The Demon Abyss had once been the Return Ruins, where all things ended and annihilation began.
Yet compared with the Great Tribulation that had destroyed the Primordial Era, the Return Ruins clearly were not so terrifying.
The Return Ruins remained here, never drifting unpredictably.
The Primordial Cataclysm, by contrast, was another matter entirely.
These Old Devils in the Demon Abyss Beyond the Heavens.
It was not that they did not wish to enter the Nine Heavens. They simply could not.
Heaven's Will had sensed them, giving rise to Heavenly Retribution.
Back in the days of the Ancient Demon Sect, they had already been cultivators of its core lineage.
Once Heaven's Will took notice of that, Heavenly Tribulation would naturally target them.
They could neither leave this place nor reach the Nine Heavens.
Thus, generally speaking, even if something momentous happened in the Nine Heavens, they would not concern themselves too much with it.
After all, only the Ancient Demon Sect could truly free them.
With that goal in mind, they placed even greater hopes in this Variable Fate of the Ancient Era.
They hoped those three Devil Masters would emerge.
If those three appeared in the present-day River of Time, they too would have grounds to escape this place.
The Return Ruins had withstood the Primordial Cataclysm back then, but as time gradually passed and this place became the Demon Abyss...
That layer of protection had become a Restriction.
"Providence outside is surging wildly now. The Providence of immortals, gods, and humans is converging, seeking to create another Person of Heavenly Mandate."
"Hah, a Person of Heavenly Mandate. How many such people have ended up as mere pawns in the Great Era?"
They wished to enter the Nine Heavens. Since they could not do so directly, they had no