"They’re all dead, isn’t this incredible? Even the two Divine Fire Realm powerhouses of the Three-eyed Golden Lion Clan were killed."

"No wonder he’s so arrogant. If I had such combat power, I wouldn’t take the Three-eyed Golden Lion Clan seriously either."

"The Three-eyed Golden Lion Clan usually act high and mighty, deciding life and death at a whim, but today they’ve hit a brick wall, they truly deserve it."

Many people were whispering to each other, discussing animatedly.

Everyone looked at Lin Feng with expressions of shock, emotion, and disbelief.

Lin Feng collected the Purple Lightning Hammer and then picked up the storage rings of the Three-eyed Golden Lion Clan.

He walked towards the distance.

Everyone made way for Lin Feng.

Respecting the strong is an eternal truth.

Lin Feng saw Huo Yihan’s fellow disciples; he paused slightly, then walked over.

"Senior Sister, that guy is coming over, and it seems he’s headed towards us," several female cultivators whispered.

The lead masked woman nodded slightly, and when Lin Feng approached, she slightly bowed to him.

"What about Huo Yihan... does she have any family?" Lin Feng asked.

He really couldn’t bring himself to say that Huo Yihan was gone.

Lin Feng placed his hopes on the Three Lives and Three Worlds Coffin, hoping that one day it would bring Huo Yihan back to life.

These female cultivators naturally understood what Lin Feng was trying to express, and upon hearing the sad news, they began to cry sorrowfully.

Huo Yihan’s bold personality made her very popular among her fellow sisters.

The masked woman said, "Junior Sister Huo is very pitiful. She was found by a sect elder after the rain, seemingly abandoned. As a child, her body would often turn blazing hot like a fireball, many times she almost died due to the high temperatures."

"Time after time, she narrowly escaped death and survived. Later, the elder who found Junior Sister Huo risked entering the Nine Profound Cold Ice Abyss to retrieve the Nine Profound Cold Ice Jade to help suppress her internal fire power."

"That elder brought back the Nine Profound Cold Ice Jade but died not long after due to injuries from battling fierce beasts guarding the jade. Junior Sister Huo was only thirteen that year. Even when suffering from being burned alive, she never cried. She’s very strong, but she was immensely sad when that elder passed away. Having been abandoned since childhood, that elder was the only family she recognized."

The masked woman did not continue and her eyes began to redden slightly.

Huo Yihan had a very pure heart.

After interacting with her, Lin Feng realized how kind and adorable she was.

Huo Yihan deeply cherished the relationships with her fellow sisters.

Perhaps it was precisely because she had been abandoned since childhood.

The female cultivator from the Immortal Sect who adopted her died tragically.

She became an orphan once again.

This made Huo Yihan cherish hard-earned relations even more.

Whether it was with her sisters.

Or with Lin Feng.

...

Lin Feng bid farewell to Huo Yihan’s fellow disciples and walked deeper.

Currently, his heart was filled with grief.

The more he learned about Huo Yihan.

The more he felt sorry for this woman.

When night came, Star Sky Ancient City remained restless; Netherworld passages would open, and Netherworld beings would appear.

Many people chose to hide at this time.

But some unlucky ones would be discovered by the Netherworld beings and forced to battle, some ended tragically, while others managed to escape.

Lin Feng saw many Netherworld beings, like ghost soldiers, black-robed monsters, all heading in one direction. He was deeply puzzled, not knowing where these Netherworld beings were headed.

Lin Feng cautiously followed them deep inside.

Eventually, he saw those terrifying Netherworld beings entering an ancient mansion.

It was a mansion shrouded in darkness, amidst swirling black mist were densely interwoven runes.

The place was completely sealed.

The surrounding space-time was distorted.

Outsiders couldn’t enter at all.

"What is this place?" Lin Feng wondered, completely baffled.

He wanted to sneak in, but was discovered by the Netherworld beings.

Hundreds of Netherworld beings came chasing after Lin Feng.

"Damn... If you don’t let me watch, then I’ll walk away, why chase after me?"

Lin Feng grumbled, quickly running towards the distance.

The Netherworld beings relentlessly pursued him; it was tough for Lin Feng to shake off those terrifying beings.

"Quick, come here..." a courtyard gate opened and Lin Feng saw Poison Ancestor.

He quickly rushed in, and Poison Ancestor promptly closed the courtyard gate.

A lot of people gathered inside the courtyard. Lin Feng saw the old monks and Taoists; it seemed that they, using deception, didn’t let the Netherworld beings discover them.

Lin Feng clasped his fists in greeting to everyone, then turned to Poison Ancestor and said, "What happened back then? How did you disappear without a trace, only to be replaced by someone impersonating you who ambushed me?"

"It’s the Illusion Demon! There are terrifying Illusion Demons here; they are a type of Netherworld being that can shapeshift into anyone they want. As long as they don’t speak, no one can discover their flaw," Poison Ancestor said.

Poison Ancestor then talked about how he got separated from Lin Feng, "I don’t really know what happened; it was like a formless force grabbed me and I got swallowed by endless darkness. I fought hard, going through all sorts of hardships before breaking free."

"Is it so strange? What exactly was swallowing you? Did you sense anything?"

Lin Feng frowned and asked.

The longer he stayed in Star Sky Ancient City, the more he could feel its mysteriousness.

Poison Ancestor said, "It’s this ancient city."

The ancient city could swallow the corpses of cultivators; Lin Feng had seen it many times.

But he hadn’t thought that the city could swallow living cultivators; it was truly bizarre.

Lin Feng said gravely, "This ancient city is filled with eerie places; I just saw many Netherworld beings enter a mansion shrouded in darkness."

Poison Ancestor said, "I know that mansion; we went to see it before."

"Amitabha Buddha, fortunate, fortunate."

At this point, an old monk with ten Buddha Lights behind his head put his palms together and said, "This ancient city is indeed significant, and deep within that courtyard, I fear there’s something terrifying imprisoned, and the ancient city opens, leading us in, then closes again. Those who entered the city, it seems, are sacrificial offerings."

Upon hearing the old monk’s words, Lin Feng’s expression became unprecedentedly grave. He said, "Holy Monk, do you mean that we are offerings, sacrificed to the mysterious being in that courtyard?"