Beyond the Plane Rift, in the endless dark void.
Luo Heng appeared before the vast black rift. He hovered in the Void, gazing ahead calmly. His blue robes did not stir in the turbulent currents, as though he were a boulder that had stood there since time immemorial.
The rift stretched across the void like a hideous scar. Black demonic energy churned from its edges, but the great formation left by the Symbol Ancestor held it firmly in check, preventing it from seeping into the Tianxuan Continent.
On the other side of the rift lay boundless darkness.
There was no light, no wind, no warmth. Only pure, primal evil stirred slowly through the void, as though it had soaked into everything. Even time and space seemed to grow sluggish and still before it.
In the deepest part of that darkness, an impossibly vast Demon Shadow hovered in silence.
The Demon Shadow was pitch-black and wreathed in towering demonic energy. A pair of enormous wings spread behind him, each wing bone gleaming coldly like forged steel. Ancient Demon Patterns covered their membranes, radiating suffocating pressure.
Profound Demon Patterns covered his body, writhing slowly across his skin like living things. They gave off a pulse that made the soul tremble. His mere presence set the surrounding void quivering.
His eyes were two blazing crimson flames. The savagery and murderous intent within them were enough to plunge any creature that met his gaze into everlasting terror.
It was the Yi Mo Emperor.
Behind him, a dense Yimo army filled the dark void. They came in every shape: some resembled skeletons, some were pitch-black, some were covered in scales, some bore countless tentacles, and some burned with black flames.
Their numbers were beyond counting. They occupied the dark void like a swarm of locusts,