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All the buildings of the White Lotus Sect's Northern Barbarian State branch collapsed and turned to rubble instantly under that enormous air pressure!

Many of the followers of the Houtianjing sect were buried deep in the ruins.

Below, on the ground, barriers of true essence of various colors appeared, forming all sorts of protective shields.

Beneath the protective shield were cultivators of the White Lotus Sect at the Innate Realm or above.

"This is..." The branch leader raised his hands to the sky, a hundred-foot-wide true essence shield above his head resisting the powerful air pressure.

His expression was one of terror, and his hands, which were supporting the sky, trembled uncontrollably!

This pressure reminded him of the scene when he met the Grand Master!

This is the aura of the Shattered Realm!!!

Only a powerhouse at the Shattered Realm could possess such immense pressure, capable of leveling the entire branch in an instant with just the aura emanating from their body.

Suddenly, that aura vanished!

Bang!Bang!Bang!

A series of explosions of true energy rang out, and the protective shields, having lost their pressure, exploded in mid-air before they could retract.

Like a dazzling firework display!

Duan Lang's figure gradually solidified in the air, looking down at the White Lotus Sect members.

A wicked glint couldn't help but appear at the corner of his mouth!

"Senior..." the branch leader called out from the bottom of his heart.

In the cultivation world, those stronger than you are seniors, those on par with you are fellow cultivators, and those weaker than you are ants!

"Heh! The Northern Barbarian Branch of the White Lotus Sect!"

"Not bad, not bad at all, there are even seven Dharma Aspect Realm experts!" Even a top expert like Duan Lang couldn't help but marvel at the profound foundation of the White Lotus Sect.

"That's right, this is a branch of the White Lotus Sect. May I ask who you are, senior?"

At that moment, a sense of unease rose in the hearts of the members of the White Lotus Sect.

With a wave of his hand, Duan Lang sent hundreds of round heads raining down like raindrops!

After seeing these things, the members of the White Lotus Sect branch felt as if they had fallen into an ice cellar, and their whole bodies were chilled!

"The Grand Master's head..."

'The heads of the three Dharma Kings...'

"The heads of many elders..."

Despite the bright sunshine, the temperature here at this moment felt as if it were shrouded in eternal ice.

"I am the Dharma King of the Underworld!"

"I've come to see you all off to reunite with your leader!"

Having said that, he didn't give these people any time to react.

With his hand outstretched, the crimson true essence instantly spread outwards, transforming into thousands of three-foot-long blades of light!

"kill!!"

With a single, soft word of "kill," the blades instantly ripped through the void, reaping the lives of everyone present!

The branch leader condensed his true essence, forming a protective shield, and held a sharp sword to stab at the incoming blade light!

Crack! The shield shattered instantly!

Immediately, the sword in his hand turned to dust, and the next moment, he felt a chill on his neck before being plunged into darkness!

From the outside, it appeared that the Dharma Aspect Realm's defenses were completely ineffective wherever the blade's light passed.

Piercing through the protective shield, shattering the talismanic sword, and then severing the head!

It's that smooth; under the attack of a Shattered Realm expert, no resistance is effective!

Swish!Swish!Swish!

The sound of air being torn apart rang out continuously, and round, fresh heads, just like their leader's head, floated in the air.

Blood stained the earth covered by ruins, and the pungent smell of blood spread around!

In just one breath, hundreds of lives were taken here!

The next moment, Duan Lang's mind stirred, and those blade lights immediately dissipated into the air.

Then, with a wave of his hand, nearly a thousand heads instantly lined up in the air.

These heads then formed the shape of a mound of skulls, with the head of the White Lotus Sect's leader naturally at the very top.

The second layer contains the heads of the three Dharma Kings, followed by the heads of elders, deacons, and others.

A ten-zhang-tall mound of Jingguan (a type of mound of stones) was suspended in the air!

Not a single pupil was closed; the same look of terror that had remained in them since his death could still be seen!

The Jingguan, a "landscape" that has never appeared before, is about to make its debut in the world.

A chain of laws appeared behind Duan Lang, and it flew towards the Jing Guan and merged into it.

"That's great! I don't have to worry about ordinary cultivators destroying my masterpiece!"

Immediately, he grabbed with his large hand from a distance and tore off a piece of space in an instant.

One after another, magical seals were cast into the spatial fragment, causing it to lose its spatial attributes.

"A vengeful ghost snatches away souls, and the harbinger of death demands a vengeance!"

Eight large, scarlet characters appeared on the space fragment!

The next moment, his figure disappeared from the spot!

Soon after, some cultivators cautiously arrived at the site, and upon seeing the mound of skulls, their hearts pounded wildly.

"This is... a... head..."

"A masterpiece of the underworld..."

"Wow, what a grand gesture! Using an entire fragment of space as a monument." Even the usually carefree Wang Lao Er was taken aback.

However, I was instantly drawn to the spatial fragments on the Jingguan!

"You...you're fucking reckless..."

...

In the imperial city, Xia Zhaoyan, who was cultivating, suddenly felt the Life Cauldron in his mind tremble.

Immediately, a tremendous vitality descended upon it!

Xia Zhaoyan immediately opened his eyes and looked at the system's Life Cauldron.

"A huge storm is coming!!"

"Now, it depends on whether Father can withstand the pressure from the White Lotus Sect!"

Sure enough, the news from the North spread throughout the entire capital city in just the next day.

Countless people stared in disbelief, unable to comprehend what had happened. That was a Shattered Realm expert who had been stationed at the Great Xia headquarters for thousands of years.

And so he was killed by a powerful figure from the underworld in the Northern Barbarian Continent!

From royalty to ordinary citizens, everyone was shocked by the news.

There are hidden powerhouses in the underworld: a peerless Celestial Realm expert and a Shattered Realm expert.

In terms of high-end combat power alone, the Underworld is now no weaker than the top forces in the Great Xia Jianghu!

At the same time, countless cultivators were attracted by that mound of Jing!

On this day, the number of cultivators pouring into the Northern Barbarian Prefecture was simply too numerous to count!

The Northern Barbarian branch of the White Lotus Sect has become a popular "check-in" spot for countless cultivators.

And so, a short-lived "tourist" attraction was born!

As details of the Jingguan (a mound of corpses) spread throughout the Great Xia, countless people developed a fear of the underworld!

"Good heavens... those are the heads of hundreds of Grandmaster-level experts!"

...

"The underworld... perhaps they are the real underworld..."

Even some of the top sects and forces in the Great Xia Dynasty were terrified by the Underworld's move!

In the palace, Emperor Xia finished reading the intelligence report with a serious expression.

He let out a deep breath. "Gentlemen, it seems we've all underestimated the power of the Underworld!"

"A peerless Shattered Realm expert—only a Dragon Transformation Realm expert can suppress him!"

"The underworld...it's already quite powerful!"

Such a strange and mysterious force is definitely not something an emperor would want to see.

"Your Majesty, the remaining branches of the White Lotus Sect were deserted last night."

"They disappeared almost simultaneously!"

Wu Ji whispered to his superior, "Should we investigate this?"

Emperor Xia waved his hand: "No need, they're hiding and waiting for the arrival of the main sect's experts!"

"What do you think? Should I lift the restrictions and allow the White Lotus Sect's Shattered Realm cultivators to enter?"