At the edge of the Burial Land, gray mist churned endlessly like an ocean.
The countless Great Demons that had been frantically besieging Ye Tian froze where they stood the instant that divine sense descended, as though struck by a paralysis spell.
Then their hair-raising howls vanished, replaced by trembling submission born from the depths of their souls.
"Woooo!"
The wind wailed through the depths of the mist, as though billions of wronged souls were weeping, or ancient gods and devils were whispering.
At the farthest reaches of sight, the gray mist was forcibly torn apart by what seemed like a pair of invisible hands.
A terrifying aura, ancient, vast, and decayed, yet powerful enough to make heaven and earth change color, swept over everything like a world-ending tsunami.
"Thud! Thud! Thud!"
Heavy footsteps rang out, each one seeming to stamp directly on everyone's hearts.
Even the hearts of True God Realm experts contracted violently, threatening to burst.
Amid the roiling death aura, an enormous figure slowly revealed itself.
It was a Primordial Demon Ape a thousand zhang tall!
But unlike ordinary Demon Apes, his entire body was covered in long, grayish-white hair!
Each strand resembled a steel needle soaked in corpse fluids, giving off a nauseating stench.
His eyes were an eerie, deathly white, without pupils.
There were only two flickering flames of ghostly fire, as though connected to the Ninefold Nether Hell.
Most terrifying of all, a pair of tattered Rotting Wings grew from his back.
As those wings beat, black gale winds howled, slicing through space.
A Great Demon of the Burial Land—the Corpse-Winged Demon Venerable!
This was a supreme being who had truly entered the God Venerable Domain!
Under the Burial Land's brutal laws, he had devoured countless others of his kind and bathed in death