Li Changge, guardian of the Southern Heavenly Gate, felt his armor tremble faintly under the onslaught of the demons. His gaze burned as he looked toward Su Yao, whose clear eyes blazed with the same flame of determination. The voice of the immortal in blue robes drifted over once more, its cadence strangely peculiar. "As expected, you are the ones capable of stirring the seal of the Star River." Before the words had faded, a deafening dragon's roar suddenly rang out across the sky. A colossal black Xuanming serpent burst through the clouds, its eyes burning with a dim radiance from Chaos. The black flames it spat instantly etched cracks into the gilded jade pillars of the Southern Heavenly Gate, while countless demons actually...
