Central Region
Imperial City
"Queen… The west's situation is terrible. Those strange creatures are powerful and well-coordinated… we are losing our lands too fast…"
"Right… We must stop them… we should send a large unit of powerhouses and halt their savage actions."
Inside a grand hall, a well-dressed woman and young man of beautiful features sat on top of a higher platform and looked at the group of people in front of them discussing the sudden change around the Mortal Realm.
Most people were angry because they lost a lot of income from the big cities situated in those zones.
But there were others with a face full of terror because they understood the terrifying reality.
The world changed so much in only six days… It was too shocking for their stupid mind always filled with gold, food, and women and didn't know what to do.
With Emperor Yang's coronation and with his brilliant control all over the lands, they lived a peaceful life for a long time, but now everything was changing for them.
"Mom… What should we do?? Should we ask him again?"
"There is no need… Your so-called father is still hiding his head there and is not even willing to see me… his wife… we shouldn't waste our time with that idiot…"
"Mmm… Mom… We could use this opportunity to eliminate some of those annoying bastards…"
"It's a good idea… Meng'er, this is an excellent opportunity for you… go head… After all, you are their future Emperor…"
"Thank you, mom…"
The young man walked towards the edge of the platform, with an arrogant expression on his face, and shouted: "SILENCE…"
The people were stunned by the shout and looked at the young man with a confused expression, but no one dared to speak even a word.
The young man looked at the hall with his chin a little lifted higher and spoke, with his majestic voice: "Calm down… we shouldn't waste more time… people keep dying out there, even now… We must act faster than our enemy…"
The one standing on the new Crown Prince side applauded for his words, and some of them asked: "Crown Prince… please tell us what we should do. Since the Emperor is still healing from his wounds… you must guide us."
The Crown Prince was quite glad about their attitude and perfect cooperation and smiled: "It's simple… we should send not only our army to the West Region… But also a group of powerful cultivators from each family."
The hall was silent for a while.
Most of them found this idea absurd because those people were their families' pillar of power, and even the death of one of them would bring them a considerable loss.
They still didn't know the enemy's real power, so it was difficult for them to decide, but unfortunately for them, a group of people started shouting in accordance with the young man's words.
"Crown Prince… is wise. My family will send a hundred people to protect the West Region…"
"Right… We will also send hundreds of people…"
The People siding with him were too many, so the one still a little reluctant could only comply with his orders.
In the last two years, the Imperial City became a dangerous place, and a lot of people died in strange and different ways.
They weren't stupid and clearly knew that the Queen was trying to take control of the empire, so they had to act carefully and await the return of Emperor Yang.
A young woman with long red hair looked at the dark clouds in the sky with a worried expression inside a small but refined room.
She didn't know why, but her heart pounded every time her gaze rested on them as if something terrible was about to happen.
At some point, she heard the sound of footsteps behind her and turned around, looking at the two young women slowly approaching her.
"Young miss… we have good news…"
"Did you find him?" The young woman's eyes turned bright red for a moment but then died down hearing their answer.
"Huh… Not yet…" The other one sighed, looking at the hopeful face of her, but then added, trying to cheer up her young miss: "But we have found a way to go out…"
"Humph… That pig can't stop me if I want to go out…" The young miss snorted, a bit annoyed, but then asked, with a calm tone: "It's about the West Region?"
The two maids looked at her in shock because they just received the news, but it seems that their young miss was a lot more informed than them.
"Yes… but young miss, How did you know?"
"This is not important… I had already decided… we will depart with everyone else tomorrow… Prepare your stuff…" The young miss waved her smooth hand and ordered before looking back at the dark sky.
The two maids were a little stunned by her words, but still bowed and ran out of the room hastily, since there was not so much time left and they had to prepare a lot of stuff for the journey.
The young miss kept looking at the sky for hours, but at some point saw something strange moving inside them.
She was sure… they weren't lightning because their color was as red as the most intense flames she had ever seen.
"Grandpa… you have really misjudged this time… if something happens to him… I will never forgive you…"
It was still midday, but dark clouds were slowly blocking the warm rays of the sun.
All the people, beasts, and strange creatures living in these lands were scared and restless by this ominous omen.
This wasn't normal because a single event couldn't cover the entire world.
No matter where direction one looked, the only thing they could see was those strange black masses, stretching for miles and miles, like the mouth of a hungry beast, ready to devour them.
The last six days were already turbulent enough.
They changed the minds of countless ignorant people and the vision they had about this peaceful world.
But now this was really too much…
Their lives were changing too fast and not in the right way…
Those clouds never stopped condensing and becoming darker from midday till night, making the world once bright and lively an obscure one.
Nobody saw the moon replace the sun, but they knew that it was there right above their head, but now there was an impassable dark wall between them.
Only silence reigned supreme all the time.
Perhaps the people were afraid that even the smallest noise could wake up the deity, who slept there.
Not only were the humans scared, but even the beasts were so terrified that they hid inside their lairs, waiting for the next rays of the sun.
Naturally, some exceptional people between them knew something… knew that their world was changing again… but they didn't know if it was a good or bad thing.
Nobody knew that one of the most terrifying Heavenly Tribulation this world had ever seen was coming…
It condensed power from each part of the world for so long and was ready to destroy the bold mortal…
Tian Yang reached the top of the closest mountain an hour before midnight.
Even after looking at the sky for the entire day, his face was still calm.
He wasn't scared by those black clouds but excited because most of the energy inside of them will become part of his strength.
Even if Heavenly World Pearl was still sealed, it could still absorb the energy from the outside world.
Time passed slowly, but when there were only a few minutes from midnight, Tian Yang noticed nine long red streaks of light moving inside those dark clouds.
They weren't slow, but fast, so fast that it took them only a breath to reach their destination.
They were already rotating above his head, like nine red dragons aiming for their prey.
The thunderous noises from them shook the mountain under him.
He could feel each tiny speck of the soil beneath his feet, shaking left and right as if he wanted to escape from there.
"Hmm… luckily I came to this deserted peak…" Tian Yang sighed, looking at that nine red lightning growing more massive and large.
"It's a pity that the old fart can't see them… It's fantastic…"
Not only were they growing, but the red lights were becoming more and more intense.
They were slowly illuminating the dark lands, but that red color wasn't a good thing.
Because when there was only a minute left before midnight, the hidden moon was again visible, but now it was painted with a dark red color.
It was like a mood covered in blood, a scene no one would ever forget for thousands of years.
There was only a minute left, but it was like an eternity for all the leaving creatures because they could see those lightning throb faster each second.
The light kept growing intense at an incredible speed…
They knew that something was coming…
And in fact, at the end of the last minutes, they saw one of those bright red streaks die in a flash…
The world was silent for a few seconds and then…
BOOOOM!!!