Volume One: The Devil's Nature Never Changes
Arc: Ascension to the Second Dimension
Scarlet King stood watching the black hole.
Its beautiful, cold-white accretion disk revolved around it as the black hole itself moved at astronomical speed toward the Moon Sect.
He floated within the deep void, with no universes anywhere around him.
The black hole had already devoured them.
"Well, I hope this works."
Scarlet King suddenly remembered the coffin inside the Sealed World.
He immediately took out the talisman, opened a gateway to the Sealed World, and entered.
Nothing had changed significantly.
The same green grasslands.
The same towering stone pillars covered in hanging moss.
The nearby mountains.
The darkness of a moonless, lightless night, illuminated only by glowing nocturnal insects resting among the grass and tinting it a faint yellowish green.
But now—
an enormous white void occupied one side of the world's sky.
"Oh, my Darkness."
Scarlet King immediately moved toward the coffin.
It was open.
There was no one inside.
That confirmed his suspicion.
The girl from the coffin really had caused this.
Scarlet King quickly analyzed the situation.
"It seems the place where the coffin was located functioned as a sleep seal."
"When we removed her from it, the sleeping effect gradually weakened until she finally woke up."
"Then she destroyed part of the world to escape."
Scarlet King looked back toward the enormous white void.
"It's a good thing that when I created the Sealed World, I added self-repairing laws."
"The Sealed World will return to normal after a relatively short period."
"It has already begun healing itself."
He took out the talisman and left the Sealed World.
Immediately afterward, Scarlet King moved his arms and activated the seal.
He was transported directly beside Lin Yuan and Ikalat.
It was the teleportation formation he had activated earlier.
Scarlet King looked at them.
"Come on."
"Let's move now and kill the remaining competitors."
Suddenly, a voice came from among the trees.
"No need."
"You won't be able to kill them anyway while I'm here."
The cloaked man emerged.
He stood there for several seconds.
Then—
he removed the cloak.
The three spoke at the same time the moment they recognized him.
"Long Wei!?"
[On the Observers' Side]
The observers were far away from the four of them, watching several other disciples.
Kuang Wei spoke indifferently while stroking his beard.
"That disciple is good."
Suddenly, one of the Moon Sect elders arrived.
He was so nervous that he slipped and nearly fell, but quickly regained his balance and rushed toward Tian Lang.
"Sir!! Sir!"
"There's an enormous black hole heading toward our sect!"
"If no one stops it, it will swallow the entire sect!"
Tian Lang froze in shock.
His expression immediately became tense.
"What!?"
He instantly thought:
(Damn it!)
(If the Moon Sect headquarters is destroyed, then all the treasures and remaining resources keeping my front standing will disappear.)
(That means I'll lose this great war.)
(And if I fail to ascend to the Second Dimension, I'll lose outright…)
(And die afterward.)
He looked toward Kuang Wei.
"V-Venerable… I need some help from you."
"Please."
Kuang Wei sighed and lowered his head slightly, placing both hands behind his back.
"Hah… Fine."
"I'll deal with the problem quickly."
"But… the Baseline Law may prevent me from interfering."
"I can only stop it temporarily."
"You should evacuate the sect."
"We'll all move out and leave some disciples behind to monitor the competitors."
"Understood?"
Everyone nodded fearfully.
All the Sect Masters ordered three disciples from each sect to remain behind and observe the competitors.
Meanwhile, everyone else rapidly flew toward the black hole.
Their flight surpassed the beam of light trailing behind them as they crossed tens and hundreds of universes within fractions of a second.
Far away, a small-looking black hole was approaching the observers.
They simply ignored it.
[Inside the Six Universes]
The trio stood before Long Wei.
Scarlet King spoke.
"Long Wei, I didn't expect you to be here."
"But I'm curious."
"How did you manage to hide without me noticing you?"
Long Wei looked at him mockingly.
Judging from his aura, it was obvious that he had broken through to the six level of the Path Initiation Realm.
Ikalat and Lin Yuan were both at the second level.
Scarlet King was at the third.
Long Wei pointed toward the cloak.
"This is an Aura and Existence Concealment Cloak."
"Everyone will sense me as nothing more than an ordinary human, and no one will be able to notice my aura."
"I should thank Tian Lang."
"He was the one who brought me into his sect and gave me this cloak."
"And although he ordered me not to fight you…"
"My pride won't allow me to leave you alive!"
Inside Scarlet King, the Heavenly Spirit Beasts were speaking among themselves.
"What is this Scarlet planning?"
Xing Lin asked.
Long Tian Yue, however, was focused on something else.
His expression tightened slightly, irritation touching his pride.
"That one called Long Wei possesses the bloodline of the Red Dragon Clan."
"But he is still human."
"How did he obtain it?"
All the spirits fell silent and looked toward Long Tian Yue.
Then they returned to watching through Scarlet King's perspective.
Long Tian Yue contacted Scarlet King spiritually.
(Rebirth Devil, the one called Long Wei carries the blood of the Red Dragon Clan.)
Scarlet King replied:
(I already knew he possessed dragon blood.)
(But it's good that you identified the specific bloodline for me.)