With the appearance of the Heaven-Connecting Tower, the entire Azure Realm was shaken by violent upheaval.
Some cultivators with low cultivation levels had no idea what was happening, but those with higher cultivation levels had sensed something the instant the Heaven-Connecting Tower appeared.
The elders of the various sects, who had been repairing the Three Great Secret Realms, immediately stopped their work.
Several even turned toward the Linnan Region with looks of disbelief.
"The Heaven-Connecting Tower... has actually appeared..."
At that moment, many elders abandoned what they were doing and, as if of one mind, summoned their flying swords and sped toward the Linnan Region.
Those who remained, however, looked troubled.
They knew very little about the Heaven-Connecting Tower, only that it formed the heaven-connecting path. But before that, shouldn't they repair the secret realms first, then consider everything else?
After all, surely the Demon Realm Descent mattered far more to them right now than some Heaven-Connecting Tower.
Some cultivators thought this, and voiced their doubts.
Fortunately, one last elder had yet to leave.
"Since the Heaven-Connecting Tower has appeared, the Three Great Secret Realms are no longer of any use."
Some did not understand and continued asking questions.
The elder was amiable enough to actually explain it to them.
The entrance through which the Demon Realm Descent would descend had originally been set in the Linnan Region. But before it could open, the Heaven-Connecting Tower had unexpectedly vanished.
Although the tower's disappearance had completely prevented the demon gate from opening wide, it had also cut off the cultivators' path to ascension.
The devil race had then torn open four more entrances in succession, in the Demon-Subduing Land and the Three Great Secret Realms.
Ultimately, however, these were only rifts, and only a small number of demons could descend through