After Lie Shanyu's visit that day, the Demon Realm remained peaceful for several more years.
Then the aura of great battles began spreading once more.
The Red Moon in the sky showed abnormalities more and more often, and increasing numbers of magic beasts appeared above the Black Sea. They seemed naturally able to sense living creatures. They frequently discovered Small Worlds like the Dragon Demon Realm within the Black Sea, and wherever they did, a bloody storm followed.
Gu Yuanqing did not know exactly what Demon God Mountain wanted, but it seemed to involve the Fa Yuan Realm as well.
That was hardly unexpected. After all, the Floating World and the Exquisite World were connected to the Demon Realm by a thousand tangled threads.
What the Floating World's Demon Refining Array refined was the demonic qi of the Demon Realm, and that demonic qi came from the True Demon suppressed in the Underground Cave. In other words, this so-called demon refining was actually refining the True Demon's power!
Gu Yuanqing even suspected that the Exquisite World and the Demon Realm existed precisely to suppress this demon!
Lie Shanyu's words might not have been entirely true, but he had said that if this demon emerged, even the Fa Yuan Realm would not escape disaster. Even allowing for exaggeration, this demon was certainly no ordinary threat.
The power within Shadow offered a glimpse of that as well, and it was another reason Gu Yuanqing remained unwilling to confront him.
The current situation could very well have been deliberately engineered by Demon God Mountain. Judging by Lie Shanyu's expression back then, they certainly still had strength to spare.
Never mind their past grievances—even if Gu Yuanqing intervened, he might not be able to end the fighting. Instead, he would have to guard against