Chapter 119: Respectfully Welcoming the Demonic Lord’s Return to the Five Regions

Compared to Ninth Realm Experts,

Tenth Realm Experts experienced a massive enhancement in perception.

For instance, Heavenly Sword Master could shroud the entire Heaven Sword Sect with his Divine Thought perception whenever he wished.

During the lockdown of the mountain gate, Heavenly Sword Master constantly covered the area with his Divine Thought perception to ensure that news absolutely would not leak.

Under such methods, even a single fly would be noticed by Heavenly Sword Master the moment it left the boundaries of the Heaven Sword Sect.

Yet just moments ago,

Heavenly Sword Master keenly sensed something.

An extremely faint aura quickly left the Heaven Sword Sect along a certain secret passage.

"Hmph."

"Courting death."

Heavenly Sword Master sneered.

Immediately afterward, under the shocked gazes of the other Experts,

Heavenly Sword Master raised his right hand and flicked his finger.

Boom.

A terrifying Sword Intent condensed,

transforming into a palm-sized small sword that, the very instant it appeared,

vanished from its original spot.

At the edge of the Heaven Sword Sect's mountain gate,

Protector Situ was extremely cautious, doing his utmost to suppress his aura as he quickened his pace forward.

"Almost there, almost there."

"Just a bit more and I can leave the Heaven Sword Sect."

Protector Situ's breathing was practically imperceptible.

Suddenly,

a terrifying Sword Intent locked onto him.

"Not good."

Protector Situ's expression drastically changed.

His speed abruptly surged, wanting to dodge this Sword Intent.

But it was already too late.

How could a strike from a Tenth Realm expert be so easily dodged?

Chi.

A palm-sized small sword abruptly pierced through Protector Situ's chest.

"I—"

Protector Situ widened his eyes.

He could feel his life force draining away at a terrifying speed.

Wisps of dreadful Sword Intent continuously flowed along his chest, shattering his limbs, bones, and Primordial Spirit.

"I cannot die!"

Protector Situ's eyes were bloodshot.

In a trance, he seemed to see the tall man who had picked him up from a city littered with corpses over two hundred years ago.

At that time, the Demonic Lord was full of valor, with countless Experts perishing at the flick of a finger, while his clothes were ragged and he was as lowly as dust.

If not for the Demonic Lord, he would have died long ago.

If not for the Demonic Lord, he would not have what he was today.

In the blink of an eye, over two hundred years had passed, and all those past events felt like a dream.

"Before I see the Lord, I cannot die!"

Protector Situ suddenly erupted with a strong will to survive, unhesitatingly activating the Demonic Path forbidden technique, 'Disintegration God-Burning Grand Technique'.

Once the Disintegration God-Burning Grand Technique was triggered, one's Physical Body, Primordial Spirit, and everything else would uncontrollably burn crazily.

Until completely turning into nothingness.

During this period, the user would endure unimaginable pain.

Of course, the effect was also very good. While this forbidden technique was maintained, the user's speed would gain a tenfold or hundredfold increase.

Furthermore, as time passed, the more the Physical Body and Primordial Spirit burned, the faster the speed would become.

In fact, almost all Devil Heads would rather commit suicide than activate this forbidden technique.

After all, once the 'Disintegration God-Burning Grand Technique' was triggered, there was no turning back; the Physical Body, Primordial Spirit, and everything would rapidly turn into nothingness.

In other words, having triggered this forbidden technique, even if one escaped with their life, they would still end up dying in the end.

Before dying, they also had to endure the endless pain caused by their own burning.

Therefore, this forbidden technique was rather tasteless; even though its circulation was very broad, one rarely ever saw any Devil Head use it.

What was the point?

"Hmm?"

On the Heaven Sword Main Peak, Heavenly Sword Master seemed to sense something, a look of astonishment surfacing on his face.

"The Disintegration God-Burning Grand Technique?"

Heavenly Sword Master naturally sensed the aura of this forbidden technique.

Pondering for a moment,

Heavenly Sword Master decided to let Protector Situ leave.

First, anyone who cast this forbidden technique was bound to die, and Protector Situ had previously suffered a blow from him, making it impossible for him to last long anyway.

Second, even if Heavenly Sword Master wanted to pursue, he might not necessarily catch up.

In just these few breaths, Protector Situ had already fled several hundred miles away, and his speed was getting faster and faster, almost out of control. Even if Protector Situ wanted to stop, he couldn't, and he would eventually turn into nothingness in the extreme high-speed state.

Therefore, there was no need to pursue.

"Merely an ant."

"No need to pay attention."

Heavenly Sword Master shook his head slightly, answering the doubts of the other Experts present.

His sudden strike just now naturally drew the gazes of the various Experts, and explaining it now was only normal.

Deep within the Heaven Sword Sect,

in a scenic valley,

Bai Qing'er sat on a giant rock, her fair and delicate legs gently swaying, stirring up ripples.

"Big Brother Xiahou."

"Will you come to find me?"

Bai Qing'er gazed toward the Heaven Sword Main Peak.

She naturally knew of Heavenly Sword Master's scheming, and at this moment, Bai Qing'er's heart was extremely conflicted.

On one hand, she hoped Xiahou Yuan would come over, because that would mean Xiahou Yuan still had feelings for her—even if it was hatred, that was still a feeling.

Yet given Heavenly Sword Master's scheme, the moment Xiahou Yuan dared to approach, it could be said he was certain to die.

Right now, Bai Qing'er also did not want Xiahou Yuan to die.

"Big Brother Xiahou."

"If you come over, I will plead with the Sect Leader to leave you with an intact corpse."

"At that time, you will stay together with Qing'er forever."

Bai Qing'er muttered to herself, a happy smile appearing on her face.

Beside the Origin Qi spring in the underground palace,

Lin Yuan sat cross-legged, still cultivating and comprehending the Dao. In almost every shuttled world, most of his time was spent on cultivation.

As for enjoyment?

Under his Heaven-Defying Comprehension, inspirations surged for Lin Yuan every single moment, pushing his understanding of cultivation and heaven and earth a step further.

To Lin Yuan, this was the greatest enjoyment.

"Profound Yellow."

Lin Yuan comprehended the Profound Yellow Evolution Path.

By now, Lin Yuan had already comprehended this evolution path to the Tier 5 section.

However, precisely because of this, the difficulty of subsequent comprehension skyrocketed. After all, Lin Yuan was already Tier 5; comprehending Tier 4 and Tier 3 beneath Tier 5 was like looking down from a high vantage point, and even without Heaven-Defying Comprehension, it would have slight effects.

"The Dao of Profound Yellow is the Dao of heaven and earth."

Lin Yuan carefully comprehended it, frequently observing heaven and earth and combining it with his own validation.

"The Martial Dao Evolution Path can be refined a bit more. Since the Yin Spirit, Yang Spirit, and Taiji Primordial Spirit cannot be perfected, I will refine the Physical Body."

As Lin Yuan cultivated, the aura emanating from him became obscure and complex. Vaguely, it seemed to transform into a black hole, yet also like a black-and-white Taiji pattern.

Suddenly,

the aura on Lin Yuan's body elevated by a notch.

It seemed to cross certain shackles and restrictions, elevating his physical blood Qi, Primordial Spirit, and Soul along with it.

"Tier 5, Stage 3."

Lin Yuan let out a light breath, a smile emerging on his face.

Compared with the cultivation system of the current world, Tier 5 Stage 3 roughly corresponded to the Peak of the Twelfth Realm, infinitely approaching the level of the Thirteenth Realm.

Peak of the Twelfth Realm.

Infinitely approaching the Thirteenth Realm.

Good grief, if other cultivators of this world were to learn of this, they would probably die of shame and bash their heads against a wall.

For tens of thousands of years, the strongest Experts were merely at the Tenth Realm. As for the Eleventh Realm? It probably only appeared in the distant ancient era.

The Twelfth Realm was even unheard of.

Yet Lin Yuan had already begun touching the Thirteenth Realm.

"Wait a few more years. Once I completely step into the Thirteenth Realm, I will go flatten the Heaven Sword Sect."

Lin Yuan's thoughts were calm as he thought to himself.

Although he was not Xiahou Yuan, since his consciousness had descended into this person's body, certain Karma naturally needed to be resolved.

Besides,

even if Lin Yuan wanted to let bygones be bygones with a smile, he had to see if the Heaven Sword Sect was willing.

According to the intent of that Grand Elder from the Zhi Ge Sect, the Heaven Sword Sect and numerous Experts of the Five Regions were secretly plotting against him, Xiahou Yuan.

"The heaven and earth rules of this world."

Lin Yuan raised his head to observe his surroundings.

Although it could not compare to the high efficiency of directly observing the divine weapons whose essential rules manifested in the Divine Weapon World,

comprehending the rules of this world was at least much stronger than in the Main World.

The Origin of the Main World was powerful, its rules complete and operating to Perfection, which resulted in Evolvers finding it exceptionally difficult to comprehend the essence of the rules.

Meanwhile, in a shuttled world, the Origin was weak; although the rule volume was not high, Lin Yuan could completely comprehend them first and then slowly make up for it in the Main World.

"I heard that within certain Universe Secret Realms, independent of the Main World, rule operations are externally manifested. Comprehending rules there has an efficiency far higher than the outside world."

As the thirteenth Disciple of the Red Kun Star Lord, Lin Yuan could already browse high-end intelligence of the Main World.

This included Universe Secret Realms.

Universe Secret Realms were similar to Small Worlds, with many types, and some even harbored powerful life forms within them.

Every Universe Secret Realm was a treasure of Human Civilization, especially those where rule operations were externally manifested and suitable for rule comprehension, which were even rarer.

"Later on, I can ask Teacher about Universe Secret Realms."

Lin Yuan thought to himself secretly.

As long as Lin Yuan continued to display his talent and Aptitude, he had no fear of not receiving the resource inclination of Human Civilization—this was the treatment accorded to a Genius.

With the Three Goddesses present, a Genius would at most hide their identity and would not suffer any suppression or targeting.

The next day.

Lin Yuan ended his cultivation.

Sitting upon the main seat of the grand hall,

he listened to the reports from Nuan Shu and the nine Demonic Lords.

"Lord, there is still no news from the Heaven Sword Sect."

"Devil Heads from the Five Regions have successively come to seek refuge, but thus far, no Devil Heads at or above the Eighth Realm have submitted."

Nuan Shu spoke rapidly.

Lin Yuan sat casually on the main seat, listening.

As for why no Devil Heads at or above the Eighth Realm came over, Lin Yuan naturally knew it in his heart.

These Devil Heads entrenched themselves in one region, reigning as kings and lords; why would they run over to listen to commands under Lin Yuan?

Years ago, when Lin Yuan took charge of the underground palace and subdued the nine Ninth Realm Demonic Lords including Demon Lord Mo Yang, it was a swift and decisive slash of the knife, giving those nine Demonic Lords no chance to escape at all.

Of course, it was also related to the fact that ever since stepping out of the Great Abyss, Lin Yuan had basically not made a move in front of outsiders.

The only time was outside the Great Abyss, where he crushed the Eighth Realm Peak expert Jiang Jianke with a single hand.

But after that, whether it was subduing the younger generation of Devil Heads like Bian Mao or the nine Demonic Lords including Demon Lord Mo Yang, nothing of it spread out.

This caused the Devil Heads in the outside world to begin hesitating.

"These trash, the Lord has already emerged, yet they still won't come over to pay homage; they all deserve to die."

The nine Demonic Lords, including Demon Lord Mo Yang, felt somewhat bitter, and then burst into furious anger. They themselves had already surrendered, so by what right were those Eighth Realm Devil Heads weaker than them still living in carefree leisure?

Nuan Shu stood by the side, just about to speak,

when suddenly,

Nuan Shu's expression changed slightly.

"Lord, the life flame has changed."

Nuan Shu immediately looked toward Lin Yuan.

"Go take a look."

Lin Yuan's expression remained unchanged.

Nuan Shu immediately left the grand hall.

Not long after,

Nuan Shu returned, holding a candlelight in her hands.

At this moment, the candlelight was extremely faint, swaying sluggishly as if it could be extinguished at any moment.

"This is Protector Situ's life flame."

Nuan Shu's expression was solemn.

"Protector Situ?"

Demon Lord Mo Yang and the other Demonic Lords cast a secret sideways glance at Lin Yuan.

As everyone knew, Nuan Protector and Protector Situ were the two most loyal to Xiahou Yuan.

Even when Xiahou Yuan was suppressed in the eighteenth layer beneath the Great Abyss, these two tried their best to rescue him.

Especially Protector Situ, who even went so far as to delve deep into the Heaven Sword Sect to gather more intelligence.

"It is Situ…"

Lin Yuan's expression was slightly serious as he gazed at the candle in Nuan Shu's hand that could be extinguished at any second.

Hum!

Within Lin Yuan's field of vision, the aura of the candlelight began to spread, connecting with a certain location in the distance.

"Situ is within a hundred miles right now."

Lin Yuan stood up.

The candlelight in Nuan Shu's hands flew up out of thin air, landing in Lin Yuan's hands.

"Protector Situ has returned?"

Nuan Shu was slightly stunned, somewhat uncomprehending.

As far as she knew, wasn't Protector Situ in the Heaven Sword Sect?

If he had broken away from the Heaven Sword Sect, he should have transmitted news back beforehand.

"He has already arrived."

Lin Yuan caught the life flame, his figure vanishing from the spot.

Outside the underground palace,

a 'meteor' flew over rapidly.

If one looked closely, they could discover that this 'meteor' had almost turned into nothingness, with only some spiritual and Soul power burning away.

Swoosh.

Lin Yuan appeared before the 'meteor'.

If it were anyone else, even a Ninth or Tenth Realm expert would find it very difficult to block this 'meteor'.

Because the speed of this 'meteor' was already fast to the extreme, surpassing the speed of a Tenth Realm expert sprinting at full force.

Yet with a push of Lin Yuan's right hand, the 'meteor' came to a halt right in place.

"Rise."

Lin Yuan frowned deeply.

This 'meteor' was precisely Protector Situ.

At this moment, his physical flesh and blood had long been burned away to ashes, leaving only a sliver of Primordial Spirit power persisting.

"Condense."

Lin Yuan's mind stirred slightly.

A massive amount of Origin Qi gathered.

It continuously transformed into a gentle aura, injecting into that sole remaining sliver of Primordial Spirit belonging to Protector Situ.

Instantly,

with this sliver of Primordial Spirit power as the center, an illusory figure rapidly gathered.

However, one could see that while the illusory figure continuously formed, it was also continuously burning.

"Lord."

Protector Situ's expression was pained, but he unexpectedly recovered a trace of lucidity. Seemingly sensing Lin Yuan's true strength, a trace of relaxed expression unexpectedly surfaced on his face.

Immediately afterward, Protector Situ's lips moved, and he spoke a few words.

At this time, Nuan Shu and Demon Lord Mo Yang rushed outside the underground palace and witnessed this scene.

A moment later,

Lin Yuan once again gathered Origin Qi.

However, Protector Situ's burning speed grew faster and faster.

Finally, an expression of relief and relaxation surfaced on Protector Situ's face, and under the endless burning, he completely turned into nothingness.

Lin Yuan stood in place, seeming to ponder as he remained completely unmoving.

Nuan Shu mustered up the courage to approach, speaking cautiously: "Lord, what did Protector Situ… what did Protector Situ say at the very end?"

Nuan Shu naturally knew that the posture of Protector Situ burning all over was that forbidden technique, the 'Disintegration God-Burning Grand Technique'.

But wasn't it said that during the execution of this forbidden technique, it was extraordinarily painful?

Why did Protector Situ end up smiling in the end?

"He said two sentences."

Lin Yuan's tone was bland.

The first sentence consisted of twelve characters.

Before death, to see the Lord, I have no remaining regrets.

Lin Yuan stood in mid-air, his sleeves fluttering, as he re-browsed Xiahou Yuan's memories and finished viewing every detail regarding Protector Situ.

"So it was that little beggar."

Lin Yuan reined in his thoughts, raised his head to glance in the direction of the Heaven Sword Sect, and turned back to return to the underground palace.

The second sentence consisted of eight characters.

Respectfully welcoming the Demonic Lord's return to the Five Regions.

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