Yan Junyu, while on his journey and inquiring about his beloved's whereabouts, heard one day that a puppet doll had appeared in the Cultivation Realm, its feet carved with the totem of The Supreme Divine Creation Sect. Though only an inch in length, its combat capabilities were extremely formidable. On its path, it had already slain dozens of cultivators, from young children in the Foundation Establishment stage to the mighty beings in the Soul Departure, Soul Division, and even the Soul Integration stage, none of them were its match.
From this, it could be seen that it was at least a Spirit Warrior of the Soul Integration stage or above. If one could capture it and refine it into a life-bound spirit weapon, it would be equivalent to gaining an additional life. Thus, those who originally intended to capture Qi Ze changed their course and set out to pursue this puppet doll.
When Yan Junyu arrived at the inn where No. 1 was resting, the brat was trapped in a sword formation by nine sword cultivators, with injuries all over his small arms and legs, looking utterly pitiful. The surrounding cultivators whispered among themselves, "Indeed, The Supreme Divine Creation Sect is extraordinary. The spirit weapon they forged is so powerful. If it were a Soul Integration stage cultivator trapped in this Immortal Slaying Formation, they would likely have already surrendered their necks to be slaughtered."
"No matter how extraordinary, what can it do? The Immortal Slaying Formation is one of the most powerful sword formations of the Myriad Sword Sect. With merely nine Nascent Soul stage sword cultivators utilizing it, they can slay experts above the Soul Integration stage. If nine cultivators at the Transcendence stage or even the Tribulation Transcendence stage were to set up this formation, even immortals could be slain. Immortal Slaying, Immortal Slaying, truly deserving of its name."
"In that case, this old devil should be left to the Myriad Sword Sect to deal with."
"Indeed. The Lord of the Heaven Slaughter Sect has already declared that each of the ten major sects should send a Transcendence stage expert or above to help him set up the formation. Once the old devil is found, he will personally engage in battle. Whether our cultivation realm can safely weather this disaster hinges entirely on the Myriad Sword Sect."
Hearing this, Yan Junyu then unleashed a vine, coiling No. 1, who was trapped in the rain of swords, into his grasp.
"Who dares to obstruct the Myriad Sword Sect?" Seeing the puppet that was almost within his grasp being snatched away by someone else, one of the sword cultivators asked in a harsh voice.
"You want to kill my son, yet you don't allow me to retaliate?" Yan Junyu drew a red long knife from his belly, saying coolly, "I've heard that the Immortal Slaying Formation of the Myriad Sword Sect is very powerful. Today, I shall test it myself." Yan Junyu had long heard of the renown of the Myriad Sword Sect from his beloved's mouth. It was they who broke through The Supreme Divine Creation Sect's protective formation, slaughtered over 200,000 disciples, and smeared the "alliance with the demon realm" on his beloved's head. Now that they had crossed paths, he could not help but avenge his beloved, especially since these people had nearly turned No. 1 into a stick.
"Dad, they wanted to kill Second Dad, you can't let them off!" No. 1 did not mention that he was almost hacked to death, only saying that these people were Second Dad's enemies. Based on his past experiences, if anything was linked to Second Dad, Father would explode in a fit of temper no matter how good-natured he was, and would certainly avenge him.
"Who are you?" The leading sword cultivator did not dare to act rashly. This person seemed to only have the cultivation of the Nascent Soul stage, yet he could instantly rescue the puppet doll from the Immortal Slaying Formation. This was not something an ordinary person could accomplish.
Yan Junyu did not waste words, splitting the sword formation with a single slash of his knife and entangled with the nine of them in battle. Sword intent fell like rain, sword qi streaked like rainbows, yet they could not injure him in the slightest. The large knife in his hand, however, was extremely strange. With each parry, a wisp of black mist would erupt, and if even a tiny bit of this mist touched the skin or clothes, it would instantly corrode a large hole. Even worse, if one were wounded by the large knife, the blood in the body would evaporate through this wound, or limbs would be severed, or turned into mummies. One had to be extremely cautious when fighting against him, even a shallow scratch could spell the end of one's life.
The originally invincible Immortal Slaying Formation was rendered powerless by the man's long knife, and the nine sword cultivators fell one by one, their deaths gruesome. Yan Junyu crushed the mummy under his feet, shook off the dust on the blade, and then said indifferently, "Let's go."
No. 1 promptly followed him with enthusiasm.
Before the two of them had stepped out of the inn's door, several burly cultivators chased after them, shouting, "Please wait, Your Majesty of Demons. Now that the barrier has been breached by Your Majesty, the major demon sects wish to elect a senior of high virtue and prestige to take charge of the overall situation. This will help them to quickly establish a foothold in the cultivation realm. Your Majesty, with your deep cultivation, is indeed the number one person in the demon realm, you should stand up and shoulder the heavy responsibility!"
"Your Majesty of Demons? Me?" Yan Junyu turned his head with a smile that was not a smile.
"Your golden body and dharma form, how could we, the juniors, mistake it?" The several demons answered respectfully. The new patriarch of the Thousand Corpse Demon Swamp had already spread the portrait of the Demon Lord throughout the demon realm. With such beautiful features and extraordinary aura, one would remember them for a lifetime after one glance.
"I didn't even know I had become the Demon Lord." Yan Junyu handed No. 1 a fist-sized demon crystal, which No. 1 immediately took and began to gnaw on.
Even taking out the demon crystal in broad daylight, yet you still deny that you are one of the demon realm? The surrounding cultivators all silently criticized. At a time when the demon realm was invading, if they encountered a demon person on the road, they would surely eliminate them without mercy, but now, not a single person dared to stand up to obstruct them. And these demons, who were originally disguised and had hidden their demonic aura, were now standing out boldly to call out, seemingly without fear.
"Please, Your Majesty of Demons, take charge of the overall situation for us." The several demons knelt down as they spoke, suddenly feeling an extremely terrifying pressure sweeping over their heads. They were about to remind the Demon Lord to be cautious when they saw him throw out a vine, which actually pierced straight through the cultivator who was spying.
A corpse fell from the air and was reeled up by the vine to be drained dry. Although its face was already severely shriveled and deformed, it was still recognized by the cultivators hiding in the inn.
"Isn't that the Grand Elder of the Limitless Sect?"
"How could it be? That elder is at the peak of the Transcendence stage!"
"Look at his clothes and the jade plaque on his waist, he must be the Grand Elder of the Limitless Sect!"
"My goodness, killing a peak Transcendence stage cultivator with one move, does the Lord of Heaven Slaughter have such cultivation?"
"Think about it, since he could tear open the barrier set up by the ancient immortals, his cultivation must have reached the immortal realm, how can ordinary cultivators like us deal with him? Not to mention the Lord of Heaven Slaughter, even if several more great powers of the same level were to come, they might not be his match."
"The cultivation realm is in peril!"
The atmosphere of despair spread through the inn. Outside the inn, Yan Junyu, however, laughed lightly, "Demon Lord? If Xiao Ze hears this, he might be somewhat interested. Well, I'll take this title." He was not someone who sought the limelight, nor did he worship power, but in the situation where the entire cultivation realm was against his beloved, he did not mind standing on the side of evil. So-called justice and evil, in fact, did not have such clear boundaries, it only depended on whose side you were standing on.
The several demons were overjoyed and immediately sent news of the Demon Lord back to their sect, stating that they would escort him on his way.
When the group walked far away, the cultivators who were hiding in the inn cautiously ran out, lamenting, "The demon realm was originally in a state of leaderlessness, not difficult to deal with, but now, it's uncertain!"
"Did you notice that the long knife used by that Demon Lord also bears the four characters 'The Supreme Divine Creation'? Have you speculated about his relationship with The Supreme Divine Creation Sect?"
"It's because The Supreme Divine Creation Sect was colluding with the demon realm that they were annihilated, this Demon Lord is probably the mastermind behind the sect." A young cultivator said.
"Is that really so?" Many people fell into a strange silence. Had they not known the true reason why The Supreme Divine Creation Sect was destroyed? Yet no one had stood up to speak a word of fairness. Rather than saying that this Demon Lord was the mastermind behind The Supreme Divine Creation Sect, it was better to say that he also coveted Qi Ze's fusion body and planned to capture him to refine medicine.
After a vague anxiety, the cultivators were even more impressed by The Supreme Divine Creation Sect's alchemy level. Not to mention the various spirit weapons and spirit artifacts that were popular on the continent, just the puppet doll and the long knife were worthy of being called the finest! When Qi Ze escaped, he took away all the inheritance of The Supreme Divine Creation Sect, leaving no benefit for the Limitless Sect, which was also a major alchemy sect. No wonder they had gone crazy.
Qi Ze sat in a towering tree, opposite the entrance to Spirit Water Palace. Since he had concealed his aura, so many scouts had come and gone, yet not one had discovered his presence.
Spirit Water Palace was in a state of chaos recently. Every day, a large number of disciples went out in groups, as if searching for someone, yet always in vain. Three days later, several sword cultivators arrived on their swords, declaring loudly, "Patriarch Su, we have come to retrieve something, would you please see us?"
The disciples guarding the gate immediately opened the protective barrier of the sect, inviting the group inside. Su Huaiyun personally walked down to the foot of the mountain to meet them and prepared spirit tea and spirit fruits, trying to delay a bit of time, but the few of them did not oblige her, demanding to take Qi Ze away right away.
"I've already told the Lord of Heaven Slaughter, Qi Ze has run away, please give me a little more time."
"Before we came, the patriarch had made it clear that if you refuse to hand over the person, we can directly take down Spirit Water Palace. Patriarch Su, think carefully again, where is Qi Ze? Although the fusion body is miraculous, you have to see if you can handle it!"
"He really has run away, I've searched in vain and I was about to seek help from the Myriad Sword Sect!" Su Huaiyun was about to cry, raising her hand and saying, "If you don't believe me, I can swear to the Heavenly Dao."
The several sword cultivators were all people with hearts as hard as iron and did not listen to her explanation, laughing coldly, "Even if he has run away, he is your only relative. When he learns that you are in trouble, he will not ignore it. Men, set up the formation!"
At the command, the sword sect disciples hidden outside the mountain gate immediately set up layers of sword formations, breaking through the boundary markers after the attack and searching inside and out. They also captured Su Huaiyun and several elders, torturing them severely for information. They even used soul searching, torturing the few of them to the point of wishing for death rather than life.
And the culprit, Qi Ze, watched this scene with a cold expression. The dense rain of swords enveloped Spirit Water Palace, breaking the protective barrier while at the same time slaughtering countless disciples. This scenario was so similar to the day The Supreme Divine Creation Sect was destroyed? The so-called principles of action of the prestigious and righteous sects could be summed up in one sentence: "Prosperity for those who follow me, annihilation for those who oppose me."
Kill, kill them all! He silently watched for a while, just about to leave this place, when he saw a group of people walking up from the mountain, the one leading the way was tall and handsome, who else could it be but his beloved.