There was a dimly lit palace in the Golden Origin Immortal Palace with crimson patterns etched all over its walls and floor, forming a giant array.

These array patterns were flashing incessantly while giving off a cold aura drifted throughout the entire palace.

At the center of the array stood a black stone pillar with seven branches, at the top of each of which was an antiquated oil lamp with a green flame burning inside.

Not only did the green flames not provide a sense of illumination and comfort, they only made the palace appear more eerie and sinister.

All of a sudden, the green flames within the lamps swelled to several times their original size, then flew out of their respective lamps to hover in mid-air.

A series of green array patterns appeared in the surrounding space, connecting the seven flames to form a heptagram.

A soul fragment then appeared at the center of the array amid a flash of black light, forming an indistinct face that belonged to none other than Tao Ji.

"Thank heavens I set up these Seven Star Lamps in advance. Otherwise, I would truly be dead right now," Tao Ji murmured to himself, following which a look of burning resentment...