[Demon King Mingluo Hunzhao] was gone.
On the Imperial City's wall, Zhang Yuan and Xie Jingxin lay without breath or any sign of life, their bodies almost overlapping. An exceedingly subtle spatial fluctuation appeared, and their corpses vanished from the spot immediately afterward, their whereabouts unknown, as though [Demon King Mingluo Hunzhao] had utterly annihilated them with a single swipe of his claw, destroying their bodies and erasing all traces.
Just then.
The towering wave of divine light completely suppressed the swirling white hole devouring Roselight Capital. The black vortex in the sky and the white hole underground collapsed together.
Everything was over. The Demon King was dead, the sun rose again, and Roselight Capital returned to its former tranquility.
Tan Chengcheng still stood within Upper Nether Academy. From beginning to end, she had shown no intention of intervening.
It was not that she herself had been unwilling to act. Rather, Zhang Yuan had secretly sent her a voice transmission, telling her that she only needed to watch from the sidelines and leave a small opening in the black vortex overhead.
With her current status and discernment, she had naturally realized at once what Zhang Yuan intended to do.
He was going to fake his death, then slip into the black vortex above.
Although she knew perfectly well how dangerous this was, and that the slightest misstep might truly get Zhang Yuan killed by [Demon King Mingluo Hunzhao], she had still followed Zhang Yuan's orders.
She possessed the same status and divine power as the Great Heng Founder, and her immense might had all but reached the pinnacle of the chaos of the Five Realms. If she went all out, the beings capable of contending with her in magical combat throughout the Five Realms could be counted on one's fingers.