In the Spirit-Sealing Forbidden Domain, within Black Stone Sacred City.
The Great Sun Sword Heir sat cross-legged, his long sword planted upright beside him. Eyes closed, he cultivated, ignoring the clamor outside.
The Black Prison Sacred Son's younger brother slept fitfully far from him, his spirit exhausted and his mind sunk in a haze.
He dared not stay too close, nor too far away. His soul was locked in constant, violent turmoil that drained it terribly. Though a cultivator at the Dao Integration stage, he had begun sleeping excessively to escape reality, preferring to await the final outcome in his dreams.
He could only hope the Black Prison Sacred Son would slay this sword madman and rescue him.
Rumble!
At one moment, the Spirit-Sealing Forbidden Domain shook with thunder. The winds and clouds changed color across hundreds of millions of miles. Space split open, revealing layer upon layer of figures whose auras were terrifying and oppressive. They even drove back the darkness of the cosmic starfield. Light flooded the heavens as thunder, Sword Qi, beast roars, and rosy clouds surged skyward.
It was as though heavenly soldiers and generals had descended from the Heavenly Court above the nine heavens!
They bore all manner of divine weapons and commanded a demon-subduing grand formation, intent on capturing and killing the great demon who threatened heaven and earth.
The Great Sun Sword Heir opened his eyes and looked up.
Layer upon layer of heavenly soldiers and generals filled the sky, their might overwhelming.
Among them were the Dream-Realm Heavenly Illusion Dao Soldiers of the Heavenly Illusion Immortal Butterfly Clan. Not a butterfly could be seen among their ranks. Instead, there were mostly human and Demon Race cultivators: elite humans, demons of noble bloodlines, and beings of the Dragon Clan and Phoenix Clan.
Even