After being exiled for eighteen years, the prince returned to the capital as a veritable immortal.

A deathly fog filled the sky, reaching a height of hundreds of feet.

Like an avalanche, it surged towards the imperial city.

The distance of ten miles will be reached in no time.

On the palace walls.

Everyone was shocked.

Both sides in the battle looked up at the sky and ceased their attacks.

The faces of the Mahayana Buddhist followers and the rebellious city guards also changed drastically.

Cultivators above the Golden Core Realm can release a protective shield of qi.

Soldiers with lower cultivation levels were completely powerless to resist and shouted at the Netherworld Clan camp:

"Ancestor of the Underworld Clan, quickly withdraw the Death Mist!"

"Hehehe..." The Netherworld Ancestor laughed sinisterly, but showed no intention of making a move.

The civil officials on the palace walls were in complete panic.

Helpless gazes were cast toward the Martial Emperor.

"Father, the barrier protecting against the death fog has been destroyed!" the sixth prince said.

The second prince nodded as well.

All the masters present clearly felt that the barrier was under attack.

"You are all animals!"

The fourth prince rushed to the palace wall, pointed down at the wall and angrily shouted, "If you want to seize the throne, then so be it! Why kill the entire city?"

The dead fog entered the city.

The people in the city were defenseless and would all die, leaving not a single one alive.

In the palace, all the concubines, maids, and eunuchs would be killed.

The person who destroyed the barrier can be described as utterly depraved.

All eyes turned to Zhu Anshi and the Netherworld Ancestor.

The two looked at each other and shook their heads together.

A look of doubt also crossed his eyes.

"Not you?"

The fourth prince pressed on, still unconvinced, "Who broke the barrier? Who was it?"

The Emperor's expression was grave.

The sixth prince and the second prince also felt a sinking feeling in their hearts.

Are they going to fight the rebels to the death?

Is there someone else lurking in the shadows?

"Prince Yi, it must be Prince Yi..."

One of the ministers suddenly exclaimed.

As if realizing something was amiss, he immediately covered his mouth and swallowed the rest of his sentence.

The rebels below the wall were alerted, and some of them cried out in alarm:

"It is the grandson of the Emperor!"

"He wants to wipe out both sides in one fell swoop!"

……

On the palace wall, someone immediately "figured out" the cause and effect, and said:

"No wonder he didn't eliminate the death fog, he just blocked it!"

"So they were saving it for this moment to wipe everyone out!"

……

"Jie Jie Jie..."

The patriarch of the Underworld let out a strange laugh and shouted towards the palace wall:

"Zhou Che, abdicate and surrender!"

Grandmasters, celestial beings and immortals, are naturally not afraid.

The Netherworld Ancestor seized every opportunity to force the Martial Emperor to abdicate.

"run!"

"Run!"

"Escape is the priority!"

On the wall, below the wall, everything was in complete chaos.

The people in the city also rushed out of their houses, looking at the rolling death fog in the distance, and screamed in terror.

However, the death fog came from all directions.

There is no way to escape.

To make matters worse...

The evil spirits and undead that had previously fought are now attacking ordinary people from all directions.

"Ah, ah, no! I don't want to die!"

"Heavens above! Why won't you leave me a way out!"

……

Prince's Mansion.

Zhou Yi smiled faintly:

"Big fish, in the net!"

He stood up from the pavilion, spread his arms, and suddenly raised them upwards:

"Get into formation!"

Thirty li outside the imperial city.

Another transparent barrier appeared in response.

A hemispherical barrier completely sealed off the imperial city and the sky above it.

The death fog surging towards the imperial city was also enveloped within it.

"Your Highness, the Dead Fog is about to enter the city!"

Si Xuan looked anxious. "Moreover, the undead and evil spirits of the Underworld Clan and the Mahayana Sect are attacking ordinary people."

"Hmm." Zhou Yi responded calmly, looking up at the sky dome.

A cloud of black mist also floated millions of feet in the air.

That was a few days ago.

Zhou Yi raised the sky and placed the ball of Yin energy there.

Before leaving the Snow Mountain Sect, he gave instructions to Abbess Bingxue.

They pulverized a large amount of millennia-old ice into powder and sent it into that dark cloud.

Now, it's just the right time to use it.

Zhou Yi raised his hands above his head and pulled them outwards from the middle.

Suddenly.

The barrier that had sealed off the dark clouds was instantly broken.

Extremely cold black clouds roared down towards the earth.

Do it all.

"Let's go."

Zhou Yi led the way out of the mansion, "Let's go see who's causing trouble."

"They actually destroyed the barrier and slaughtered the entire city."

Si Xuan followed, carrying the Dragon Sparrow Sword, and said angrily, "Damn it, they're bastards!"

Putting away the "Scripture of the Underworld," Hu Die cleverly followed.

……

a moment ago.

In front of the palace and on the palace walls.

Cries for help, shouts of escape, and wails... all mingled together.

Amidst the chaos and disorder, space rippled.

All the cultivators above the Golden Core realm present looked up and around.

"Ancestor, this is bad! We're surrounded by a formation!"

"Leader, we are trapped in the formation!"

"Have we fallen into Emperor Wu's trap again?"

……

The two rebel groups were thrown into a commotion, all looking toward the palace walls.

The imperial court was equally alarmed.

The sixth prince's face was grave as he said:

"Father, the entire imperial city is trapped within the formation!"

"Father, who exactly is it that wants to trap us with the rebels?" the second prince couldn't help but ask.

The Martial Emperor shook his head.

He couldn't believe who had sabotaged the fight when the two sides were locked in a fierce battle.

"It's over, it's over."

The fourth prince wailed, "We're trapped in a cage with the rebels."

"It's the Imperial Grandson, it's the Imperial Grandson!"

"The new trapping formation is exactly the same as the one that blocked the death fog before!"

"Yes, it must be him!"

……

Among the rebels, someone was the first to shout.

On the imperial court's side.

The Martial Emperor, the Sixth Prince, and others wore bitter smiles.

The other party is right.

They have already sensed it.

The new trap was indeed set up by Zhou Yi.

after all.

They were all too familiar with the power of the Nine Revolutions of the Divine Dragon.

"Alas, you can know a person's face but not their heart!"

The Second Prince sighed, "Zhou Yi's ambitions are truly enormous."

"Second Brother means that the Imperial Grandson Si is pretending not to be vying for the position of Crown Prince, but is plotting to wipe us all out?"

The Fifth Prince asked with an incredulous look on his face.

The Sixth Prince gave a wry smile. "Is there any other explanation besides this?"

Everyone was silent.

While everyone else was fighting the rebels, Zhou Yi was alone outside.

When the two sides were locked in a life-or-death struggle, he destroyed the barrier from the outside and released the death fog into the city.

Then, they used a trapping formation to trap everyone inside the city, causing their deaths.

All of this.

The logic is sound and reasonable.

"Your Majesty, please think of a solution."

The ministers were in a panic, "Our escape route is blocked. Is Heaven truly forsaking our Great Qian Dynasty?"

The people in the city were thrown into chaos.

I heard that the entire imperial city was surrounded by a formation, and some people sat on the ground wailing and crying out to heaven and earth.

Some people retreated into their homes, locking their doors tightly, hoping to survive this ordeal.

……

The death fog rolled in, about to cross the city walls.

The shrill screams of evil spirits and undead have burst out of the palace square and are rushing into people's homes.

Just when everyone was feeling insecure and panicked.

"Boom!"

Above their heads, another spatial fluctuation occurred.

The black fog high in the sky suddenly expanded rapidly and rushed towards the earth.

"That...that's not the black mist that Prince Yi raised?"

"As expected, it was all Zhou Yi's doing!"

"Sir Si, you're a liar!"

……

If other things are just speculation...

That black mist was sealed in the sky by Zhou Yi himself using an array, that much is certain.

If it wasn't him, who else could open the formation and summon the black mist?

Moreover, the arrival of black mist at this crucial moment is certainly not a good omen.

Moreover, the newly formed trap formation is extremely powerful.

The four celestial beings, namely Grand Marshal Wei, General Huo, Zhu Anshi, and the Ancestor of the Underworld, attempted to break through, but all failed.

Exactly.

The dark, heavy clouds easily passed through the barrier and drifted down.

If it weren't for Zhou Yi, even a fool wouldn't believe it.

Before the dark clouds even reached overhead, the extreme cold was already chilling, raising goosebumps all over.

snow.

Snowflakes as big as goose feathers.

In the sweltering summer, it flutters and falls.

cold.

Extreme cold.

It chills you to the bone and to the very marrow.

This brings to mind the ancient ice that Emperor Si had given away for free before.

The falling snowflakes seemed to awaken the millennia-old ice that had been ingested within the body.

Everyone felt a chill emanating from their bodies.

In just a short while, the cold had made people shiver and their teeth chatter.

Eyebrows and beard quickly frosted over.

Cultivators above the Golden Core realm all circulated their magical power to resist the bone-chilling cold.

Cultivators below the Foundation Establishment Realm and ordinary people alike clutched their collars, huddled up, and crouched in corners to avoid the cold.

The ministers on the palace wall huddled together in a corner after only a few steps.

Frost quickly formed on his body.

The frost flowers made a "crackling" sound, and in an instant, they froze into a thin layer of ice.

The thin ice rapidly thickened.

Before long, they froze into thick ice sculptures.

The vast imperial city.

In the blink of an eye, everyone below the Golden Core realm was transformed into ice sculptures.

Covered with snow.

It was icy cold.

In June, the imperial city was transformed into a world of ice and snow.