On the blood-red cloud, Patriarch Jiang Yun and the others could only see a beam of red light shoot into the sky and then disperse; it was followed by the giant python, who had been Wu Qi, crashing down while Princess Zhang Le, Ao Buzun, and Little Que'er all came plunging down to the ground at the same time. Before long, they saw the blood lake begin to boil, and soon, an altar made of bones emerged from under the surface. On top of the altar sat Patriarch Yuan Hua, and behind him fluttered a ragged flag; the pungent smell of blood that came out of it made them nearly faint.
Patriarch Yuan Hua was sitting on the altar with a blank expression, his eyes gray and dull. Clearly, his consciousness had gone into the Void of the Fiend's Thought. Therefore, he did not show any reaction to the outside world.