"Kill."
A hoarse, twisted syllable spilled from the mouth of a Demon Remains that had once been human.
Immediately afterward, as if they had received some kind of signal,
tens of thousands of Demon Remains roared in unison, shaking the heavens.
"Kill!"
"Kill!"
"Kill!"
They set off with twisted strides, like a black tide, and launched a frenzied charge beyond the Wilderness, toward the land they had once relied on to survive.
They would drag every living thing on that land into the same eternal pain and despair they suffered.
They would turn this world into a paradise belonging solely to demons.
Green Cloud Mountain, Heaven-Reaching Peak.
Everyone looked toward the pitch-black pillar of light soaring skyward from the Wilderness.
"How could this happen?"
"Weren't those Outer Realm Demons supposed to be sealed beyond the world?"
"Why have they suddenly descended?"
"It was the Ancient Well."
Li Xiaoyu gazed at the pitch-black pillar of light and spoke slowly.
"Although we successfully rescued Bi Yao by opening the Ancient Well, we also disrupted the laws of space and time in this world."
"That disturbance was like a beacon in the darkness, showing the way to the Outer Realm Demons that had long coveted our world."
"They followed the disturbance and found the coordinates of our sealed world."
"And they tore open the first rift."
Everyone's hearts sank.
"This..."
Daoist Daoxuan gazed at the pitch-black pillar of light, his eyes filled with pain.
"Could all of this really be our fault?"
"No."
Li Xiaoyu looked at him and slowly shook his head.
"This isn't anyone's fault."
He looked at the others and spoke in a firm, weighty voice.
"This is a fate our world was bound to face sooner or later."
"We have merely brought it forward a little."
"What we need