Western Dongjie Continent, Candle Dragon Mountain Range.
The spiritual and earthly veins here were utterly unremarkable, and the spiritual energy of heaven and earth could not be considered abundant compared to other Blessed Lands in the Immortal Realm. Yet sects, lineages, gatherings of Rogue Cultivators, and similar establishments still dotted the region, forming more than a hundred cultivation forces of all sizes!
It was merely due to the limitations of the broader environment that the strongest figures here had only reached the late Formless Realm; no True Immortals stood guard over the place.
Because it lay far from the heart of the Demon Calamity, not many powerful Heavenly Demons had invaded the Candle Dragon Mountain Range. Thus, its hundred-odd forces had not yet fallen into the demonic tide.
But apart from the various sect gates and strongholds, demonic shadows had already spread across most regions... More and more Native Heavenly Demons had demonized human Immortal and mortal cultivators, demon beasts, and spirit creatures, transforming into Mutated Heavenly Demons. As they continuously devoured flesh and blood, their strength steadily grew. One day, they would breach every sect gate and stronghold, slaughtering the hundreds of millions of Immortal and mortal residents in the mountains.
On this day, countless Native Heavenly Demons and Mutated Heavenly Demons, under the commands of several sixth-tier Great Heavenly Demons, surged toward an immortal mountain within the Candle Dragon Mountain Range. They sought to gather their strength and completely seize this mountain, then grow stronger through demonization, devouring flesh and blood, and other means before continuing onward to flatten the next immortal mountain.
The surface area of this immortal mountain was even vaster than the entire Red Flame Domain. Yet at this moment, black masses of demonic shadows filled the mountains and plains, heaven and earth alike. Amid