The canopy of heaven in Forbidden by the Immortal was lit with crimson light, making it seem like a world of blood. What was more, it was full of rifts. Thanks to the bright red sky, it was possible to see that the rifts were very deep. And they didn’t look like they’d formed naturally. They looked constructed, such that they resembled a massive magical symbol! A mere glance at that symbol would cause feelings of uncontrollable terror to rise up in a person, something instinctual and from the depths of one’s life force.9

It wasn’t just Xu Qing and the Captain who were shaken. All of the cultivators in the safety zone were also affected. Everyone felt deeply moved, and sensed as if a great catastrophe was looming. The army of cultivators was made mostly of people from the second and third wave. Most of those who’d made up the first wave had already left.3

The source of the dramatic scene in the canopy of heaven was the central region of Forbidden by the Immortal. At that location was the main imperial palace hall of Ancient...1