Jiang Qing'e and Li Luo’s squads began to make their preparations for the purging mission.

At a dark place in the Umbra Cave.

Wraith-like figures moved through the deep fog, voices muffled in the gloomy, smoky air.

The tapping of light footsteps.

This person wore the robes of a Violet Vibrance mentor from the Astral Sage College. It was none other than Shen Jinxiao.

He traversed the fog easily, completely unafraid of the evil he knew lurked nearby.

He stopped at one point, looking down to see pale, bloated hands twisting around his ankle like snakes.

The evil aura swamped his leg, trying to invade his body.

Shoosh!

The fog around him swirled, all manner of other things stirring to life in response. It converged into a dark wind that blew against him.

Shen Jinxiao was...