Flower Willow Grace Court, ten thousand miles from the Great Wasteland.
In a little-known underground chamber layered with countless restrictions.
"Ah, I'd better stop overthinking things."
"After all, Song Siming said it with such certainty back then: 'The cycle has been completed. I cannot break the deadlock.'"
"I'll just continue along the fate he laid out for me..."
The gentle female voice rang out on its own, echoing and fading through the chamber as layer upon layer of restrictions blocked and weakened it.
In the end, it vanished completely, without leaking even the slightest trace to the outside world.
Lu Li gently closed his eyes, focusing his thoughts once more.
The darkness in his vision receded completely, replaced by the desolate scenery of the Great Wasteland.
Li Yun looked up to see space twisting beneath the heavy heavens. Thin black-green demonic energy slowly revolved, forming vortices of varying sizes.
Enormous creatures resembling whales swam out from them one after another. Their massive bodies rapidly filled with gray-black color amid rippling layers of spatial distortion, gradually becoming corporeal.
"They're here."
Prince Kaz's shout, filled with spiritual power, resounded across the entire plain, announcing the beginning of the hunt.
A massive net woven from emerald threads expanded rapidly at a visible rate, then swiftly descended upon the Leviathan herd in the sky.
The other great demons were stationed around them. Seeing this, they each unleashed their methods and carried out their respective roles.
Noticing that those who had merely stood by and watched earlier still had not made a move, Li Yun's brow furrowed slightly.
He had intended to send Varimathras a voice transmission as a reminder, but before he could speak, the latter's shout reached his ears, dispelling the thought as Li Yun focused on the hunt before him.
"Elders, the