Old Ancestor (First Update)

"They're all dead, they're all dead..."

The voice was low, filled with panic, fear, confusion, and shock. Yet in the quiet surroundings, it still reached every little demon's ears, clear as day, making their hearts race and their mouths go dry as terrifying scenes filled their minds.

Before them lay the collapsed South Heaven Gate. In the distance, the hazy mist rolled and churned, yet seemed strangely silent. Hearing those words, seeing the Green Snake Demon and Black Snake Demon looking utterly lost, and remembering that this place had once been part of the Heavenly Court, abandoned for hundreds of years by humans, demons, immortals, and gods alike, they couldn't help shivering with dread. It was the instinctive fear of danger.

What had the Green Snake Demon and the others encountered beyond the South Heaven Gate? Why had they been scared witless, like madmen?

Even the black-robed Demon King, who had carried himself like a master, looked considerably more solemn. He reached out with his right hand, fingers curling like claws, and gave a gentle tug. The two little demons flew toward him.

His mouth suddenly stretched out and sharpened, poking the little demons between their brows as he drew out their most vivid "images."

Their deaths had come out of nowhere, again and again. The images made the black-robed Demon King furrow his brow slightly; he couldn't figure out what they had encountered.

"How did they get out?" After Python Vanguard had fallen, the two little demons had completely broken down, their minds in chaos. The black-robed Demon King could no longer get any useful information from them.

After pondering for a long while, he ordered the demons, including the White Fox Spirit, "Stay here. Don't go in. Wait for me to come back."

The black-robed Demon King had