Starry skies, boundless, cold, and desolate.

Within the desolate starry sky, there stood a magnificent palace, darker than space itself.

The black palace stood in space, connected to the stars. Chains could be seen piercing through the void, trapping those life-bearing stars in the cold starry sky.

Faintly, one could see the despair of world-ending events within those stars. Endless slaughter and bloodshed were taking place.

Countless blood-colored runes ran through the atmospheres of all the stars, catalyzing the creation of countless monsters, slaughtering each other, be they human or otherwise.

Within these blood-colored stars, all were plunged into purgatory, their lives not their own.

Following the chains, their source led to the main hall of the black palace, extending straight to the blood-red throne.

There, it transformed into a drop of agate-like liquid, falling into a wine vessel.

"Worse and worse..."

Xue Quan swirled the wine vessel, his wicked face devoid of any expression, "This batch of dregs has lost its essence, can be discarded. Replace them with a new batch."

The two figures kneeling before him trembled, terrified, and repeatedly kowtowed, "Reporting to Milord, since the initial upheaval, the experts of many great powers have all gone to Huangji. There truly, truly aren't any more..."

The two men wore tall crowns and wide robes, their faces like jade. They were originally individuals of high status and great power, but now their faces were pale, as if mourning their parents.

They had truly done their best.

But experts were not韭菜 (jiǔ cài, chives - a crop that regrows quickly), that could be harvested batch after batch. Not to mention, before the upheaval, the experts of many great powers in the starry sea had all returned to Huangji.

Even if they hadn't, how could they withstand Xue Quan's blood-sucking for a thousand years?

*Pa-da*

Pouring the last drop of blood essence into his mouth, Xue Quan turned the wine vessel upside down, shook it, and then smiled faintly at the two men:

"Not a single drop left. Tell me, what should I do?"

"Mi, Milord, spare us..."

The two middle-aged men were drenched in sweat, feeling only immense hatred and regret. Even if they had died in battle alongside their fellow disciples and elders, it would have been better than this torment that grew worse with each passing day.

But they had already lost the ability to resist. The 'Blood God' that filled their bodies had long begun to gnaw at their internal organs and bone marrow, their blood and primordial spirit.

But even with unprecedented agony, the two men could not even move, until wisps of red light left their bodies.

Turning into mottled white bones, they didn't even utter a single scream.

And so, they died.

"Hah!"

Wisps of blood energy emanated from the bodies of the two dead men, entering Xue Quan's nose and mouth like smoke.

A flush rose on his handsome face, and Xue Quan moaned in satisfaction:

"The mixed blood of billions of mortals can't compare to the refined blood of a single expert..."

Before the blood-red throne, a red-haired youth quietly watched this scene, his heart as still as an ancient well. He was long accustomed to it.

"Fellow Daoist Yu Du of the Eternal Life Sect."

Xue Quan raised his eyes and looked at the youth, "Do you find me capricious?"

"Cultivation knows no good or evil. Although your temperament fluctuates, it is nothing."

The red-haired youth Yu Du spoke calmly, but there was a ripple in his eyes.

"Good words! Cultivation knows no good or evil! Heaven gives birth to all things as if they were its parents. Cultivators devour spiritual energy as if they were slaughtering their own siblings, stealing life from Heaven, as if they were rebelling against their parents!

If even parents and siblings can be killed and defied, what do others matter? Fellow Daoist Yu Du is much to my liking. Cooperation can be discussed!"

Xue Quan sat upright on the throne, a domineering look in his blood-red eyes:

"However, I shall be the leader!"

Yu Du's eyes narrowed, his red hair rising like fire behind him, and then falling, "If you can kill that Yuan Yang, the entire Eternal Life Sect will submit and await your command, and hold you as the leader! But..."

"There is no 'but'."

Xue Quan glanced at Yu Du indifferently.

He clasped his hands together, propping up his chin, his eyes deep, gazing into the starry sky, as if gazing at the Huangji Continent on the other side of the starry sea:

"You cannot kill Yuan Yang. But I can!"

With the fragmented so-called 'future scenes' from the Demon Dragon's memories as a reference, he naturally understood the power of that Yuan Yang Daoist.

Otherwise, with his temperament, how could he have been trapped in this starry sky for a thousand years?

Although Qin Yu injured him severely, his divine abilities were best at self-preservation. If he hadn't recovered after a thousand years, wouldn't he have been killed by Qin Yu in the Dragon Erosion Realm long ago?

"No need to speak so certainly."

Yu Du shook his head. He naturally knew the power of this Xue Quan, and understood that this person was not merely arrogant and domineering on the surface. On the contrary, his mind was extremely sinister.

If he wasn't confident, he wouldn't act at all.

"Then we shall wait and see."

Xue Quan was too lazy to argue with him, and had no intention of proclaiming his own strength. He leaned lazily against the throne, waiting quietly.

Waiting for the launch of the Blood Sea Underworld.

The Blood Sea Underworld was created by the evil giant 'Ming' from the Upper Dragon Erosion Realm. This formation was famous even in the Upper Realm.

Legend has it that he once deployed the 'Blood Sea Underworld Formation' and forced back the 'Free King Buddha' under the command of the Primordial Buddha.

Although it was far inferior in fame to the Dao Ancestor's 'Two Forms Dust Formation' and 'Zhou Tian Star Dou Great Formation', it was also a truly powerful and invincible formation.

Even if he hadn't learned the complete version, it was enough.

Enough to suppress and kill the so-called 'Marquis, King, Emperor, Venerable, Emperor' of this realm!

.......

*Rumble!*

A long roar shook the sky, and then endless blood light howled from all directions, instantly filling the sky and permeating the earth.

With the Great Beginning Sacred Mountain as the center, hundreds of thousands of miles in all eight directions were enveloped!

"Blood Sea Underworld!"

Nearly hammered to death on the spot, the Xie Zhi (Evil God) went mad, thinking his purpose had been exposed.

Raising his head in a long roar, he launched the long-planned arrangement!

*Buzz, buzz, buzz~~~*

Only the sound of murmurs like demons and roars like evil ghosts echoed, and the long sky was gone, replaced by a scarlet, blood-like light array.

The aura within the array was extremely evil, and there were countless blood energy patterns like human meridians crisscrossing within it, penetrating everything and reaching the ultimate point!

"A formation?!"

"Who is this person? Someone has set up such an evil formation outside the Great Beginning Mountain?! What audacity! Aren't they afraid of Yuan Yang Wang's (King) blame?!"

"Evil energy soars to the sky. What kind of formation is this? Never seen or heard of before!"

.....

Many experts inside and outside the Great Beginning Mountain were alarmed.

This formation came too fast and too fiercely. Even though there were many experts present, they couldn't stop it at all.

In fact, even now, Xie Zhi's long roar was still echoing in the sky.

But as far as the eye could see, everything was scarlet, without any other color. The sky light disappeared, and the sun was gone. An endless desolate and fierce aura swept over everything.

The sky and the ground were all scarlet.

The hundreds of thousands of mountains and lands centered on the Great Beginning Sacred Mountain underwent changes. Snow and cold wind disappeared silently.

The boundless, evergreen spiritual fields in front of the Great Beginning Sacred Mountain also lost their original color. Even if the spiritual farming disciples cast spells in horror.

Large swaths still died, and in a few moments, tens of thousands of miles of spiritual fields were completely dead!

Causing countless people's expressions to change, shocked.

"Spiritual energy, spiritual energy! This blood energy is poisonous, extremely poisonous!"

Suddenly, an older generation expert spoke, looking horrified, as if sensing something incredible.

Immediately, someone else discovered something was wrong, and exclaimed in horror: "The spiritual energy of heaven and earth is disappearing! This blood energy is devouring spiritual energy, no, corroding it!"

Outside the scope of the formation, the spiritual energy of heaven and earth was receding at an extremely fast rate, and there was no new spiritual energy surging.

It was as if the spiritual energy in this area of heaven and earth covered by the formation had been 'poisoned' by the blood energy!

There were many experts present, and they were extremely sensitive to changes in the environment. In a few moments, they had discovered the terrifying aspects of this great formation.

Isolating the inside from the outside, sealing the void, poisoning spiritual energy, corroding everything, and also absorbing their own blood energy!

*Boom!*

Almost simultaneously.

Many experts had already burst forth with divine light and spiritual treasures, isolating the blood energy from eroding them. Formation lights also lit up within the Great Beginning Sacred Mountain.

Everyone was facing a formidable enemy.

"The Blood Sea Underworld Great Formation?! How is this possible?!"

Seeing the formation covering the sky, Qi Cang's expression was shocked, even greater than when he was being chased by those two monsters.

In his previous life's memories of the future, there had been a earth-shattering formation duel in the starry sea.

One of them was this Blood Sea Underworld Great Formation!

Legend has it that the evil giant devoured the lives of thousands of stars, transforming into a rolling blood river, rampaging unbridled through the starry sea, infinitely arrogant.

In the end, he attracted Yuan Yang the Great Emperor's remote attack.

The two, separated by the starry sky, launched an earth-shattering, world-shattering duel that amazed all formation masters.

The evil giant used this Blood Sea Underworld River Great Formation!

And Yuan Yang the Great Emperor used.......

"Not good, not good! Thousands of years early, Yuan Yang the Great Emperor is still in seclusion...... No, Yuan Yang the Great Emperor has checked my memories, he can't not know the power of it, could it be......"

Qi Cang's mind raced, suddenly feeling a murderous aura.

He suddenly transformed into wind and dissipated, avoiding a fierce and evil gray-white light, and then turned back sharply, only to find the space behind him empty.

Yuan Duxiu was gone?

"Could it be that this formation just happened to engulf me, but missed him?"

Qi Cang had an urge to spit blood.

But there was no time to think too much. He stopped his extreme retreat, stepped forward, dragging out a surge of air, and rushed straight to the Great Beginning Sacred Mountain.

This great formation was not something they could break. Now the only chance of survival was the Great Beginning Mountain!

In fact, almost everyone at this time was retreating towards the Great Beginning Mountain.

This great formation was fierce and unparalleled. Before it was activated, everything was already annihilated. Even the most arrogant person would not go to break the formation alone.

"This formation......"

Yuan Duxiu frowned, his eyes solemn.

As Qi Cang expected, he tore the void with a punch and blasted the Xie Zhi away. He stepped out, but everything was already enveloped by the formation.

Scarlet blood light was like a lampshade, covering the heavens and earth where the Great Beginning Sacred Mountain was located.

Blood light flowed above it, emitting an extremely evil aura.

Wanting to break the formation, but he didn't know where to start......

"These two are acting suspiciously, they really want to target me......"

Yuan Duxiu stood before the formation for a long time, and finally couldn't help but take a step and entered the blood-light-shrouded formation.

If it couldn't be broken from the outside, then he would go in and see!

......

"Damn it! Damn it!"

Qi Cang almost vomited blood, but Xie Zhi really vomited blood!

He never expected that because he was interrupted, the formation was missing a corner, but it just happened to miss the 'villain' who ambushed him!

Immediately, he roared furiously, setting off endless terrifying blood light, transforming into a rolling river of blood, with an extremely violent and fierce posture.

Towards,

Qi Cang slammed down heavily!

"......You!"

The blood wave pressed down like the sky. This great formation isolated the inside from the outside world. Even though Qi Cang's escape was extremely fast, he was simply not as fast as the blood wave's strike.

He could only grit his teeth and activate his spiritual treasure, detonating it fiercely, and dodge two terrifying divine abilities from the sky and the ground, but he was still slapped by the blood handprint that fell from the sky like a meteor, causing him to spurt blood wildly.

*Boom!*

*Boom!*

The blood waves were monstrous, and wherever they passed, everything melted away. All tangible and intangible substances were swallowed by this blood light, disappearing without a trace.

Being corroded, being assimilated, and then even promoting the power of the Blood Sea Underworld Great Formation!

And this everything, including Qi Cang's self-detonated spiritual treasure, and even all the divine abilities he activated!

At this moment, even after experiencing so many hardships, Qi Cang still felt depressed in his heart, and roared in shock;

"Ah!"

There was no escape, so he would fight!

After a roar of anger, Qi Cang suddenly stopped, and then turned around. Divine wind surged around him, setting off a shocking tide, allowing the great formation to devour and the blood waves to lick.

He rushed fiercely towards the Xie Zhi who was grinning in the sky:

"Yuan Duxiu! I don't owe you anymore!"

"Going to perish together?"

Surrounded by blood waves, Xie Zhi and Zhu Kong both sneered, and were about to mobilize the great formation to turn this person into a blood god with indifference.

Then, a long roar was heard, like thunder rolling, huge and long.

During the long roar, a great sun rose slowly, illuminating the light, and countless light and heat struck in all directions, colliding with the rolling and infinite blood waves thousands of times.

Yuan Duxiu stood in the long sky, his hair flying, his momentum as fiery as fire, but his eyes were as cold as ice:

"Who is whose daddy?"

*Rumble!*

Sound waves were like thunder, collisions were like the collapse of the sky.

The great formation shook the earth and mountains for a while, and a foul smell rushed to the nose. Those with low cultivation bases, even with the protection of divine light, almost fainted on the ground upon smelling it, and could not help but be horrified.

"Since you're here, don't leave!"

Xie Zhi was shocked at first, and then became even more hideous. He shouted loudly, and rolling blood waves had already struck.

*Whoosh!*

Yuan Duxiu flicked his sleeves and slapped Qi Cang away. He stepped forward and set off a surging pure Yang divine power: "Then I'll kill you first!"

The two faced each other tit-for-tat, and the battle started instantly.

Qi Cang staggered to his feet, only to see the great sun's divine light blooming in the sea of blood, a bronze cauldron, a golden wheel, and a divine sword erupting with the aura of a sealed king in the sea of blood.

"Hah!"

He breathed a sigh of relief, but became dignified again. Although he was thrown out of the battle circle, he hesitated for a moment, and then stepped forward and rushed up again.

Divine light soared to the sky, blocking Zhu Kong, and he opened his mouth to spit out a divine wind: "Can you only bully the few with the many?!"

*Bang!*

At the same time, another divine wind howled, dodging continuously in the blood energy, blowing towards the Great Beginning Mountain, turning into a loud shout:

"Hurry up and invite Yuan Yang Da.....Yuan Yang Wang (King)!"