In the Heavenly Realm, in the north where ten thousand rays of golden light shone and auspicious qi billowed upward, a grand and towering gate stood.
Lu Chuan, dressed in black robes, stood outside the North Heaven Gate and lifted his head to gaze up into the heavens, flames burning in his pair of golden pupils.
Mo Lihong, wearing a jeweled crown and golden armor, stood beside Lu Chuan. Seeing this, he raised his head and followed Lu Chuan's gaze, but could not see anything at all. He could not help saying, "Emperor, what are you looking at?"
"Nothing. Just looking around."
Lu Chuan's gaze pierced through the Thirty-Six Heavens and saw a dark-red speck of stardust beyond the sky. That was the Heavenly Demon Star.
Legend had it that this was a supreme treasure refined by the Devil Ancestor to invade the Three Realms, possessing the power to tear through the barrier outside the Three Realms.
At this moment, that speck of stardust emitted a dark-red glow and simply hung motionless beyond the heavens, giving off an extremely oppressive and ominous feeling.
"How have things been? Has the Demon Realm behaved itself these years?"
Lu Chuan looked down as he asked. Northern Kuru Continent was basically equivalent to the territory of the Demon Race, the place commonly known as the Demon Realm.
Mo Lihong frowned and pondered. "There have been changes. Emperor, you also know that Northern Kuru Continent was always a foul miasma of smoke and disorder before, demon qi surging to the sky, with the great demon kings fighting endlessly and never a peaceful moment. But recently, perhaps it is just this minor god's imagination, but this minor god has noticed that in the southwest of the Demon Realm, the fighting seems to have quieted somewhat, and