The night was deep, and the Demon Realm's dark-purple sky hung like a curtain, pressing down so heavily it was hard to breathe.
The campfire crackled, its dancing flames illuminating everyone's grave faces.
Jin Ping'er's words weighed on everyone's hearts like a boulder.
Even the Holy Mother Sect struggled to move forward in this polluted land. The Demon Sect Sacred Hall deep within the Demon Realm had to be an even deadlier den of danger.
"You said there's something deep within the Sacred Hall that draws in and intensifies the Outer Realm Demons' pollution?"
Li Xiaoyu broke the silence.
Jin Ping'er nodded, wiping the tears from the corners of her eyes as the calm composure of a sect leader returned to her face.
"That's right."
She said in a low voice, "This isn't my guess. It's intelligence bought with the lives of countless sisters."
"We discovered that the closer we got to the Sacred Hall's former site, the denser the demonic energy became and the stronger its pollution grew."
"The Demon Remains there are also far more powerful than those on the outskirts."
"They seem to be guarding something."
"I suspect that, deep within the Sacred Hall, there is something like the Demon Seed we encountered in the north."
"A source of pollution—a core that continuously radiates demonic energy outward."
Her words reminded every Dawn Squad member of that brutal battle.
That pulsing lump of flesh like a heart, and the Jet-Black Giant condensed from demonic energy.
Each had been a terrifying existence that forced them into a hard fight.
"Looks like our deduction was correct." Li Xiaoyu muttered as he looked at the Sea-Calming Pearl in his hand.
"The Armillary Sphere must be there."
"Only a divine artifact on the level of a Heavenly Emperor relic could become the