However, Xu Zimo still chose to return to Brahma City.
Through the teleportation array at South Martial Pass, Xie Changliu followed close behind, and the two of them reappeared in Brahma City.
After a long drift through distorted space, their figures finally stabilized and appeared once more inside the Saint Sovereign Tower.
Progenitor Thousand-Slaughters had already been waiting there for quite some time.
“Daoist Xu,” Progenitor Thousand-Slaughters said quickly when he saw Xu Zimo emerge, “those two young ladies have gone missing.”
“As expected,” Xu Zimo said calmly.
If Progenitor Thousand-Slaughters could have kept Miss Jing contained, that would have been too disappointing.
“You don’t blame me, do you?” Progenitor Thousand-Slaughters asked cautiously.
Xu Zimo shook his head slightly. “Prepare me a quiet room. I don’t want anyone disturbing me.”
“There are rooms belonging to our Demon Faction within the Saint Sovereign Tower,” Progenitor Thousand-Slaughters replied at once. “No one will enter.”
Led by Progenitor Thousand-Slaughters, the three of them left the teleportation array and entered a chamber to the left.
After a few brief words, Progenitor Thousand-Slaughters took his leave.
Xie Changliu chose to stand guard outside the door voluntarily.
The room was simple, no different from an ordinary one. Xu Zimo sat cross-legged, letting his consciousness enter the God World.
“Master,” Paimon and the others greeted him immediately.
“You all heard what those people said earlier?” Xu Zimo asked.
“Yes,” Paimon and Seven-Face both nodded.
“After the destruction of the last epoch, we fell into deep slumber. It seems there are still many things in the Nine Heavens even we do not know,” Paimon said.
“Perhaps the Primordial Demon Cave holds the answers,” Seven-Face added.
“Myriad Flowers Fairy said I was the one who would start the Heavenly War. It seems things are far more complicated than we imagined,” Xu Zimo replied.
“Tell me, how do we unseal the Primordial Demon Cave?”
“When the Primordial Demon Cave was banished, the whole world thought it was the doing of the Heavenly Court,” Paimon said.
“But I suspect the Heavenly Court alone wasn’t enough. The Heavenly Dao must have been involved. We must go ourselves to that place of exile to see.”
“Do you know where the entrance to the place of exile is?” Xu Zimo asked.
“To be precise, there is no entrance,” Paimon answered.
“When they exiled our Ancient Demon Race, they never intended for us to return.”
“That’s true,” Seven-Face said coldly, “but even without an entrance, we can force one open.”
“First, let me fuse this Infernal Heart,” Xu Zimo said.
He slowly took out the Infernal Heart. Billowing demonic energy surged forth, the seals on its surface flickering with light.
The Infernal Heart shot into the air, emanating immense power as it floated in the void.
Xu Zimo extended his hand, and the Grand-Pivot God-Sword came streaking across the heavens, landing swiftly in his grip.
Its golden light and sharp aura gleamed brightly.
Faith power flowed out from Paimon, Seven-Face, and the many beings of the Myriad Beast Realm.
That faith power formed invisible torrents that filled the sky.
Those torrents converged into beams of light that fell upon the Grand-Pivot God-Sword. Instantly, the sword’s might surged, its sword intent rising without limit.
In the center energy groove of the sword, the power filled completely, glowing a deep crimson.
The Infernal Heart seemed to sense something.
A flood of demonic energy spread from it, darkening the heavens.
It began to beat.
Thump, thump, thump!
Like war drums shaking the world, its rhythm spread far and wide. In the Myriad Beast Realm, the hearts of countless beasts began to beat in unison.
Millions upon millions of heartbeats thundered together, a sight that shook the heavens.
Grand-Pivot God-Sword’s aura pierced the sky. Xu Zimo held the sword, stepping into the air.
On the Infernal Heart, the restriction activated, and a vast tower manifested above.
The tower shone with restrained divine light and pure Dao energy, its form thirty-three stories tall.
It descended from the heavens, enveloping the entire Infernal Heart.
This tower was the seal itself.
The demonic energy of the heart condensed into demonic faces that repeatedly struck against the tower’s restriction.
In Xu Zimo’s eyes, demonic energy surged. His Hell-Suppressing Demon Physique awakened, and purple sigils appeared across his skin.
His black hair flowed like ink. The Grand-Pivot God-Sword gleamed gold, and its sword intent soared skyward.
Raising the sword above his head, he swung down toward the tower.
A blinding explosion of sword light erupted. The void itself seemed to collapse.
In everyone’s sight, heaven and earth vanished, leaving only that single dazzling arc of sword light tearing through the sky.
Then, everything was annihilated.
The Grand-Pivot God-Sword’s divine energy wrapped around the tower, ripping it apart completely and freeing the Infernal Heart within.
“Who dares destroy my Demon-Sealing Tower?!” a thunderous voice suddenly boomed from the demonic clouds above.
“Demon-Sealing Tower?” Xu Zimo sneered. “You people never tire of such names, do you?”
The skies split open, and the shattered tower turned into a golden light forming a door in the void, shining across the realms.
From that door stepped out a towering figure.
His body was powerfully built, muscles taut and high, and he wore loose immortal robes that gleamed with holy white light.
His long hair was bound by a headband. He was a middle-aged man with thick black beard and a face of natural authority.
“One of the Twelve Heavenly Gods of the Immortal Gate, this deity is the Demon-Shattering Heavenly God! Surrender now!”
But the moment his words fell, he sensed something was wrong.
Within this God World, Xu Zimo was the only true god.
To fight here was to oppose the world itself.
As soon as the Demon-Shattering Heavenly God appeared, he was instantly suppressed by the God World’s Heavenly Dao, unable to move.
Cold sweat trickled down his forehead.
“Where… is this place?” he asked in horror. When his gaze fell on Paimon and Seven-Face, both Saint Sovereigns, his body trembled uncontrollably.
“I didn’t expect that tower’s seal would turn out to be your artifact,” Xu Zimo said with a faint smile.
With the tower destroyed, its master had likely been drawn here the moment the connection broke.
But he hadn’t expected to appear within the God World itself.
If this had been the outside world, with his cultivation at the fifth stage of the Grand Emperor realm, he might have made some trouble.
But here, he was less than an insect.
“Since you’re here, you might as well stay,” Xu Zimo said with a light laugh.
He waved his hand, and the power of the Heavenly Dao descended like an invisible mountain, crushing the Demon-Shattering Heavenly God into the ground.
Since the man had discovered the existence of the God World, Xu Zimo could not allow him to live.
Still, because this Demon-Shattering Heavenly God came from the Heavenly Court, Xu Zimo could extract a great deal of information from him, something very useful to his current situation.
With another wave of his hand, Xu Zimo completely sealed the God World, isolating it entirely from the void.