A breeze stirred faint ripples, disturbing the long-held peace.
Nearly ten months had passed since Shen Yun returned to the Heavenly Realm; the Immortal Kings had vast domains to manage, after all, and arranging their sect affairs took time.
But to a World-Shaking Expert, let alone a mere ten months in seclusion, even ten years passed in the snap of a finger. As a veteran Immortal King, Sword Saint Xuanxiao understood that perfectly well.
"A message at a time like this? I'm afraid it's no ordinary matter..."
Shen Yun knew it at once: given Sword Saint Xuanxiao's composure, he would never disturb him unless he had encountered a crisis he could not resolve.
Sure enough, when Shen Yun swept his divine sense over the secret message, events had unfolded just as he expected—
"Since entering the Other Shore of the Star Sea, the Devil Ancestor has taken advantage of Destiny Island's struggle against the God Lord to slaughter five Lesser Thousand Worlds in succession. His cultivation has returned to its peak."
"Afterward, he rallied three ancient Gods and Devils and founded Rebirth Island in one stroke. The Finality Ancient Land has now become a three-way standoff..."
Before the Primordial Era, many experts of the Underworld had also set foot in the Original Ancient Land, resolved to break through to a higher realm. Unlike the Immortal Realm, however, the Underworld had no supreme leader. Those fiends largely fought their own battles, and none would submit to another.
Over the long years, many mighty demons had fallen in those conflicts and become dust in history. The survivors were like a king of venomous creatures emerging from a pit where countless others had devoured one another—their methods were ruthless beyond measure.
After hundreds of millions of years, only three great Gods and Devils