Above the Great Dao

The tentacle was nearly a zhang thick, and the end of the tentacle suddenly bulged, rolling along the tentacle, rushing rapidly towards Jing Hong who was hanging in the air.

Other tentacles also bulged, madly absorbing the evil qi between heaven and earth, surging towards Jing Hong.

The catastrophe has begun.

Guxing Province, where the Taihua Mountains are located, Youzhou City.

Before dawn, the people of Youzhou had already awakened early, because last night there was constant vibration coming from the direction of the Taihua Mountains, and there were large bolts of lightning appearing, disturbing them. However, the noise has now stopped, and dawn is approaching. Many early risers have already come to the streets, greeting each other and inquiring about last night's commotion.

Fu Xiu was a classmate of Chen Shi, both were Advanced Scholars who went to the capital for the imperial examination. After the Imperial Examination, he was transferred to Youzhou Prefecture as a Prefect, a Ninth Grade minor official, but he was very responsible, managing his duties meticulously for half a year.

He was also a sub-Hall Master of Red Mountain Hall in Youzhou, in charge of managing the Talisman Master Association in Guxing Province, with considerable authority.

Guxing Province is the second-largest province in the West Bull New Continent, with a vast territory, and has the Holy Land stationed there, protecting the local land and people, impervious to the Demon Path. Even the evil spirits often submit to the Taoists, becoming a protective force in the local community. Hence, the development of the Red Mountain Hall's Talisman Master Association was not easy.

Yet the Talisman Master Association became well-organized under his leadership.

For this reason, Fu Xiu was heavily relied upon by Red Mountain Hall, with access to the Little Heavenly Realms to choose various Daoist Skills for cultivation.

His cultivation also advanced rapidly, reaching the peak of the Divinity Transformation Realm in just six months, a master in Youzhou as well.

Fu Xiu also noticed last night's commotion, seemingly coming from the direction of Taihua Mountain, and couldn't help wondering: "There must have been a major event at Taihua Mountain. Ah, yesterday a Daoist from Taihua Mountain came, claiming to have found the Immortal Artifact of Taihua Qing Palace, and intends to hold the Immortal Sword Returning to the Mountain Celebration, inviting Gao Zhifu and others to attend the event in half a month. Could it be that the Thirteen Families sent people to seize the sword, causing this commotion?"

He shook his head, knowing that Taihua Mountain is a Holy Land. Although the Thirteen Families are powerful, they wouldn't go as far as to seize the Immortal Artifact of a Taoist Sacred Land.

After washing up, he went out. Being only twenty-six, he was still single and lived alone for the time being.

Fu Xiu opened the door and headed to the streets, making his way to the government office.

"Tian'er Jiejie, up so early?"

Fu Xiu greeted a woman, and nodded to an elderly man on the street, "Good morning, Uncle Fu. Morning, Sixth Aunt."

The woman, the old man, and Sixth Aunt did not respond to him.

Fu Xiu was slightly taken aback and continued walking, gradually sensing something strange—everyone on the street seemed to be immobilized by an immobilization charm, frozen in place, not moving an inch.

Not just them, even the street dogs, chickens, and ducks were all frozen in place.

Fu Xiu was startled, hurried to use a talisman-dissolving mantra, but to no avail!

He rushed out of this street and arrived at the wider Pingyang Street, where he saw people standing scattered with strange smiles, motionless.

"Pa."

The back of a dog's head suddenly cracked open, revealing a bloody dog head emerging from within.

Fu Xiu was horrified, quickly summoned his Primordial Spirit, floating in the sky, gazing down, observing that the entire Youzhou City was dead silent.

All the people and animals seemed possessed, frozen in place, with strange smiles.

Then, "pop pop" slight cracking sounds were heard from various parts of Youzhou City, and at this moment, the entire city's populace began to molt!

Fu Xiu was fearful, his Primordial Spirit flew to the outskirts, reaching the nearby county towns. The people there were the same as what he saw in Youzhou, also frozen, some had already molted halfway, withdrawing half of their bodies from their own skins!

He flew further to more distant places, villages, towns, countryside, everywhere were people undergoing transformation!

Even within the mountains and forests, those mutant beasts were also molting and transforming!

His Primordial Spirit flew hundreds of miles, looking as far as he could see, all life forms were undergoing molting and transformation, yet he had not found the end of this calamity!

"A thousand miles, a thousand-mile-level... "

Fu Xiu was utterly terrified, retrieved his Primordial Spirit, his face turning extremely pale, "A thousand-mile Heavenly Disaster, this is a catastrophe! Quickly, notify the government office! Yes, notify the Talisman Master Association, escape as quickly as possible!"