In the first year of Su Jiu's coma, the Snow Sprite broke through under the effects of the spring water. Purple Ultimate, which was closest to Su Jiu, discovered that her feet had healed completely. Nourished by the spring water, the meridians within her body also grew increasingly crystal-clear and spacious. Now, her entire body seemed to glow, radiant and shimmering.
Although only a year had passed for Su Jiu, ten years had already passed in the world below...
Over those ten years, the Azure Realm underwent tremendous upheaval. As its spiritual qi grew richer by the day and the Heavenly Dao continued to change, many cultivators who had been trapped at bottlenecks made breakthroughs.
Meanwhile, the demonic qi emanating from the Demon-Subduing Land also grew increasingly dense.
Throughout those ten years, cultivators from other continents kept making their way to the Vast Heaven Continent to provide support, yet the demonic cultivators of the Savage Wilderness became ever more active along the border between the Vast Heaven Continent and the Savage Wilderness.
By now, they were beginning to show signs of disregarding the righteous cultivators altogether, and the peace contract once signed by the righteous and demonic factions, promising that well water would not encroach on river water, was gradually becoming worthless.
Among them, several sects led by the Enchanting Demon Sect and the Earth Devil Palace were particularly brazen.
During the first few years, they had merely provoked others and dared not kill indiscriminately in the open. Over the last two years, however, although they had not yet thrown all restraint aside, their wanton killings had grown increasingly severe.
As he listened to Feng Qi's report, Xia Jue tapped his fingers intermittently against the tabletop.
"By now, we're beset by troubles both within and without. Inside, there are three