Chen Xuan did not leave.
He hovered above Guixu, looking down at the Twelve Golden Figures Heavenly Starlight Demon-Suppressing Formation slowly operating below.
Golden formation patterns spread through the void, covering the entire Guixu sea like a spiderweb.
At the heart of the formation patterns, the phantom of a Golden Figure flickered in and out of sight.
It was a supreme treasure forged by the Great Qin Celestial Dynasty with the strength of the entire nation. For over fifteen hundred years, it had been drawing upon Heaven-and-Earth Spiritual Qi to suppress the Demon Race.
These Golden Figures were the root cause of this world's thin spiritual qi.
Over fifteen hundred years ago, the Great Qin Celestial Dynasty forged the Twelve Golden Figures and laid down the Heavenly Starlight Demon-Suppressing Formation, extracting ninety-nine percent of the world's spiritual qi to suppress twelve Apex Demon Venerables.
From then on, the spiritual qi density of this world plummeted, and Innate Spirit Bodies nearly vanished.
Now, the twelve Apex Demon Venerables had been destroyed.
There was no longer any need for these Golden Figures to exist.
"The spiritual qi should return."
Chen Xuan murmured.
He raised his right hand, and the Eleven-Layer Dao Domain unfolded at once. Gold, azure, blue, crimson, yellow, white, black... eleven-colored radiance intertwined around him, forming a chaotic curtain of light that enveloped the entire Guixu sea.
The Dao Domain crushed downward.
The golden formation patterns began flashing violently, releasing a piercing hum.
The golden light on the patterns flickered between bright and dim, as though resisting the Dao Domain's power.
Yet the Twelve Golden Figures Heavenly Starlight Demon-Suppressing Formation had operated for over fifteen hundred years. Though the sealed Apex Demon Venerables had already been slain, the formation itself still retained its power.
"Shatter."
Chen Xuan softly uttered a