Righteous Qi

Demon Cliff Sea Region.

Nightglow Island.

This had once been the most beautiful island in the Demon Cliff Sea Region. The island produced a kind of nightglow stone that gave off a soft radiance in the dark. Made into jewelry, it was especially beloved by women. Thus, whenever night fell over Nightglow Island, the entire island would shine with beautiful light, visible even from a great distance.

But now, the island's former splendor was gone. Demonic qi blanketed every corner, turning the once-scenic isle into a barren wasteland. From time to time, demonic creatures howled, while gusts of sinister wind swept through.

As the demonic qi spread, the entire island became a land of death. Even the sprites, ghosts, and monsters were affected; most had transformed into demons and become part of the Devil Race.

At the island's very center, a Demon Abyss Rift scarred the earth like a knife wound across a human face, a fissure stretching several hundred meters. Demons would occasionally crawl out from the rift. Having arrived in this world, they roared wildly at the heavens like soldiers celebrating victory—though countless immortal arts would come crashing down upon them the very next moment.

In the sky, a group of Ten Thousand Immortals Alliance cultivators lay in wait.

As they attacked, they grumbled, "These damned Demonic Beasts just can't be killed off. There's nothing to gain from them, either. Fighting them is simply a waste of time."

That was probably the mindset of ordinary people. It was not entirely wrong.

The vast majority of Demonic Beasts had no resources to speak of. On the rare occasions they did, those resources were carried by powerful greater demons—existences beyond their ability to oppose. So even if there were benefits, they would never fall into their hands.

Under such circumstances,