Xu Chunniang had not expected that her breakthrough would cause such a huge commotion.
Under the wash of that terrifying demonic qi, her cultivation drew ever closer to the Demon King Realm. In the end, only a barrier as thin as a cicada's wing lay between the Heavenly Demon Realm and the Demon King Realm.
Vast amounts of demonic qi continued pouring in from all directions, absorbed into Xu Chunniang's body and transformed into Chaos True Qi, which merged into the Dao Fruit Demon Seed.
Unknowingly, the Dao Fruit Demon Seed was also quietly changing. Like a heart, it began to beat rhythmically. "Thump, thump..."
Each beat of the Dao Fruit Demon Seed struck against that barrier.
Yet the force of those impacts was still weak, unable to shake the barrier in the slightest.
"Thump-thump, thump-thump..."
As time passed, the Dao Fruit Demon Seed beat faster and faster, and its impacts grew increasingly powerful.
Under the unceasing and violent impacts, the barrier finally began to tremble, its vibrations growing ever stronger.
At last, with one impact from the Dao Fruit Demon Seed, a crack appeared in the barrier as thin as a cicada's wing with a crack.
At the same moment, Xu Chunniang's aura rose once more, and her cultivation broke through from the Heavenly Demon Realm into the Demon King Realm in one stroke.
The instant her cultivation entered the Demon King Realm, the sky abruptly split open. A bolt of black lightning cleaved toward Xu Chunniang with the speed of thunder.
When the black lightning struck her body, it inflicted no substantial injury upon her flesh. Instead, it struck directly at her soul.
But the instant that black lightning touched her soul, it was utterly destroyed by the soul talisman within it.
The eight remaining bolts of black