Two chapters combined!
After joining forces to open the sealing barrier, Ning Xiaochuan immediately spread out his divine sense and entered the stone forest to investigate. Strangely, he did not discover any trace of Demon Empress Shiji—not even the slightest breath of life.
"Demon Empress Shiji isn't here!" Ning Xiaochuan's divine sense was comparable to that of a Creation Realm Expert, and he was exceedingly familiar with Demon Empress Shiji's aura. Even if she gave off the faintest wisp of it, he would have sensed it.
But there was nothing, not a single trace of aura.
A puzzled look appeared in Ning Xiaochuan's eyes as he stared at Azure Queen. "Are you sure Demon Empress Shiji was trapped here?"
"Of course I'm sure. Liao Shu sensed her aura here back then. But we were in a hurry to enter the Second Level God Sealing World to rescue you, so we did not save her. With her cultivation and the power of the stone forest, those Demon Emperors and Demon Empresses of the Northern Frontier could do nothing to her."
Azure Queen frowned. Logically, Demon Empress Shiji should not have been able to escape, so why was she not in the stone forest? Where had she gone now? Ning Xiaochuan began pondering as well.
Could she have already left? Even if Demon Empress Shiji had obtained a fortunate encounter in the God Sealing Remnant Land, she should not have entered the Creation Realm. Since she had not entered the Creation Realm, she could not possibly have broken through the barrier around the stone forest. Then how had Demon Empress Shiji left? Outside the stone forest, Taiqing Dragon Emperor and the other Demon Emperors had been standing guard. Demon Empress Shiji alone certainly could not defeat them.
Ning Xiaochuan looked toward