The Mountain-Subduing King, Mu Xi, had obtained a jade pendant formed of the blood of a True Spirit here.

The Firedome King, Xia Houlin, found a Buddhist statue carved from the bone of a True Spirit.

From this, it was clear that this was indeed the ruin of an ancient Buddhist temple, and furthermore, that the temple wasn’t the least bit simple!

“Let’s go.” Su Yi led the way ahead.

Before even crossing this stretch of ruin, the pond filled with black lotuses rumbled. Immediately afterward, it was as if the densely-packed black lotuses awakened. They bloomed, firing beams of blood-red light from their stamens, and their lights shot into the sky.

Rumble~!

The entire stretch of heaven and earth trembled.

Countless blood-colored vines, each as thick as a water barrel, surged from the east.

From the west came one rumbling golden dagger-axe after another.

Blood-colored flames blazed from the south, while a frigid, bone-piercing current of crimson waters flooded in from the north.

And in the center, a blood-colored mountain rose, covering heaven and earth, like a bridge into the sky.

In an instant, five different types of elemental power combined to power the unearthly, blood-colored grand formation....