The Han Family had left, but their Magic Arrays at the center of Berglas Fortress were still running. Every so often, desperate, agonized screams of people on the verge of death rang out from the arrays...
Laklison and Hofus were trapped in the Heart Demon Purgatory Formation, unaware of what was happening outside. When the heart demons struck, they lost control of their minds and descended into confusion. In that state, their divine souls could not possibly attend to anything outside. All their energy went into resisting the heart demons.
Having cultivated to the late-stage Upper God realm, the two possessed far greater mental fortitude than ordinary deities. They continued struggling against the invading heart demons, relying on their divine souls' senses to resist them...
Around them, the more weak-willed Middle Gods went mad one after another. Invaded by heart demons, they lost themselves and walked the road to self-destruction.
Time flew, and several days passed in a blink. The Heaven and Earth Essence sustaining the Han Family gradually began to ebb. One Magic Array after another lost its original power. Many exhausted Divine Guards from Veilshade City passed through death's door and ultimately survived by sheer luck.
Slowly, all the Heaven and Earth Essence vanished. The source of power sustaining the Han Family's Magic Arrays had finally run dry...
The thick fog shrouding the Han Family had long since vanished without a trace. At a glance, the buildings in every part of the estate lay exposed, clear and distinct in the sunlight.
Once the mist receded, the Magic Arrays also lost their power. Around the buildings, amid the towering stone pillars, and among the flowers and plants lay countless corpses, twisted into grotesque shapes. These Divine Guards under Hofus from Veilshade City were missing limbs, drained of blood, or