Amid demonic might that spanned heaven and earth, a chaos-colored barrier abruptly appeared above Qing City, enveloping the entire city in an instant.
The mortals noticed nothing amiss.
A golden streak flew into the air and transformed into the Golden Crow Girl.
She looked up at the enormous, illusory purple vertical eye, her heart taut with anxiety. Though the City-Guarding Barrier stood between them, this fragile barrier amounted to nothing before a Demon Ancestor.
"Demon Ancestor Zhutian?"
The Golden Crow Girl recognized the Demon Ancestor represented by that purple vertical eye.
Zhulong, one of the Twelve Gods of the Defiled Earth Jianmu, had had his Primordial Spirit captured by an Outer Path Powerhouse during the Primordial Cataclysm and offered to "it." Thus, this Heavenly Dao Powerhouse had become Demon Ancestor Zhutian of the Outer Path.
"Oh? Primordial Beginning's daughter."
The enormous, illusory purple vertical eye gazed at the Golden Crow Girl, and an indifferent voice echoed between heaven and earth. "The last time I saw you was tens of thousands of years ago."
Back then, he had still been Zhulong, newly entered into the Heavenly Dao and granted a divine seat.
"What are you here for?" the Golden Crow Girl demanded through gritted teeth, her voice passing through the barrier into the sky.
At such a lofty cultivation realm, concealing things from mortals was all too easy. Even if they fought right in front of mortals, the mortals would be utterly unaware.
"Little one, since you are Primordial Beginning's daughter, I will give you a chance to ascend. Leave the mortal world now, and I will spare you," Demon Ancestor Zhutian said impassively.
"You'll spare me?" Remembering that her imperial father was backing her, the Golden Crow Girl said coldly, "This is the mortal world. Do you think you can