"Eh?"
Empress Feng turned around and saw a young man in a black robe standing behind her, carrying several exquisitely wrapped food boxes in his right hand. Waves of fragrance drifted from them.
He had pushed back his black hood, revealing a handsome face with clear, bright eyes. Who else could it have been but her beloved disciple?
"Chu Liang, how did you get out?" Empress Feng asked in surprise.
"Northern Heaven Prison never restricted my personal freedom to begin with." Chu Liang smiled. "I just have to be careful not to let anyone spot me when I leave, then return every night to check in."
Ever since Venerable Wanfa had proposed it last time, the Nine Heavens and Ten Lands had spent quite a while deliberating before finally voting to approve this operation.
The reason it had dragged on for so long was that several higher-ups of the immortal sects still harbored doubts about the matter.
Once the Demon God's origin was destroyed, a new Sacred One would very likely be born before long. No living human had ever experienced an era with a Sacred One, but according to history, the emergence of a Sacred One was often accompanied by the unification and rise of a race. The current balance of the mortal world would inevitably be shattered.
The forces supporting the destruction of the Demon God's origin believed that as long as the Demon God existed, it remained an enormous threat. No matter which Sacred One was born, it could not possibly be worse than the Demon God.
Although humans made up only a small proportion of the current Threshold Walkers... perhaps some immortal sect had a hidden Threshold Walker. Who could say?
Judging by the final vote, it was highly likely.
On the second day after the