An Inexplicably Familiar Aura!

A red hairpin.

It looked ancient and unadorned, like the sort of hairpin women had worn in ancient times.

Yet none of the stone sculptures believed it was an ordinary hairpin.

"This can break the Realm Barrier. After shattering it... bring back the Devil Ancestor."

After a long silence,

the slender monkey-like monster among the stone sculptures stepped forward.

"Creak, creak~~~" As it rose, the grating sound of bones grinding against one another made teeth ache.

Clearly, it had not moved in a very long time.

"Devil Master, this subordinate is willing to go."

As it spoke, it took the crimson hairpin.

After the Grotesque Stone Ape accepted the hairpin, it looked into the distance, bent its knees slightly, and suddenly sprang upward!

Its entire body vanished from the spot in an instant, moving with extreme speed.

In the blink of an eye, it had crossed from the center of the abyss to beyond the realm.

After leaving the Devil Palace, the stone ape's body did not swell to an enormous size like Ghost-Faced Evil God Mother's. It was built like an ordinary man.

"So this is the Realm Barrier?"

Once it emerged from the black mist, the stone ape's figure gradually became visible.

It had a bizarre monkey face, with terrifying teeth protruding from its mouth. Its limbs were long and thin, and its hands nearly hung to the ground.

The stone ape held the hairpin and pressed close against the Realm Barrier.

"Heh heh heh, it truly is the Power of the Great Dao! Such vast Power of the Great Dao... a Realm Barrier condensed from it—Devil Ancestor... just how powerful must you be!!!"

The stone ape was so excited that all four limbs trembled, like a lunatic in the throes of madness.

"Can I, who was born