White mist blanketed heaven and earth, turning the world into a boundless sea.
But the rapidly surging black mist was like ink being poured into a clear water vat. In no time, it had turned the entire white fog black.
As the mist churned, waves of miserable wails and shrill cries rang out from time to time. Faces contorted in agony and howling in pain kept emerging from the black mist.
In an instant, the sky changed color, and the air solidified.
It was as if an unparalleled demon was awakening.
Endless black mist and human figures condensed before the temple, transforming into a blurry silhouette.
Although the figure's features could not be seen clearly, Lin Bai could vaguely tell that he wore a cloak over his head. The entire mass of black mist seemed to have become his cape.
"It's not him!"
"It's his corpse-qi avatar!"
The statue woman inside the temple regained some of her composure. Looking at the phantom formed from the black mist, she confirmed that this was not Corpse Old Demon's true body.
For example... It was said that one of the ancestors of the Devil Puppet Sect, one of the Flourishing Sects in the western region of the Demon Realm, had been a humanoid puppet who attained the Dao.
Over such an endless span of time, any minute change could very likely cause all their cultivation to go to waste.
Compared with the other living races, the human race's lifespans were pitifully short.
Hearing this, Lin Bai had already guessed the statue woman's choice.
No one knew whether it had taken them hundreds of thousands, millions, or even tens of millions of years to reach the level of attaining the Dao by an unconventional path.
They had endured the baptism of countless more years