For a time, it was no exaggeration to say the entire Spirit World was in a state where the cry of the wind and the call of cranes made everyone jump at shadows.
It was not only Yutong; even the other lesser realms had grown so nervous that every blade of grass and tree seemed like an enemy soldier.
It sounded absurd, but naturally, there was a reason for it.
In ancient times, the Outer-Domain Heavenly Demons had left far too many painful legends upon the Three Realms.
In order to defeat those Heavenly Demon Monsters, never mind ordinary Cultivators—even existences at the Tribulation Transcendence level had fallen by the tens of thousands.
Though time had shifted and matters had changed, many records concerning them could still be found within the ancient texts.
Now that these Heavenly Demons had appeared once more in the Spirit World, how could the cultivators not be afraid?
Sects and clans great and small all behaved as if facing a formidable foe, while Rogue Cultivators also reduced their outings as much as possible. The once-prosperous cultivation world had, because of the upheaval in the Hundred Thousand Mountains, inexplicably become desolate.
At the same time.
In a certain immortal mountain cultivation cave within the Yutong Realm, two people were engaged in some mysterious conversation.
"What? Even Fairy's full-force strike failed to leave that Cloud Demoness behind?" A cool, clear voice entered the ear, faintly carrying a trace of astonishment.
"Alas, this was also due to my negligence. Although Fairy in the Clouds has yet to recover her strength, she still cannot be lightly humiliated. On top of that, she recovered her own bonded treasure, and at the crucial moment the Heavenly Demon Sword protected its master on its own, actually allowing her to escape from