567: Too late!

Its mutilated body lost all support, falling like a broken sack from the edge of the half-torn Void Realm rift!

It smashed heavily onto the scorched lava ground below, kicking up a cloud of scorching dust!

..."A'Da!!!"

Hundreds of miles away!

Xin Yuelan, who had just managed to stabilize herself on a mountaintop leveled by the shockwave,

was crushing a healing demon core and putting it into her mouth.

The complete severance of the “connection” caused by A'Da's Primordial Spirit instantly being extinguished in the distance made her heart clench and her scalp tingle!

Her scarlet vertical pupils subconsciously turned toward the falling figure!

She saw clearly!

Instantly! A chill colder and more biting than the destructive impact she had faced earlier rushed up her spine to the top of her head!

Her scalp felt like it was about to explode!

A... A'Da's... aura... annihilated?!

"Impossible... This is absolutely impossible..."

She muttered distractedly, her demonic heart seized for the first time by a pure, world-shattering terror!

What Saintess dignity, what yanshen fetus, what vengeful malice!

At this moment, everything was crushed! Only one thing remained... escape!

She didn't hesitate for a moment! Her left hand shot like lightning into the folds of her robe!

She grasped a Bone Talisman, only three inches long, shaped like an ancient black tusk but smooth as jade!

Faint, wisps of bloody demonic patterns coiled around it!

This was the life-saving item her mother, Fairy Xing Xuan, had given her for true life-or-death situations!

"Open—!" she shrieked!

She instantly squeezed out every last bit of Demonic Essence remaining in her body!

Along with a mouthful of heart essence blood, she fiercely sprayed it onto the Bone Talisman!

Buzz—!!!!

The Bone Talisman suddenly burst forth with an indescribably deep black light!

A swirling, demonic eye vortex, seemingly connected to the Nine Nether Abyss, instantly opened in the center of the Talisman!

An incomparable suction force instantly enveloped Xin Yuelan!

Black light flashed!

Only a tiny spatial collapse point remained where she stood, along with Xin Yuelan's mixed feelings of terror,

malice, and a hint of relief in the lingering echo of her scream... She, along with the wilting Space-Devouring Demonic Mastiff, vanished completely!

...Hiss!

A weak golden light staggered out from the depths of the enormous rift valley!

It was Yao Delong, whose face was as pale as paper and whose divine flames flickered dimly like a candle in the wind!

He landed beside A'Da's still-warm corpse,

and without hesitation, he grabbed the ancient gray Storage Pouch from its waist and the broken half-section of the world dust Battle Axe into his hand!

His gaze, sharp as a hawk's, suddenly pierced toward the spot where Xin Yuelan had just vanished!

However!

A step too late!

In the air, besides the residual Origin fluctuations from a high-level spatial jump, which were intense enough to make one palpitate,

and a faint, uniquely sweet and bloody scent belonging to the core of the Heavenly Demon Sect... there were no other traces to be found!

"Heavenly Demon Sect... the aura of the Ten Thousand Demon Shield Void Talisman..."

Yao Delong licked his cracked lips stained with golden blood, and ferocious flames leaped wildly in his eyes,

"Running fast, are we... Hmph! Next time... I swear! New debts and old scores! I'll make you pay everything back, principal and interest, until it's all clean!!"

The words, cold as the Nine Nether's ice, echoed with bone-chilling killing intent amidst the smoke and wind!

He could no longer hold on, staggering and almost falling, only steadying himself by leaning on the immortal slaying dark kite sword... Meanwhile, in the infinitely distant west, deep within the Demon Domain!

Heavenly Demon Sect, Demonic Heart Palace!

Elegant sandalwood incense wafted up from an intricately carved white jade Cauldron.

A beautiful woman—dressed in a luxurious black-gold Phoenix-patterned palace robe, with astonishing nobility and a hint of sharpness in her features—

Fairy Xing Xuan, was gracefully picking up a “Blood Bodhi” resembling red jade and sipping it gently from her lips.

The cup was warm, brimming with vibrant spiritual energy.

Suddenly!

The delicate hand holding the cup suddenly froze!

Her Phoenix eyes instantly shot out beams of unbelievable, terrified light!

As if a tightly wound string deep within her Soul—suddenly snapped!

"Crack—!"

The precious White Jade Lotus Cup slipped from her fingers, carrying amber-colored spiritual tea,

and smashed heavily onto the reflective black jade stone floor, shattering instantly!

"A'Da... is dead?!" The shocked cry, filled with unprecedented alarm, echoed throughout the silent, magnificent Demonic Heart Palace!

This Integration Realm expert, usually composed and calm, now had a face as white as snow!

Her figure flashed and she vanished from the spot!

...The majestic and magnificent Heavenly Demon Main Hall!

Heart Without Demonic Intent, the Sect Master of the Heavenly Demon Sect who commanded ten thousand demons and possessed intimidating authority without needing to rage, was reviewing military reports from the border Demon Abyss submitted by subordinates.

His resolute and majestic face held a look of scrutiny.

The space at the hall entrance fluctuated and twisted without warning!

Fairy Xing Xuan, her face sinking like water and her eyes holding a storm of anxiety, stepped out! "Heart Without Demonic Intent!"

Heart Without Demonic Intent suddenly looked up, and seeing his beloved wife's expression, his heart skipped a beat: "Xing Xuan? What has you so panicked?"

"Yue'er is in danger! She's in the Eastern Domain! A'Da's... Soul Imprint is shattered!"

Fairy Xing Xuan spoke quickly and urgently, filled with deep lingering fear and accusation.

"Didn't I tell you not to let her step into the Eastern Domain again?! Wasn't the lesson of being trapped in the Profound Heaven Sword Array deep enough?!"

Heart Without Demonic Intent's body trembled! The scroll in his hand, ground from the spine of a Soul Transformation Peak Bone Demon, instantly exploded into jade powder!

A fierce, bone-chilling rage instantly permeated the entire hall:

"The Eastern Domain?! A'Da... is dead?!"

He was also aware of A'Da's strength—a servant from the powerful Heaven Domain! Enough to crush most Void Refining experts in the Eastern Domain!

Fairy Xing Xuan's Phoenix eyes were filled with killing intent, and she cut him off directly: "Is yelling at me useful?! Send people quickly! Immediately! Now!

I sensed that she used that 'Blood Prison Demonic Fang Talisman'!

Although she didn't die, she must be on the brink of death! I warn you! If you are too late!

If you don't bring her back! You can forget about stepping half a step into the Demonic Heart Palace ever again!"

Heart Without Demonic Intent was verbally attacked by his wife, and the combination of panic and anger almost choked him:

"You...!"

But seeing Xing Xuan's current man-eating gaze and pale face, his anger was instantly suppressed! Saving their daughter was paramount!

"Guards!" He slammed the massive Demonic Dragon Skull armrest beside him!

A black Communication Blood Talisman, twisting the Void Realm, roared out! Demonic patterns gathered on it, shaking the hall:

"Immediately summon: Chief Protector Sha Wuji and Master of the Ten Thousand Demon Hall, Zhu Wuneng, to the hall!"

"...Chief Protector Sha Wuji and Master of the Ten Thousand Demon Hall, Zhu Wuneng, come to see me—!"

The roar of the Demon Lord Heart Without Demonic Intent, filled with anxiety and thunderous might, stirred up a silent storm within the Heavenly Demon Main Hall!

The sound penetrated layers of Restrictions, instantly reaching the source points of two terrifying, lingering auras deep within the heart of the Demon Domain.

Buzz! Buzz!

Two demonic shadows appeared almost simultaneously, tearing open space in the core area of the Main Hall!

The person on the left was ten feet tall, shaped like an iron tower!

He was covered head-to-toe in dark black, ferocious scale armor, with foot-long curved horns growing from his joints!

Only his face was exposed, but it was covered in dark red scars that looked like flowing rivers of magma, extending all the way to his bald head!

He was the head of the Heavenly Demon Sect's Divine Protector Hall—Chief Protector, Sha Wuji!

Those scars were not flaws; each one subtly emitted Body Integration-level lava Demonic Qi that twisted space!

Just standing there, the air in the great hall seemed to ignite, making faint crackling sounds!

His aura was wild and brutal, marking him clearly as being in the Body Integration Early Stage!

The person on the right was slightly tall and slender, wearing a layered, deep blue robe that seemed woven from countless twisted Demonic Soul fragments.

His face was shrouded in a constantly shifting layer of foul mist, obscuring his exact features,

only two eyes, like cold stars from the abyss, coldly pierced through the mist, surveying the hall.

He was the one controlling the countless strange secret techniques and ancient demonic treasure resources of the Ten Thousand Demon Hall—Hall Master Zhu Wuneng!

His aura was deep and mysterious, also Body Integration Early Stage! However, this Body Integration aura carried an even deeper, unfathomable quality that targeted the Divine Soul.