Just at that moment, the ground beneath Yinxu shook violently, followed by an earth-shattering tremor, and the ground directly crumbled.

Streams of black karma fire spewed out from the cracks, rocks and debris fell one after another, and the surrounding palaces collapsed piece by piece.

Before long, an even larger underground sinkhole emerged, with only a section of a huge stone pillar standing in the center above the ground. Baili Yan's severed corpse also fell into the underground along with the collapsing earth.

Amidst the soaring flames, Han Li and the others shot out rapidly, flying towards the edge of the underground space without any hesitation.

On the other side, Yinxu and Guimu exchanged a glance, one with a pale expression, the other with a look of despair. Their figures faltered, and they rapidly retreated backwards.

Immediately afterward, a violent roar came from underground, like muffled thunder, rumbling incessantly.

Accompanying it was a heart-palpitating, primal aura, like a prehistoric beast, or an ancient deity, with a clear sense of cold indifference and killing intent, and also carrying strong emotions of hatred and anger.

"Boom!"

The black giant hand that had previously broken through the roof grabbed upwards again, piercing into the ceiling of the underground space as easily as cutting tofu. It seemed to exert force upwards, pulling with all its might. The black flames in the giant sinkhole immediately surged violently, and a huge, blurred silhouette began to slowly rise from within.

As the flames gradually subsided, the blurred silhouette finally became clearer.

It was a huge head nearly two thousand zhang in size, jet black all over, as if sculpted from fine iron and black rock, covered with sharp edges and protruding canine teeth. It vaguely resembled the facial features of a human, shrouded in a layer of black flame.

In its eyes, there were two clusters of strange black flames, flickering slightly like Jiuyou Netherfire. On top of its head, there were also two huge curved horns, resembling bull horns, spanning hundreds of zhang when spread out, with the curved-up parts resembling two solitary mountain peaks.

When its nostrils exhaled, two black flames spurted out, emitting waves of terrifying Yin Sha aura that Han Li and the others had never felt before, causing everyone to feel a sense of insignificance to varying degrees.

"What exactly have we released..." At the edge of the underground space, Shi Chuankong turned back and looked at the ferocious and terrifying giant head, muttering to himself.

"Kunhou... we finally released it, but I'm afraid Fellow Daoist Baili is in grave danger." Han Li's eyes quickly scanned around, his expression changed at first, then he released his divine sense to investigate, and a hint of regret flashed in his eyes.

"Look... this guy seems, seems not to have completely broken free from his restraints. It seems that only his head and one arm can move freely," Hu San suddenly said.

Han Li and Shi Chuankong followed the sound and saw that beneath the neck connected to the huge head, there were still thick chains intertwined, connecting to the depths of the sinkhole, making it impossible to see completely.

"This is already enough for the Jiuyou Clan to be busy for a while. Fortunately, he wasn't completely released, otherwise we might not have been able to escape," Han Li said, glancing at Yinxu and Guimu in the distance, whose faces were extremely ugly.

"Fellow Daoist Chi Rong doesn't seem to have come out?" Hu San suddenly noticed that one person was missing and said.

"No need to look for him. When the ground collapsed earlier, he seemed to have found something in the underground sea of fire. Instead of retreating, he flew straight down and quickly disappeared," Shi Chuankong shook his head and said.

"Don't worry about him. You guys look for an exit. I'll go save Ti Hun," Han Li said, collecting his thoughts.

"Roar..."

Just then, Kunhou in the underground sinkhole suddenly raised his head to the sky and let out a furious roar. Rolling black karma fire spurted out from his mouth, like a giant pillar of flame, directly blasting onto the ceiling above.

The ceiling rock, which was hundreds of zhang thick, melted away in an instant, revealing a huge hole. A faint ray of light leaked down from above.

...

Lake Fall District Venue.

The towering stone platform shone with white light, spewing out streams of white brilliance, making it look even more majestic and grand.

Behind the round table on the high platform, the domain lords of various domains of the Gray World were sitting in a circle, with different expressions. Some had smiles on their faces, some had gloomy looks, and some were expressionless.

At this time, the atmosphere of the entire venue was a bit tense. Although there were not many people speaking, it was faintly filled with a tense atmosphere.

The Three Domains Alliance was mainly composed of the Jiuyou, Samsara, and Black Rope Domains. The seats of Yin Chengquan, Huangfu Yu, and Xiao Buye were naturally arranged at the three corners of the white round table, presenting a three-legged stand.

The entire agenda lasted for a total of twenty days. The first seven days were the preliminary stage, led by the three domains to elaborate on the purpose of the alliance and some existing positions. During this period, small-scale discussions could also be conducted.

The next three days were the real decision-making stage, through voting by the hundred or so domains participating in the meeting.

The last ten days were for jointly discussing the possible problems based on the previous decisions, considering the next steps, and allocating and implementing them.

The purpose of this alliance was ostensibly to discuss the attitude towards the True Immortal World. It seemed simple, requiring only a statement of attitude. However, many of the domains already depended on the three major domains. In addition, the domains were deeply entangled with each other, with conflicts over territory, trade issues, and some personal grudges mixed in, making it extremely complex.

Although it was just an attitude, it involved too many things.

Over the past few days, there had been open and covert struggles between the domains. The Jiuyou Domain, the Samsara Domain, and the Black Rope Domain had tried their best to win over other small and medium-sized domains, and had opened many small branch meetings, making the situation even more chaotic.

Now the preliminary stage had ended, and today was the first day of the decision-making.

Although the decision-making had not yet begun, the situation was already basically clear.

Before the alliance, the Samsara Domain spared no expense in sending a large number of people to win over the domain lords of the major neutral domains, investing a great deal of resources and benefits. Although the Jiuyou Domain already had the most dependents, it was not very enthusiastic about winning over other neutral domains. As for the Black Rope Domain, it had always adopted a laissez-faire attitude, so naturally there was not much action.

In addition, because most of the domains in the Gray World held a hostile attitude towards the True Immortal World, they coveted its abundant cultivation resources and some things that the Gray World could not reach.

Thus, under the guidance of the Samsara Domain, most of the neutral domain lords, and even the domain lords attached to the Black Rope Domain, were won over by it.

Although there were still a few domain lords who had not expressed their opinions, the current situation was already very obvious.

At this time, less than half an hour before the start of the conference, Yin Chengquan sat silently, with a calm expression, seemingly not anxious at all.

"Domain Lord Yin, the situation is very unfavorable to us. More and more people have been won over by the Samsara Domain," an old man with white hair next to Yin Chengquan leaned slightly towards him, and said in a low voice with some anxiety.

This person was named Tian Ku, the domain lord of the Gu Chi Domain, who had always been on good terms with the Jiuyou Domain, and was the most active supporter of the Jiuyou Domain.

"Now is only the preliminary stage of the conference, Domain Lord Tian Ku doesn't need to worry," Yin Chengquan said with a faint smile, as if everything was under control.

Domain Lord Tian Ku muttered inwardly when he saw Yin Chengquan like this, but said nothing more.

Yin Chengquan sat up straight, leaned back in his chair, and picked up the teacup in front of him.

"Give the order to proceed according to the original plan," he sent out a silent sound transmission as he touched the teacup to drink tea.

At this moment, two people were standing behind Yin Chengquan, one was a young man with handsome features, thick eyebrows and big eyes, with a bit of heroism between his brows. He had a curved gray horn growing on his forehead, which was quite unique.

The other was a gray-robed man. This man had ordinary features, but his eyebrows were as black and thick as swords, his face was as cold as ice, and he exuded a cold and evil aura.

Both of them had vast auras, and were both Great Luo Realm existences.

The lowered eyelids of the young man moved slightly, and a subtle gray light flashed in the sleeve behind him.

Among the crowd below the high platform in the venue, a thin, tall figure in a black robe narrowed his eyes, immediately turned around and walked towards the distance, quickly disappearing into the crowd.

Yin Chengquan glanced at the bottom of the stage, and put down the teacup in his hand.

"Domain Lord Yin can still be so calm in the current situation. Xiao is really impressed," a voice came, and it was Xiao Buye from the Black Rope Domain who looked over and said with a smile.

"Same to you, Vice Domain Lord Xiao doesn't seem to care either?" Yin Chengquan said lightly.

"Hehe, Domain Lord Yin is wrong. Our Black Rope Domain only hopes that the domains can unite and no longer engage in large-scale internal strife. Xiao came here this time only to ensure that the alliance can end peacefully," Xiao Buye emphasized the word 'peace' when he said it, as if warning something.

"So it is, Vice Domain Lord Xiao has the Gray World's creatures in mind, which is really a blessing for the creatures. Yin admires it very much," Yin Chengquan smiled noncommittally, and said.

Huangfu Yu, listening to the conversation between Yin Chengquan and Xiao Buye, glanced at the two, then withdrew his gaze, a playful smile flashing across the corner of his mouth.

At the same time.

Inside the tall city walls on the edge of the Lake Fall District, in a hollow inter-wall space, a low chanting sound suddenly rang out simultaneously.

In the dark inter-wall space, a gray stone pillar more than ten zhang high stood every distance. The stone pillars were covered with complex patterns, which spread out to the stone pillars and into the surrounding city walls.

At the top of each gray stone pillar, a Jiuyou clansman sat cross-legged, chanting words at this moment, and quickly pinching their hands, plunging into the gray stone pillar.

The patterns on the gray stone pillar lit up one after another, flashing with gray light, which was also mixed with a trace of silver light, which looked quite conspicuous in the dark passage.

These gray lights became brighter and brighter, and quickly connected with each other.

The city wall here was obviously built with special materials. The light inside flickered, but it did not transmit to the outside at all.

Gradually, the restriction around the Lake Fall District fluctuated slightly, and slowly changed a little, with a little silver light appearing inside.