A faint demonic miasma coiled around the jade talisman in layer upon layer, concealing illusions that could muddle the mind. Any cultivator who reached out to touch it would instantly fall into an endless illusion and destroy their own foundation.
But Cheng Heng raised his hand without the slightest hesitation.
His fingertip's Inner Vajra Force condensed to an extreme degree. It contained not a trace of violent killing intent—only a steady, crystal-clear power capable of shattering all falsehoods—as it lightly thrust outward.
His fingertip landed precisely on the pitch-black jade talisman.
Crack—
A faint, crisp sound of shattering rang out.
The seemingly sinister and sturdy demonic formation talisman instantly filled with cracks beneath the precise strike of Vajra Force, then shattered with a boom, scattering into a skyful of black ash.
At that same instant, the blood-red formation patterns covering the entire stone passage and the whole underground space dimmed, went out, and peeled away!
The Heaven-Obscuring Earth-Covering Formation that had shrouded this place for several years broke apart with a resounding crash!
Rumble—
The ground beneath them trembled faintly. The filthy Demonic Aura that had built up for years lost the formation's restraints and drifted upward, surging out onto the surface through the underground passage.
The heavy barrier that cut off the workings of Heaven completely shattered. Above the Southern Region's night sky, the originally dark and cloudless heavens suddenly lit up with a faint, hazy radiance.
Far away, within the Demon-Subduing Grand Hall on the main peak of the Cloudpiercing Sect, the Heaven-Watching Demon-Subduing Mirror hanging high in the air suddenly blazed with light. The previously dim and indistinct view of the Southern Region's underground depths within the mirror tore through the fog for the first time, revealing the tip of the iceberg of the underground demonic formation!