After the Dragon-Han Calamity and the Lich-Demon Calamity, the energy between heaven and earth had returned to a certain balance. But that was only temporary. As the Three Teachings flourished together and countless immortals emerged through the Golden Core Great Dao, the energy of heaven and earth fell out of balance once more. In order to sever communication between heaven and earth, Deva Path decided to establish the Investiture of the Gods.
After the Investiture of the Gods, interaction between deities and humans became increasingly scarce. From that point onward, cultivation grew ever more difficult, which also brought the energy between heaven and earth back into balance.
But imbalance was probably inevitable sooner or later. Otherwise, the technological civilization Li came from would never have appeared.
Still, that had nothing to do with Li. Before long, he would be leaving this dimension anyway. The energy level here was too high; if he wanted to reach the pinnacle here, it seemed he would have to follow the system's advice and train in lower-level dimensions first.
Before that, however, Li had no intention of letting Aili and the others off so easily. He suddenly remembered that he had a group of lion-demon friends, so he said to Hela and the others, "Let's head out again. I have some friends on this island."
"Oh?" Hela naturally understood what Li meant by friends. Li's friends were, of course, the island's native inhabitants.
Thus, the four of them followed Li out of the swamp and headed toward where the lion demons lived.
Before long, Li led the four undead to the lion demons' gathering place. "Roar..." A howl rang out, and then a lion demon over two meters tall leaped out of the forest, roaring continuously at Li. It seemed to have taken Li and