Beneath the pitch-black sky over the Western Niuhe Continent, the blue-gold rainbow cleaved by Pangu Heaven Opening Axe Light and the five-colored river of light formed from Lin Yue's Power of Five Ways hurtled toward the demonic formation barrier stretching across tens of thousands of miles, smashing through everything in their path. The roar shook all four continents of the Primordial Wilderness, and even the ley lines beneath the Western Niuhe Continent trembled violently under the impact. The essence and spiritual light absorbed by the Myriad Demons Soul Devouring Formation were forced to flow backward, while even the Myriad Buddha Hall at the Western Teachings Headquarters rocked faintly.
Meanwhile, in the southern reaches of the Primordial Wilderness, tens of thousands of miles from the Western Niuhe Continent, the Miasma Ridge, Cangwu Marsh, and Black Tortoise Island were now surrounded by the Western Teachings' hidden agents. These three places were mid-sized demon forces that had survived the Witch-Demon Calamity. The Miasma Ridge was home to descendants of the Yaoxie Yao Race, the Jiu Feng Remnants dwelled in Cangwu Marsh, and Black Tortoise Island was the ancestral home of the ancient Black Tortoise Clan. Each clan had a Quasi-Saint-level powerhouse at its helm and tens of thousands of demons under its command. Though they were not among the Primordial Wilderness's top powers, their position atop southern Spirit Vein Hubs made them targets that every faction wanted to win over. Since activating the Myriad Demons Soul Devouring Formation, the Western Teachings had masked its atrocities with demonic energy while sending ten Golden Arhats, bearing vast cultivation resources and Innate Spirit Treasures, to the south. Under the pretext of "resisting Pangu and Lin Yue together and sharing the Primordial Wilderness's fortune," they sought to draw the three clans into an alliance against Yue Sheng