Chapter 1676 - Return to Tianwu Continent
When the demon race once more appeared before the eyes of the Heavenly Realm’s myriad races, war ignited in the same breath. Defense lines flared to life across the heavens, and the fragile calm that had endured for three hundred thousand years was obliterated by blood and fire.
As if venting the rage that had been accumulating for ages, the demon experts’ assault was especially fierce. Demonic silhouettes blotted out the sky, surging forward like a tide of locusts.
Confronted with the sudden invasion, the Heavenly Realm had fallen into chaos. Yet after the initial shock, order was restored, and a fierce counteroffensive followed.
Huge, brutal battles erupted across the numerous Demon Realm Passageway battlefields. Demonic figures howled, and immortal light shone resplendently; it was as if grand displays of fireworks were unfolding across the world in celebration.
Only these fireworks were forged from flesh and blood.
The demon race’s assault was truly too fierce. One immortal holy land after another was forced to issue urgent distress calls.
For the Heavenly Realm, the fall of a Demon Realm Passageway guarded by an immortal holy land meant more than a defeat. It meant a door had been torn open between realms, allowing endless waves of demon experts to pour through without restraint.
At that critical juncture, a decree descended from the Heavenly Court: open the Heavenly Palaces.
During the primordial era, the court ruled over the Heavenly Realm. They established Heavenly Palaces in the thirty-three heavenly domains to control each domain. Though the Heavenly Court later declined and the palaces fell into partial disuse, their core purpose endured.
Thirty-three heavenly domains, and thirty-three Heavenly Palaces.
Each palace was a colossal grand formation tied to its respective domain, requiring multiple immortal holy lands to activate it in unison and amplify their collective defenses.
Take the Imperial Supremacy Heavenly Domain, for example. It had ten major immortal sects. To activate their palace, the Featherlight Sect, the Apex Mystic Sect, and the other immortal holy lands had to work together.