"What should we do, then?" In the gloom, lit only by a faint glow, Has Ula didn't dwell on anything else and asked directly.
The proposal to strike back nearby had come from the Sect of Impermanence of Life and Death's Sect Master, the Netherworld Emperor. Naturally, Has Ula needed to understand the plan and what it relied on.
Blood-yellow mist churned, accompanied by the faint sound of water, as if it came from another world. Under the influence of an unseen force, it twisted and writhed, gradually forming a map of the primeval forest, frozen lakes, and rivers and mountains spanning ten thousand li.
A red dot had been deliberately marked in the map's northern region: the point where this forest met a ten-thousand-year-old frozen lake.
"Hidden there is a secret realm, the place where the Devil Lord secluded himself to cultivate at the end of the ancient era," said the Netherworld Emperor, his voice detached and cold.
"The Devil Lord?" Has Ula had heard of him. He was a renowned legend at the end of the ancient era, the wielder of the Demon Emperor's Claw after the Devil Master fell. He had risen step by step from a lowly human slave to become a mighty figure of the demonic path.
At the height of his power, the Nine Abysses had already withdrawn from the world, leaving him without support. Relying on himself, he had gathered a great many surviving demons and evil spirits amid the struggle between the Demon Saintess and the Human Emperor. With extraordinary wisdom, he had transformed their bloodline arts and cultivation methods into peerless techniques that humans could practice as well.
Thus began the Demon Sect among humankind. Once good and evil had divided, it became impossible to root them out!
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