The voice rose in a measured cadence. At the end, Demon Venerable She Sheng looked once more at the Spatial Rift sealing the Demonic God's Will.
These words were meant as an explanation for Tantai Zhi.
They were also meant to tell the Demon God of his purpose.
"Very good! To think of such a method, you... have improved considerably!"
After a long while, the Demon God's voice emerged from within the rift.
As ever, it was calm and utterly devoid of emotion.
"Thank you for your praise, Master. She Sheng has only come this far thanks to Master's cultivation!" Demon Venerable She Sheng said respectfully.
The Demon God said, "Handle this matter according to your plan. I have only three things to tell you."
Demon Venerable She Sheng bowed respectfully once more. "Please speak, Master."
"It will take me another three hundred years to break this Buddhist Formation. In other words, you... still have three hundred years to prepare."
After a slight hesitation, Demon Venerable She Sheng nodded resolutely.
"Rest assured, Master. In three hundred years, She Sheng will complete all preparations and stabilize the spatial passage between the Cultivation World and the Demon Realm."
His plan was sound, but whether it was sacrificing the demons of Azure Star or directing all of Azure Star's Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi into the spatial passage, both required time.
Even if the process were as swift as possible, it would inevitably be exceedingly long for mortals and even Low Tier cultivators.
Under normal circumstances, it could very well take five hundred years, or even a thousand.
But now that the Demon God had made a demand, even if the difficulty multiplied tenfold, he accepted without the slightest hesitation.
"The body I possessed in this realm was destroyed by Fairy Qionghua ten