That tiny spark was like a firefly. Before it could fly too far, it was utterly extinguished.
Ordinary cultivators would not have noticed such a thing at all.
But the old woman had done it deliberately. The others had all been watching in the direction her demon power spread.
Thus, they clearly saw that firefly-like glimmer appear and vanish.
"Hm? That was... the earthly fire aura of the Fiery Cloud Hundred Demon Path in the Demon Realm? How could that be? Why would the Cultivation World have the earthly fire aura of the Demon Realm?"
The spark was faint, appearing quickly and disappearing even faster.
Yet after his gaze swept over it, the withered old man's pupils contracted, and he was greatly astonished.
"Little Liu, can you really not see it?"
Only then did the old woman speak. Her gaze fell on the withered old man, seeming both a reminder and a tease.
"This aura clearly did not appear long ago. It could be said that it arrived only one step ahead of us.
"Either other demon brothers and sisters from the Demon Realm arrived first, but that is even less likely. The Fiery Cloud Hundred Demon Path lies deep within the Demon Realm. If other members of the Demon Race had come, they could not possibly have arrived faster than us.
"Then... it can only be the Emperor Lord's doing. With the Emperor Lord's capabilities, it would not be impossible for him to establish contact with a human cultivator.
"That aura should have appeared even earlier than the ghost cultivators' arrival. In other words, that human cultivator most likely knows who took the Heaven and Earth Furnace.
"Perhaps... that person has already obtained the Heaven and Earth Furnace?"
The withered old man spoke repeatedly. By the end, his gaze