Chapter 204: The Demon Temple's Arrival, King Chen's True Identity

The transition was not gradual. It was as if they had crossed an invisible threshold, stepping from one world into another. Behind them lay the last vestiges of the untamed but life-filled wilderness of the continent's northern reaches. Before them stretched the Northern Wasteland, Beihuang—a realm of desolation and raw, untamed power. The very air changed. It grew thin yet paradoxically heavy, saturated with a chaotic and violent spiritual energy that scraped against the soul like jagged...