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Accompanied by the crash of thunder, the entirety of Yang Hu County was startled awake; cultivators within Southern Hills City emerged one after another from their homes, gazing towards the horizon in every direction.
Three hundred li away from Southern Hills City, under the vault of heaven, roiling dark clouds swept out like a tidal wave. Figures of cultivators stood upon the clouds, with dozens of large banners billowing in the wind, each one embroidered with the bold characters "Heaven's Larceny."
Colossal demonic beasts loomed among the Heaven's Larceny Saint Sect's cultivators, baring their fangs and claws, occasionally letting out roars and whinnies.