Chapter 111: The Big Devil Head Has Come Out

[Name: Xiahou Yuan (Lin Yuan)]

[Identity: Master of the Gate of Myriad Realms]

[Bound Talent: Heaven-Defying Comprehension]

[Current Status: Consciousness Descent]

[Remaining Residence Time: Two Hundred and Ninety Years]

Eighteenth floor of the Great Abyss.

Lin Yuan opened his eyes and swept a glance at the illusory text below his vision.

Unwittingly, Lin Yuan's consciousness had descended into this world for ten years.

Over these ten years, Lin Yuan had not moved at all, devoting his full effort to wearing down the six black chains around his body.

As for why he did not starve, under this world's cultivation system, upon reaching the Seventh Realm, one could absorb heaven and earth Origin Qi and achieve Bigu.

Within the Great Abyss, although heaven and earth Origin Qi was extremely scarce, it was not completely absent.

Coupled with Lin Yuan's consciousness descending, it was naturally impossible for him to starve to death.

Besides.

Heavenly Sword Master would not allow Xiahou Yuan to starve to death either.

Physical Body starving to death did not mean the Primordial Spirit perished.

Only when Xiahou Yuan actively sought death would he truly die.

"Ten years."

Lin Yuan sighed.

"It is finally done."

Lin Yuan slowly stood up.

At the same time.

The two black chains piercing through Lin Yuan's chest and shoulder blades.

Silently turned into powder.

The other four black chains binding his limbs.

Likewise shattered inch by inch.

Ten years of time.

Lin Yuan had not stopped grinding down and devouring the black chains for a single moment.

Finally, today, the six black chains suppressing him were completely resolved.

"Much freer."

Lin Yuan took a deep breath.

Having lost the suppression of the six black chains, Lin Yuan finally dared to breathe deeply.

"Six strands of millennium deep-sea fine gold actually made my Physical Body undergo a transformation of several levels."

A trace of strangeness appeared on Lin Yuan's face.

Using the devouring secret technique within the Devouring Evolution Path to continuously convert the evolution within the deep-sea fine gold, without a single moment of cessation for ten years, it caused Lin Yuan's Physical Body to improve quite a bit.

This was indeed an unexpected pleasant surprise.

Outside the Great Abyss.

The numerous Guards still had not left.

As long as Xiahou Yuan did not die for a day, these Guards could not leave for a day.

Of course, the Guards were rotated once every year. The Northern Region was bitterly cold, and the Great Abyss was even more so within the Northern Region.

If not for the reward promised by Heaven Sword Sect and the ability to rotate back after a year, no cultivator would be willing to come over.

"This Xiahou Yuan… still hasn't died?"

Outside the entrance, Zhao Si could already handle things on his own, bringing a New Guard over to check the stone lantern.

When he found that the flame inside the lantern was still burning slowly,

He could not help but click his tongue in surprise.

Over the past ten years, he had been rotated three times, and by guarding the Great Abyss, he obtained the rewards bestowed by Heaven Sword Sect.

Zhao Si had already cultivated to the Fourth Realm.

Even so.

Being outside this Great Abyss,

He still felt that he was suppressed,

He could almost only walk step by step like a Mortal.

And a full ten years had passed.

That legendary big Devil Head Xiahou Yuan was still alive.

If not for this stone lantern being left behind by the number one expert in the world, Heavenly Sword Master,

Zhao Si would almost suspect that there was something wrong with the lantern.

"Back then, this Xiahou Yuan wreaked havoc in all directions and was a genuine big Devil Head. Heavenly Sword Master Sect Leader—"

According to custom, Zhao Si popularized to the New Guard beside him just how monstrously sinful Xiahou Yuan was.

"Uncle Zhao, you say that with Xiahou Yuan suppressed here, the devils of the Five Regions will be well-behaved and won't cause chaos—"

"But in recent years, traces of devils often appear in my hometown, and quite a few villages have been slaughtered."

The New Guard said with a puzzled tone.

From his elders, he knew that more than a decade ago, when the big Devil Head Xiahou Yuan was still around, the Demonic Path forces of the Five Regions were unprecedentedly strong, yet such things as casually slaughtering villages rarely happened.

"This…"

Hearing this,

Zhao Si fell silent for a moment.

It was not just the newcomer who had this doubt.

He had also heard quite a few such matters.

Having lost Xiahou Yuan, the leader of the Demonic Path,

The devils of the Five Regions seemed to have lost their 'shackles'

And completely went crazy.

Of course,

The Righteous Path forces led by Heaven Sword Sect

Also constantly dispatched Disciples to exterminate those devils.

But the significance was not very great.

Even if the devils were exterminated,

Often after a few years or ten years,

New devils would pop up again.

Even most of these new devils were the very people who exterminated the devils back then.

These people obtained some Demonic Path Legacy Cultivation Techniques and ultimately could not resist the temptation, cultivating them themselves.

There was no other way.

The Demonic Path cultivation method was too attractive.

It was practically like cheating.

With normal cultivation methods, Breakthrough from the First Realm to the Second Realm required at least several years of bitter cultivation, and one's Aptitude had to be good.

As for the Demonic Path cultivation method? It required no bitter cultivation, no Aptitude.

As long as one knew how to kill people, it was enough.

The vitality and Soul of living beings were great tonic pills for Demonic Path cultivators.

"Do not think too much."

"Now these devils are all this rampant; one can imagine that if Xiahou Yuan were still around, the situation would inevitably be ten times more critical."

Zhao Si comforted him.

Rather than saying he was comforting the New Guard,

It was better to say he was comforting himself.

A daring thought vaguely welled up in his heart.

Perhaps back then, Heavenly Sword Master shouldn't have suppressed Xiahou Yuan at all.

If Xiahou Yuan were still around, even if the situation in the Five Regions could not be alleviated,

It would not have intensified like it is now?

Eighteenth floor of the Great Abyss.

Lin Yuan sat cross-legged.

"Next, it is time to restore my strength."

Lin Yuan thought to himself.

When the six black chains were still present, Lin Yuan's Physical Body and Primordial Spirit were both suppressed.

Let alone Cultivate, even moving a little would be extremely painful.

But now, having shaken off the suppression of the six black chains,

Restoring strength became simple.

Even deep in the deepest part of the Great Abyss, where all techniques withered, ordinary Seventh Realm and Eighth Realm Experts placed here would have ninety percent of their strength suppressed.

But for Lin Yuan, it was not a difficult matter.

Furthermore, over the past ten years, although Lin Yuan's entire energy was placed on wearing down and devouring the black chains,

He still did not forget to comprehend the Dao.

In ten years, Lin Yuan had basically digested more than half of the hundred-plus evolution pathways of the Seven Star Cave World.

Even the Profound Yellow Evolution Path had been comprehended by him to eighty percent of the Rank 2 Chapter progress.

"It's a pity there are no strange objects and treasures to assist."

Restoring strength was not difficult; once the Realm was reached, it was nothing more than the accumulation of energy.

If he could bring that pot of 'scarlet spirit liquid' from the Main World over,

Lin Yuan would only need half a day or even a few hours to restore himself to full strength.

It's just that without the 'scarlet spirit liquid' and without other rare treasures, he could only honestly recover slowly.

Of course,

Lin Yuan's 'slow recovery' was relative to the situation of taking the 'scarlet spirit liquid'.

If compared with other cultivators, or even compared with those weirdly progressing devils,

In fact, the two simply could not be compared.

They were completely not on the same level.

Time passed once again.

Another ten years passed.

Northern Region.

On a hill close to the Great Abyss,

More than a dozen figures stood tall, gazing into the distance at the Great Abyss.

"Exalted One."

At the head was a woman with a cold gaze, standing quietly there.

"Nuan Protector."

At this time, a figure clothed in black rushed over quickly,

Bowing respectfully to the woman, he said, "Demon Lord Mo Yang said he is facing pursuit from Heaven Sword Sect and cannot rendezvous with us in time—"

"This fellow…"

A trace of murderous intent flashed in Nuan Protector's eyes.

Facing pursuit from Heaven Sword Sect? With Demon Lord Mo Yang's Ninth Realm strength, if he really wanted to escape, unless Heavenly Sword Master joined forces with more than a dozen other Righteous Path Ninth Realm Experts and set up a killing array, there was simply no way to deal with him.

"When the Exalted One was around in the past, these Demonic Lords were all eager to please, wishing they could die for the Exalted One. Now that the Exalted One is sealed by that despicable villain Heavenly Sword Master, none of them have any thoughts of rescuing him—"

Nuan Protector's expression was furious, but in her heart, she sighed.

People of the Demonic Path, which one of them wasn't selfish and self-interested? Expecting them to rescue Xiahou Yuan without compensation was simply unrealistic.

But Nuan Protector knew that Demon Lord Mo Yang had received several great favors from Xiahou Yuan back then; logically speaking, he should at least make some gesture.

"It's all the fault of that bitch Bai Qing'er. Back then, I reminded the Exalted One many times to be on guard against this bitch—"

Nuan Protector knew the inside story of the heaven-shaking Righteous-Demonic great battle twenty-five years ago.

If not for Bai Qing'er backstabbing the Exalted One, who would win and who would lose was not yet certain.

"We cannot wait any longer."

"Even without Demon Lord Mo Yang, I must try again."

Nuan Protector made a decision in her heart.

Twenty-five years had passed since Xiahou Yuan was sealed deep in the Great Abyss.

For such a long time, Nuan Protector truly worried that Xiahou Yuan could not hold on.

Outside the Great Abyss.

Zhao Si and various Guards were patrolling.

Right at this moment,

More than a dozen figures rapidly sprinted towards this side.

Even when approaching the Great Abyss and experiencing a certain degree of suppression themselves,

The speed of these figures remained extremely fast.

"Not good."

"It's those Demonic Path remnants again."

Zhao Si, being experienced, immediately knew what had happened.

Xiahou Yuan being suppressed and sealed deep in the Great Abyss was not a secret.

Therefore, every once in a while, a group of Demonic Path remnants would attempt a rescue.

"Demonic Path remnants?"

The New Guard beside him instantly gave a start,

He was about to muster his courage to stop that rapidly approaching group of Demonic Path remnants.

"What are you doing?"

Before this New Guard could rush out,

He was pulled back by Zhao Si.

"Ah?"

Ten thousand question marks rose in the New Guard's heart.

"These Demonic Path remnants are fierce and fearless of death; are you going up to throw your life away?"

Zhao Si immediately led all the Guards to quickly retreat.

After retreating to a safe position,

Zhao Si finally stopped.

Gazing from afar at the distant Great Abyss entrance,

At this moment, that group of Demonic Path remnants was already standing outside the Great Abyss entrance, constantly trying something.

"Uncle Zhao, we are just going to watch here?"

The New Guard beside him found it somewhat unacceptable.

"Rest assured, they cannot break open the Great Abyss entrance."

Zhao Si's expression was much calmer.

Such things happened every few years.

However, the Great Abyss was built back then by Heavenly Sword Master and numerous Righteous Path Experts joining forces.

Xiahou Yuan was locked on the eighteenth floor deep within the Great Abyss.

Starting from the first floor of the entrance to the eighteenth floor at the deepest part,

The gate of every floor was forged from profound gold.

Furthermore, the deeper the gate, the sturdier it was.

Over the years, no matter how those Demonic Path remnants tossed and turned,

They couldn't even break open the first-floor gate, let alone rescue Xiahou Yuan.

"I have already contacted Jiang Jianke; at most half an hour, he will arrive."

Zhao Si continued speaking.

Jiang Jianke was an Eighth Realm Expert specifically responsible for guarding the Great Abyss.

However, because the area near the Great Abyss was filled with extreme suppression force, Jiang Jianke would generally hold the fort a hundred miles away from the Great Abyss.

Otherwise, Jiang Jianke would simply have no way to Cultivate normally.

If anything happened to the Great Abyss, Zhao Si only needed to contact him according to the agreed-upon method,

Jiang Jianke would rush over in an extremely short time.

Outside the Great Abyss entrance,

Nuan Protector took a gourd and poured the viscous liquid inside onto the entrance gate.

Sizzle sizzle.

A wisp of blue smoke rose.

A thin layer on the surface of the entrance gate was corroded, revealing the light golden interior.

"Damn it."

Seeing this, Nuan Protector instantly felt somewhat desperate.

The viscous liquid in the gourd was the Mother Water, which held the title of 'dissolving all things'.

No matter how hard a thing was, under this kind of Mother Water, it would rapidly vanish.

Originally, Nuan Protector thought that the Mother Water should be able to deal with the Great Abyss entrance built from profound gold.

Only now it seemed she had overthought it.

"Exalted One."

Nuan Protector pressed her right hand against the Great Abyss entrance.

This was the closest distance she was to Xiahou Yuan.

"It is my uselessness."

Nuan Protector's eyes faintly turned red.

"The time is almost up; wait a moment longer, and that Jiang Jianke should arrive."

The man beside her suddenly said.

"Jiang Jianke…"

Nuan Protector took a deep breath.

"Demon Lord Mo Yang…"

If Demon Lord Mo Yang were here, he could completely deter that Jiang Jianke, making him dare not approach and striving for more time for her.

"Exalted One."

"Hold on for a little longer."

"I will come again very soon."

After speaking, Nuan Protector quickly left with her subordinates.

As time passed, the devils truly loyal to Xiahou Yuan were becoming fewer and fewer.

Therefore, Nuan Protector absolutely could not let her subordinates die unclearly.

That Jiang Jianke was an Eighth Realm Expert; if they were blocked by him, it would be very difficult for their group to retreat completely unscathed.

As Nuan Protector and her group of Demonic Path remnants left,

The many Guards who had previously retreated to the distance approached one after another.

"You see."

"This group of Demonic Path remnants simply can do nothing to the profound gold entrance gate."

Zhao Si carefully inspected the entrance gate and grinned with a smile after finding that only a thin layer on the surface had been corroded.

"Hahahaha, this group of Demonic Path remnants completely does not know the immensity of heaven and earth. This entrance gate was personally forged by Heavenly Sword Master Sect Leader and a crowd of Experts; even if they pass the first floor, there are still seventeen floors below."

"Wanting to rescue Xiahou Yuan, keep dreaming."

"In my view, even if Xiahou Yuan were completely intact and possessed Peak combat power, it would be impossible to break open the eighteen-floor gate of the Great Abyss."

The numerous Guards spoke, their words showing extreme confidence in the entrance gate.

They even felt that even if Xiahou Yuan restored all his strength, it would be impossible for him to come out.

Suddenly,

Right at this moment,

Crack!!

Cra-ack-ack-ack!!!

Muffled snapping sounds faintly came from within.

"Hm?"

"What is this sound?"

Zhao Si, with acute senses, immediately perceived something.

The other Guards were also slightly stunned, looking at each other.

"It seems to be… it seems to be coming from the entrance gate."

A weak voice sounded; it was precisely that New Guard.

At this moment, his eyes widened as he stared straight at the Great Abyss entrance gate.

"What did you say?"

Zhao Si's heart tightened,

He hurriedly turned his head to look.

But with this single look,

Zhao Si saw a scene unforgettable for a lifetime.

I saw the previously intact Great Abyss entrance gate now showing cracks from the inside out.

These cracks constantly spread, expanded, and split.

In the blink of an eye, they covered the entire gate.

"Not good!!!"

Zhao Si's heartbeat nearly stopped.

Before these two words could be spoken,

The Great Abyss entrance gate exploded with a roar.

Countless profound gold fragments shot towards all directions like shooting stars.

But nobody paid attention to these; their gazes were all fixed on the empty Great Abyss entrance.

Only the sound of soft footsteps, slow and lingering, came from deep within the Great Abyss.

Under everyone's shocked gazes,

A figure wearing tattered clothes walked out leisurely.

When this figure first came out, he even raised a hand to shield his eyes, as if feeling the light was somewhat dazzling.

"Freedom!"

This figure took a light breath, and all the heaven and earth Origin Qi within a radius of ten to a hundred miles, whether willing or unwilling, was entirely sucked into his belly.

Two updates totaling eight thousand words.

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