Shadow had once been the Heavenly Demon Sword Master's avatar.
Now his entire body was shrouded in Absolute Darkness that even light could scarcely illuminate.
He gazed toward the distant Dragon Demon Realm, but ultimately did not enter. Instead, he turned toward the ruins of the Ling Yuan Realm.
When the Ling Yuan Realm had fallen into the Black Sea, a space rift leading to the Underground Cave had appeared here. He had emerged through it.
The space rift had been small and unstable. After so many years, it had long since healed completely. However, this remained a weak point between the Underground Demon Realm and the outside world. When he had emerged, he had left both a formation and a mark, so he could still find it even after all these years.
Deep underground, he raised two fingers. A strand of Black Force sliced through the void, and his figure turned into Black Smoke and slipped inside.
Inside North Spring Grotto-Heaven, Gu Yuanqing, who had been quietly cultivating, suddenly felt a stirring in his mind and opened his eyes.
"Has something happened? Is the Primordial Divine Sect about to make a move against me?"
He rose and reached the mountaintop in a single step, merging with the grotto-heaven. First, he looked beyond North Spring Grotto-Heaven, then surveyed the distant Primordial Realm.
Yet he found nothing.
There was nothing unusual inside or outside the Qian Yuan Realm, or even throughout the entire Exquisite Realm Domain.
His gaze swept across the Spirit Realm. The Mountain-Bearing Divine Turtle was still asleep, though its body seemed to have grown a little larger.
The Canghai Demons did not dare approach at all.
Only then did he look toward the Dragon Demon Realm. Nothing had changed there either.
It had been a long time since