In the Mountain and Sea Realm, the clash between the six tribulations continued. Beneath the dusky yellow sky, fissures in the calamity qi spread like a spiderweb.
Shi Ritian, the Martial Ancestor, Ye Fan, and Chu Luoli were still secretly guiding the tribulations to wear one another down.
Everything seemed to be developing just as Sanqing and the Twelve Ancestral Witches had anticipated.
Yet, at the very instant Luohu broke through to the peak of the Hunyuan Grand Unity Golden Immortal Seventh Heaven—
An invisible tremor spread from the depths of Chaos.
It pierced the Primordial Wilderness, the Earth Immortal Realm, and the Mountain and Sea Realm, sending out ripple after ripple like a stone cast into water.
Within the Great Desolation World, the demonic path origin shuddered violently. Demonic qi so dense it was almost tangible surged from deep within the earth's veins, staining the once-clear spiritual qi of heaven and earth with a trace of darkness.
On Kunlun Mountain, Sanqing opened their eyes simultaneously, their expressions shifting slightly.
"The Devil Dao has actually surged at a time like this." Taiqing's voice carried a hint of gravity.
"The increase is even greater than when Mara descended into the Earth Immortal Realm last time.
"The source is neither in the Primordial Wilderness nor in the Earth Immortal Realm, but deep within Chaos."
Yuqing Yuanshi swiftly extended his divination toward Chaos, only to be blocked by a dense barrier of the Devil Dao.
"A being of the Devil Dao has broken through in Chaos, and that being shares the same origin as the Devil Dao itself.
"There could be no one else but Luohu."
Shangqing Lingbao snorted coldly. "That scoundrel really did have other opportunities and contingencies up his sleeve.
"And this time, his cultivation has likely recovered to a level