Chapter 704

Beneath the heavens, the Demon God loomed high in the sky.

Inside the hidden world, several sect masters and many high-level members immediately grew tense.

Even though the hidden world had been prepared by various Eternal Lords with contingency measures for emergencies—

At this moment, no one felt confident.

After all, this was a Demon God.

The outbreak of the demonic catastrophe, and even the entrapment of the Eternal Lords, were deeply connected to it.

"Don’t worry."

"The great Lord of Immeasurable has long left behind countermeasures. The Demon God can’t break in."

The sect master of the Eternal Immeasurable Sect forced himself to calm down and spoke to the crowd.

Before the great upheaval of heaven and earth, the Eternal Lords had observed countless future timelines, many of which included Demon Gods descending upon the hidden world and launching attacks.

Preparations had long been made for this.

If a Demon God could easily break through the hidden world and erase the Eternal Lords’ contingency arrangements, then this Source World would’ve already fallen to endless demonic energy.

How could it have held on until now?

"That's right."

"The future Eternal Lords must have foreseen this moment."

"We just need to wait calmly. Once the Demon God realizes it can't do anything, it’ll surely leave."

The other Eternal Sect masters also nodded in agreement.

After the initial panic, everyone quickly regained their composure.

The Demon God was certainly terrifying.

But the Eternal Lords weren’t that easy to deal with either.

When it came to the clashes of rank-thirteen time beings, victory couldn’t be decided quickly.

The most likely outcome was a prolonged stalemate, waiting for a shift in variables.

Lin Yuan stood quietly to the side, not showing much concern.

He knew very well the defensive power of this hidden realm.

Protected by at least eleven defensive Eternal Treasures—even a Demon God wouldn’t be able to breach it in a short time.

In the next moment—

The Demon God, standing beneath the heavens, moved.

It took two light steps forward, and black currents spread across the world. These dark currents swept through with a sense of utter destruction, engulfing the hidden world.

"This move…?"

Lin Yuan observed closely.

During the great upheaval, it was precisely this move that allowed the Demon God to shatter several Eternal Sects’ efforts to expel the demonic energy.

Though these black currents seemed intangible, they possessed terrifying corrosive and destructive power. Unless it was a defensive Eternal Treasure, even top-tier defenses would be forced to retreat in front of them.

Whoooosh—

Outside the hidden world, a faint black vortex began to form.

The vortex spun slowly, devouring vast amounts of the black currents.

"An Eternal Treasure of the Lord of Black Void?" Lin Yuan mused, a thoughtful look in his eyes.

That black vortex was indeed an Eternal Treasure, originating from the Eternal Lord known as the Lord of Black Void.

The Lord of Black Void, much like the Lord of Wu Shan, was a solitary Eternal Lord, not tied to any sect or power.

However, in the end, to help the living beings of this Source World resist the demonic calamity, he had still left behind several safeguards in the hidden world. This black vortex that continuously devoured the dark currents was one of them.

The vortex resembled a bottomless abyss, endlessly devouring the black currents.

And under its protection, the hidden world remained unmoved.

If the vortex hadn’t been limited to defense only, then during the great upheaval, the Eternal Sects wouldn't have been so utterly crushed by the Demon God.

Beneath the heavens, the Demon God stared down emotionlessly, showing no reaction to the vortex that was devouring the black currents.

Buzz… Buzz… Buzz…

Suddenly, the Demon God’s aura grew deeper. The single horn on its forehead condensed into a dense black dot. The moment the dot formed, space-time around it began to collapse and vanish.

"This technique…?"

Inside the hidden world, the sect masters showed signs of unease.

Among the Eternal Lords’ arrangements were measures to counter even this move.

But the Demon God had used the black currents first, and now this profound black dot—something didn’t feel right.

Whoosh!

The black dot on the Demon God’s horn transformed into a dark beam of light that shot directly toward the hidden world.

Outside the hidden world, a blue barrier immediately rose, vast and mighty, blocking the beam of black light.

Under the heavens—

The Demon God remained expressionless. Behind it, a massive pitch-black tail swung toward the hidden world.

Though it was just a simple swipe, with no rule or law behind it, space-time still shattered before it. Under absolute strength, even the grandest of laws would be broken.

Boom!

The entire hidden world quivered slightly under the tail’s impact but quickly stabilized.

The hidden world itself was a defensive Eternal Treasure, capable of resisting external attacks to a great extent—especially since this treasure had been created specifically to counter the Demon God.

First the black currents.

Then the horn’s black light.

And now the tail strike.

The Demon God unleashed several dozen more attacks in succession.

But all were blocked by the defensive setups left by the Eternal Lords within the hidden world.

Seeing this, the high-level members of the Eternal Sects finally exhaled deeply in relief. It seemed the Eternal Lords had the upper hand after all. So what if the Demon God was powerful? Wasn’t it still being firmly held back?

Boom!

Boom!

Boom boom boom!!

Although the Demon God’s attacks hadn’t shaken the hidden world for now, their aftershocks spread across the heavens and earth.

“This kind of power…?”

Within a Supreme Sacred Sect, the sect master and several Grand Elders stared in awe at the center of the world.

Even though they were separated by a vast distance, they could clearly feel the terrifying energy spreading out.

“It’s the Demon God. The Demon God is attacking.”

The sect master of the Supreme Sacred Sect confirmed with certainty.

They didn’t have any Eternal Treasure to lock onto the Demon God’s aura, but from the sheer scale of the power alone, there was almost no other possibility.

“Let’s hope the Eternal Sects can hold out.”

The Supreme Sacred Sect’s master silently prayed. Not long ago, thanks to Lord Milky Way’s appearance, they had barely been able to catch their breath after sweeping away the surrounding demons.

“Lord Milky Way… he’ll be okay, right?”

The sect master’s expression showed worry.

With the Demon God now active, the world’s greatest threat could only be countered by Lord Milky Way.

As for the Eternal Sects? As long as they didn’t come conscripting from their sect, that was already the best-case scenario.

“Demon God…”

At Qingyun Sacred Mountain, the sect master of the Sacred Sect sensed the terrifying fluctuations from the heart of the world.

“Senior Milky Way shouldn’t have gone to the center… Now that the Demon God is striking, who knows if those Eternal Sects can hold on?”

The sect master sighed deeply.

After Lin Yuan had protected the Qingyun Sacred Sect for thousands of years, the sect master had long since come to regard him as a revered ancestor.

Now, with the center of the world thrown into chaos due to the Demon God, if anything happened to Lin Yuan, the consequences would be unimaginable.

The Demon God’s arrival and continued attacks sent ripples through all the Sacred Sects and Supreme Sacred Sects scattered across the land.

But for now, all these powers could do was pray—pray the Eternal Sects could hold out, and that the Demon God would return to slumber soon.

Anything more?

Was simply beyond them.

With the heritage of the Sacred Sects and Supreme Sacred Sects, even if they mobilized everything they had, they wouldn’t be able to reach the center of the world before being swallowed by endless demonic energy.

Back in the hidden world—

At first, the sect masters and upper echelon of the Eternal Sects remained calm.

So far, every technique the Demon God had used had been anticipated by the Eternal Lords.

And the hidden world’s defenses proved this: all the Demon God’s attacks had been blocked.

But as time went on—

The expressions of the sect masters began to change.

Because the Demon God beneath the heavens showed no signs of stopping.

It continued attacking the hidden world.

The sect masters knew their own strength well.

Even if every blow had been blocked—

Even if the hidden world seemed impenetrable—

Each blocked strike came at an immense cost to the Eternal Sects.

Whether it was the vortex or the blue barrier, maintaining them required an ocean of resources.

At this rate, if the Demon God kept attacking for millions or tens of millions of years, the Eternal Sects would be completely drained.

By then, even with Eternal Treasures, they wouldn’t have the resources to activate them.

“How is this possible?”

“The great Eternal Lords didn’t foresee a future where the Demon God kept attacking for this long!”

“That’s right, the longest attacks they predicted lasted only a few days. It’s been months already—why is the Demon God still attacking?!”

The sect masters were starting to panic.

Even if the day when all resources were exhausted was still far off—

If the Demon God truly kept up this relentless assault, it was only a matter of time before the hidden world was broken.

Lin Yuan stood quietly nearby, listening to the murmurs between the sect masters.

They didn’t avoid speaking in front of him, so Lin Yuan quickly understood the situation.

“The Eternal Lords didn’t see a timeline where the Demon God attacks continuously?”

Lin Yuan’s expression grew thoughtful. “Could it be my presence that altered the future timelines?”

After all, Lin Yuan had descended more than ten thousand years ago—at that time, the Eternal Lords had long lost the ability to interfere with the outside world. Their glimpses of the future were all based on the pre–great upheaval period.

Thus, they couldn’t see traces of Lin Yuan’s existence.

And naturally, they couldn’t observe the timeline in which Lin Yuan wiped out countless demons.

Which, in turn, had enraged the Demon God, prompting it to abandon its instinctive suppression of the Source World and instead launch an all-out assault on the hidden world.

“Lord Milky Way, deep within the hidden world is a teleportation array that connects to the world’s edge. You should leave first,” said the sect master of the Eternal Immeasurable Sect, turning to Lin Yuan.

Among the many timelines observed by the Eternal Lords, there did exist one in which the hidden world was breached.

It was simply a matter of time.

Based on that, preparations had been made.

Such as constructing a teleportation array, to evacuate sect elites before the hidden world was breached.

“Leave?”

Lin Yuan looked at the Demon God looming beneath the sky, thought for a moment, then said, “Actually, it’s not like there’s no way to deal with the Demon God.”

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