The Plan to Release the Demon from Demon-Burying Abyss — If You Want to Die, Don't Die in Front of Me
The Plan to Release the Demon from Demon-Burying Abyss — If You Want to Die, Don’t Die in Front of Me
In the blink of an eye, several days had passed.
The entire Southern Flourishing Heaven was in an uproar over the matter of the Successor of Demonic Arts.
The Qilin Clan and the Endless Fire Kingdom were the most furious of the two great powers, and during this time they had been continuously dispatching their clansmen to search for the whereabouts of the Successor of Demonic Arts.
After all, the three Sacred Lord Realm experts who had appeared back then could not have taken Prince Shen very far. They believed that Prince Shen was still within the Southern Flourishing Heaven during this period, only they did not know where he was hiding.
And so Prince Shen had become like a rat crossing the street.
Almost every day, Cultivators and living beings could be seen searching for his figure.
Although Sky Emperor Mountain had already declared that Prince Shen had nothing to do with them, the matter of Prince Shen using the Golden Ancient Bell to slaughter many Young Prodigies that day was still spreading everywhere, triggering a massive earthquake.
This grudge was not something that could simply be washed away by claiming Prince Shen had no connection to them.
During this period, Sky Emperor Mountain could be said to have suffered greatly.
Although it was a Holy Land of the Ancient Immortal Races, with a transcendent status, ordinarily worshipped by the Ancient Immortal Races, at this time, many powers and orthodoxies still came knocking on their mountain gates to demand justice.
In the end, they had no choice but to compensate with quite a few things before this hatred could be settled.
Sky Emperor Mountain had truly bled heavily this time.
Toward Prince Shen, they too hated him to the bone.
So much so that during this period, another prince within Sky Emperor Mountain emerged into the world, named Prince Shen.
On the day Prince Shen emerged, billions of auspicious rays shone, tens of millions of brilliant colors streaked across the sky, and phantoms of True Dragons, White Tigers, Celestial Phoenixes, and more all descended together, while countless golden divine lotuses bloomed across the void.
From between heaven and earth, an ancient Sky Emperor war chariot descended, as if a young Sky Emperor had come into the world!
Regarding Prince Shen, many Cultivators were no strangers to him.
His father was a Sky Emperor many times more ancient than even Sky Emperor Ying, revered by the Ancient Immortal Races as Sky Emperor Shen.
Prince Shen himself bore the Blood of the Gods, and his pupils were multicolored, known as the Eyes of Gods, capable of perceiving everything in the world!
Upon his emergence, Prince Shen immediately ordered the suppression of Sky Emperor Ying’s lineage.
Subsequently, through various forceful methods, he subdued all into submission!
At the same time, he even sent out word that he would personally capture and suppress Prince Shen, washing away the humiliation of Sky Emperor Mountain.
This news immediately shook all directions.
Without a doubt, Prince Shen’s strength would not be weaker than any ancient freak, and his words carried an indescribable power of conviction.
During this period, at the location of the True Immortal Academy, old antiques descended, arriving at the Eternal Overcast Battlefield to trace back the scenes of that time, feeling that there were some problems with this matter.
However, even these old antiques found nothing abnormal at all; their tracing methods could not reveal the scenes of what had happened back then.
This could only show that the Successor of Demonic Arts was truly cautious.
If not for the clues Qi Lin Zi had left behind at the time, everyone would probably still be kept in the dark by Prince Shen, unable to see his true face.
News of all these matters spread from various places.
And then, because of the emergence of the Successor of Demonic Arts in the Eternal Overcast Battlefield, the True Immortal Academy finally opened its doors to the outside world.
Any young being who had slain Yin Spirits within the Eternal Overcast Battlefield could go exchange points to obtain a slot to enter the True Immortal Academy.
For a time, all parts of the Southern Flourishing Heaven boiled over once again.
The group of young beings who had been uneasy due to the appearance of the Successor of Demonic Arts in the Eternal Overcast Battlefield also took the initiative to leave this place after slaying Yin Spirits, fearing they would be marked by the Successor of Demonic Arts.
......
Meanwhile, deep within the Eternal Overcast.
Gu Changge’s figure materialized out of the void.
This was the third day since he had parted with Yue Mingkong.
During this time, his cultivation had also broken through to the Intermediate Sacred Noble Realm. Because the Grand Flask had refined the Symbol of Reincarnation, his breakthrough speed was considerably faster than usual.
For ordinary Sacred Noble Realm beings, even breaking through a single minor realm would easily take tens of thousands of years.
From Yue Mingkong, he had indeed indirectly inquired about quite a bit of information.
The matter concerning the demoness in red seemed to involve the Demon-Burying Abyss that would soon emerge.
Demon-Burying Abyss — as the name implied, the place where the True Demons of the Nine Heavens were buried.
Since ancient times, countless peerless great demons had been suppressed and slain there, and over time, it gained this name.
The location of the Demon-Burying Abyss was difficult to describe in its profundity.
Because it constantly shifted and was never fixed in one place, ancient beings had asserted that the depths of the Demon-Burying Abyss were actually a sealed space of unknown origin.
Even the legendary Nine Nethers would not be as deep as the Demon-Burying Abyss.
Even the most ancient of Xian, if struck down into the Demon-Burying Abyss, could not climb back out.
However, the location of the Demon-Burying Abyss involved the Golden Cicada Temple, which was a mysterious temple at the peak of Buddhist Mountain.
Over countless ages, those who had seen the Golden Cicada Temple could be counted on one’s fingers.
But every Chosen Monk who walked out of the Golden Cicada Temple had forged a tremendous reputation in the outside world, their Buddhist might vast and mighty, enough to make all directions submit.
Each generation, the Golden Cicada Temple would send out a monk called the Abyss Guardian, who kept watch from the Floating Ghost Temple suspended above the Demon-Burying Abyss.
Responsible for monitoring the changes in the Demon-Burying Abyss.
The information Gu Changge had obtained from Yue Mingkong was that before long, the Demon-Burying Abyss would erupt in turmoil, destroying the Floating Ghost Temple above it.
The Abyss Guardian of this generation would perish within it, triggering chaos throughout the world.
Yue Mingkong had not said it directly at the time, but Gu Changge had guessed it.
“The turmoil of the Demon-Burying Abyss is most likely related to the demoness in red.”
“The first thing she does after emerging will very likely be to seek revenge on me. With my current strength, I don’t have much chance of winning against her, but with the power behind me, I don’t need to fear her either.”
“According to the usual tropes, when a demoness with such sky-piercing demonic Qi emerges, her divine soul is bound to be less than lucid. This is exactly a good opportunity for me...”
Various thoughts flashed through Gu Changge’s mind.
He had a bold idea in his head.
Releasing the demon!
As the saying went, rather than blocking, better to channel.
Now that he already knew in advance where the demoness in red would most likely emerge, and also knew the timing of her emergence.
Why not take the initiative to go there?
After all, the current him was very different from his past life’s persona.
Gu Changge was not worried about the demoness in red noticing anything abnormal.
The only thing to pay attention to now was how to get there, and incidentally, to have a suitable excuse.
A place like the Demon-Burying Abyss was not somewhere ordinary people could go. Even if one went, they would be noticed by the monks of the Floating Ghost Temple.
Therefore, Gu Changge was still considering a foolproof plan. As for the consequences after releasing the demon, he had not considered them. Even if he did not do this, the demoness in red would emerge sooner or later anyway.
As for sealing her again?
Then wouldn’t those Fortuity points and Fatums be gone?
Gu Changge had never even considered sealing her again.
Moreover, if such a thing failed, it would inevitably lead to even more terrifying consequences.
The demoness in red already hated him to that extent — a hatred that even the deepest Nether could not erase.
And now he would go seal her again?
His thoughts gradually returned.
Then, Gu Changge swept his gaze over the space before him that had clearly been completely tainted and corroded by Eternal Devouring Qi, his eyes somewhat deep.
This was a region very deep from the Eternal Overcast Battlefield. In terms of distance, it was a full million miles away.
Within the space before him, many magnificent mountain ranges could be seen.
However, due to the corrosion of the Eternal Devouring Qi, not the slightest trace of vitality could be seen.
Here, the outline of a great power could faintly be discerned.
Buildings and pavilions, palaces and divine courts, all breathtakingly beautiful, but now all had become ruins, collapsed within the dense Eternal Devouring Qi.
No figures of Cultivators could be seen here anymore.
Only Yin Spirits constantly appeared and disappeared, and their strength was considerable, having reached the Enlightened King Realm, and even the Quasi-Sacred Realm.
If the younger generation dared to come to this place, it would be a situation of death within minutes.
Gu Changge had naturally not come here to slay Yin Spirits.
It was because he had sensed the mark left on Wang Zijin, and knew she had come to the depths.
“As a Successor of Mortal Palace, she can very likely find the core region of the Absolute Yin Heaven. With her scouting the path for me, it will be much more convenient.”
Gu Changge held this thought.
Where exactly the core of the Absolute Yin Heaven was still needed verification. For Gu Changge to refine the entire Absolute Yin Heaven now was actually not very possible.
But he could try refining a portion of it first.
With this experience, when he found the true location of the Absolute Yin Heaven, he would have greater confidence.
And very quickly, Gu Changge’s figure disappeared once more.
He concealed himself in the void with spatial techniques, not worried about being detected by Wang Zijin right away.
......
Meanwhile, on the other side, deep within the Eternal Overcast, it was not quiet at all. Mountains shook and the earth trembled, and even the sky seemed about to explode.
Surging and vast Eternal Devouring Qi interwove and pervaded this place, almost like a thick fog.
There, a rift resembling a Sky Abyss gaped open.
Radiance shot into the sky, runes bloomed and interwove across the heavens, with supreme techniques and divine abilities evolving.
Quasi-Sacred Realm divine might erupted.
Carrying matchless force, it bombarded toward the tide-like Yin Spirits ahead.
A pale golden small pagoda rose and fell in the void, weaving out terrifying divine light that crushed in all directions.
A slender figure, dress hems fluttering, face ice-cold, dark hair dancing, stood proudly beneath the sky.
She was engaged in slaughter against the countless tide-like Yin Spirits, as if intending to exterminate them all.
“Jiang Chuchu, have you gone mad? You actually plan to block this breach? With your current strength, you simply can’t do it.”
Behind this slender figure, Wang Zijin was also taking action, shouting at Jiang Chuchu ahead of her while continuously swatting away the many Yin Spirits charging at her.
But there were simply too many Yin Spirits in this place.
High in the sky, that split-open Sky Abyss was shrouded in thick grey fog, pouring down like a floodgate had been opened.
With just the strength of the two of them, it was impossible to deal with so many Yin Spirits before them.
Not to mention that among them were quite a few Sacred Realm beings, extremely difficult to handle.
Moreover, at this moment, behind that rift, an even more powerful aura seemed to be awakening.
The existence of the Eternal Overcast was never something they could contend against.
Yet Jiang Chuchu, for who knew what reason, instead of searching for the Reincarnation of the Mortal One or dealing with the Successor of Demonic Arts, had insisted on running off to the Eternal Overcast.
As if slaughtering Yin Spirits had become her only means of purging the world and restoring the Mortal Palace.
This left Wang Zijin unable to make heads or tails of it, completely unable to understand what reason had made Jiang Chuchu like this.
As a Successor of Mortal Palace, although she bore the responsibility of upholding justice for all living beings under heaven, there was no need to go to this extent.
“Wang Zijin, go back. This is my matter. I don’t need you meddling.”
At this moment, hearing Wang Zijin’s voice from behind, Jiang Chuchu also spoke.
She glanced back, her expression very calm, with no regret.
Actually, at this moment, one could see her exhaustion; she was not as composed as she appeared on the surface.
Her dress was also unavoidably stained with blood. In this slaughter, she was not having an easy time either.
Wang Zijin could not understand her.
Now the Mortal One was dead, while the Successor of Demonic Arts, Gu Changge, remained free and unfettered.
She was completely powerless about all of this.
So the only thing Jiang Chuchu could think of doing was to come here and slay Yin Spirits, which could be considered worthy of her current identity.
Even if she died here in the end, she would not have failed her sect’s kindness in raising and cultivating her.
“What do you mean it’s just your matter? I’m also a Successor of Mortal Palace, okay? Why is your brain such a one-track mind, unable to think things through? Do you insist on dying here?”
Wang Zijin shouted in exasperation, feeling that the current Jiang Chuchu was like those resentful women who had been abandoned, the kind she knew of from her past life, who wouldn’t listen to reason at all.
No matter how she tried to persuade her, Jiang Chuchu paid no heed, single-mindedly bent on fighting these Yin Spirits to the death, even though she was clearly about to collapse.
“The Successor of Demonic Arts has already been found.”
“Instead of going after him, you ran here to waste your energy and time. I really don’t know what you’re thinking...”
Wang Zijin brought out an artifact, its divine might vast and mighty, illuminating all directions of heaven and earth in brilliant splendor.
She was still trying to persuade her, feeling that if it really came to it, she would find a way to knock Jiang Chuchu unconscious and just take her away.
Only, the two of them were actually about equal in strength.
If she used her trump cards, it might backfire, since it would be hard to control.
“If I had thought of a way to call Gu Changge over back then, maybe things would be different now.”
“But he doesn’t seem to care about this fellow Jiang Chuchu’s life or death, so calling him probably wouldn’t help anyway.”
Wang Zijin was somewhat distressed. Given her personality, she couldn’t just stand by and do nothing.
“Successor of Demonic Arts...”
Hearing these words, Jiang Chuchu, who had been fighting a Sacred Realm Yin Spirit, suddenly froze, and then a trace of icy hatred surfaced in her eyes.
She was just short of gnashing her teeth.
But it was precisely this moment of distraction that allowed that Sacred Realm Yin Spirit to strike her, sending her flying horizontally, vomiting large mouthfuls of blood in the void — clearly seriously injured.
She had actually reached the point where her magic power was nearly exhausted.
The Successor of Demonic Arts Wang Zijin spoke of — she naturally knew who it was. Prince Shen was nothing but an unlucky scapegoat.
The true Successor of Demonic Arts, Gu Changge, was still free and unfettered.
No one even knew his true face, and even fewer knew that the Mortal One had already fallen at Gu Changge’s hands, never to reappear in this world.
Toward Gu Changge, Jiang Chuchu’s feelings were incomparably complicated.
If one spoke of hatred, then she certainly hated him to the bone, yet she simply could not forget him.
She could not forget his expression and tone that day, could not forget his various deeds, could not forget his cold, heartless, irresponsible attitude.
“Watch out...”
At this moment, seeing Jiang Chuchu seemingly standing there in a daze, ignoring the large swath of Yin Spirits charging at her from behind.
Wang Zijin’s expression couldn’t help but change. She brought out a crystalline mirror, sending it forward to block the blow for her.
However, during this period, Jiang Chuchu had slain many Yin Spirits and was tainted with dense Eternal Devouring Qi.
A large horde of Yin Spirits, eyes red, swarmed up with incomparable hatred, seeking to drown her.
By the time she reacted, it was already too late.
She resisted hastily, but was still instantly sent flying, injuries piling upon injuries.
Boom!!
The Sky Abyss above the heavens erupted once more at this moment, an even more terrifying aura sweeping down, and from within it, an enormous grey giant palm suddenly reached out.
Wrapped in grey fog, it did not resemble a human shape.
But its aura was that of the Sacred Noble Realm!
This made Wang Zijin’s expression change again. She had not expected that even Sacred Noble Realm Yin Spirits had been drawn out. This was no longer something she and Jiang Chuchu could casually contend with.
If they didn’t flee now, once Sacred Lord Realm beings appeared later, they would have even less chance of escape.
“Jiang Chuchu, stop being foolish. If you stay any longer, you’ll lose your life here...”
Wang Zijin couldn’t help but shout, her expression somewhat anxious, as she noticed that giant palm wrapped in thick grey fog descending, about to slap Jiang Chuchu into a mist of blood!
At this moment, Jiang Chuchu seemed to still not have reacted, but by the time she did react, this terrifying giant palm had already fallen before her.
The terrifying, sky-blotting Eternal Devouring Qi was about to devour and engulf her!
Her face couldn’t help but turn pale.
Although she had already prepared herself for death, when truly facing it, how could she possibly be calm?
Yet at this moment, she discovered that what surfaced in her mind was not her sect, but unexpectedly the face of Gu Changge — the face she hated to the bone.
Weng!!
Suddenly, between heaven and earth, an abrupt sword hum rang out. The light was like a chaotic radiance that split everything apart, carrying boundless Sword Qi, crossing the sky, parting the grey fog, and descending directly!
Boundless killing intent soared into the heavens!
With a pu sound!
Accompanied by a miserable scream, the terrifying grey giant palm was severed down the middle, then shattered apart in the void.
Then, this sword’s momentum did not stop, like a Bronze Celestial Sword slashing down from across the universe, its sharp edge sufficient to split apart heaven and earth.
It slashed straight into that terrifying Sky Abyss!
Countless Yin Spirits, without even time to scream, crumbled beneath this sword light, shattering into ash!
“...”
In her shock, Wang Zijin looked toward the direction from which the sword light had come.
From within the void, a young man with indifferent features walked over. With a flick of his fingers and a raise of his hand, a wisp of sword light flickered in and out of existence in his palm.
“Gu Changge, why are you here?”
Coming back to her senses, Wang Zijin asked in utter astonishment.
She had never imagined that Gu Changge would actually appear in this place in the end, and at the critical moment, had even acted to save Jiang Chuchu.
Moreover, how was this strike of his so terrifying?
Had it perhaps already touched the level of the Sacred Noble Realm?
Was this Gu Changge’s true strength? He had indeed hidden himself too deeply!
“Zijin Saintess...”
Gu Changge looked at her and nodded, then his brows couldn’t help but furrow slightly.
He did not explain why he had come here.
But Wang Zijin had also guessed it — it was probably also for the Eternal Overcast.
Hmm, no, could it be for Jiang Chuchu?
However, Gu Changge did not let her imagination run wild, saying casually, “The Eternal Overcast has emerged, so I had to come take a look eventually. Maybe I can do something.”
He had actually been here for a while.
He just hadn’t expected that Jiang Chuchu would actually seek death like this, which was why he couldn’t hold back from acting.
Although he said he didn’t care about her life or death, saying it was one thing, and doing it was another.
Gu Changge had never planned to truly ignore her. After all, Jiang Chuchu had shared a relationship with him.
Toward a woman who had a relationship with him and posed no threat to him, he could not bring himself to watch her die without saving her.
Hearing him say this, Wang Zijin did not believe it.
After all, in a place like this, unless there was something wrong with one’s head, who would come?
Someone like Gu Changge, who never did anything without benefit, was even less likely to.
Yet he had come.
It was very likely for Jiang Chuchu. Something unknown had very likely happened between the two of them.
As for it being for herself? She still had that much self-awareness.
She couldn’t even flirt with him successfully.
“Gu Changge...”
At this moment, Jiang Chuchu also came back to her senses, noticing that the young man walking over — wasn’t it Gu Changge?
At the critical moment, it was he who had saved her.
This left Jiang Chuchu somewhat dazed.
But very quickly, an icy intent surfaced in her eyes as she stared fixedly at Gu Changge. “Didn’t you say my life or death no longer had anything to do with you? Why did you save me?”
“I don’t need you to save me.”
However, Gu Changge seemed not to notice her at all. His eyes were deep as he continued looking up, surveying the terrifying Sky Abyss in the heavens.
From within it, large numbers of Yin Spirits were still pouring out.
If he had not guessed wrong, it connected directly to the true Absolute Yin Heaven!
Hearing Jiang Chuchu’s words, Wang Zijin immediately put on a melon-eating expression.
There really was something between the two of them. Otherwise, Jiang Chuchu would never say such words.
It seemed like Gu Changge... had abandoned her?
“Gu Changge...”
Seeing Gu Changge completely ignoring her.
Jiang Chuchu shouted again, her expression extremely cold, nearly gnashing her teeth.
Only then did Gu Changge turn his gaze onto her.
His expression was calm, without much fluctuation.
“If you want to die, don’t die in front of me.”
“It’s an eyesore.”