News that the Bloodmang Realm had been attacked by Demon Sages and subsequently swallowed by the Devouring Dragon Vine soon reached the Sacred Academy, but a Mouth-Sealing Edict was swiftly issued, classifying it as a matter of utmost secrecy.
Within an hour, five elderly men in robes of various colors walked toward the Sacred Academy's Star Gate. None wore robes denoting their Literary Rank, yet everyone who passed them stopped and stood still, heads slightly bowed, and only looked up after the five had gone.
Before long, news that five Half-Sage Incarnations had set out together spread like wildfire throughout the human race. Countless people speculated about their destination.
Small ripples stirred among the human race, while towering waves swept through the Demon Realm.
Above the Demon Realm, the heavens split open, and blood streamed down like waterfalls.
Six Heavenly Blood Waterfalls descended at once. Viewed from afar, they were magnificent beyond compare, majestic beyond measure.
At the same time, the climate throughout the Demon Realm fell into chaos. All four seasons could be seen within a single field of view.
In many places, thunderbolts fell like rain and violent winds rose like forests, as though an Ancestral God were venting his wrath without the slightest regard for the ordinary creatures of the Demon Realm.
In the six Half-Sages' tribal territories, myriad demons wailed in grief, and mourning white stretched for a thousand miles.
Woooo...
An enormous black horn appeared above the Heavenly Blood Waterfalls, its sound steeped in sorrow. Even Demon Barbarians who did not know what had happened were reminded of their most painful memories. They wept as though their hearts and bowels were torn apart, tears gushing like springs.
The Death Knell Horn.
Upon hearing the horn, some kings and sages sighed again and again, some beat