"Bang!" A clean-shaven, middle-aged man in azure robes suddenly slammed his palm down, turning a pale golden square tile beneath his feet into dust.

"No matter who it is, anyone who dares to touch the cosmic Dao principles of my Luo Xu Sacred Hall will surely die." The azure-robed man's tone was filled with intense killing intent, and at that moment, the temperature of the hall he was in seemed to drop due to his words.

After saying this, he raised his hand and shot out three rays of light.

In an instant, three figures shot in from outside the hall one after another. The three men who entered, the first was a scarlet-robed youth, he carried a long sword on his back, wore a sage's crown, and had a black python belt tied around his waist.

This scarlet-robed youth entered riding a demonic beast that resembled both a tiger and a lion, and upon entering, he laughed at the angry azure-robed middle-aged man, "What has angered Brother Luo Xu so much? Inviting all of us here? Could it be that the Doom of Extinction has arrived ahead of schedule?"

The scarlet-robed youth spoke in a leisurely tone, and after speaking, he slowly walked to a huge white jade stone and sat down cross-legged. The demonic beast beneath him consciously squatted beside the scarlet-robed youth.

The second to enter was a grey-robed old man, his eyes were squinted as if he couldn't open them. He held a pale purple dragon-headed cane in his hand, as if he might fall down at any moment.

The old man didn't say anything, but cupped his fist at Luo Xu, then found a large white jade stone and sat down cross-legged.

The last to enter was a bald, thin monk, the monk wore a string of Buddhist beads around his neck. He had a smiling expression. After entering, he first found a white jade stone to sit down, and then cupped his fist at Luo Xu, "Brother Luo Xu, could it be that what Tai Luan said just now is true? Is the Doom of Extinction coming ahead of schedule?"

The angry azure-robed man was none other than Sage Luo Xu. At this moment, his anger seemed to have subsided a lot. After the three had all taken their seats, he cupped his fist at them and said, "Brother Qing Yuan, Brother Ti Fo, Brother Tai Luan, this time it's not that the Doom of Extinction is about to arrive, but something even more serious."

The three who entered were three of the Eight Sages. The grey-robed old man was Sage Qing Yuan, the thin monk was Sage Ti Fo, and the youth riding the demonic beast was Sage Tai Luan. Including Sage Luo Xu who invited them, all four sages had arrived this time.

"What is it?" Tai Luan asked first.

Luo Xu said in a somewhat low voice, "Just now, someone in the lower realm took away that cosmic Dao principle..."

"What?" The three sages, who had entered leisurely, almost simultaneously stood up, all staring at Luo Xu with disbelief.

A full two or three breaths later, Tai Luan, in his scarlet robes, said coldly, "Brother Luo Xu, this is the only cosmic Dao principle among the four of us. It was intact when it was in our hands before, but problems arise as soon as it's in Brother Luo Xu's hands. Isn't that a bit too coincidental?"

Qing Yuan and Ti Fo did not speak, but stared at Luo Xu, who had lost the Dao principle.

Luo Xu calmed down the anger in his heart and tried to slow down his tone, "I didn't get rid of this Dao principle. It was snatched away after I communicated with the Dark Realm."

"Hahahaha..." The scarlet-robed youth laughed loudly, then his face turned cold and he said, "Brother Luo Xu, are you treating us like three-year-olds? Can anyone below the level of a sage snatch a cosmic Dao principle? Moreover, I heard that you sent Liu Qi, a top-tier Artifact Emperor, Quasi-Sage Completion, down to the lower realm to refine the Godsfall Tower. Does Brother Luo Xu mean that someone can deal with a Quasi-Sage Completion who can use the power of the cosmic Dao principle?"

After the scarlet-robed youth asked this question, Sage Qing Yuan and Sage Ti Fo both stared at Luo Xu with unkind expressions.

Back when the Great Doom arrived, Luo Xu had gained the most advantages. In everyone's mind, Luo Xu was the most cunning of them all. Two of the Eight Sages had been destroyed, Tian Hen and Huan Ti. The reason why Green Robe Saintess was still safe was because this woman didn't care about anything and didn't participate in anything, so she barely survived. But during the Great Doom, Green Robe Saintess didn't gain anything either, so her cultivation strength remained at the bottom of all the sages.

Luo Xu still said calmly, "I know everyone suspects me, but my conscience is clear. I'm not so foolish as to swallow that cosmic Dao principle. What's more, I can't swallow that Dao principle either. Everyone, think about it yourselves, who among you can swallow that Dao principle? If we could swallow that Dao principle, we wouldn't be unable to advance further, would we?"

Qing Yuan and the other three fell silent when they heard this. What Luo Xu said made sense. In fact, they didn't believe that Luo Xu had the ability to fuse that Dao principle at all. In other words, even if Luo Xu had fused that cosmic Dao principle, everyone would definitely be able to sense it.

But now they hadn't sensed anything from Luo Xu. No matter how foolish Luo Xu was, he wouldn't use this method to confront the other three, would he?

They had all participated in scheming against several sages when the Great Doom arrived back then.

Seeing the other three calm down, Luo Xu took a breath and continued, "I don't know if some top-tier experts have emerged in the Dark Realm, but the God Realm should have produced an unparalleled expert. Everyone should know about the last time the God Realm rules were repaired, right? When the God Realm rules were repaired, I used the cosmic Dao principle to build a golden ladder leading to the God Realm. But it was forcibly destroyed by someone, and all my efforts were wasted."

"Of course, that's nothing. Everyone knows that Green Robe Saintess, that woman, has been hiding in the Saintess Pool all this time, avoiding the last Doom. She also knows that if she doesn't come out for this Doom of Extinction, she will still turn to ashes. So she not only came out, but also went to the God Realm using the Netherworld Flower before us..."

Speaking of this, Luo Xu paused, and his gaze swept over the three, "The reason why I'm talking about Green Robe Saintess is because I suspect she was severely injured, otherwise, with her strength as a sage, she would have returned to the Saintess Pool from the God Realm long ago. Someone in the God Realm can even severely injure Green Robe Saintess, so it's not surprising that Liu Qi, who is just a Quasi-Sage Completion, was killed. So I suspect that before the Doom of Extinction arrives, an unparalleled expert has already been born, and there's more than one."

Luo Xu's words made everyone fall silent. The Doom of Extinction was about to come, and if some heaven-defying figures really appeared, it wasn't impossible.

At this time, if the four of them started fighting, the end would definitely be that they all turned to ashes.

...

Mo Wuji stood up, and he strangely swept out his spiritual will.

Logically speaking, as a major realm, the Dark Realm, when he took away that purple Dao principle, caused such a big commotion, someone should have come long ago. But until now, he hadn't seen a single person. What was going on?

Mo Wuji walked to the corpse he had seen when he came. It was a middle-aged man. His sea of consciousness had been shattered, and his primordial spirit and soul had long dissipated.

In the middle-aged man's hand, he was still holding a small piece of jade token. Mo Wuji stretched out his hand, and the small piece of jade token was held in his hand.

This was a communication jade token. It meant that the Doom of Extinction was about to arrive, and someone wanted to use the golden ladder to lead the sages to the Dark Realm to refine the Dark Realm. He tried to stop them but was killed...

Sighing, Mo Wuji raised his hand and blasted out an earth pit, sending the middle-aged man into the pit and burying him. In any case, this man had sacrificed his life for the sake of the realm.

After doing this, Mo Wuji picked up his broken Half-Moon Heavy Halberd and the iron hammer and sent them into the Mortal Realm. His Half-Moon Heavy Halberd was finally about to advance to a top-grade divine artifact, but it was blasted open by an iron hammer. It should be known that his Half-Moon Heavy Halberd was made of Rootless Divine Iron, and it was still blasted apart like this.

Now, for him, it wasn't about repairing this Half-Moon Heavy Halberd. For Mo Wuji, the most important thing was to quickly go to the Dark Origin Hall, and then heal his injuries in the Dark Origin Hall and start cultivating the Dark Wood.

Dark Wood can only be cultivated in the Dark Realm. Mo Wuji believed that when his Dark Wood was cultivated, his strength would rise several levels.

Mo Wuji sacrificed the Years Plate, and a clear direction quickly appeared on the Years Plate.

The Years Plate was extremely fast, and couldn't even leave a faint trace in the air. At this speed, it would take Mo Wuji at most less than an incense stick of time to reach the Dark Origin Hall.

Even though the Years Plate was very fast, Mo Wuji frowned slightly. In the time it took for an incense stick to burn, the Years Plate had passed through countless Dark Realm areas. What made Mo Wuji even more confused was that in such a vast place, he hadn't seen a single person.

The Dark Realm was like an empty realm, too silent.

Mo Wuji quickly threw this thought aside. If it were in the God Realm, he would definitely check the situation first. But this wasn't the God Realm, it was the Dark Realm. He only had one purpose for coming to the Dark Realm, and that was to cultivate the Dark Wood.

In less than the time it took for an incense stick to burn, the Years Plate stopped in front of the Dark Origin Hall. After putting away the Years Plate, Mo Wuji didn't immediately enter the Dark Origin Hall. His gaze fell on the woman nailed outside the Dark Origin Hall.

So many years had passed, but this woman still had a trace of a remnant soul struggling to survive, or rather, being burned by soul fire.

He didn't know what mistakes this woman had committed to suffer such a miserable torture, which made even Mo Wuji feel a bit cruel.

(I should post the second chapter too, I feel a little better. That's it for today, good night everyone, and please vote for me.)