The immortals who surrounded Qu Yao were all seriously injured before long. The entire city was splattered with blood. They began to send signals to the god of war, requesting assistance.
Qu Yao had completely lost her sense of self. Her soul was filled with rage. Death and bloodshed had long been regarded as unimportant. Her only wish was to kill everyone and die with the rest of the city.
Suddenly, a golden light erupted out of nowhere in the previously blood-red sky. The golden light pierced Qu Yao's bloodshot eyes. Her vision went black in an instant. Her body began to fall as she felt herself being forced out by a great force.
She drifted into the darkness as the burning sunlight faded away. Her body became numbed as the temperature dropped, and she eventually passed out.
When Qu Yao opened her eyes again, she was surrounded by a circle of monsters with fangs. These monsters had their mouths open, ready to tear her apart and eat her.
During the Battle of Tongcheng, she had expended all of her strength. Furthermore, she had been hurt by the sudden flash of golden light. She had almost no strength to fight back against these monsters.
Her snake tail trembled a little nervously. Qu Yao believed she was born with a rebellious streak. She would not wait to be eaten by the monsters, no matter how terrified she felt. She would find a scapegoat even if she was going to die. She swung her snake tail with all her might. Those monsters roared and rushed up. A cloud of black smoke descended from the sky and swallowed her.
The entire city suffered heavy casualties in this battle.
Those fighting thought Atlas, the god of war, had arrived to assist them. They had no idea it was Bai Yihe, the Lord of Heaven and Earth and the god of Light.
Bai Yihe stood at the apex of the sky, looking down on all living things. He sent Qu Yao into the demonic world with a wave of his sleeve.
"I have already sent the demoness into the demon world." She is severely injured and will almost certainly die in a place like the demon world. You are not required to pursue this matter any further.
"All those who died in vain will be reborn and enter the cycle of reincarnation." I'll ask Lord Siming to make the necessary arrangements. The remaining immortals will return to their respective locations to keep the peace."
The god of light had appeared for the first time in a thousand years. When the human or demon worlds encountered difficult-to-deal-with demons, it was usually the other gods who dealt with them. Nobody expected a small half-human half-beast to startle the Lord of Heaven and Earth.
Bai Yihe used his palm cast a soft golden light over Tongcheng, and the dead vanished. Thousands of buildings were instantly restored, and even the blood that flowed in the streets vanished.
All the immortals and mortals knelt and bowed to Bai Yihe, and then, amid the crowd's grateful applause, Bai Yihe vanished into a beam of golden light in the sky.
Fifteen years later.
In the Demon World.
"Yao Yao, have you thought about it? Are you really going to leave the Demon World?"
"Yao Yao, we can't bear to part with you!"
"Shut up!" The faceless ghost next to Qu Yao was slapped away by a man in a black cloak. "Is this the most important consideration? Whatever Yao Yao wishes to do, we will support her. Why can't you let go of her?"
The man adjusted his cloak's collar and said quietly, "It's not that we don't want you to leave, baby. It's just that no one can leave the demon world yet." He raised his voice and exuded confidence. "However! All the evil spirits and demonic beasts in the demon world will support you as long as it is something you want to do, not to mention the tens of thousands of demons in my demon den! Even if we die, we will assist you in devising a plan to leave the Demon World!"
Qu Yao took the wine on the table, raised her head, and drank two mouthfuls before patting the man on the shoulder to comfort him, "Shadow, you are the Demon World's ancestor after all. Can you stop saying over and over again about whether you're dead or alive every day? I'm just trying it out. If I can't leave, I'll come back. Just think of it as taking in the scenery."
Shadow clenched his fists and massaged Qu Yao's back gently. "Yao Yao, the demon world's border is an endless desert. Nobody can get out, and getting lost is especially easy. I don't want you to put your life in danger for vengeance."
Shadow had saved Qu Yao from the mouth of the Demon Beast and raised her in the demon world since the day she arrived.
She thought she had arrived at a place of certain death at first, but she had no idea it would be her final retreat.