That Smile Lasted Until the Next Life

Upon receiving the request from a terrifying being, one of the Six Desires, the several Consciousness Demon dared not delay. Without even returning to their own domains, they immediately used their abilities to forcibly brainwash and control a large number of Lesser Consciousness Demon, forming an army, and prepared to invade the Material Plane of this world.

They had observed beforehand that the level of civilization in this Material Plane was very weak, barely meeting the standards for the "Purge" by the Consciousness Demons.

It should be said that, so far, no civilization in the entire Consciousness Demon Domain has emerged that can rival these high-level Consciousness Demon beings. These demonic Consciousness Demon, whose strength is enough to fight against Immortals, are still capable of moving mountains and filling seas, even if their strength is suppressed when they enter the Material Plane. For them, such a low-level civilization is simply not worth resisting.

This Material Plane seems to be covered by a faint barrier, which is set up in a sophisticated way, using the energy tides of the entire Material Plane to block the passage from the Consciousness Domain to the material dimension.

However, the energy was currently weakening, and the barrier, weakened to this extent, could not stop these few Consciousness Demon. They quickly tore through the dimension, bringing countless Lesser Consciousness Demons with them, and poured into that world.

Upon entering the Material Plane, the Consciousness Demons found themselves at the roots of a giant tree. Using their unique perspective, they quickly discovered that near the treetop, countless souls of material beings, which they coveted, were shimmering with light.

And that "meteor" that came from the Borderlands region and fell into this world should probably be near the treetop.

The Consciousness Demons then transformed into a black tide, surging along the tree trunk towards the vicinity of the canopy...

"Great Sage!"

Inside the Sage Tower, a Fire Fairies with flames burning in its hair and eyes flew in hastily, arriving before Themis, who was having tea with Jiang Lan and the others, like a spark. It cried out in a panic, "It's terrible! Demons have invaded!"

"What?"

Themis stood up.

"How could this be? The energy tide hasn't even receded to its lowest point yet... What's the situation at the frontline Fortress?"

"The frontline Fortress is gone! All the garrison commanders have been killed in action, and those Demons have reached the second layer of the world. They are launching a fierce attack on the Frost Fairies' territory, and the Frost Fairies will soon be unable to hold out!"

"What? I'm going to the front lines right away..."

Themis picked up the staff she had set aside.

What about the Dragon King?

"Sophia has already gone to inform them."

"Let's go, let's go."

Themis hurriedly walked out, not even remembering to say goodbye to Bai Qiuran and the others.

She had only taken two steps when the entire earth suddenly shook, Themis stumbled and almost fell to the ground.

"A Demons is attacking the trunk of the Sacred Tree!"

The Fire Fairies screamed.

"Huh."

Bai Qiuran looked at the tea spilled due to the tremor and said in surprise, "Your opponents are quite strong, at least at the Mahayana Stage. Foundation Establishment Stage versus Mahayana Stage... Are you guys that powerful?"

No, no.

Themis was pale. Although she didn't understand what Bai Qiuran meant by "Foundation Establishment Stage" and "Mahayana Stage," she could understand what he meant.

"Demons of this strength has never appeared in history... This is Demon God!"

"No, no, no, it's not Demon God, just a high-level Consciousness Demon."

Bai Qiuran looked in the direction of Jiang Lan and Su Xiangxue.

"Could it be that our entry into this world attracted the attention of some Six Desires?"

Seeing his expression, Su Xiangxue understood and asked.

"That's possible, but why with _books_?"

Bai Qiuran somewhat puzzled.

"The focus of the Six Desires Consciousness Demons should still be on each other. They don't pay attention to the movements of their opponents, so why should they pay attention to a small Spaceship that has rushed over from the Borderlands?"

It's like when you're fighting with someone, and they've already punched you in the face, but you're still staring at a grain of rice on the ground.

"Have no idea."

Jiang Lan shook her head and guessed, "Could it be a coincidence?"

"Fine, we've been entrusted with this task, and we can't just stand by and watch the Consciousness Demons destroy this civilization."

Bai Qiuran stood up and said, "Please wait here for a moment, I'll go and see for myself."

Without wasting much time, Bai Qiuran followed Themis out of her Sage Tower and immediately summoned Clear Autumn Waters.

"Take this seat; it's much faster than your mode of Mobile."

Bai Qiuran stepped onto the Clear Autumn Waters and gave Themis a thumbs up.

"Qingming Sect Sword in Charge, Mission Accomplished."

The Fairies Great Sage glanced at it, then, without saying a word, lifted her Skirt and prepared to step onto it.

She stood behind Bai Qiuran, reaching out to wrap her arms around his waist. Afraid of falling, the Great Sage pressed his body against hers.

Old Bai immediately jumped off his sword and said, "You stand in front."

Themis looked at the three-foot-long sword at her feet with a strange and somewhat troubled expression.

"Don't worry, when you take to the air, you'll become one with the sword and move as light. You won't fall."

Bai Qiuran's expression surprisingly showed some wariness.

"Go up, go up. Men and women should not touch each other."

Themis had no choice but to stand in front as instructed, Bai Qiuran also stood a few dozen centimeters away from her in a gentlemanly manner, then made a Magic Incantation and rode away on his sword.

The two of them transformed into a streak of light with their swords, and soon arrived at the second layer of the tree canopy.

This region has extremely low temperatures and is mostly covered in ice and snow. It is where the Ice Fairies of the Fairies race and the Ice Dragons of the Dragon Race live together.

But now, this region has been completely changed. Its sky is covered by a fiery cloud, and the earth below is cracking due to the rising temperature. Icebergs are collapsing, snow is melting and turning into floods that are raging across the ground, some of which have even seeped into the first layer of the region.

On the ground, the Ice Fairies and Ice Dragons also suffered heavy casualties, with countless corpses lying on the ground or being swept away by the flood and floating in the water.

Seeing this, Themis frowned deeply, her brow furrowed with immense sorrow and self-reproach.

Bai Qiuran originally wanted to tell her something like, "Believe in the Foundation Establishment Heavenly Venerable, he'll help you become a god," but after thinking about it, he felt it wouldn't be very polite to say such a thing at this moment, so he gave up on the idea.

He continued forward with Themis, and soon flew throughout the entire second layer of the realm. Finally, at the passage connecting the second and third layers, they found the culprit behind the incident.

Because of the barrier, even when weakened, the Consciousness Demons would always appear at the roots of the Sacred Tree if they wanted to enter the Material Plane from the Consciousness Domain. Therefore, the Fairies and Dragon Race built an impregnable Fortress at the point where each layer of the world leads to the next, to prevent these Demons from outside the world from invading their world.

But now, the second layer of the Frost Fortress has been breached. The fifty-meter-high Fortress wall, solidified by the Fairies using ice crystals and Runes, has been forcibly blasted open by immense force. A black tide of Consciousness Demons, covering the land, is pouring into the Fortress through this breach, slaughtering the soldiers and civilians inside.

Above the Fortress, several high-level Consciousness Demon with distorted shapes and enormous bodies still floated.

"What is that?"

Upon seeing those high-level Consciousness Demon, Themis exclaimed in disbelief.

Her voice attracted the attention of the Greater Consciousness Demon. These creatures twisted their bodies and sprouted eyes from their backs, looking at Bai Qiuran and the others.

"Yo ho."

One of the advanced Consciousness Demon even grinned, revealing a massive maw filled with sharp teeth, and said to its kind through Consciousness fluctuations, "Fellow beings, a high-class dessert has been delivered to your door."

Then it laughed, and that laugh lasted into its next life.