"The seal has already been broken. That wily Lord Mu has most likely fled with the prisoners here long ago.

" "He will not.

" Lord Gong said calmly, "Even if he broke the seal of the Pixiang Hall, he absolutely cannot escape from within it. Once he entered the hall, he could forget about fleeing.

" Lord Hao, Lord Huo, and the others looked at him strangely.

Lord Gong clearly knew a great many secrets of the Pixiang Hall. Lord Huo let out a breath and said in a low voice, "Since Lord Mu cannot escape and is trapped in the hall, let us take this chance to send him on his way, and spare ourselves further trouble.

" They walked into the hall.

A moment later, an indescribably terrifying throbbing burst from within the hall. The divine abilities of Heavenly Lords erupted, shaking heaven and earth.

The whole Pixiang Hall swayed and rocked, then quickly softened and crumbled, and the great hall split into four!

Whoosh — Fragments of Daluo Heaven burst out from within the hall, expanding madly. Amid the fragments of Daluo Heaven, the nine Heavenly Lords fought desperately around a scholar.

The nine bled, yet fiercely they cut the Dao Fruit and felled the Dao Tree!

For all the Prime Sage of the Miluo Palace's powers, his strength had not yet recovered from the catastrophe of the universe's great annihilation, and he was slain outright by the nine Heavenly Lords amid the fragments of Daluo Heaven! And at that moment, in the Great Black Mountain of the Ancestral Court, Shen Mu slowly awoke.