Chapter 660: Found the Loophole

Chapter 660: Chapter 667: Found the Loophole

At these words, tears streamed from the corners of Xuan Yan’s eyes.

He suddenly burst out laughing, a wild and crazed sound.

After waiting for hundreds of thousands of years, a new hope had finally appeared.

He had so many pent-up emotions that needed to be released.

Song Wanning didn’t disturb him, simply standing silently to the side.

Only when his emotional outburst subsided did the surrounding Demonic Qi return to a state of calm.

Xuan Yan stared at Song Wanning with a somber gaze and said, word by word, “I believe you.”

Even though he had been betrayed by the one he trusted most, even though he had been suppressed here for hundreds of thousands of years, he was still willing to trust Song Wanning one more time.

‘I just hope this trust won’t be betrayed again!’

Song Wanning met Xuan Yan’s gaze unflinchingly and gave a firm nod. “I will not fail you!”

With that, their alliance was officially formed.

The tense atmosphere dissipated completely. The pressure on her body vanished in an instant, and Spiritual Power began to circulate within her once more. Song Wanning gave a comfortable stretch.

“Now then, it’s time to get down to business.”

She drew a little closer to Xuan Yan, her expression serious.

“Do you know how to reconstruct the world?”

“I do!”

Xuan Yan nodded, the resentment he held for the Heavenly Dao gone from his eyes.

‘Just as Song Wanning said, the fact that I’m still alive… isn’t that, in a way, a chance given to me by the Heavenly Dao?’

Now, his thoughts were entirely consumed by revenge.

And reconstructing the world was the first step on his path to vengeance; there could be no room for error.

“Do you know how I was able to regain my sanity?”

Xuan Yan asked mysteriously.

Once a being becomes a Demon, it turns into a mindless monster that acts purely on instinct.

They might slaughter living creatures at will or even devour them all.

For him to have regained his sanity was no accident.

Song Wanning’s eyebrow twitched at his words, and she scanned her surroundings.

“Are you saying there’s something special about this location?”

‘Perhaps there’s a reason Xuan Yan’s tomb was built here.’

“Yes.”

Xuan Yan’s eyes filled with melancholy. “My father was a master of formations. Even after I became a Demon, he refused to give up on me!”

“He carried my body everywhere, searching, until he finally found this place.”

But alas, his father had long since been lost to the river of time.

He would never see him again.

Xuan Yan’s grief was fleeting; he quickly composed himself.

He waved Song Wanning over. “Come with me.”

With a wave of his hands, the cave before them suddenly changed.

A passageway materialized where the sealed cave wall had been.

The end of the passage was unclear, but she could faintly make out many things moving within.

Song Wanning frowned. The things looked familiar—just like the monsters she had encountered before.

But when they stepped inside, the color drained from her face.

The area before them was teeming with monsters.

There were too many to count, a writhing mass that completely obscured the view of whatever lay behind them.

“This is…”

Song Wanning’s eyes widened. She had thought the monsters were dealt with, but it seemed she hadn’t even scratched the surface.

‘So the real nest is here!’

“This is where I found the monsters.”

“Behind them seems to be a spatial rift. All these monsters are crawling out of it!”

“At that very spot, there is a spatial storm that is constantly siphoning this world’s fortune and Spiritual Power.”

Xuan Yan had discovered this long ago but had done nothing to stop it.

‘Although I don’t know how complicated this world reconstruction Song Wanning mentioned is, this vulnerability must be related to the Heavenly Dao’s decline.’

‘So, our first priority is to seal this opening.’

Song Wanning’s heart lurched when she heard this.

‘Xuan Yan might not understand what lies behind that spatial rift, but I know all too well.’

‘This must be the vulnerability created by the Wood Sculpture Realm, right?’

‘A vulnerability that is slowly draining the world’s fortune!’

Her gaze sharpened instantly. “Let’s go take a look.”

“We’ll have to clear out these monsters first!”

There were too many monsters. They couldn’t get through without dealing with them, let alone repair the vulnerability.

“Right.”

Xuan Yan nodded and was the first to charge in.

He unleashed years of pent-up fury upon the monsters, his strikes exceptionally vicious.

Song Wanning leaped into the air and quickly joined the fray.

Her small companions also sprang into action. They were all perfectly coordinated, beginning the swift annihilation of the monster swarm.

「Meanwhile, in the Immortal Realm.」

The monsters at the Heavenly Abyss were stirring again.

The monsters frantically assaulted the seal, their blood-red eyes making the hearts of the disciples on guard pound with anxiety.

They hurried to report the news. If the seal broke and the monsters inside escaped, the consequences would be disastrous.

These monsters had long ago mutated. Their attacks were powerful, and even Immortals struggled to deal with them.

Moreover, they were incredibly difficult to kill; otherwise, the problem wouldn’t have persisted for so long.

The thought of those endless monsters made goosebumps rise on the guards’ skin.

They could only pray silently. ‘Please let nothing terrible happen!’

In the Wuji Sect, Mo Yang Immortal Venerable stood in the main hall. The Sword Intent radiating from him hummed so intensely that even other Immortals averted their gazes, not daring to look at him directly.

Many others stood within the Wuji Sect’s main hall, all of them having received the news of the disturbance at the Heavenly Abyss.

“Those damned monsters… when will they finally be gone?”

Wang Yang said with hatred.

A close friend of his had died during one of the monster rampages.

That was why he loathed the creatures so deeply.

Mu Zixu, standing beside him, looked utterly unconcerned. ‘If monsters appear, someone else will naturally deal with them.’

‘A top Grandmaster like me doesn’t need to get involved. I just need to focus on my Alchemy.’

‘He was practically beaming these days. That pest Song Wanning was finally dead, and the Lower World was peaceful once more.’

‘Besides, my Alchemy has been steadily improving. I even managed to refine a Super-grade Immortal Pill before Daoqing this time.’

The Master of Wuji Sect asked respectfully, “Immortal Venerable, the monsters were suppressed only a short while ago, yet they are stirring again. Could it be that the current seal is weakening?”

“In the past, each seal held for several thousand, or even tens of thousands of years.”

“But this one began to loosen so quickly. Was there a flaw in the sealing method?”

The same question arose in everyone’s mind.

Mo Yang Immortal Venerable’s brow furrowed. His swordsmanship had just reached a new level, and he hadn’t even had time to consolidate his gains before hearing this news.

As a result, he was now unable to fully control the Sword Intent radiating from his body.

But the seal was the most important thing right now.

He glanced impassively at the Sect Master.

“Make preparations. A great battle with the monsters is inevitable.”

‘No matter how long a seal lasts, it is bound to fail someday.’

‘The monsters cannot be sealed within the Heavenly Abyss forever.’