The leading Redcrest Mountain Sect Daoist was startled and said, "General, you may not know—our Redcrest disciples split into two groups to summon gods at Deer County. We got lucky and succeeded, calling down a demon god, but the other group was wiped out; their demon idol and Sigil‑Cubes were stolen, and even their clothes were stripped off!"
Commander Lin Ding's expression changed drastically. He blurted out, "If it's not your Redcrest disciples performing the summoning, then who else could it be?"
The Daoist's eyes flashed with cold light, listening to the faint chanting coming from the City Lord's Manor. He said icily, "I want to know who they are too... Not good, the summoner has already established contact with the demon god of the Nethervault! We have to hurry!"
Lin Ding's eye twitched. He rushed toward the City Lord's Manor, shouting, "Young Lord, quickly give the order—execute those heretic Daoists inside!"
Inside the City Lord's Manor, Quinn Shepherd sensed his consciousness passing through the demon idol, plunging into another world. His mind traveled through darkness, then suddenly halted.
Before him stretched endless darkness. Suddenly, a gigantic eye opened, filled with crimson flames. Before this eye, he was as insignificant as a speck of dust.
Buzz.
To Quinn's left, another gigantic eye opened. Then, above these two, a third eye appeared. The three pupils contracted and slowly shifted, fixing their gaze on him.
"Such a lowly existence... You are awakening me, the Nethervault Demon King who rules the boundless realm of the Nethervault."
The three eyes slowly ascended, drifting farther from Quinn's consciousness, yet they remained impossibly vast. Only then did Quinn notice a glow beside him—a lamp shining in the darkness.
He saw himself standing atop the altar, its white light shining in the darkness, making him seem utterly small and insignificant.
The altar—and he upon it—seemed to have entered another world.
"You are awakening my power!"
A voice echoed between the three eyes, lofty and distant, battering his consciousness: "You are summoning me to your world—to kill, to fight!"
Quinn humbly pleaded, "Great Nethervault Demon King, I beg you to descend. I offer you countless mighty lives—the divine ability cultivators of Heaven‑Wave City."
The three eyes suddenly blazed, and a world-shaking voice boomed: "As you wish!"
The altar beneath Quinn's feet suddenly flared, its light expanding outward. In an instant, the whole of Heaven‑Wave City appeared within the darkness.
Quinn looked around, his heart pounding. The entire cityscape of Heaven‑Wave City was laid out before his eyes. Every person, every movement, every garment was vividly clear, down to the smallest detail.
Then, one by one, the figures within the city began to vanish—until only the divine ability cultivators remained.
Those who vanished were the warriors below the Six Directions Realm and ordinary people—not truly gone, but being filtered out as the Nethervault Demon King chose his sacrifices!