A Drastic Shift in the Situation!

Feeling the rapidly swelling power within him, Ning Luo lowered his head and gently kissed Xun'er's slightly upturned red lips. That vast, boundless energy surged into her body like a raging tide.

Whoosh!

As the crystal egg took shape, Ning Luo and Xun'er's auras vanished completely. This space finally became utterly lifeless. Central Plains.

A full year had passed since the descent of the Demonic Flame. Yet even after a year, that grand spectacle was still talked about endlessly by many.

A year was neither long nor short, but many things had still happened in the Central Plains.

Not long after the Demonic Flame descended, Soul Hall finally began retaliating against the Heavenly Mansion Alliance for destroying Human Hall. One-third of the cities under the Alliance's control came under attack.

In the face of Soul Hall's massive offensive, the Heavenly Mansion Alliance showed no weakness. They likewise mobilized their forces and began to counterattack. In just one year, the two superpowers had fought until they were locked in a fierce, irreconcilable struggle.

As for this clash, the Soul Clan seemed not to have offered Soul Hall much help. Though they secretly dispatched some experts, they did not give Soul Hall an overwhelming advantage. Yao Lao and the others could only attribute this to the restrictions imposed on the Soul Clan by their agreement.

Of course, while waging an intense war against Soul Hall, Yao Lao and the others had not forgotten to keep constant watch over the place where the Demonic Flame had descended. Yet every investigation only deepened their disappointment. After a year, that space still showed no sign of activity. If not for the Dragon Seal in Zi Yan's hand still existing, even they might have believed that Ning Luo and Xun'er had met with disaster within. They