Darkness stretched endlessly, with only the sound of eerie howling wind. The witch walked in the dark tunnel of the ancient demon-suppressing cave, like a yin spirit heading towards the nine hells.

  The ancient cave grew wider as they walked, but the darkness around them also deepened. Walking on this gloomy and terrifying road, the witch could even close her eyes and move forward.

  For many years, he wandered alone here, and now, he is finally going to change his own destiny with his own hands.

  Perhaps, there are countless people's fates in this world.

  A dark wind howls, right in front of him!

  A faint light suddenly lit up in front of him, and although the light was so dim, it was particularly eye-catching in this pitch blackness.

  The witch stopped in her tracks.

  That faint light flickered gently in the darkness, its brightness uncertain, as if beckoning, as if tempting, as if yearning, as if mocking...

  The wind blew his black collar, just like countless years ago, he gazed at that place.

  Many years ago, he also stood here, but at that time, there were brothers by his side, and in front of him, there was a figure that seemed to be able to cover the sky and earth, although weak.

  Now, however, there is only his solitary figure.

  "Mother..." He slightly lowered his head and softly called out in a low voice.

  Then he floated forward and threw himself at that faint light with a desperate determination like a moth.

  A brilliant light burst forth, and the dark wind in the ancient cave suddenly became fierce. What was originally just a tiny spark of light slowly spread out from that spot, gradually illuminating the surroundings.

  On the uneven ground, there were fallen rotten white bones everywhere, both human and beast. The huge cave wall, hard rock, under the dim light, revealed countless dense cracks, crisscrossing like being torn apart by someone, shocking at first sight.

  In the darkness, there was a voice, right in the deepest part of that faint light, with an icy chill, softly echoing.

  "You're back..."

  The echo was very long and reverberated between the ancient cave walls.

  The warlock didn't speak, he just stood in the midst of the light, paused for a moment, then stretched out his arm from his black robe, and on his hand was a black staff inlaid with bone jade.

  "Roar!......"

  A loud roar, like a sudden clap of thunder, burst forth from the ancient cave. The surrounding darkness retreated instantly, and in that deep, mysterious place, dazzling lights flashed out, like countless demonic tentacles, towards the witch and those two sacred artifacts, shouting wildly.

  Even the ancient stone walls of the surrounding caves, which have stood still for millions of years, are now shaking non-stop, with large and small stones falling down.

  The howling and mournful wind sounds like a longing, heavy breathing at this moment.

  "Do you still remember the appearance of the queen?" The witch suddenly said quietly, staring at the sharp and piercing light in front of her.

  In the midst of intense light, the flickering radiance seemed to suddenly solidify for a moment.

  The witch's black dress fluttered in the strong gusts of wind.

  Even his voice sounded so fleeting: "Her stone statue is still standing at the entrance of the cave..."

  In the depths of that radiance, there was no sound, only the stretching and shrinking light rays, casting a shadow on the witch's body, making it bright and dark.

  The witch didn't say anything else and slowly floated up, drifting into the depths of the light.

  A vast expanse of flat land suddenly appeared, which was distinctly different from the outside. The hard stone walls were mostly intact, but on the ground, there were many huge skeletons, and most of them were intact. Upon closer inspection, there were as many as thirteen.

  These thirteen skeletons of different shapes, emitting a strange and eerie aura, were arranged in a circle at varying distances, all facing inward and outward, as if guarding something. In the dark and empty eye sockets, there seemed to be icy gazes.

  As the witch's shadow suddenly appeared, approaching this strange circle, a chill wind sounded with an eerie "creaking" sound. On these white bones, several skulls surprisingly began to rotate, slowly turning around and looking towards the witch.

  At this almost heart-stopping, eerie time, the lich seemed to be completely indifferent to these terrifying skulls. His gaze, from start to finish, was fixed on one place.

  That was right in the center of the circle formed by those thirteen white skeletons.

  A life-sized skeleton made of white bones lay quietly on a three-inch-high pedestal made of white jade, unlike the skulls around it, this human skeleton was still covered with silk, and after who knows how many years, under the dim light, the color of the silk was still incredibly vibrant.

  And all the brightness around, even the whistling dark wind, was emitted from this white skeleton.

  The witch slowly floated closer to this white skeleton.

  The light flickered and danced, casting eerie shadows that seemed to stretch on forever. It was as if a pair of eyes were staring at him from the darkness.

  Around, all thirteen white bones suddenly made a "rattling" sound, almost as if they were coming back to life at the same time. Their skulls turned and their deep eye sockets stared at the witch's shadow.

  The next moment, a piece of silk rose into the air and floated in mid-air.

  It was as if a silent low growl, in an instant, dazzling light burst out from under the silk, like an unstoppable arrow off the string, whizzing away in all directions.

  "Woof!" With a sound, the witch even felt that the light was carrying a surging and turbulent demon power, rushing past her ears.

  Fierce winds howled, interspersed with eerie cold laughter, began echoing in this ancient cave.

  Those thirteen skulls suddenly raised their heads together and let out a loud howl towards the sky!

  Under this eerie atmosphere, the witch slowly descended in front of the white bones. In the white light, there were five obvious fracture sites on the skeleton that was as large as a real person, which were located at the right hand, left ankle, laryngeal prominence, skull, and its entire spine was gone.

  At this moment, reflecting the light emitted by his skeleton, a white bead was placed on his right hand, a jade disc was placed at his left ankle, and a ring was placed at the broken throat.

  The witch slowly pulled out the jade inlaid on the black staff, bit by bit, and then gently placed it on the skull of the white bones. Right in the middle of the forehead, there was a small hole, and the jade fit perfectly into it without any deviation.

  In the darkness, there seemed to be a voice calling out from afar.

  The warlock's body suddenly shook violently, his whole person swayed, and the light reflected in his eyes, like two burning white flames.

  Whose soul and body are being burned by those flames?

  He seemed to have called out softly, but no one could make out what he was saying. The next moment, he placed the black stick in the middle of the white bones, on the spine.

  Suddenly, everything came to a standstill.

  The howling dark wind stopped, the dazzling white light disappeared, and the darkness like a boundless sea surged up silently to engulf everything!

  Who is waiting silently in the darkness?

  Is it the deepest darkness, or the dawn of fantasy?

  Everything has calmed down, like an eternal and unchanged desolate silence. The white bones stopped shouting and fell silent.

  A sound, in the deepest darkness and silence, quietly, rings out!

  Bang!

  Bang!

  "Bang! Bang!"

  ……

  That was the sound of a heartbeat, overflowing with new vitality. The surroundings were still pitch black, but the magical heartbeat sound gradually grew louder and slowly began to flow with gentle water sounds.

  No, it's not the sound of water, but the surging blood vessels, rushing out from the heart, carrying endless joy and unstoppable momentum, dancing wildly in the darkness.

  After countless years of slumber, endless coldness has passed, and warmth once again!

  Who is it, breathing softly in the darkness?

  That surging sound grew more and more fierce, like the pent-up soul had condensed the resentment of thousands of years into a roar, every drop of reborn blood carrying madness and tyranny!

  Slowly, the eerie sounds around began to rise, the solid stone walls shook once again, and those white bones in the darkness screamed out, welcoming the reborn demon.

  Only the lich, his silhouette vanished in the darkness, feeling the intangible yet wildly dancing demon in front of him, feeling that resurrected soul and flowing blood vessels.

  That feeling almost engulfed him...

  Bang!

  A loud crash, a huge force smashed the hard ground and created a large pit. The golden bottle flew out and narrowly avoided this sneak attack from behind, her face turned pale with fright.

  The stone statue of the woman just now was almost as if it had magical powers, drawing all her spirit and soul in, so that she completely forgot everything outside, only when a gust of wind suddenly rose on her head, the little instinct cultivated through years of hard practice made her suddenly wake up with a start, and almost at the moment when there was no time to spare, she rushed out, barely managing to save her life.

  Jin Ping'er's breathing had yet to stabilize when suddenly a fierce gust of wind erupted from behind her, and that malevolent spirit had already caught up with her like a sharp awl attached to her bones. Although his body was clearly composed of only formless white gas, the enormous giant sword and shield in his hands seemed as light as toys for a child.

  Jin Bier knew the danger and didn't dare to confront it head-on, so she quickly dodged her body and retreated backward. Under these two sword strikes, Xiong Ling had already chased Jin Bier from the entrance of the Town Demon Ancient Cave to several meters away.

  As soon as she landed, Jin Ping'er's right hand flipped out, and the purple awn suddenly rose. The treasure, the Purple Awn Blade, had already been taken out and was grasped in her palm. Facing this ferocious ghostly creature, she absolutely dared not to be careless.

  She was vigilant, but the evil spirit drove her three feet away from the Town Demon Cave and didn't pursue her again. Its intangible body still lingered beside the stone statue of a woman.

  "Who are you, daring to come to this land of evil spirits, and also daring to desecrate the sacred statue of the Witch Maiden?" The fierce spirit glared with its copper bell-like eyes, saying coldly.

  Jin Ping'er secretly let out a breath of relief, calmed herself down, and said in a clear voice: "You misunderstood me. I didn't intentionally offend this... goddess statue. It's just that when I first saw her, she was so beautiful that I couldn't help but reach out to touch the stone statue."

  The fierce spirit hummed, his face slightly softened, and he obviously also knew that the stone statue had a mysterious power. His voice was still icy cold as he said, "You're young and a first-time offender, I won't bother with you. This is a place of evil spirits and demons, it's not for you to come here, leave quickly!"

  Jin Ping'er furrowed her brow, following her intuition that the most important secret was likely hidden within the Demon-Sealing Ancient Cave. However, she didn't expect to find such a powerful and sinister spirit guarding the entrance. It's quite troublesome. If she were to force her way in, it would likely alert the witch or other monsters inside, not to mention dealing with this malevolent spirit right before her eyes.

  She was deep in thought, while the fierce spirit saw that the woman's eyes were scanning back and forth between herself and the goddess statue, occasionally glancing towards the dark depths of the cave behind her, clearly thinking of making a move on this cave master, and couldn't help but change color with rage.

  "Hmph!" The fierce spirit shouted, "Little girl, I advise you not to look for trouble. This cave is home to a peerless demon, and entering it would be seeking death. Moreover, I guard this ancient cave and will never let outsiders in. Give up on that idea early!"

  Jin Bier hummed and said, "How could I give up so easily? Didn't that black-clothed person just go in?"

  The fierce spirit was taken aback, and a strong light flashed in his eyes. "So you're the one who's been following that person?" he said.

  Jin Bier observed the expressions and tone, having some guesses about the relationship between these two people in her mind. However, she continued to say: "Of course, that person who doesn't look like a human or a ghost... uh, I'm not talking about you, don't get angry!" Jin Bier almost slipped up and quickly added a sentence to appease the furious evil spirit, then said: "That black-clothed man stole the sacred Black Cane of the Nanjiang Miao people, and also got the sacred Bone Jade of the Li people. He just went in, I was thinking about what he's going to do..."

  She had not yet spoken the word "but", when the fierce spirit, whose face had suddenly changed color, let out a thunderous roar that forced Jin Pinger's words back into her mouth and shook her so much that she lost all her composure.

  "What did you say? He has a black rod and bone jade on him?" The fierce spirit's entire body began to shake violently.

  Jin Bao'er was somewhat stunned and said, "Yes."

  The evil spirit looked up at the sky and let out a long howl, extremely resentful. Suddenly turning around, looking at his appearance, he simply didn't care about anything and was just about to rush into the Town Demon Cave, determined to die together with that witch.

  But at this moment, Jin Bao'er and Xiong Ling were both stunned at the same time.

  It was as if the dark wind blowing out of the Town Demon Cave had suddenly stopped.

  The world seemed to have lost something in an instant, and it was especially quiet.

  The evil spirit's face turned pale in an instant.

  His mouth opened wide as if he was going to say something, and also seemed to be exerting all his strength to shout loudly, but nothing came out.

  Then, he slowly turned around and looked at the stone statue of the woman. Suddenly, his body shook violently again, and his massive body softened, actually kneeling down in front of the stone statue of the woman, wailing loudly.

  Jin Bier was startled, she came from a demonic sect and had seen countless strange things in her life, but a fierce spirit with such high cultivation suddenly wailed loudly in front of her, it was truly a rare sight. Just looking at the fierce spirit's extreme grief, its huge body, which was made up of white gas, was trembling non-stop, and although it was just an illusion, the sorrowful emotions seemed to be vividly presented before her eyes.

  Jin Bier quietly moved over, and the evil spirit didn't notice her. When she moved to the stone statue of the woman, just about to take this opportunity to sneak into the Town Demon Cave, suddenly, her body shook, and her gaze was fixed on the stone statue of the woman, also stunned.

  The elegant beauty on the cold stone statue.

  Two lines of clear tears quietly slid down from the stone statue's eyes.

  It turns out that after thousands of years, a deep lingering sorrow still cannot be erased...

  Jin Ping'er stood aghast behind the evil spirit, gazing at this heartbreaking stone statue!

  In the depths of the stone cave, a low hum echoed from afar, as if something was awakening from its long slumber and uttering its first words.

  The dark wind rises again, its sound even more mournful!

  Even the sky above and its color have become dull like this.

  A flash of lightning pierced through the dark clouds.

  A thunderbolt exploded in the sky.

  Thunder boomed, and in the blink of an eye, it tore through the sky. Countless dark clouds surged up like boiling water from the heavens of the Ten Thousand Great Mountains, pouring towards the Demon-Suppressing Ancient Cave.

  A heavy downpour of rain came pouring down, mixed with huge hailstones, pounding the ground into a pockmarked mess.

  Jin Bier was startled, dodging left and right, drifting in the wind and rain. However, the fierce spirit suddenly raised its head, gazing up at the sky, and all the wind, rain, and frost seemed to have no effect on it, but its eyes were filled with despair.

  "Ah!......"

  He looked up at the sky and let out a loud cry.

  Just then, a strange howl rose up in the cave, growing louder and closer until it was almost deafening. Jin Ping'er felt her head spinning with a loud ringing sound, as if it were about to split open, and she couldn't help but change color, hastily fleeing far away.

  The fierce spirit suddenly turned around, blocking the entrance of the Town Demon Ancient Cave with its huge body, raised its shield, held up its giant sword, glared with anger and stood proudly without a hint of fear.

  That rustling sound grew louder and louder, and in the blink of an eye it had already rushed to the entrance of the ancient cave.

  The sky was filled with a deafening thunderclap, the heavens roared, and it seemed as if all the mountains and lands of the entire Ten Thousand Great Mountains were shaking together.

  In the wind and rain, the evil spirit looked like a small boat swaying weakly.

  That deep darkness, like a ferocious beast with sharp teeth and claws, pounced on him from the ancient cave.

  The evil spirit roars with anger and charges forward head-on!

  A gigantic sword sliced through the darkness, illuminated by a flash of lightning that streaked across the sky. The dark energy was instantly cleaved in two, but immediately surged back from both sides, engulfing his body at an incredible speed.

  The evil spirit let out a loud cry, from far away, Jin Bao'er still heard that voice: "Mother..."

  The next moment, the evil spirit disappeared, and the black air gathered frantically at the entrance of the Demon-Suppressing Cave, rushing towards the sky and the earth.

  A streak of red light flashed suddenly in the darkness.

  A figure, wrapped in a dazzling silk fabric, stood with his back to Jin Bier's direction, slowly falling from the dark air and standing in front of the stone statue woman.

  Behind him, a fierce howl echoed in the dark air, and the shadows shook as if countless demons were wildly cheering.

  Only his back, but it looks somewhat unusual.

  Standing in front of the stone statue, he stood silently in the wind and rain.

  Slowly, I reached out my hand and gently stroked the cold stone statue.

  A low and gentle voice, whispering in the wind and rain, has echoed through millions of years of time, passing through countless storms and snows.

  "Ethereal..."