Green Cloud Mountain Range, rear mountain of Heaven-Reaching Peak.
The Illusion Moon Cave Abode, which had witnessed too many grudges, loves, and hatreds, was once again shrouded in a grave atmosphere.
Outside the cave abode, the sea of clouds churned, and immortal cranes cried mournfully, as though they too worried for this world's future.
Within the stone pavilion, six figures sat around a millennium-old cold jade table, their expressions solemn.
Li Xiaoyu, Lu Xueqi, Wan Jianyi, Daoist Daoxuan, Xiao Bai, and Zhou Yixian.
At the center of the stone table floated three artifacts radiating an ancient aura.
One was an azure pearl containing the power of the ocean—the Sea-Calming Pearl.
Another was a sphere formed from countless stellar rings, slowly revolving as it deduced the mysteries of the cosmos—the Armillary Sphere.
And there were two palm-sized jade seals engraved with the sun, moon, mountains, and rivers, emanating an aura of authority over heaven and earth. They were two fragments of the Heavenly Emperor Seal.
"Everyone."
Li Xiaoyu broke the silence.
"Let's begin."
Six streams of power poured into the Heavenly Emperor relics at once.
A massive storm of energy erupted from the artifacts.
That power formed a vast star chart composed of light, shadows, and runes.
The star chart was boundless and mysterious, containing the secrets of the universe.
Guided by the star chart, the minds of the six traveled through time and space, arriving in an utterly different world.
It was a hopeless world completely ruled by the energy of the Outer Realm Demons.
The sky was eternally dark crimson.
Thick demonic clouds rolled through the air like congealed flesh.
Countless vengeful spirits wailed and struggled within them.
The earth, too, had lost its original color.
The entire world had become a Demon Realm.
A paradise belonging to demons.