Xu Tianran’s furious face instantly froze when he heard those words. A strange light flickered beneath his eyes – this seemed to be the only piece of good news amidst his colossal losses today. The emperor’s death meant that he, who was the crown prince, had a chance to ascend to the throne. He had enough influence and power to support him in his bid for the throne, and the strongest resistance that he faced came from Xu Guozhong’s lineage. But how could Xu Guozhong survive that tremendous explosion?

Suddenly, everything doesn’t seem all that bad…

Xu Tianran gritted his teeth as he looked up at the troupe of evil soul masters who had already gathered in the sky. He suddenly cried out painfully, “Father, father! How can you leave just like that?” Two lines of tears streamed down his cheeks, but nobody knew whether they came from grief, or from regret.

……

There were mountains all around, and not a single ray of sunlight shone through.

This was the center of the Sun Moon Empire’s Western Mountains, and this gigantic valley was more than five kilometers around. This valley was exceptionally spherical.

The valley sank down into a hemisphere, and the bottom...