Behind Jiang Shu, ripples continuously spread across the protective grand array of the Ancient Demon Sect Ruins. Several figures radiating immense pressure emerged from within in succession. Judging by their auras, every one of them had stepped into the Ten Thousand Manifestations Realm.
The arrivals were Zong Yue, Lu Chong, and the True Transmission Disciples and elders of the Eight Great Sects.
What was especially shocking was that each of them held chains in their hands. Strung along the ends of those chains were the shattered corpses of Demon Race members and the heads of Demon Sect True Transmission Disciples, their eyes still open in death.
One year had been enough for the Eight Great Sects' forces within the Demon Sect Ruins, supported by Jiang Shu's overwhelming strength, to slaughter the leaderless Demon Sect and Demon Race members to the last man. They had been utterly wiped out, with not a single one escaping alive.
The opportunities scattered throughout the ruins had likewise all fallen into the hands of the Eight Great Sects. The True Transmission Disciples and elders whose cultivation had stood at the peak of the Nirvana Realm had used those opportunities to break through smoothly, all advancing into the Ten Thousand Manifestations Realm and attaining the rank of Dao Lord.
At the sight of this gruesome scene, the atmosphere on the Demon Sect and Demon Race side instantly dropped to freezing point. Dense Demonic Qi and Demon Power erupted uncontrollably, turning into raging waves and Astral Winds that shook the surrounding void until it rumbled and trembled without cease.
The elite True Transmission Disciples and commanders they had carefully selected and sent out had been completely annihilated, not one surviving. In particular, Qiu Taoguang, the Demon Sect's First True Disciple in whom they had placed such high