Why had Su Yi gone to so much trouble tonight? The reason was simple.

His cultivation base was too weak.

If he wanted to take down a behemoth like the Mysterious Netherworld Divine Court, his only hope was to borrow external power.

That was why he borrowed the Book of Diting from the Night Watchman before leaving Snowy Skies City.

When he left the Chaotic Void Blood Lake, Su Yi reconvened with You Xue and the others, and the group proceeded straight to the Dark Capital.

……

In a stretch of lifeless, desolate landscape, there was nothing but a single upright tombstone.

It was four feet, nine inches high and pitch black throughout. It looked perfectly ordinary and entirely unremarkable.

But the landscape in which it stood had a holy, austere atmosphere difficult to put into words. The mountains, rivers, and everything in them were utterly silent.

A hundred feet away.

Boom!

A low, muffled blast resounded throughout the deathly silence of the barren landscape.

A coppery-skinned, thin-faced man in black raised his right leg with great difficulty and took another step forward.

When his foot hid the ground, the earth shook. He swayed violently before managing to stabilize himself.

But afterward, his breathing...