Bombarding Cultivators with Cluster Artillery
Chapter 953 - 924: Tusen Heavenly Monarch Appears in the Northern Plains

Jiang Ding walked past the Ice Phoenix Demon Monarch, who was prostrated on the ground, ascending to sit on the Ice Snow Throne that symbolized the pinnacle of power in the Western Desert Demon Race Dynasty, his right hand resting on the hilt of his sword.

He remained silent, gazing at the distant sky, his thoughts unknown.

All around, silence reigned, plunging into a death-like stillness.

The Demon Emperor, Demon Monarchs of various royal families, and tens of thousands of Demon Kings and Generals outside the palace were all trembling, their hearts filled with boundless fear, yet they dared not make a sound.

Even their breathing involuntarily became restrained.

Like sheep facing a bloodthirsty ancient beast, they feared that the slightest disturbance would bring about a dreadful result of death to all.

'Tushan! Tushan!'

'Heavenly Monarch, Heavenly Monarch!'

'Ah ah ah ah ah...'

Mu Tiansnow could not help but kneel down with the groups of Demon Monarchs around her, her mind in turmoil like a stormy sea, yet she dared not approach and recognize him as an old acquaintance.

Fearful that the other party would slay her with a single sword stroke.

Mu Tiansnow felt bewildered.

Vaguely, she recalled that hundreds of years ago, she had a clone. No, it was not a clone; it was her main body.

Her father was born in the Ice Snow Palace of the Mu family, and her mother's surname was Yu. To avoid being sacrificed and used as material for enhancing the Spiritual Roots of direct lineage, her mother and father, at a great cost, sent her to the Three Kingdoms, to follow her maternal grandfather from the previous generation who was the Master of Divinity Transformation Hall in Chu Country.

This was the reason she could control the Hua Xue Yu Clan in Chu Country under the surname Mu.

Indeed, after she had grown up, her Blood Spirit Holy Body Nine Lives Divine Skill was activated. The first clone was condensed, and subsequently, a new clone would appear every thirty years, each sent by her to different places.

The first time she saw the young man in green in front of her was hundreds of years ago, inside the Nine Heavens Secret Realm of the Qiyu Sect, when her Peak of Qi Practicing clone was slain by him, with only a sparrow-sized creature escaping.

The second time was on a Little Mountain outside the mortal dynasty's capital of Yue Country, where she had gathered many Foundation-building cultivators from the Hua Xue Hall, intent on ambushing and killing him, but he escaped instantly.

The third time...

Mu Tiansnow, recalling these many past events, couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat, her heart trembling slightly.

This senior, was truly meticulous and careful!

He was concealing, playing a part, and taking it so seriously, meticulous in every detail. Even when facing Golden Pill Monks who could be killed with a breath, he earnestly fled and fought, never showing any negligence.

Could it be,

this is the reason the seniors are revered as such?

Treating everything with extreme caution and meticulousness.

Mu Tiansnow felt she had gained some insight.

'Human Race!'

'Human Race, Human Race!'

Compared to Mu Tiansnow, the Ice Phoenix Demon Monarch, the emperor of the demons, was utterly terrified, clearly foreseeing the terrible outcome of death awaiting herself and all the Demon Monarchs.

'This race, despite being lowly, constantly embroiled in internal strife, and of low aptitude!'

'But,'

'why does it always suddenly produce such terrifying elites!!'

'Shuoyang Heavenly Monarch was like that ten thousand years ago, and so is Immortal Tushan, who has always been inconspicuous, living in some remote place without any fame!'

'I can't accept it, truly can't accept it!'

'Human Race, when thought about carefully, has many advantages. As food, they can cultivate independently, requiring little management. As slaves, they can produce treasures, elixirs, talismans, grow spiritual plants, and rear Spirit Beasts. Keeping a group of them can yield far more than pigs, dogs, cattle, and sheep, and such spiritual livestock.'

'Many of my high officials had once advised me to exterminate the human race completely, leaving no troubles for the future. But at that time, I couldn't bear to give up such benefits.'

'Regret, such regret!'

Inside, Ice Phoenix Demon Monarch roared in anger, but her face became even more submissive. She prostrated on the ground, and her previously heroic face gradually disappeared, transforming into a fittingly cold and beautiful demeanor for her status as a Demon Emperor, compelling one's heart to flutter involuntarily.

This wasn't magical charm.

This was her identity, race, temperament, cultivation base, appearance, and the charm brought by her past leadership over hundreds of millions of demons, captivating any heroic elite that came across her.

Heroes have a hard time surpassing the beauty pass; an ancient principle.

"Your Majesty, Ice Phoenix,"

"My name is Tushan."

After a long silence on the Ice Snow Throne, a voice came forth, "I am here to inquire about certain matters, to understand some details."

"In the presence of the Heavenly Monarch, I dare not claim the title of Majesty!"

"If the Heavenly Monarch does not disdain it, you may simply call me Ice Phoenix,"

hastened the Ice Phoenix Demon Monarch.

"Does the Demon Race possess Divinity Transformations?"

Jiang Ding did not heed her, but continued.

"Yes, Heavenly Monarch,"

"It is indeed my mother, known as Ice Field Heavenly Monarch."

The Ice Phoenix Demon Monarch humbly and submissively responded, without a hint of arrogance due to her identity as the daughter of a Heavenly Monarch, "My mother once made an agreement with the Ancestors of the Six Paths Sect, Guishan Tie Family, Heavenly Monarch Wan Zhu, and Jade Pure Dust Supreme Sword Lord of the East Sea, that the Heavenly Monarchs would not participate in the Nascent Soul battlefield, and matters concerning the younger generation should be resolved by themselves."

"Of course, these are the affairs of the elders, we the younger generation are completely unaware."

She subtly mentioned her own backing, her words devoid of any annoying intentions.

"Oh? Xi Ping'an had an agreement with you?"

Jiang Ding pondered briefly and grasped the essence of it.

Divinity Transformation Heavenly Monarchs generally do not enter the fray, wantonly slaughtering young cultivators.

Firstly, it would be bothersome for them. Every few hundred years, a new batch of ants appears, meticulously targeted.

Would that not be bothersome?

Would they still have time to cultivate?

Secondly, if you slaughter mine, I slaughter yours, in the end, no one would be better off.

An unspoken understanding had thus been preserved.

Of course, this was not an agreement, an unbreakable iron rule; if it came to a life-or-death moment, turning against each other was just turning against each other. If one's own younger generation perished, they perished — no Divinity Transforming cultivator would be bound by this.

'Xi Ping'an?'

A shiver ran through the Ice Phoenix Demon Monarch.

Very few knew that the common name of Jade Pure Dust Supreme Sword Lord of the East Sea was Xi Ping'an; even she had only incidentally heard her mother mention it once, and that was how she remembered it.

The youth in green robes before her, however, was aware of it.

It seemed, then, that this man had not simply stumbled upon his fortune by accident or coincidentally ascended to Heavenly Monarch.

"Since there has been an agreement,"

"It seems I spoke too casually."

Jiang Ding smiled slightly, appearing somewhat apologetic.

"Not at all!"

"They sought their own death; how can the Heavenly Monarch be blamed?!"

The Ice Phoenix Demon Monarch stood firm, not daring to be negligent in the presence of such an old monster, speaking righteously, "In the presence of the Heavenly Monarch, these lowly ants should by propriety bow down and pay respects from a hundred miles away."

"That is their duty!"

"These people, even if they do not maintain their duty, the Heavenly Monarch has always been magnanimous and might not necessarily hold it against them."

"However, they dared to raise a hand against the Heavenly Monarch!"

"This is indeed seeking one's own death!"

"Heavenly Monarch, I must be frank,"

stated the Ice Phoenix Demon Monarch gravely, "Such ignorant individuals, in our Western Desert Wanyao Valley, should be dismembered and their tribes exterminated."

"Your mere act of slaying them is already a great kindness."

"In the underworld, they should feel profoundly grateful!"