"Ah! What's going on? Didn't we sign an alliance agreement with the demon beasts?"
"Exactly! Have the demon beasts torn up the alliance agreement?"
"Could they have discovered that Treasure Mountain's spiritual qi is declining too?"
"...!"
The alarm had not sounded for hundreds of years, ever since they had allied with the demon beasts. No wonder its sudden ringing sent everyone into a flurry of startled speculation.
"Come! Let's go outside and look!" High Person Qianshan called to the others, then dashed out through the hall's entrance ahead of them!
The other Spirit Communion Stage cultivators hurried after him. Once outside, they looked around toward the sea!
Where sea and sky met ahead, a vast expanse of pitch-black qi surged relentlessly toward Treasure Mountain. Its speed was astonishing!
"What's going on? Those aren't demon beasts?" Everyone cried out in surprise at the sight.
"Demonic beasts from the Demon Realm!" Liu Xian'er suddenly exclaimed. She could see clearly that the enormous beasts flying at the very front were the same kind of magic beast she and Zhang Hong had encountered on the Origin Continent!
As it turned out!
After Liu Xian'er and Zhang Hong returned from the Origin Continent that year, they visited Mother Li and Li Muzhi, who persuaded them to stay. The two women then discussed the matter with High Person Qianshan, who agreed with the elders and hoped they would not return to the Origin Continent, lest they encounter danger.
Although Liu Xian'er objected, High Person Qianshan's words changed her mind, and she remained on the Great Illusion Continent.
Back then, High Person Qianshan told Liu Xian'er that regardless of whether the demon array really was on the Origin Continent, the Demon Realm's invasion was already inevitable. Even if the Human Realm's cultivators destroyed the demon array