Outside the domain, there is no power of the Heavenly Dao, hence no spiritual energy. The advancement of demons from beyond relies entirely on devouring those who possess spiritual energy. This is why demons from beyond attack the Six Realms.
Also, due to the absence of the Heavenly Dao's power, the prohibitions placed on demons from beyond by the great powers of various realms over tens of thousands of years are ineffective here. Therefore, Ling Luoyi is about to face demons from beyond who can unleash their full power, unsuppressed by anything!
Without spiritual energy, people sent to the various battlefields by the realms can only rely on elixirs and spirit stones to recover their spiritual energy. Ling Luoyi, leading the army for support, also brought countless elixirs. Qiu Yuanxi was later organizing people from the Luoyun Palace to continue sending them.
After a few days of calm, just as Ling Luoyi was on edge, Gu Yuncheng suddenly contacted her urgently.
"Luoluo, Liuying Water Pavilion has found Hua Yan's whereabouts. He has fled to the demon realm battlefield!"
"What is he doing there?" Ling Luoyi didn't understand. Even if he wanted to cooperate with the demons from beyond, he couldn't get all the fragments of the Heavenly Star Cauldron now. Without all of them, wouldn't going there be like a sheep entering a tiger's den?
"I don't know. Liuying Water Pavilion is still investigating, but, Luoluo, the people from Liuying Water Pavilion cannot infiltrate the inner workings of the demons from beyond."
"Asu, I understand. Please tell those people to be careful."
"Mm."
"By the way, Asu, have those little ones caused you any trouble?"
"No, Luoluo, they are all very well-behaved."
"That's good."
Just then, outside Xianning City, dust suddenly billowed, accompanied by the excited roars of demons from beyond.
Ling Luoyi looked outside the city. The dense ranks of demons from beyond were almost endless. Ling Luoyi could only see a figure sitting in the very center, resembling a human, gazing greedily at the people on the city wall.
"Asu, they've arrived."
"You... be careful." Gu Yuncheng hesitated for a long time before saying these words.
At the border between the demon realm battlefield and the human realm battlefield, a figure stood, looking mournfully towards the human realm battlefield, his hands clenched tightly. Drops of blood fell, and he seemed oblivious to the pain.
Xing Yu, who had been waiting by his side, stepped forward to comfort him, "Your Excellency, why didn't you ask the Princess to stay?"
Xing Yu had been ordered to stay by Ling Luoyi's side, so he knew about her divine bone and the consequences it would bring.
"She wouldn't stay. She would rather die on the battlefield than live in humiliation."
"Your Excellency..." Xing Yu understood.
Xianning City, the moment the attack by demons from beyond was detected, war drums sounded on the city walls.
The Domain Lord instantly appeared on the city wall, looking at the army of demons from beyond rushing towards them. He even spotted a familiar face among them.
"It seems they intend to break through into the human realm completely this time," the Domain Lord muttered to himself.
"Domain Lord?" Ling Luoyi was very confused by this.
This was Ling Luoyi's first time in Xianning City, and her first time facing demons from beyond in their full strength. She had only seen weakened demons from beyond and their battle footage before.
"Si Zhan, do you know who that is?" the Domain Lord pointed at Nois, and before Ling Luoyi could answer, he began to speak, "He is one of the Six Kings of the demons from beyond, Nois, and for tens of thousands of years, he has been the King responsible for the human realm battlefield. Do you know why he is in charge? Because Nois is the weakest among the Six Kings. Yet, even the weakest has been fought by our human realm for tens of thousands of years, with victories and defeats on both sides."
The weakest king?
Ling Luoyi looked at Nois, whose eyes were blood red. She activated her divine eyes. Upon seeing Nois's cultivation, even though Ling Luoyi was prepared, she was still startled.
The Domain Lord was currently at the peak of the Ninth Stage Demigod realm, but Nois was two realms higher than the Domain Lord, at the Divine Attendant realm, and was even on the verge of breaking through to the Divine General realm!
This was not the most powerful being Ling Luoyi had ever encountered, but it was the most powerful enemy she had encountered. Even the former Asura King, killed by the puppet last time, ranked second in his full strength.
"Nois rarely appeared in past battles, but when he did, the human realm usually paid the heaviest price. Si Zhan, I don't want to scare you, but countless Si Zhan Saintesses have died by his hand. So, later, you should not confront him. Let us old folks handle it."
Ling Luoyi did not hear the Domain Lord's words. At this moment, she was trembling with fear upon realizing the gap between her and Nois, and her consciousness retreated into the small courtyard deep within her spiritual consciousness.
Ling Luoyi stood there in a daze, her mind filled with thoughts of not being able to defeat Nois and urging herself to flee!
As Ling Luoyi fell into deep fear, she, who had not appeared for a long time with her crimson eyes, reappeared.
"What's wrong? Are you scared?"
Ling Luoyi looked at her, a flicker of longing in her eyes. If it were her, she could probably do it, at least survive.
She clearly caught this fleeting longing and smiled, "Are you craving my power? Do you remember what I said after you left last time?"
Ling Luoyi remembered. The result of her last seclusion was reconciliation with her. Although she couldn't truly accept her, she could no longer be influenced by her. When she left, she had said, "You will return. I'll be waiting for you."
"See? Was what I said true? You need my power to unlock your sealed abilities. You need me."
"I know," Ling Luoyi calmed down and said, looking at her, "I suddenly envy my past self at this moment. I've never felt this way since you appeared. I envy her strength, her decisiveness, her coldness. If she had been in control of this body back then, perhaps it wouldn't have turned out like this."
"Then do you want to go back to that time?" Before Ling Luoyi could answer, she asked again, "Do you know why I appeared? Because you've started doubting yourself. Do you remember that you once had a soft side?"
A soft side?
Ling Luoyi had completely forgotten. Her only memory of herself back then was cruelty and bloodlust.
"You don't remember? Well, there's no time for you to think about it now. Remember in the future that the person you hate is not just as you remember her. Your eyes have been covered, and you can't see clearly. If you can recall, you'll find that she is not as you think she is. Beneath those cruel actions, there was her softness."
Speaking of this, she suddenly glanced in a direction. Ling Luoyi also looked, only to see a thick fog. The fog was unclear.
"It's too late." She suddenly placed her hand in front of Ling Luoyi. A silver-black flame emerged from her palm. The flame was not hot but rather cool. "Aren't you craving my power? Do you want to accept her?"
Looking at the flame dancing in her palm, Ling Luoyi hesitated. Because of this, she didn't notice the thick fog outside the small courtyard slowly moving inward, subtly threatening to engulf the entire courtyard. However, she could see it clearly.
Ling Luoyi didn't know what this thick fog was, but she knew very well and understood that once the fog covered the small courtyard, she would disappear. Yet, she smiled with relief.
At some point, the thick fog had covered the small courtyard, with only their location remaining uncovered.
Ling Luoyi suddenly looked up at her and said, "Don't you know that if I accept your power, I will die even faster?"
"Are you afraid?"
Ling Luoyi was stunned. Was she afraid of death?