Immortal Demon Venerable

Inside the Immortal Demon Venerable's pavilion.

Luo Chen was reading ancient records.

A month had passed since Shenxiaozi announced the coming end of the Dharma.

Over that month, nearly every providence-bearing sect in the Primeval Great World had learned that heaven and earth were about to enter the end of the Dharma.

At once, waves a thousand fathoms high were stirred up. Even the ancestors of certain sects who had remained in seclusion for years were alarmed.

Some quick-moving factions began sealing their mountain gates and gathering their resources, preparing for the challenges that would come after the changing of the era.

No one knew when the era of Dharma-ending mentioned by that mysterious powerhouse would arrive, but for the sake of survival, countless sects were already making preparations.

In many places, the cultivation world had completely cut itself off from the mortal realm, and cultivation factions no longer recruited disciples from outside.

Luo Chen swept his divine sense across heaven and earth, raising a brow as he murmured, "So the end of the Dharma began the day the Heavenly Dao withdrew. It's just that the process has been so concealed and gradual that I overlooked it without a careful inspection."

Having finished examining heaven and earth, Luo Chen cast the matter aside and continued reading.

This was a path heaven and earth had to travel. After reaching its peak, it would inevitably decline. The myriad beings all had their allotted fates, and he would not forcibly interfere.

Though his cultivation was invincible within the universe, he was not arrogant enough to believe himself invincible in the universe beyond.

Among them, the Heavenly Gate God guarding the World Gate was someone he regarded with considerable wariness.

Why could a powerhouse whose duty was merely to guard the World Gate kill