All Heavenly destiny reduced to ashes
Chapter 174 - 34: The Path of the True Demon

Chapter 174: Chapter 34: The Path of the True Demon

Nine eyes and seven mouths, three heads and five arms, a belly like an abyss, a face like a dark cave...

And that aura, eerily similar to that of the Evil Born Demon!

An Jing recognized the Heavenly Demon who had unraveled the seal of Hanging Fate Valley and sent the Evil Born Demon to assassinate him. His tone revealed sudden understanding mixed with anger, "So it was you... it was you all along!"

"Heaven’s Will True Demon... the two great Demon Sects of this world, or rather, the only true ’Demon’ Sect!"

"Worshipping demons, venerating demons, extolling demons, sacrificing to demons, followers of the Heavenly Demon, the True Demon Evil Sect!"

Shangxuan Shangqing, Star Venerable Sacred Dragon, Heaven’s Will True Demon.

These are the six major sects of the North Mysterious Sacrifice Continent.

The Shangxuan Sect, also known as Shangxuan Central Celestial Axis Law Sect, is a powerful law-based sect that spans across the continents. Revering Imperial Heaven and Earth Mother as the highest deities, it is the largest Supreme Heavenly Law Sect in the Huai Xu Realm with an incredibly long history. Its place of origin lies in the Zhongheng Dao Continent, which is also the oldest ancestral land of the Huai Xu Realm’s multicolored, five-directional ten continents.

The Shangqing Sect, also known as the Shangqing Taoist Primordial Law Sect, is mysterious and ancient, exalting Dao and Heaven, never revealing itself to those without fate, and is another law-based sect that spans across the continents. Its place of origin is not clear, but it is also established by former ancient Immortals.

The Star Venerable Sect and the Sacred Dragon Sect, with the former being the faith of the southern regions of the North Mysterious Sacrifice Continent, where many beliefs about the stars and the Heavenly Mandate are widely spread within Da Chen.

Whereas the latter is the belief system in the northeastern territories and the Northern Sea archipelagos ruled by the True Dragon Courts, the Dragon Masters had once imparted teachings to the Martial Emperor, so there are some followers in the northern regions of Da Chen, and the imperial court is somewhat close to them.

Among them, the Heavenly Will Divine Sect, or shall we say the Heavenly Intent Demon Sect, is an unrestrained Evil Sect that deviates from orthodox teachings.

Though they also revere Imperial Heaven and Earth Mother, unlike the Shangxuan Sect, which strictly abides by the law, they use the powers of evil demons indifferently, trampling on order and morality for their own thoughts and desires, even despising their own lives.

From the perspective of ordinary people, the Heaven’s Will Cult, which acts on whims and tramples on order, is the most evil among men.

Yet, there is still a master of evil above them.

That master is the True Demon Sect.

They only need to do one thing to far surpass the Heaven’s Will Demon Sect.

And that is to worship the Heavenly Demon.

Just like what is happening now.

As Lu Jin recited the incantation, the half-dead bodies suspended on the walls of the dark chamber suddenly lifted their heads, and a sharp, pitiful wail suddenly resonated, echoing back and forth in this not-so-spacious dark chamber.

It was as if a limit had been broken by the stacking of extreme pain and resentment a thousandfold, opening a pathway that allowed the sacrifice of blood and life, soul and spirit, to transcend the Great Void and reach the Youli netherworld.

Then, sinister shadows began to crawl out from the strange demonic statue, lighting up pairs of dim pupils.

Lu Jin, who was worshipping the Divine Statue, abruptly paused in his actions.

His Soul and Spirit were captivated, and he began a one-sided monologue, "Yes, Supreme Lord, of the eight Earth Pulse nodes, we have already occupied three. The camp, the prison, and the Martial Arts Academy are simply too difficult to seize. We’re only left with the teashop by the marketplace and the workshop area that we haven’t secured."

"But so long as we acquire one more, half of the nodes, it will be enough for Zheng Mo’s Thunder Beads to encounter a backlash while activating the Divine Skill, causing his death... by then, tens of thousands of residents of Kanming City will become the Blood Sacrifice to accomplish your grand enterprise!"

"Ah! I lied, I lied—"

Suddenly, Lu Jin began to wail miserably, pounding his head and body, pleading in an agonized tone, "I was wrong! I shouldn’t have concealed it, I also secretly set up a Blood Sacrifice Great Formation, plundering the Blood Qi Coagulation Elixir to prolong life... I should not have hidden this, gurgle arghhhh!!"

Suddenly, everything returned to normal. Lu Jin stopped beating and wailing, regaining his calm, "Yes. The target has not been found yet. The Earth Vein has shown no fluctuations, and the ’Mysterious Pupil Golden Eye’ has not been seen by anyone, so it must not be here."

However, his wrinkled, aged face was still covered in tears from the previous wailing, making it look particularly comical and eerie, "Yes. I will offer the spirits of ten thousand as a sacrifice, taint the Earth Vein, and utilizing the power of the Earth Vein to observe heaven and earth, I will find the target you wish to find for you, Supreme Lord."

"What?!"

Just as Lu Jin’s voice was getting lower, seemingly ending the ritual conversation, his voice suddenly rose slightly, and he began to reverently kowtow to the Divine Statue, "Many thanks for your gracious reward, Supreme Lord! Many thanks for your gracious reward, Supreme Lord!"

Hu—

In that instant, the walls of the dark chamber, the four half-dead sacrificial bodies, rapidly withered and turned into dust as they fell to the ground, while a sinister stream of black and red light shot out from these offerings, forming large and eerie patterns, lines, and trails in midair, all of which surged into the forehead of Lu Jin.

In an instant, Lu Jin’s originally aged complexion immediately became ruddy, the layered wrinkles began to retreat, and his entire appearance grew to look ten or twenty years younger.

At the same time, the many obscure eyes on the demonic statue also vanished from sight.

Lu Jin maintained his bowing posture, remaining in that position for nearly half a mark before he stood up.

The Blood Qi around his body surged, his Essence Qi and Inner Breath spilling out, even igniting a wisp of illusory smoke above his head.

He had returned to his youth, his Blood Qi like smoke!

As he straightened up, Lu Jin looked at his hands with ecstatic and incredulous eyes. He didn’t speak, only kept clenching his fists, then forced out suppressed laughter from his throat.

However, his eyes had become as hazy and dark as they were when the Heavenly Demon arrived... But this phenomena only lasted a moment before disappearing.

"Ha ha, ha... haha!!"

Lu Jin, looking mad with joy, respectfully bowed again to the Heavenly Demon statue before stepping out of the secret chamber.

Before this, the Lotus Seed Drone was prepared to withdraw, but Sword Spirit urgently called a halt.

"Wait."

Sword Spirit said solemnly, "I was ready for your drone to be discovered by the Heavenly Demon, to sever the connection in advance... but It didn’t notice? Impossible, that’s not like the Heavenly Demon!"

"Forget about that drone, just toss it somewhere and don’t retrieve it!"

"No problem."

An Jing didn’t actually plan on bringing the drone back anyway—what a joke to think that a drone that had observed a True Demon Sect follower communicating with a Heavenly Demon could be kept? He had intended to either blow it up or smash it somewhere anyway.

As it turned out, it was indeed so—after carefully sensing, Sword Spirit truly found an unusual Demonic Qi lingering within the drone.

The descended Heavenly Demon had apparently discovered this anomaly yet remained silent, intending to covertly investigate the true identity of Its follower.

After severing the Spirit Mechanism and allowing the drone to shatter and disintegrate, An Jing and Sword Spirit both fell into silence.

"This is serious."

At this moment, An Jing furrowed his brow, "True Demon Blood Sacrifice... I should have thought of it earlier, even the Red Armored Guards have been infiltrated by Heavenly Demons, so the surrounding cities must be thoroughly corrupted as well."

"The appetite of the Heavenly Demon isn’t small at all, actually planning to take advantage of the Frost Calamity to directly devour the Earth Pulse of Kanming City and nearly a million people?"

"Moreover, the target of the Heavenly Demon is indeed that Royal Lady..."

At this juncture, there wasn’t much left to consider, so An Jing let out a breath, "It seems we’ve been drawn into a great disaster again, even the Emperor’s Blood is involved."

"I don’t think it’s about being drawn in, it’s clear that you’re one of the causes."

And Sword Spirit was even more objective, "It’s not that disasters follow wherever you go, but rather your presence causes these events to intertwine, occurring around you."

This statement also wasn’t wrong, An Jing didn’t deny it, he looked towards the direction of Chongyi Building and said with a sly tone, "Old grudges and new, it seems I’ve found an opportunity."

He couldn’t be passive.

He had to strike first.

Of course, ’striking first’ didn’t mean An Jing had to immediately rush over and kill the other party in the street.

Just as the True Demon Sect wanted to capture An Jing for a sacrifice, they wouldn’t just send a large group to burn him alive in the street; both sides needed to prepare, wait for the right moment, and then strike with the force of thunder.

And An Jing’s ’thunder’ would definitely be more plentiful.

"I need to buy some Thunder Beads."

Without any hesitation, An Jing chose to travel to the Tianyuan Realm.

—So it’s trump cards, huh? I’ll show you what fire power shopping is!