* Heaven and earth trembled. Heavenly Venerable Lican felt as though he could hear the heartbeat of a colossal beast. Looking at the blood-red giant silhouette, his gaze suddenly sharpened. "What dog-fart Human Sovereign Hall! Playing the devil and ghost—die!" Following his shout, the Ten Thousand Soul Banner abruptly unfurled. Within this blood-red domain, tens of thousands of densely packed ghosts abruptly surged forth. Yin winds roared as rich ghostly qi billowed. Endless ghosts threw themselves toward the blood-red giant silhouette. It was like a sky full of flocking birds rushing toward a colossal monolith. Wielding the blood-red greatsword, the bloody silhouette spoke in an indifferent, ruthless voice: "A single sword from the Human Sovereign makes heaven, earth, and gods weep!" A terrifying strike slashed out, and a flash of blood-red radiance lit up the world. Boundless malice, greed, lust... permeated the air. Heavenly Venerable Lican's mind shook violently. *This Human Sovereign Hall is definitely sinister—even more sinister than my Guiyu Heaven!* From the aura of this sword strike, he caught the scent of the extreme evil of mortal beings, pure and unadulterated wickedness. Jealousy, gluttony, greed, and more. This kind of evil was vastly more intense than the various negative emotions within the Ten Thousand Soul Banner. Now, he was already beginning to agree that the Ten Thousand Soul Banner and the Human Sovereign Banner definitely shared a deep connection. Clutching the Ten Thousand Soul Banner, Heavenly Venerable Lican looked rather grim. Because the massive wave of soul emissaries that had just attacked had all been wiped out by that single blood-red slash. "Fellow Daoist, the Sixth Heaven today is no longer the Sixth Heaven of old. Within Guiyu Heaven sits a Great Ultimate Principle master!" Heavenly Venerable Lican spoke, attempting to intimidate the blood-red figure into retreating. "I will personally go and claim Guiyu Heaven's Ten Thousand Ghost Soul Banner. "Right now... all you need to do is welcome death!" Holding the sword, the blood-red figure did not look like an immortal in the slightest, but rather like a mortal martial artist. Yet even so, Heavenly Venerable Lican, who was powerful enough to swallow an entire mortal world whole, still sensed a terrifying, overwhelming threat. "With my soul banner, forge my true body!" Knowing further words were useless, Heavenly Venerable Lican roared! Having lost his connection to the Astral Realm, he could not fully unleash his Yang God dharma idol form. However, the soul emissaries within the Ten Thousand Soul Banner were enough to cast his true body. Within the blood-red cage, a colossal entity appeared. Its head touched the heavens, its feet planted on the earth. How could ten thousand zhang even begin to describe it? The surrounding air and spiritual power seemed drawn by an immense gravitational pull, uncontrollably gathering toward him. With his dharma idol form unleashed, Heavenly Venerable Lican regained his fierce confidence. Looking down at the tiny blood-red figure that resembled a mere firefly, a sneer surfaced in his eyes. "Before stepping into the Ultimate Principle, who wins and who loses remains to be seen!" He had not felt the aura of an Ultimate Principle from the other party. In that case, the outcome was still up in the air. A monstrous giant palm stirred the Ten Thousand Soul Banner. It was as though, within the vast cosmos, an overwhelming god was wielding a banner, stirring the astral sea to crush that tiny warship to pieces. Yet in the next breath, Heavenly Venerable Lican's expression shifted drastically. An indifferent voice rang right beside his ear: "You know nothing of power!" "You are utterly lost when it comes to justice!" "The righteous path of heaven and earth shall be guarded by my sword!" "Die!" A mighty sword strike, devoid of any technique. Like a speck of cold gleam, or like a spark of fire, it abruptly expanded. Even the light of a grain of rice can shine brightly! A single spark can start a prairie fire! Justice will prevail! "Do no good deeds in life, and repay heaven and earth in death!" The power of the Myriad Dao Martial God was simple, direct, domineering, and unreasonable. Not to mention, Qi Yuan, who had cultivated the Ancestral Blood Art to the twelfth layer, was infinitely close to a Great Ultimate Principle purely through his cultivation as a Myriad Dao Martial God. Even an ordinary Ultimate Principle expert would find it difficult to withstand this terrifying sword strike. To say nothing of a mere ordinary Heavenly Position Yang God! "Die!" The blood-red figure flickered, vanishing from before Heavenly Venerable Lican and reappearing behind him. Qiankun Flash! Perhaps because the speed was too great, if anyone were watching at this moment, they would see tens of thousands of blood-red silhouettes filling the world. Like swarms of fireflies, they emitted brilliant light. These lights spread across heaven and earth, punching a massive wound straight through Heavenly Venerable Lican's dharma idol form and connecting into a single line, resembling a galaxy. Behind the dharma idol form, Qi Yuan did not turn around. That terrifying dharma idol form—a body vaster than an ordinary mortal world—shattered in an instant, crashing down and dissolving into starlight. In the boundless Astral Realm, a blazing star went completely dead and shattered without any warning. Within Guiyu Heaven, dormant Yang God Heavenly Venerables abruptly jolted awake, their expressions shifting drastically. Meanwhile, Ziyuan Feng's nerves were stretched taut as he stared ahead from a distance, feeling intensely anxious. Just moments ago, he had suddenly realized that the Yang God Heavenly Venerable from Guiyu Heaven seemed to have vanished for a few breaths. This made him terribly nervous. *Could he be preparing to make a move on Blood Robe, or is it some plot?* Ziyuan Feng was beside himself with worry. Yet suddenly, his eyes went wide, filled with disbelief. "Heavenly Venerable Lican... has fallen?" In the Astral Realm, the astral projection shattered. That particular astral projection belonged to Heavenly Venerable Lican. Vanishing for merely a few breaths, a Yang God Heavenly Venerable had fallen. Had an Ultimate Principle or even a Great Ultimate Principle expert intervened? He abruptly looked toward the place where Heavenly Venerable Lican had been lurking, his thoughts a chaotic mess. Suddenly, a thick, bloody stench permeated the air. Heaven and earth once again turned a shade of crimson. Ziyuan Feng felt as though he could hear the weeping of countless gods and the neighing of warhorses. A desolate, primordial, and ancient aura rolled out, and a towering man appeared. Wielding a blood-red greatsword, draped in blood-red armor, and bearing a tattered banner on his back. A pair of cold, emotionless eyes glanced at Ziyuan Feng, causing his soul to jolt as if he had just been scrutinized by the God of Death. What kind of gaze was that? Ever since stepping into the Yang God Heavenly Venerable realm, he had never seen such a chillingly grim gaze. Could it be... that this terrifying figure who had suddenly appeared was the one who killed Heavenly Venerable Lican? Right then, the blood-red figure's gaze settled upon the Huayue curious land. Ziyuan Feng's heart violently skipped a beat. *Not good!* The blood-red figure reached out a massive hand, grabbing toward the Huayue curious land. "All banners under heaven belong to the Human Sovereign Hall!" A cold, hoarse voice drifted over. The blood-red giant hand pierced straight through the Huayue curious land and clenched fiercely. Instantly, dozens of prodigies and hundreds of geniuses let out terrified shrieks. Yet before this grasp, they lacked any ability to resist; their bodies shattered in an instant. Those clamoring prodigies were thoroughly wiped out beneath this single strike. Seeing this, Ziyuan Feng's eyes widened, completely unable to comprehend. "What... kind of method is this? What... realm is he in?!" A Yang God Heavenly Venerable shattering a curious land with a single strike was something Ziyuan Feng could understand. However, keeping half of his body in the Sixth Heaven while merely reaching a hand into the curious land... what was that? He couldn't fathom it. For an ordinary Yang God to enter another world, they had to suppress their own cultivation before crossing over. Some would even suffer a drop in realm. A Great Ultimate Principle master wouldn't suffer a drop in realm, but even a Great Ultimate Principle master couldn't manage to thrust a hand into a curious land while keeping their main body in the Sixth Heaven. "Blood Robe..." Ziyuan Feng looked anxious, his face pale. He was worried about Blood Robe inside the Huayue curious land. Right at that moment, Ziyuan Feng suddenly noticed an incomparably intense, blazing astral projection abruptly manifest across the originally dim firmament. It was as if the sun had fallen, separated from the earth by mere inches. A domineering, furious voice boomed out: "Insolent junior, how dare you!" Behind that blazing astral projection, a terrifying silhouette emerged. One could not discern its facial features at all; it was not even solid. Yet merely a wisp of leaking aura caused Ziyuan Feng to tremble. "This is... an incarnation projection of a Great Ultimate Principle!" Ziyuan Feng was horrified, feeling as though he could perish at any moment. Just then, a warm white radiance suddenly washed over him, and the intense threat vanished in an instant. Beside Ziyuan Feng, a man in a white robe appeared, refined and gentle. "Thank you, Senior Brother Hei Jian!" Seeing who it was, Ziyuan Feng hastily bowed, his heart greatly settling. Hei Jian nodded, his gaze shifting between the Great Ultimate Principle's incarnation projection and the blood-red silhouette, a complex look in his eyes. "Though it is only an incarnation projection of a Great Ultimate Principle, this strike is no different from the true body's," Hei Jian evaluated. The Great Ultimate Principle's incarnation projection, brimming with rage, unleashed an overwhelming, unadorned strike toward the blood-red silhouette. Destruction! Upheaval! Heaven and earth teetered, seemingly on the verge of collapsing at any second. Standing behind Hei Jian, Ziyuan Feng felt only his own insignificance and the sheer might of a Great Ultimate Principle. Meanwhile, the blood-red silhouette looked up toward the Great Ultimate Principle incarnation and that incomparably formidable strike. His voice was cold, emotionless, and laced with hoarseness: "All banners under heaven belong to my Human Sovereign Hall." He drew his sword and slashed fiercely against the Great Ultimate Principle's terrifying blow. It was like a mortal martial artist swinging his blade against a supreme god. A red gleam flashed through Hei Jian's eyes, accompanied by endless confusion. Even he could not see through this sword strike. It was an ordinary strike, containing no Ultimate Principle whatsoever. If it had anything to do with Dao arts, it was merely an origin divine ability. Origin divine abilities—what a distant memory. They were the strongest techniques of the Purple Mansion realm. Yet had anyone ever used an origin divine ability to confront an Ultimate Principle strike from a Great Ultimate Principle expert?! The terrifying Ultimate Principle attack clashed against the origin divine ability. A scene that stunned everyone unfolded. That origin divine ability actually blocked the Great Ultimate Principle. The Ultimate Principle strike dispersed into smoke in an instant. The blood-red figure sheathed his sword, his exposed eyes utterly devoid of emotion. "How is that possible!" Ziyuan Feng's body trembled, completely unable to understand. Hei Jian stared at the bloody figure, seemingly trying to see through him. He, too, found this scene baffling. The gap between an origin divine ability and an Ultimate Principle strike was unimaginable. To put it in Blue Star terms, it was like a man wearing flip-flops in a backward, primitive tribe, holding a wooden sword, while a sixth-generation fighter jet screamed across the sky with a sonic boom. Suddenly, the fighter jet swooped down to attack the man, and the man lightly swung his wooden sword. The fighter jet shattered instantly. "Insolent!" The Great Ultimate Principle expert's incarnation projection was enraged. In the Astral Realm, a star abruptly flared with brilliant light. The aura on this Great Ultimate Principle expert continuously surged and boiled. "You managed to withstand one blow from me, but can you take a second?!" A domineering, absolute voice echoed. The sun and moon spun out of order, and yin and yang reversed. This Great Ultimate Principle master was clearly genuinely infuriated, intent on making the blood-red figure stay. Facing such a strike, the blood-red figure remained calm and poised, speaking slowly: "I have already marked the Ten Thousand Soul Banner on your person. "If the cultivators of Guiyu Heaven do not personally deliver their Ten Thousand Soul Banners to me, I will seek them out one by one." "Impudent dog!" The Great Ultimate Principle roared in fury. An aura capable of destroying heaven and earth swept outward. In the aftermath of such a clash, even an ordinary Ultimate Principle expert might be gravely injured or killed. However, a scene that shocked, baffled, and perplexed everyone occurred. As the Great Ultimate Principle's strike descended, the blood-red silhouette vanished into thin air! Right beneath the eyes of the Great Ultimate Principle, and under Hei Jian's watchful gaze, he disappeared in an instant. "Where did he go?!" the Great Ultimate Principle roared, fury churning in his heart. Hei Jian narrowed his eyes, a flicker of wariness surfacing within them. "How did he... vanish?" If a Yin God vanished into thin air before a Purple Mansion cultivator, the Purple Mansion cultivator wouldn't notice. Yet that was a Great Ultimate Principle just now, and he himself was also an expert who had comprehended a Supreme Ultimate Principle. For someone to vanish into thin air right before their eyes... This was deeply unsettling—or rather, terrifying. Did this mean the other party could appear and disappear at will whenever he pleased? Meanwhile, within the Huayue curious land. Qi Yuan's figure appeared, his face as pale as rice paper, his body swaying. "So this is a Great Ultimate Principle? The gap is actually this huge!" That blood-red figure was naturally Qi Yuan. He had been executing his Great-Little Plan while simultaneously carrying out his Great Plan. After merging with Xiao Jia into Shared Robes, he had sneaked out and slain Heavenly Venerable Lican. Sure enough, after the kill, Guiyu Heaven's Great Ultimate Principle descended. Facing the Great Ultimate Principle's strike, Qi Yuan hadn't fled, choosing instead to take it head-on. In that moment, he gained a clearer understanding of a Great Ultimate Principle's power. "Once the Ancestral Blood Art reaches the thirteenth layer, relying solely on my Myriad Dao Martial God cultivation, I won't need to run even if I meet this Great Ultimate Principle again! "Pity I'm only at the Purple Mansion realm; the growth of my Supreme Ultimate Principle is far too slow." Of course, this "slow" was only relative to Qi Yuan. Even after comprehending an Ultimate Principle, an ordinary Heavenly Position Yang God required vast epochs of grinding before truly stepping into the Ultimate Principle realm. "If an ordinary Great Ultimate Principle is this strong, wouldn't that banner thief who stole my Human Sovereign Banner be even stronger? "Looks like I need to hurry up and craft the Human Sovereign Banner. Otherwise... I'm still too weak." Only by possessing an offensive Creation Treasure could Qi Yuan place himself in the second tier among Great Ultimate Principle experts. As for the first tier, there was no need to think about it for now; it was far too distant. Thinking this, Qi Yuan waved his hand. A Ten Thousand Soul Banner appeared in his grasp. Around him lay many other shattered Ten Thousand Soul Banners. The largest one came from Lican. The rest came from Guiyu Heaven's prodigies. "Little banner, be good, open the door, Daddy wants to come back!" Qi Yuan spoke, activating the Great Oblivion Heart Scripture and chanting a little jingle. Hearing Qi Yuan's words, those little banners showed no hesitation, eagerly "opening their doors." Only the large one seemed to hesitate, its cloth trembling continuously. However, under Qi Yuan's three-part melodious song, it finally "opened the door" as well. "Refine!" He wanted to refine a Human Sovereign Banner that belonged to him. Qi Yuan had long been accustomed to the refining process. First brainwash, then reform through compassion, and finally modify. To him, nothing could be more familiar; it was a trivial matter. After who knew how long, Qi Yuan patched and mended. The power of the tattered Human Sovereign Banner on his back grew notably stronger once more. "Sigh, I need to take a proper rest before going to find my banner." Facing the Great Ultimate Principle's final strike, Qi Yuan had instantly opened his Purple Mansion, burrowed into it, and vanished. Though it seemed incomprehensible... In truth, it wasn't easy to understand at all. Qi Yuan himself didn't know why burrowing into his own Purple Mansion caused him to vanish from the outside world. However, he had prepared beforehand by placing the other end of the Gate of Myriad Manifestations inside the Huayue curious land. After entering his Purple Mansion, he passed through the Gate of Myriad Manifestations and arrived inside the Huayue curious land. "Pity there are too many experts here. The Gate of Myriad Manifestations can't be deployed carelessly, or it'll be easily discovered." Qi Yuan sighed. Against the Moluo Clan, he dared use the Gate of Ultimate Principle as bait to lure those Yang Gods in. Against a Great Ultimate Principle, however, he didn't dare. He didn't even dare bring out the Gate of Ultimate Principle, as any leaked aura would be captured by a Great Ultimate Principle. Therefore, he could only place the other end of the Gate of Ultimate Principle inside a curious land. Placing it in the Sixth Heaven was far too close and easily detected. If a Great Ultimate Principle entered Qi Yuan's Netherworld through the Gate of Ultimate Principle, it would be massive trouble. It would turn Qi Yuan's Netherworld upside down. Furthermore, it would expose the fact that Qi Yuan possessed the Gate of Ultimate Principle. That might well make him the public enemy of the entire Sixth Heaven. No Great Ultimate Principle would want to see someone in control of the Gate of Ultimate Principle. If that were the case, wouldn't the Ultimate Principles they comprehended... all be laid bare before Qi Yuan's eyes? If Qi Yuan hid for several million or tens of millions of years, who could match him once he emerged? Of course, there was another reason: against a Great Ultimate Principle, the Gate of Ultimate Principle might only work the first time. Qi Yuan had to catch them off guard and use it where it counted most. "So, I need to find suitable curious lands and suitable opportunities to continue carrying out the Great Plan! "Unless the Banner Lord personally takes action, they shouldn't be able to keep me here for now! "The Banner Lord holds the fort in Guiyu Heaven and definitely won't leave casually. "The Great Plan... is set! "Alright, the timing is right. Time to go out and join the fun!" With that in mind, Qi Yuan walked out of the Huayue curious land. Immediately, a pair of eyes locked onto Qi Yuan. Hei Jian's refined voice drifted over: "Seeing that you are safe and sound puts my mind at ease." Ziyuan Feng also let out a sigh of relief. He had feared that blood-red figure had casually crushed Blood Robe to death. "Argh, so annoying! I had almost wiped out all those useless trash from Guiyu Heaven when suddenly a giant bloody hand appeared and killed those heavily injured Guiyu Heaven cultivators, stealing my kills! It's utterly despicable, completely shameless!" Qi Yuan complained indignantly. Hearing this, Ziyuan Feng's lips twitched slightly. He had been monitoring the auras inside the Huayue curious land the entire time. Where were they heavily injured? Before that blood-red figure intervened, Blood Robe, didn't you only kill a single person? Hei Jian said softly, "Just now, that mysterious bloody silhouette slew Guiyu Heaven's Heavenly Venerable Lican, and even took a blow from that Great Ultimate Principle head-on." Hei Jian glanced at the distant Great Ultimate Principle, and then looked back at Qi Yuan. "Well killed, wonderfully killed, splendidly killed!" Qi Yuan clapped his hands. At this moment, Guiyu Heaven's Great Ultimate Principle was reversing time and space, seemingly trying to ascertain the person's identity. Under the Great Ultimate Principle's immense immortal spiritual power, the scene within the red cage was recreated. He did not stop Hei Jian from watching, or perhaps he simply didn't care. Within the projection, the blood-red figure appeared, speaking in a cold voice before slaying Heavenly Venerable Lican with a single sword strike. Guiyu Heaven's Great Ultimate Principle looked exceptionally grim. "Human Sovereign Hall, hall emissary? Never heard of it!" "Hmph, to think he wants to reclaim my Guiyu Heaven's Ten Thousand Soul Banner and Ten Thousand Ghost Soul Banner. Simply courting death!" Failing to make the mysterious bloody silhouette stay, this Great Ultimate Principle was thoroughly enraged. At the same time, he was deeply wary. Because that blood-red figure was truly bizarre. He carried no trace of an Ultimate Principle aura, yet he could slay Lican with a single strike and even withstand an Ultimate Principle blow from himself. He reached a hand into a curious land to wipe out Guiyu Heaven's young prodigies. And finally, he mysteriously vanished right under a Great Ultimate Principle's nose. Any one of these points alone was enough to terrify anyone and seem utterly inconceivable. Now that they had all appeared together, how could this Great Ultimate Principle not be both perturbed and alarmed? The Great Ultimate Principle took a deep look at Hei Jian, then swiftly vanished without lingering any longer. Evidently, what had occurred here needed to be handled back in Guiyu Heaven. At this point, Hei Jian looked at Qi Yuan and said calmly, "You saw the scene of the mysterious bloody silhouette slaying Lican. What do you think?" Hearing this, Qi Yuan replied hastily, "Very handsome. Dressed in red just like me. Sure enough, handsome men all share the same fashion sense." Hei Jian watched Qi Yuan, a glint of blood-red flashing deep within his eyes as he asked calmly, "What do you think about this matter?" Seeing this, Ziyuan Feng found it somewhat strange, not understanding why Hei Jian was questioning Blood Robe so thoroughly. Did he value him that much? "I think those Guiyu Heaven cultivators are shameless, stealing someone else's Human Sovereign Banner. "If I were them, I'd return the Ten Thousand Soul Banner to the hall emissary right this instant, and then... slit my own throat to enter the banner and apologize!" Qi Yuan said earnestly. Hearing this, Hei Jian retracted his gaze, the suspicion in his heart dispersing. "Heh... The importance of the Ten Thousand Soul Banner to Guiyu Heaven rivals that of the Ancestral Blood Art to our Black Demon Abyss. How could they ever give it up?" As he spoke, he added another question: "Was that version of the Ancestral Blood Art that lays ice eggs modified by you?" "Could you... demonstrate it for me?"