"Could it be Di Cang, the prodigy hailed as the greatest since the Creation of Heaven and Earth..."
The Lord of All Demons spoke calmly, yet every Demon Race expert around him lowered their head.
"The Immortal Realm has indeed grown stronger and stronger in recent years."
His gaze pierced the endless void and settled on the Eternal Immortal Realm. A cold, bloodthirsty light flickered in his emerald eyes.
"Perhaps the next Five Realms War truly isn't far off!"
In another corner of the Demon Realm, deep within the endless Poison Mist Swamp, a giant scorpion black as ink crawled out of the mire.
A light sweep of its tail hook through the void tore open a spatial rift.
It gave a low, spine-chilling laugh. "The Five Realms War... I wonder how much fresh flesh there'll be to devour when it comes."
At that moment, the Demon Realm's experts all turned their eyes toward the Eternal Immortal Realm.
The emergence of an Emperor Art was a signal!
A signal that the Eternal Immortal Realm had grown stronger once again!
And for the Demon Realm, that was anything but good news!
Meanwhile, in the Eternal Ghost Realm.
A gray haze shrouded this land forever.
There was no sun, no moon, no stars.
The Ghost Realm's sky was forever a lifeless gray-white, as though even light could not pierce the gloom hanging over the land.
Endless bones carpeted the earth. Eerie green ghostfire flowed through lifeless rivers, while countless spirits drifted through the gray mist, letting out faint, mournful cries.
At the deepest reaches of the Ghost Realm stood the Netherworld Ancestral Hall.
This towering palace was built entirely of bones. Every bone pillar rose ten thousand zhang high and was carved with the wails of countless dead souls.
Within the hall,