It was as if a blazing sun had risen above the city walls.0

Huo Tianya and Ji Lingjue were thrown out of the firelight and slammed into the ground in a battered heap. The ghosts nearby let out shrill cries as their forms disintegrated and vanished from the mortal realm.0

"Guardian Ruler!" an Eminent One cried out.0

The figure who had arrived was none other than the Guardian Ruler of the Celestial Northern Prison. Since the prison had yet to be rebuilt, he had remained in the imperial city. When the ghosts began to run rampant, he could no longer stand by and do nothing. As soon as he received word of the Celestial Charm Sect’s attack, he descended upon the battlefield.0

Bathed in a searing brilliance that rivaled the sun, the Guardian Ruler furrowed his brows and shouted, "You wretched evildoers are like cockroaches....0