It was only a year later that great cultivators actually ventured into the deepest reaches of the Demon Land to investigate the Demon Abyss.
Although Gu Yuanqing had said he would act against the Devil Masters, and every sign suggested he had indeed done so.
Only when they truly saw that not a trace of heavenly demon aura remained in the Demon Abyss did they realize that Gu Yuanqing had utterly slain the Devil Masters.
In the Imperial Capital of the Divine Dynasty.
The Great Hao Emperor, Xuan Haoji, who was already showing signs of age, looked at the message in his hand with a somewhat dazed expression.
Was everything over?
The hidden danger of the demonic fiends, the threat of the heavenly demons—everything that had once weighed on the Nine Domains Divine Continent until it could scarcely breathe had suddenly vanished.
Even he, the Great Hao Emperor, found it somewhat unreal!
He had reached the void immortal peak many years ago and was the only being in the Nine Domains Divine Continent capable of directly contending with the Devil Masters.
If not for this world and the heavenly demons, he might have attempted to undergo the Immortal Calamity two or three thousand years ago.
Perhaps he would have failed and dissolved into nothingness.
But there had also been a sliver of hope that he might succeed and ascend to the Immortal Realm.
When he heard that Gu Yuanqing and Li Miaoxuan had ascended to the Immortal Realm, melancholy had filled his heart. He had considered throwing caution to the winds, but in the end, he could not let go.
Now, it seemed he could finally let go, but the opportunity was already gone.
The Nine Domains Divine Continent and the Great Hao Divine Dynasty were no longer in mortal