In an instant, an ominous aura surged. Ren felt it, as did countless Shura and Great Powers throughout the Primordial World.
Crack... crack...
Spirit Mountain, already riddled with cracks, began to break apart again. As it fractured, vast torrents of black Demon Qi burst forth.
It was pure Demon Qi, boundless Demon Qi. Not Spiritual Qi, but Demon Qi in its purest form.
The Demon Qi surged and flowed, gathering into a sweeping tide. Shura Sect members who failed to dodge were engulfed. They turned demonic in an instant, their strength soaring.
The eruption of Demon Qi stunned countless people.
Yang Jian, who had already returned, stared at the rampaging Demon Qi. "Junior brother... what's happening? Why is there so much Demon Qi?"
Ren remained within the Karmic Fire, gazing at the vast Demon Qi. "I don't know either. Buddhism and the Demon Cult have some connection, but I had no idea such terrifying quantities of Demon Qi lay beneath Spirit Mountain!"
Ren could not understand how Spirit Mountain, a renowned blessed land, could be pouring out Demon Qi.
The many Great Powers were equally baffled.
Even Maitreya Buddha and Liuli Buddha, still locked in battle, did not understand.
As everyone looked on in confusion, the Demon Qi grew denser, and a dragon's roar rang out.
"Roar..."
The roar echoed as boundless Demon Qi poured forth and spread through the widening fissures.
Suddenly, the shattered Thunderclap Monastery exploded into fragments.
An enormous dragon head emerged, pitch-black like dark crystal. Its exquisitely carved surface was covered in interlacing patterns that held Dao Rhyme.
The dragon head appeared and unleashed a roar. "Roar..."
Its cry rang out. Demon Qi swept forth like a tsunami, rolling along an enormous chasm.
Like a raging river, it surged through the fissure toward a fragment of