Central World City.
Within three hidden underground spaces beneath Central World City, three figures sat cross-legged. Their locations lay at crucial nodes of the formation, so they were the first to sense its disturbance.
Almost simultaneously, the three figures opened their eyes.
"What is going on? The formation has been struck, and Demon is actually stirring. Has the time point truly drawn near?" Similar thoughts surfaced in all three of their minds.
Demon's actions were nothing more than a test of the formation's limits.
"Back then, our teachers could not kill Demon. At the cost of their lives, they could only use World Power to suppress it underground permanently. But that suppression was not eternal. Once Demon's Seed Body breaks through here, it will be the day Demon is unsealed."
"It seems Demon's movements mean the final battle against the Devil Cultivators is approaching."
The three of them were the successors of those three figures from the past, and they had now inherited the responsibility of suppressing Demon.
The disturbance in the formation made all their expressions turn grim.
Before Demon had been suppressed in that battle long ago, it had scattered Devil Seeds throughout the world. Once those Devil Seeds grew, the day Devil Cultivators entered Central World City would be the day of Devil's Advent.
Thus, in order to prevent these Seed Bodies from growing, the Devil Subduing Organization had been established among later generations, and Devil Subduers came into being. This was also the mission of life cultivators like them.
Unfortunately, Devil Cultivators could not be exterminated. Aside from Central World City and a handful of other cities, all the rest had long since been conquered by Devil Cultivators. The crisis seemed to be steadily closing in on them.
Most of the living beings still alive had