"Move faster! Stop gawking!"

By then, Myriad Immortals Island had been nearly razed to the ground, and the cultivators of the Five Elders Council had begun digging into the earth itself.

Li Fan wanted to observe further, but an armored cultivator barked at him and forced him to clear the area.

Several squads of armored cultivators had formed up, herding the members of the Myriad Immortals Alliance like livestock toward a narrow cave mouth at the base of a canyon.

A sinister wind howled from the opening, and the sound alone was enough to stir a faint but unmistakable dread in their hearts.

"Get inside! Quit dawdling!"

The lead armored cultivator slammed his weapon against the ground, his voice a thunderous crack.

Some among the captives wore expressions of open resentment....