Starting as a Grandmaster, all of my cultivation techniques are at max level.

The void twisted and Xia Jin's figure returned to the third heaven of the temple through the void gate.

Xia Jin took a deep breath, letting the rich spiritual energy of the Third Heaven flow into her lungs, and then turned and walked towards her residence.

There is still one day before that alien army arrives.

He needs to get himself into the best possible condition.

......

It was only a day after he returned to the Third Heaven.

suddenly.

Xia Jin, who was cultivating, opened her eyes.

His gaze pierced through the courtyard wall, looking straight into the distance.

The sky was turning crimson at a visible speed.

The red color carried a strong, unsettling aura; even from a great distance, Xia Jin could clearly feel the oppressive force emanating from it.

The smell of blood.

If you had to describe it in one word, it would be the stench of blood so thick it was almost tangible, as if behind that red sky lay a mountain of corpses and a sea of ​​blood.

"Hmm? They've finally arrived?" Xia Jin's brows furrowed slightly. He stood up, and the killing intent emanating from his body began to boil like water.

Anyone who dares to come to this world and disturb his life must die!

at this time,

"Come over here, everyone."

A voice resounded throughout the Three Heavens; it was the voice of the Marquis of Chu.

Without the slightest hesitation, Xia Jin took a step forward, transforming into a streak of light and instantly disappearing from the spot.

......

When Xia Jin arrived at Chu Hou's side, Yang Qingxuan and the others arrived almost at the same time.

The Marquis of Chu stood at the very front, his hands behind his back, his gaze as sharp as a hawk's, fixed on the increasingly reddening sky in the distance.

"Junior brothers, are you ready?"

The Marquis of Chu touched his bald head, a cruel smile appearing on his face.

"Our enemy, that alien army from outer space, has arrived!!"

Just as he finished speaking, two powerful auras suddenly appeared in front of everyone.

The visitors were none other than the Second and Fifth Temple Masters of the temple.

The appearance of the two temple masters drew everyone's attention back to them from the horizon.

The Second Palace Master remained silent, only raising his head and letting his gaze pass over the crowd, landing on the blood-red sky in the distance. His expression was calm as still water, but deep within his eyes, there was a hint of solemnity.

The Fifth Palace Master frowned slightly.

"They arrived quickly."

"It's half a day earlier than we initially expected. However, our backup plan is already in place. If they still follow the rules as before, then so be it! Otherwise... this time, we'll make sure they don't leave alive!!" The Second Palace Master spoke calmly, but everyone could feel the killing intent contained in his words.

The Fifth Palace Master did not respond, but instead turned his gaze to Marquis Chu and Xia Jin, who were standing at the front.

He knew very well that the key to winning this battle lay with Xia Jin and the Marquis of Chu.

Xia Jin felt that gaze and nodded to the Fifth Palace Master.

In the distance, the red sky grew increasingly intense.

The crimson clouds surged and rolled, like a boiling sea of ​​blood, and in the depths of that crimson expanse, something seemed to be moving.

Then they saw it.

A ship.

A massive bronze warship, as large as a small mountain, was slowly emerging from the distant red sky.

The bronze warship moved slowly forward, and with each inch it advanced, the intense stench of blood intensified, eliciting a sense of disgust.

The entire warship was like a primordial beast that had emerged from ancient mythology, descending upon this world with an aura of destruction.

Blood-red sky, bronze behemoth.

The legendary cataclysmic disaster has finally arrived.

......

It was at this very moment.

Seven continents including the Eastern Xuan Continent and the Tianqi Continent.

Countless busy people stopped what they were doing and looked up blankly.

They had never seen such a bizarre sight before. One moment the sun was shining brightly and the sky was cloudless. In the blink of an eye, the blue sky had turned completely blood red, sending a chill down their spines.

Under an old locust tree at the village entrance, a little girl with pigtails clutched her father's clothes tightly, her face upturned, her childish voice tinged with timidity:

"Father...why has the sky turned red? Is it...is it going to rain?"

She didn't understand what celestial phenomena were, nor did she understand what a great calamity was. All she knew was that the originally clear blue sky above her head had suddenly become terrifying, like the blood that flowed out when Aunt Wang next door slaughtered a chicken.

The man squatted down, his rough hands gently covering the top of his daughter's head, gathering the soft, stray hairs.

"It's alright, don't be afraid, little one. It must be an auspicious sign. Only when an auspicious sign appears will such a strange phenomenon occur!"

He took a deep breath and forced a wry smile as he explained. But he knew that such a disturbing phenomenon could absolutely not be a so-called auspicious omen.

The little girl buried her face in her father's warm neck and murmured a soft "hmm," but her little hands gripped the hem of her father's clothes even tighter.

The Imperial Palace of the Great Xia Dynasty.

Outside the Jinwang Palace, two beautiful figures stood side by side.

"Is this... the cataclysmic calamity my husband spoke of?" Leng Yuexi looked up at the sky, feeling utterly powerless. Even though she was only one step away from reaching the Divine Realm, she was completely helpless in the face of such terror.

Standing next to her, Su Xuanji also took a deep breath, her heart beating much faster than usual.

"My husband will definitely come back safely!"

Su Xuanji reached out and grasped Leng Yuexi's somewhat cold fingers, then nodded.

"That's right, he promised us!"

......

Above the third heaven.

The bronze warship finally stopped moving forward.

Just as it was about to stop, a very subtle light quietly flew out from the bronze warship.

The light was extremely faint, so faint that probably only the two temple masters noticed its existence.

"Hmph! You want to pull some dirty tricks behind my back? I won't let you have your way!" The Second Palace Master's eyes turned cold, and he pointed his finger downwards, causing a wisp of green smoke to merge directly into the ground.

At this moment, everyone's attention was focused on the bronze warship.

A sudden ripple appeared in the space on the deck of the warship.

Eight figures appeared out of thin air at the bow of the ship.

The leader was a young man with an extremely strange appearance.

Yet this seemingly nonchalant young man stood in the very center, at the very front.

The two elderly foreign elders, one a hunched old man holding a bone staff on the left and the other a sinister-looking old woman clad in black armor on the right, stood respectfully on either side of the young man, half a step behind him.

The other five prodigies stood in a row behind the young man, their gazes coldly sweeping down at the temple below.

No one spoke.

That silence was more oppressive than any words.

Finally, the alien elder holding the bone staff slowly raised his head, his cloudy eyes shifted, and his gaze fell on the Second and Fifth Temple Masters of the Temple.

His lips slowly parted to reveal a set of uneven, yellow teeth.

"Hehehe..."

"Zhan Tiangang, Xiao Juechen. So many years have passed, and we meet again... I hope that this time, the people of your temple have made some progress. Otherwise, this world beneath your feet will be utterly destroyed!"

"Wuhuan! I didn't expect it to be your Shi clan this time! However, I'm afraid things won't go as you wish this time." The Second Palace Master glanced at the alien elder above and sneered.

The air was thick with the smell of gunpowder, ready to explode at any moment.

Under a blood-red sky, the bronze behemoth and the three heavens of the temple stood facing each other from afar.

The prelude to the world-ending catastrophe has been fully unveiled.