Zi Lingling's face grew solemn as she looked at the thirteen clan leaders of the Tiger clan. "The situation is dire. Your Tiger clan must immediately contact all beast tribes, order them to cease infighting, unite against the external threat, and prepare for the world-ending catastrophe. Also, prepare the materials for the teleportation array at once and construct the continental teleportation array."
Upon seeing the spatial black holes and the dense demonic energy within the spatial rifts, the thirteen clan leaders of the Tiger clan finally understood that Zi Lingling and Xiao Hu had not been exaggerating.
Facing a threat to their very existence and the imminent arrival of a great calamity, they dared not delay. They immediately dispatched their subordinates to search for teleportation array materials from various tribes while also contacting other beast tribes.
Zi Lingling continued, "Brother Xuanyuan, Brother Shangguan, Ye Lingyuan and I will send you back to the Heavenly Gift Continent using a special method first. Once you return to the Heavenly Gift Continent, immediately contact all forces and enter a state of readiness."
Then, she turned to Rong Guang and Shen Liuxing. "Similarly, Ye Lingyuan and I will send you back to the Heavenly Origin Empire. The Heavenly Origin Empire forged the Nine Cauldrons. Before we leave, I will impart the Nine Cauldrons Demon Extermination Array to you. You must use the power of the Heavenly Origin Nine Cauldrons to delay them as much as possible, understand?"
"Understood!"
The four nodded in agreement.
The fate of all living beings on Azure Star hung in the balance, and they dared not be negligent.
Zi Lingling added, "Ye Lingyuan, Elder Du, and I will quickly establish the continental teleportation array and send reinforcements."
The clan leader of the Dark Night Demonic Tiger tribe asked, "Miss Zi, since you can send these four back, why can't you send more people?"
Zi Lingling gave a wry smile. "It's not that I don't want to send more, but Ye Lingyuan and I can only send out four people per day at most. Rest assured, I will send out four people every day until the continental teleportation array is completed."
"Furthermore, before that, Ye Lingyuan and I must first return to the Heavenly Origin Continent and the Heavenly Gift Continent to find suitable underworld passages before we can ensure the safety of their teleportation."
"Now, I trouble all you clan leaders to accompany Elder Du in finding a suitable location and inscribing the teleportation array. Can you do that?"
"No problem!"
The thirteen clan leaders of the Tiger clan responded in unison.
Elder Du, though worried about Zi Lingling and the others' safety, knew that this was not the time to dawdle.
"Child, take care!"
With that, he left with the thirteen clan leaders of the Tiger clan.
Zi Lingling said to Xuanyuan Xun and the other three, "You four please guard Ye Lingyuan and me."
After speaking, she and Ye Lingyuan sat facing each other.
They nodded to each other tacitly and closed their eyes.
Under Zi Lingling's control, the Gate of Ghosts and the Six Paths of Reincarnation quickly flew out, opening a passage to the underworld.
Ye Lingyuan concentrated his energy and began to summon the Seal of the Underworld King through the underworld passage.
In the underworld, the Yellow Springs churned violently, causing the ten Yama Kings and Meng Po to drop their tasks and rush to investigate.
However, as soon as they reached the edge of the Yellow Springs, they saw the giant Seal of the Underworld King flying out from the Yellow Springs and hovering above it.
Zi Lingling and Ye Lingyuan placed their palms together and began to spin rapidly.
After spinning for forty-nine cycles, the two had vanished from their original spot.
Xuanyuan Xun, Shangguan Yulin, Shen Liuxing, and Rong Guang remained on full alert, not daring to slacken in the slightest.
Zi Lingling and Ye Lingyuan, within the underworld passage, traversed rapidly, soon arriving at the Divine Demonic Forest on the Heavenly Gift Continent.
The three clan leaders of the Chi Mei Wang Liang tribes felt Zi Lingling's presence and immediately flew over.
Zi Lingling informed them that she had obtained the Gate of Ghosts and could send them back to the underworld at any time.
At the same time, she informed them of the imminent world-ending catastrophe, hoping they would temporarily remain on the Heavenly Gift Continent to help defend it against the foreign demonic creatures.
The three clan leaders of the Chi Mei Wang Liang tribes did not immediately reply to Zi Lingling, stating they needed to consult with their tribesmen.
Zi Lingling did not force them, but informed them that she would return and that she would keep her promise if the three tribes were adamant about returning to the underworld.
With that, she and Ye Lingyuan re-entered the underworld passage, heading towards the Heavenly Origin Continent.
The exit they chose was the Ghostly Altar. Upon exiting the altar, they looked up at the sky and found that the sky above the Heavenly Origin Continent was completely covered by a black net.
Moreover, the Heavenly Origin Continent was now filled with the aura of many foreign demonic creatures.
With the memories of the Kunlun Divine Maiden, Zi Lingling already knew the origin of these foreign demonic creatures: they were beings from the Prison Demon Star where the Kunlun Xuan Nü had found the remnant soul of the Great God Pangu.
Zi Lingling released her divine sense. Now that she had broken through to the Divine Lord realm, her divine sense was so powerful that it instantly covered the entire Heavenly Origin Continent.
She saw the beings of the Heavenly Origin Continent being brutally slaughtered and humiliated by the foreign demonic creatures, and she witnessed their difficult struggle for survival.
Those foreign demons committed arson, murder, looting, rape, and all manner of atrocities.
Zi Lingling's fury surged. With a thought, she appeared in a village.
In the village, blood flowed like a river. All the men had been slain by the foreign demons, leaving only the women and children.
The foreign demons had no intention of sparing the women and children.
They tore at the women's clothes, their demonic eyes filled with lust.
The women struggled, and the children cried.
But the more the women struggled, and the more the children cried, the more excited the foreign demons became.
"Beasts!"
Zi Lingling cursed in anger, the Dragon Scale Dagger already in her hand.
Spiritual energy surged, and sword light flashed. A group of foreign demons, before they could even react, were all killed.
Ye Lingyuan was equally ruthless. The Sky-Breaking Sword rose and fell, reaping dozens of foreign demons' lives.
If not for his fear of harming the beings of the Heavenly Origin Continent, he could have eliminated all the foreign demons with a single sword strike.
Zi Lingling and Ye Lingyuan moved rapidly through the village, leaving a trail of foreign demon corpses in their wake.
Soon, after clearing out all the foreign demons in the village, they instructed the women to take their children and head to the Heavenly Origin Empire.
Then, with a thought, they moved towards another village.
Soon, the foreign demons in another village were cleared out.
Thus, within the time it takes an incense stick to burn, they had cleared hundreds of villages.
At this moment, a warning sound from the Gate of Ghosts, the Six Paths of Reincarnation, and the Seal of the Underworld King echoed in their minds.
The underworld passage had been open for too long, severely impacting the operation of the underworld.
Zi Lingling and Ye Lingyuan, with no other choice, had to return first. However, before leaving, they activated the Nine Cauldrons of the Heavenly Origin Empire and infused a wisp of their divine sense into them.
This was not for any other reason than to facilitate Shen Liuxing and Rong Guang's better control of the Nine Cauldrons Demon Extermination Array upon their return.
Xuanyuan Xun, Shen Liuxing, Shangguan Yulin, and Rong Guang watched the spot where Zi Lingling and Ye Lingyuan had disappeared, their hearts filled with anxiety.
Because the two had been gone for two incense sticks of time, they feared that something had gone wrong and endangered their lives.
Just as the four were at a loss, two figures flew out from the Gate of Ghosts.