In those years when I was a mortal and a demon

Chapter 656 The Undying Successor

About a year later, a shocking piece of news began to quietly spread among the many demon lords of the ancient demon realm.

The Holy Ancestor of the Underworld has provoked a troublesome figure, and his two powerful Demon Lords, Jin and Shang, were killed on the same day.

At first, everyone thought it was a rumor, but as time went on...

Gradually, other demon lords under the same command as the Holy Ancestor of the Underworld also began to run into trouble.

Some people suspected that a certain Holy Ancestor had a conflict with the Holy Ancestor of the Underworld, but none of these suspicions have been accurately confirmed.

In the following decade or so, several more Demon Lords who had ventured out alone were killed one by one. This caused a great deal of fear among the high-ranking Demon Lords under the command of the Underworld Ancestor. Eventually, they were forced to hide in their respective main cities, where they secluded themselves under the protection of numerous array formations and guards.

However, at this time, those high-ranking demonic sect members who went out on business inexplicably began to encounter misfortune. Even when several of them traveled together, as long as they were targeted by the dark hand in the shadows, none of them survived.

By this time, most people began to realize that the Holy Ancestor of the Underworld must have provoked a ruthless being who acted without restraint, and that this person was taking the opportunity to launch a frenzied revenge against the Demon Lord under the Holy Ancestor of the Underworld.

After secret investigations by various parties, it was finally learned that the root cause of all this was a rogue cultivator who attempted to break through to the Venerable Realm in Demon Wind Valley more than ten years ago.

The revelation of this truth immediately caused an uproar.

It's hard for anyone to believe that a rogue cultivator who has just advanced to the Venerable Realm could cause such a huge uproar. In contrast, the reputation of the Earthly Saint Ancestor in the Ancient Demon Realm is becoming increasingly tarnished as one Venerable after another under his command keeps running into trouble.

Just as the situation was deteriorating, the Holy Ancestor of the Underworld finally could no longer sit still.

Of course, the opponent was just a rogue cultivator, not someone he would personally intervene. Therefore, he sent an avatar out of seclusion ahead of time to hunt down the rogue cultivator.

It is extremely rare in the Ancient Demon Realm for a rogue cultivator who has only just advanced to the Venerable Realm to attract the avatar of a Saint Ancestor to come and hunt him down.

In an instant, all eyes were on him. Some speculated that the rogue cultivator must have some unknown powerful backing, while others were waiting to see a good show.

Finally, more than half a year later, in a place called Wohuchuan within the territory of the Earthly Netherworld Saint Ancestor, someone discovered the Earthly Netherworld Saint Ancestor's avatar, who was chasing a streak of azure light.

But by the time everyone arrived to see it, the place had already been reduced to ruins, leaving only the gloomy-faced incarnation of the Underworld Saint Ancestor and the remains of a mountain-sized Xuan Turtle.

The dead Xuan Turtle was clearly the same one that had just advanced to the Venerable realm.

This outcome immediately sparked further speculation among the public.

Could this rogue cultivator actually be a transformed beast lord?

People initially suspected that there must be some kind of backing behind it, perhaps related to the Beast Lord Palace? As a result, most people focused their attention on the Beast Lord Palace, watching to see if it would make any moves.

However, a small group of people who were still paying attention to the Underworld Saint Ancestor discovered that after killing the Xuan Turtle at the Venerable Realm, the Underworld Saint Ancestor's avatar did not stop and was still searching around.

Even more unexpectedly, not long after, Huangsha Saint Ancestor, who had nothing to do with this matter, actually sent an avatar to the territory of Diming Saint Ancestor.

Things are becoming more and more confusing.

But human curiosity is boundless, and with the in-depth investigation by various parties, some secrets were finally uncovered again.

The Venerable-level Xuan Turtle that the Holy Ancestor of the Underworld killed in Wohuchuan that day was not a transformed Beast Venerable from the Beast Venerable Hall, but merely an avatar of that rogue cultivator.

However, the explosiveness of this news is in no way inferior to the emergence of the incarnation of the Underworld Ancestor.

As everyone already knows, that rogue cultivator has only recently advanced to the Venerable realm, so how could he possibly have an avatar that is also at the Venerable realm?

This question was quickly linked to Huangsha Shengzu by those with ulterior motives.

After some investigation and speculation, they finally pieced together an even more explosive piece of news.

The cultivation technique practiced by that rogue cultivator is very likely the Undying Scripture!

It was founded by the Immortal True Lord, the first person below the Holy Ancestor more than 10,000 years ago.

This explains why the rogue cultivator repeatedly attacked the Demon Lord under the command of the Underworld Saint Ancestor, and why he had an avatar that was no weaker than his original body. He was imitating the Undying True Monarch of that time, strengthening himself by constantly devouring the primordial spirits and flesh of cultivators of the same level.

The incarnation of the Underworld Saint Ancestor felt troubled after killing the rogue cultivator's Xuan Turtle incarnation. Therefore, he secretly informed the Yellow Sand Saint Ancestor. He had a grudge against the Undying True Monarch in the past, and now they could join forces to deal with this rogue cultivator who was suspected of inheriting the Undying True Monarch's techniques.

"Even if this rogue cultivator truly obtained the inheritance of the Undying True Monarch, there's no need for the Yellow Sand Saint Ancestor to personally participate in the pursuit, after all, he is also a Saint Ancestor." Someone asked doubtfully.

"If it were merely a matter of learning the Immortal Scripture, then the Yellow Sand Saint Ancestor could indeed disregard it."

But what if this rogue cultivator is actually the Immortal True Monarch himself from back then?

It is rumored that his cultivation technique was flawed back then, preventing him from advancing to the position of Holy Ancestor. He then disappeared for over ten thousand years. Is it possible that he was reborn after his initial setback, having dispersed his cultivation and started cultivating again? Some people have offered other opinions.

"That's right. It is said that the incarnations of the Immortal True Monarch all looked exactly like him back then, but the incarnation that was killed in Crouching Tiger River this time was in beast form, which means that the Immortal True Scripture has been modified."

"Hearing what you say, the Yellow Sand Saint Ancestor really can't sit idly by. After all, once the Undying Scripture is fully completed, it will be enough to threaten the existence of us Saint Ancestors, and we absolutely cannot allow it to continue to grow."

However, seemingly sensing danger, the rogue cultivator vanished without a trace after the battle at Wohuchuan, and no further news of him has been reported.

However, the incarnations of the two Holy Ancestors, Di Ming and Huang Sha, still personally led the team and investigated for several years.

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At the summit of a towering peak, Lu Yuan stood atop the highest point, his eyes blazing with golden light, his hands clasped behind his back as he gazed into the distance.

Hundreds of miles away, in the direction he could see, there was a huge mountain, also over ten thousand feet high.

Half of it pierces through the clouds, standing amidst the sea of ​​clouds, with demonic energy swirling around it, and numerous palaces faintly visible.

Half of it was hidden in the vast fog, but through the clouds, countless pavilions and towers could still be seen built against the mountain, layer upon layer, becoming denser as you went down.

Upon reaching the foot of the mountain, within a radius of a hundred miles, buildings of varying heights rose and fell, interspersed with wide streets.

Further outwards, there are towering city walls stretching for countless miles.

This size is almost equivalent to that of a small country.

"This city truly lives up to its name as the capital of the heavens."

Lu Yuan finally turned his gaze back and muttered something to himself.