"Sister Lingyue, wh-what is going on?"
On the Sword Platform, Xu Taiping looked gravely up at the enormous golden hands holding the Jade Edict in the sky, transmitting his voice to Fairy Lingyue without betraying anything.
Soon, Fairy Lingyue's voice rang out in Xu Taiping's mind-
"Taiping, we miscalculated this time."
At her words, Xu Taiping's heart immediately tightened.
He had rarely heard Fairy Lingyue speak in such a fearful tone.
Then he heard Fairy Lingyue continue:
"Su Chan's real scheme this time was neither to provoke a dispute between True Martial Heaven's rogue cultivators and sect cultivators, nor to target you."
"Rather, he was using these two things to divert our attention, giving himself a chance to begin the Heaven-Demon War ahead of time."
Hearing this, Xu Taiping immediately asked in bewilderment:
"Those two sentences alone can start the Heaven-Demon War?"
Fairy Lingyue explained:
"The Nine Abysses Demoness's Jade Edict is an existence on par with the Heavenly Dao Laws. Anyone who defies it will be erased outright!"
"So, Taiping, right now, you must never, ever harbor any thought of questioning or defying this decree!"
Hearing such sternness in Fairy Lingyue's voice, Xu Taiping dared not take it the slightest bit lightly. He immediately nodded without betraying anything and said:
"Don't worry, Sister Lingyue. I won't."
Almost at the very moment Fairy Lingyue warned Xu Taiping, quite a few cultivators in the stands who shared his thoughts suddenly began cursing after a brief daze-
"Who's playing these supernatural tricks? Come out!"
"Nine Nether has already been destroyed! What do you demon cultivators have to contend with us?"
Unlike the cultivators of the other realms, the demon grottoes of Nine Abysses here had been destroyed long ago. Even Nine Nether, which had clung to its last breath, had been wiped