noffsinger Chapter 55 The Ancient Demon Descends and the Invasion Begins
Chapter 55 The Ancient Demon Descends and the Invasion Begins
In the human realm, in the deep sea trenches, in the spatial rifts.
Dense demonic energy surged forth from the newly stabilized passage like a black tide, turning the surrounding seawater pitch black. Suddenly, the light at the entrance of the passage distorted, and a figure stepped out without warning.
Her figure was graceful, her face shrouded in a hazy demonic aura. With just a pair of deep, cold eyes, she sent shivers down the spines of every ancient demon present. It was none other than the avatar of the Primordial Saint Lord!
"Welcome the Holy Lord!" The demon dove, who had been waiting there, immediately concealed all his aura and knelt on the ground with utmost respect, his voice filled with barely suppressed excitement and awe.
The avatar of the Holy Lord of the Primordial Chaos ignored the Demon Dove's kneeling. Her gaze swept indifferently over the deep-sea environment, and she frowned slightly, seemingly feeling a little uncomfortable with the barren spiritual energy and oppressive interface power of the human realm, but she quickly regained her indifference.
Behind her, light flashed from the spatial rift, and figures clad in black demonic armor, exuding powerful auras, emerged one after another like dumplings being dropped into a pot. These were the thousand ancient demon warriors at the Nascent Soul stage! Their appearance caused a dense cloud of demonic energy to spread, instantly lowering the temperature of the surrounding sea.
In a short time, a thousand ancient demons descended, lined up neatly behind the avatar of the Holy Lord Yuan Sha, silent yet exuding a suffocating sense of oppression.
Only then did the Yuan Sha Saint Master's avatar turn its gaze back to the Demon Dove, who was still kneeling on the ground.
"Get up." Her voice was cold and indifferent.
"Thank you, Holy Lord!" Only then did Mo Jiu dare to stand up, but he still kept his head down, not daring to look directly at him.
"Where is the Heavenly Void Jade Book now?" The avatar of the Primordial Saint Lord cut to the chase, directly asking the question she cared about most. This was her primary goal in descending to the mortal realm.
Mo Jiu's heart skipped a beat, and he quickly said, "Reporting to the Holy Lord, I have already ordered Hei Ming, who personally witnessed the Heavenly Void Jade Book in the Void Heaven Palace and fought against that human Feng Xiu, to come and report."
Having said that, he gestured behind him. Hei Ming, who had been waiting nearby, immediately stepped forward, knelt on one knee, and respectfully recounted in detail how he discovered the Heavenly Void Jade Book in the Void Palace, how Wang Tianlong seized it, and how the Void Palace suddenly closed and everyone was teleported out.
The avatar of the Primordial Saint Lord listened quietly.
After listening to what Heiming had to say.
The avatar of the Yuan Sha Saint Master asked: "Is the Jade Book of That Heaven definitely in the hands of that human cultivator named Wang Tianlong?" The avatar of the Yuan Sha Saint Master confirmed.
"Absolutely true! I swear on my demonic soul that I am not lying!" Hei Ming quickly assured him.
The avatar of the Primordial Saint Master nodded slightly, his gaze turning to the Demon Dove: "Where is this person now? Is there any news?"
A hint of helplessness and shame appeared on Mo Jiu's face as he bowed his head and said, "Reporting to the Holy Lord, since the Void Heaven Palace closed, this person has vanished without a trace, as if he had evaporated from the face of the earth. For the past hundred years, I have used every means at my disposal, and even secretly controlled several intelligence organizations in the human realm, but I have been unable to find even the slightest trace of him. This person should be in seclusion in a secret place."
Upon hearing this, the avatar of the Holy Lord Yuan Sha was not angered, but her eyes became even more profound. She had long anticipated that someone who could emerge unscathed from an opportunity like the Heavenly Void Jade Book and even cause a mid-stage Nascent Soul Ancient Demon like Hei Ming to suffer losses was no ordinary person.
"However," Mo Jiu changed the subject, taking out a jade slip from his robes and presenting it with both hands, "I have compiled all the information I could find about this person's cultivation journey from the Qi Refining stage to the Nascent Soul stage. This includes his background, the cultivation method he practiced (wind attribute), his special abilities (escape techniques, talisman making), his past activity range, and the people he had interacted with. Perhaps this will be helpful for the Holy Lord in finding this person."
The avatar of the Holy Lord Yuan Sha reached out and summoned the jade slip into her hand. She immersed her divine sense into it and quickly browsed through it. The information recorded in the jade slip was quite detailed, vividly depicting the image of a cultivator who rose from humble beginnings, earned the title of "Divine Wind True Man" in the human realm by relying on his wind spirit root and extraordinary escape techniques, and was cautious and cunning in his actions.
"Starting from Qi Refining, reaching the Divine Transformation stage after a thousand years... Wind-attribute Heavenly Spiritual Root... Proficient in Escape Techniques and Talisman Making... Cautious in actions, adept at self-preservation..." The Yuan Sha Saint Master's avatar repeated the key information from the jade slip in a low voice, a playful smile curving his lips. "Interesting. It seems that finding this 'Divine Wind True Man' will not be easy, but it's not entirely without clues either."
She put away the jade slip, her gaze sweeping over Mo Jiu and Hei Ming, as well as the thousand menacing ancient demon warriors behind her.
At this moment, Mo Jiu respectfully presented another jade slip that had been prepared beforehand. This jade slip contained detailed records of the distribution, strength, and interrelationships of the major cultivation forces in the human realm, as well as the locations of various resource points. It was the culmination of his hundreds of years of collecting information while he was infiltrating the human realm.
The avatar of the Primordial Saint Lord took the jade slip, and with a sweep of her divine sense, she grasped the vast map of the human realm and its intricate power structure. Her eyes shone brightly as she quickly analyzed the key elements within.
"Kunwu Alliance, Star Palace, Great Jin Royal Family, Tiannan Righteous and Demonic Paths, Five Dragons Sea Demon Clan..." She softly recited the names of several top forces, her tone tinged with disdain. "They seem large, but in reality they are a disorganized mess, each fighting their own battles. Moreover, they don't have many late-stage Nascent Soul cultivators, so they are nothing to fear."
Her gaze eventually fell on the Tiannan region, which was relatively close on the map and had a more dispersed presence of forces.
"Since Wang Tianlong is skilled at concealment and difficult to find in the short term, instead of wasting time here, we should first take over this human realm and turn it into our Holy Clan's hunting ground and rear base." A cold and decisive glint flashed in the eyes of the Yuan Sha Holy Lord's avatar. "Once we control the entire human realm, we can dig three feet into the ground and find him and the Heavenly Void Jade Book. Moreover, the resources of the human realm can also be used by our Holy Clan."
She lightly tapped the southern region with her jade-like finger, and issued the command in an icy voice:
"Order! The army marches forth, target—Tiannan!"
"Yes!" Demon Dove and Black Netherworld responded in unison, their eyes flashing with bloodlust.
With a command from the avatar of the Holy Lord of Yuan Sha, the thousand Nascent Soul Ancient Demons, who had been poised to attack, moved like a black torrent of death. Led by Mo Jiu and Hei Ming, they silently left the deep sea trench and sped off towards the south!
Instead of launching a large-scale attack, they used demonic techniques to conceal their movements, like ghosts in the night, quietly infiltrating the cultivation world of Tiannan.
The avatar of the Holy Lord of the Primordial Chaos hovered in place, his demonic energy surging around him. He began to construct a temporary interdimensional communication array so that he could communicate with the main body of the Demon Realm at any time and remotely command the actions of the human world.
The demon army moved swiftly and efficiently. They first targeted several small and medium-sized sects in the southern region that were relatively weak and located in remote areas.
A series of meticulously planned, unannounced raids suddenly erupted under the cover of night!
The strongest members of these sects were only at the Nascent Soul stage. Under the combined attack of the Nascent Soul Ancient Demons, their protective mountain formations shattered like paper in an instant. What followed was a one-sided massacre!
The ancient demons showed no mercy, killing anyone they saw, whether cultivators or mortals, slaughtering them all! Their goal was not only to conquer, but also to collect living souls to provide energy for the subsequent arrival of the demon army, and to create terror to undermine the human world's will to resist.
Within a few days, several sects on the southern edge of the country were uprooted, leaving no one alive, only desolate ruins and soaring demonic energy.
The news spread like wildfire throughout the cultivation world of Tiannan.
"A demonic calamity! It's the ancient demons! The ancient demons have invaded!"
"My God! Purple Cloud Valley, Flowing Cloud Sect... all wiped out overnight!"
"Quickly! Request reinforcements from all the major sects!"
Panic, like wildfire, quickly spread across the southern lands. The cultivators were in a state of panic, desperately seeking help from various powerful forces in this sudden catastrophe.
However, this is just the beginning.
Under the command of the avatar of the Holy Lord of Yuan Sha, the demon army, like a sharp scalpel, precisely cut through the defense system of the Tiannan cultivation world.
Top powers such as the Kunwu Alliance and the Great Jin Imperial Family quickly received an urgent plea for help from Tiannan. Shocked by the scale and cruelty of the ancient demon invasion, they immediately dispatched experts to investigate.