Breaking Free of Restraints

The central region of Purgatory.

The war waged by humanity's peak experts and three Demon Gods set off tides of energy.

Dragon roars and the bellowing of giant apes shook even the shattered lands of the Fourth Realm, splintering them apart.

Brilliant rivers of sword light unfolded every truth of the sword Dao, at times shifting into inch-wide cages, at others becoming vast heavens and earth of sword radiance.

The great demons and Demon Kings dwelling in this realm watched the battle closely, yet none dared intervene.

"A battle between humanity and the Ancient Demon Race!"

Across the seven continents of the Fifth Realm, powerful figures such as Yu Xin and Xuan Ying only needed to raise their heads to see three colossal beings drifting through the void like shattered lands.

Sword light, starry rivers, oceans of demonic energy, and spectacles formed from spiritual qi appeared one after another, along with all manner of divine artifacts capable of intimidating the lower realms.

Before one wave had settled, another rose.

They had never expected that, not long after supreme figures of their clans like Lie Yang and Sha Jia departed Purgatory, humanity and the Ancient Demon Race would begin fighting.

Ever since their forebears had been driven from the world above into the Fifth Realm by humanity and the Ancient Demon Race working together, those two races had been the staunchest of allies.

That alliance was not destroyed until Luo Hongyan appeared and gave Long Xiao her promise and assurance.

Now, with the revival of the will of that Ancient Demon Race sovereign, Demon Gods emerged one after another.

Just as the Ancient Demon Race seemed poised to rule Purgatory once more as they had thirty thousand years ago, the seven Heaven-Reaching Tribulation Pillars suddenly displayed strange changes.

The descent of