The Five Elements Seal Great Array was about to break, and Kaguya's emergence was imminent!

"One or two occasions of helping for free, within your abilities? That promise is certainly reasonable. In that case, I can rest easy."

The Dog General smiled and nodded.

In truth, he secretly sighed.

At first, he had thought the human youth before him shared a bond of life-and-death friendship with his two sons. Now it seemed the youngsters did have a relationship, but they were not as close as he had imagined.

Still, the other party's verbal promise counted as some assurance.

"Safe travels, sir."

Watching the Dog General's remnant soul dissolve into specks of light, Li Xia parted his lips and spoke softly.

Of course he understood some of the subtle thoughts in this legendary Great Demon King's heart, but he could not bind himself.

Only out of consideration for their previous friendly dealings and this decisive investment had he given such an ambiguous promise.

Otherwise, even if the Dog General had refused to give him any benefits, they would ultimately have fallen into his hands anyway. There would simply have been an extra "middleman" in the process.

And sure enough.

Over at the Demon Graveyard.

Just as the Dog General's remnant soul passed through the omnipresent spatial barrier between the two worlds and flew overhead, his consciousness growing increasingly hazy, he saw, from the perspective of a Great Demon King's soul, a Tree of Ages hung with purple orbs of light through the thick white mist and a selectively concealing barrier...

"Where is this? Why is it so misty?

And what is that down there? Why does it look so familiar?

It feels as though it could absorb me?"

The next moment, his increasingly weak and muddled consciousness passed through a bank of mist, and he saw an enormous skeleton.

"Huh? This skeleton...

Wait...

Aren't these my