Inquiring into the Immortal Estate
At the very moment He Ping and Great Sage Lieyun arrived in Tianfang Continent of the Western Continent, Heart Fox and Six-Eared, the pair of demon Great Sages, silently infiltrated deep into the continent as well.
The ancient Realm-Sealing Gate was a treasure intimately tied to the Western Continent. Naturally, crossing spacetime and traveling through it was no impossibility.
Heart Fox Great Sage could even slip silently into the Western Continent, completely evading the Ten Thousand Spirits Sect's various methods of detection.
Of course, that was because this demon Great Sage possessed profound magic power, as well as the supreme treasure that was the ancient Realm-Sealing Gate.
Meanwhile, in Xiqi Prefecture of Tianfang Continent lay a vast ancient battlefield. Legend had it that, in ancient times, it was where heavenly gods had sealed a demon. The two sides had fought fiercely upon this ancient battlefield.
The battle had left the region devastated beyond recognition. The earth had been smashed apart, mountains torn into ravines and gorges.
Although the demon was ultimately defeated and sealed away, the ancient battlefield had been left barren for countless centuries. All manner of sinister energies lingered there, shrouding the place in a miasma of demonic vapors.
Over time, the area had become utterly desolate. No living people dwelled nearby, and even livestock and wild beasts were scarce.
At the edge of the battlefield stood range upon range of mountains. The peaks there soared into the clouds, seeming almost to touch the heavens. Looking out at them, they were black and towering like gods standing aloft, each mountain like a colossal pillar holding up the sky.
Heart Fox Great Sage chose one of these mountains as a stronghold for the Heart Fox Demon Race. Around this sky-pillar-like peak stood dense, flourishing