In the Felipinas.

The rousing sound of blowing horns rang out, and one underworld emissary after another turned to look at the tall palace in the distance. Immediately thereafter, they were stunned to discover that the army of the Lord of Luzon, which had barely ever been mobilized before, was on the move!

"What's going on?" A netherworldly citizen looked up at the tall city walls with a stunned expression. Atop the city wall, Yin soldiers were converging from all directions like waves of netherfire.

Is there going to be a war? But that's never happened before!

The Lord of Luzon, Yang Jiye, had never made it a secret that he was here to keep out all the fugitives, evil ghosts, and underworld emissaries that tried to pass through this place from the Pacific Ocean, and the army had never been mobilized before.

"What's going on? Is there an underworld that's attacking the Cathayan Underworld?"

"Who could be so insane?! This is one of the four pillars we're talking about here! I can't think of anyone who would be crazy enough to attack the Cathayan Underworld!"

"Then how do you explain this?"

There was no need for an explanation.

In the next instant, the city gates were flung open, and rows of cavaliers riding on skeletal horse steeds emerged amid the sound of thundering hooves, and countless gusts of Yin wind that swept across the earth like an inky-black flood!

The sound of the blowing horns was absolutely deafening, and a series of bright red flags bearing...