After Liu Changxu slew the five Mahayana Realm Blue Demons, the lower-ranking Blue Demons, bereft of their strongest fighters, became a heap of loose sand. The Liu Household cultivators seized the momentum and counterattacked, weaving sword light and spells into a net that cut down the remaining Blue Demons one by one. Calm soon returned to the waters around Golden Ring Island, leaving only dissipating demonic energy and lingering bloodstains.
Liu Changxu collected the Spirit Treasures with a wave of his hand, then placed his right hand on the head of a captured eighth-tier Blue Demon. He sent his spiritual sense into his captive's sea of consciousness and performed a Soul Search. Fragment after fragment of chaotic memories flooded his mind like a surging tide.
A moment later, he withdrew his spiritual sense. The eighth-tier Blue Demon was already dead. His brows knitted slightly as he addressed his wife, Wu Xuege, who had approached him.
"This Blue Demon army came from the distant Color Demon Star."
"Color Demon Star?"
Wu Xuege asked in puzzlement.
"That's right."
Liu Changxu nodded slightly and said gravely,
"According to what I learned from the Soul Search, Color Demon Star was invaded by the Insect Race. The Blue Demon Race fought desperately, but almost their entire race was slaughtered. These were the remnants who escaped by sheer luck. They wandered the universe for nearly a hundred years before stumbling upon Taibai Star."
Everyone was taken aback. None of them had expected this sudden crisis to be connected to the Insect Race calamity.
Holding her still-aching head, Wu Xuege said somberly,
"The scourge of the Insect Race has spread even to somewhere so distant... Though these Blue Demons were fleeing the war, they also brought news of Color Demon Star's destruction. It seems the situation in