334: Chapter 334 Struggle

Three days passed by in a flash.

The sky was cloudless, clear without a trace of Impurities.

The massive cross-shaped rift hanging in the sky trembled violently.

In the valley below, several Disciples belonging to the "Flowing Fire Sect" were patrolling.

One young Disciple looked up inadvertently, his pupils contracting sharply as he exclaimed in shock: "M-Master! Look at that rift!"

The Elder of the Flowing Fire Sect beside him looked up at the sound, his face instantly turning deathly pale.

The cross-shaped rift spanning the sky was slowly expanding at a visible rate, with thick, ink-like black smoke churning from the edges of its horizontal section.

Fragments of space peeled away, floating chaotically around the rift like a shattered glass mirror, refracting distorted light.

Through some of the larger fragments, a completely alien, desolate world filled with dark red Devilish Qi was vaguely reflected.

"Look at that big one!"

Another Disciple's voice trembled as he pointed to the largest space fragment.

The scene within the fragment flickered, faintly revealing a figure wreathed in dark red demonic flames, offering up an artifact resembling an ancient sundial toward the rift.

The curve at the corner of that terrifying figure's mouth became increasingly prominent on the fragment, causing the Elders and Disciples to shiver.

Panic spread like a plague. Every Sect area became restless.

"Is... is that the Demon Ancestor?! I heard the Di Family of the Wanxian Dynasty colluded with the Demon Ancestor of the True Demon Realm before!"

"It's over... How can we resist such an existence?"

"The highest cultivation level of the Elders and Disciples stationed here by our Sect is only Soul Transformation..."

"We can only rely on the Moonshadow Sect. If we go up there, we're just throwing our lives away!"

"No, if the Demon Ancestor descends... only Supreme Moonshadow can save us! Where is the Supreme?"

Whispers and shouts of fear intertwined.

At the mountain peak, Yu Lingling, Nangong Mei, and Baili Qiao had long since noticed the anomaly, their expressions grave.

Yu Lingling frowned and ordered the Hundred Flowers Peak Disciples behind her in a low voice: "Quickly use the resonance dao tower to transmit the anomaly here back to the Sect."

"Yes!"

Baili Qiao and Nangong Mei looked at each other; they never thought the joke about the "rift separation" would actually come true.

Could Elder Qin Zhaoxue have comprehended the Dao of Karma?

Just as everyone was in a panic, the void directly in front of the cross-shaped rift rippled silently like water, and a figure appeared. He stood with his hands behind his back, wearing black robes and a jade crown.

"It's Supreme Moonshadow! The Supreme is here!"

"Supreme! The Supreme has descended!"

"Great, it's Supreme Moonshadow, we are saved!"

In an instant, the gloom was washed away by ecstasy, and deafening cheers erupted from the valley below.

The tense nerves of Yu Lingling and the others relaxed, and they looked at the tall, straight figure with hope and relief in their eyes.

Ling Hao scanned the churning, expanding rift and sighed inwardly, feeling lucky.

"Glad I made it in time."

Ling Hao formed a complex Dharma Seal with his hands in front of his chest, and his vast Divine Thought instantly communicated with the entire territory of the Tianyuan Immortal Dynasty.

"Suppress!"

A soft shout, seemingly containing the will of heaven and earth.

In an instant, throughout the Tianyuan Immortal Dynasty, whether in bustling cities or border wildernesses, one world-suppressing monument after another suddenly awakened.

The monuments erupted with dazzling beams of light that shot straight into the nine heavens. Countless streams of light from all directions converged crazily high in the sky, like giant Dragons of light galloping across endless space, surging toward the location of the Southeast Main Rift!

The streams of light intertwined to form a magnificent net of light covering the entire sky, slowly pressing down toward the massive cross-shaped rift.

Wherever the light touched, the churning black mist melted like ice and snow, and the peeling space fragments were forcibly fixed and smoothed out.

But after pressing down for only a moment, the light net struggled to continue; it could barely curb the expansion of the rift, but could not completely Seal it.

The cheers of the Cultivators below gradually subsided, and confusion spread.

"What is going on?"

"Is the Supreme trying to Seal the Main Rift?!"

"But it looks like it's not working?"

Ling Hao frowned slightly, his gaze piercing through the churning energy and suspended space fragments, as if he could see the scene on the other side of the rift.

True Demon Realm, on the other side of the space rift.

The ground was cracked, flowing with scorching rivers of magma, and dark red Devilish Qi obscured the sky.

Taihuang Heavenly Demon, Red Flame Heavenly Demon, Xuanming Heavenly Demon, Red Lotus Demon Emperor...

Tens of thousands of Demon Race Cultivators, from Heavenly Demons and Devil Emperors emitting powerful demonic might to low-level Demon soldiers and generals, were forming a huge and complex Formation.

Countless streams of pure demonic power rose from them, converging into a dark red torrent, continuously pouring into the space rift leading to the Three Provinces Realm, desperately maintaining its stability.

At the core of the Formation, Yan Yan Demon Ancestor was surrounded by raging demonic flames, fully activating the "world-breaking demon sundial" floating in front of him.

The world-breaking demon sundial was pitch black, its surface covered with twisted demonic patterns. The needle spun wildly, constantly bursting with dark red blood-colored light that tore through space.

Yan Yan Demon Ancestor's dignified demonic face was full of anger and grievance.

"Damn it! Damn Supreme Moonshadow! It must be you again!"

He roared madly in his heart, almost spitting fire.

The sealing of the Northern Main Rift and another node rift both had Supreme Moonshadow's hand in them, and this time the space rift was unable to expand and stabilize; the person behind it was obvious.

Yan Yan Demon Ancestor had thought the rift would be completely stabilized today, so he confidently started the world-breaking demon sundial ahead of time, intending to forcibly raise its passage limit the moment the rift formed.

Everything was going smoothly, but... halfway through, the expansion of the Main Rift encountered obstacles.

The fluctuations of the space rift were exceptionally violent and could not withstand the full exertion of the world-breaking demon sundial at all.

Yan Yan Demon Ancestor stared at the world-breaking demon sundial in front of him, his expression uncertain.

"Once this world-breaking demon sundial is activated..."

Once this thing made by the Machine Demon Race was activated, it could not be stopped halfway.

If it stopped, this world-breaking demon sundial would be ruined!

At this moment, he felt like he was being roasted on a fire. Massive demonic power was being crazily extracted by the demon sundial like a bursting dam, yet it could not achieve the expected effect, only being wasted on this extremely unstable space passage.

This feeling of having power but nowhere to use it, while being constantly bled dry, made Yan Yan Demon Ancestor almost go mad!

"Trash! A bunch of trash! Steady it for this Ancestor!"

Yan Yan Demon Ancestor could only vent his anger on the low-level Demon Army maintaining the Formation, roaring coldly:

"All Demon Army, join the Formation! Steady this damn rift for this Ancestor!"

He had to make the rift stable as soon as possible, even if only for a moment, to let the power of the world-breaking demon sundial successfully imprint on it! Otherwise, this massive amount of demonic power would really be wasted for nothing.

There was one more point, and this was the most important reason for Yan Yan Demon Ancestor to continue persisting.

He had made a military pledge to the Supreme Crown Prince!

Otherwise, how could he have gotten this world-breaking demon sundial of the Ten Great Royal Machine Demon Races? This world-breaking demon sundial was not something common.

And if he failed to take the Cangwu Province...

Thinking of the possible consequences of failure, Yan Yan Demon Ancestor shivered instantly.