When Xin Huohuo followed Yan Huo to the seventeenth level of the Ancient Tomb Cave, the most intense part of the battle was just beginning.
The shifts in cosmic timing had a powerful influence on all beings and things in the world, much like the weather affects plants or the wind directs dust. Right now was the moment in a century when the forces suppressing the demonic path were at their strongest. And yet, fate had it that the cosmic alignment most favorable to Ghost Cultivators had arrived early.
Originally, Zhu Ao's yin energy, hostile aura, and cultivation base had all been used to nourish the wooden soldiers, leaving her almost completely depleted. She had never been a match for Bei Mingyuan, which was why she had been captured alive, buried deep beneath the Ancient Tomb Cave, and used as fertilizer. Keep in mind, she was number one on the Netherworld's most-wanted list, and no one had ever managed to capture her before.
