Dao Equaling the Heavens
Chapter 206 - 152: If Evil Demons Are Not Eliminated, They Will Harm Mortals

Chapter 206: Chapter 152: If Evil Demons Are Not Eliminated, They Will Harm Mortals

Nanshui, Sword Control Sect’s Daoist training ground.

A streak of red light flew in from the outside, and Xuan Yuan’s figure suddenly appeared, his body tattered and not a spot remained intact.

But considering that dozens of great powers of the Daoist Sect had joined hands, among which were not lacking those with the strength of a Demi Immortal, his survival was already a miracle.

Even Xuan Yuan found it unbelievable, and was also filled with doubts.

Who exactly had killed his great-grandson, and who had leaked the information?

He had entered Immortal Land after sensing the death of Tushan Xue, to silence the witnesses or retrieve the token. At worst, he could also take a chance to encounter opportunity, if he could find the roots of the Immortality Pill, he might leave his body unscathed and return to the Devil Clan.

Where was this place?

When he looked up, a dazzle of gold light pierced his eyes, and after a long time, he slowly regained his vision and began to search for the thing that could even render his Venerable cultivation temporarily blind.

Situated a thousand feet underground in a molten cave, the walls appeared to be made of gold, gleaming, and the stalactites above were like glaze, each piece suitable as Artifact Refining material.

Ahead was a golden pathway with ninety-nine steps, each level a hundred meters high and ten thousand meters wide, as though made for a giant holding up the heavens.

It seemed like the essence of heaven and earth was condensed, forged into a single Immortal Ascension Platform.

Was this an Immortal Path training ground!?

Xuan Yuan looked shocked, his face uncontrollably filled with ecstasy, thinking it was a stroke of fortune.

The greatest opportunity in Immortal Land, as the name suggested, was to become an Immortal. And there were two kinds of opportunities: establishing a Daoist training ground or forging a nine-level Dao foundation.

The latter was exceedingly difficult, as it could be that not one person in tens of thousands of years could achieve it. The former, used by the vast majority, involved utilizing the special Qi of Immortal Land to establish a Daoist training ground in line with one’s own Dao, nurturing it for countless years to achieve Dao.

This was the Immortal Path training ground of Heavenly Spring Mountain, and the aura here was also that of an Immortal Path training ground.

If it was a masterless training ground, it might be feasible to exhaust one’s cultivation to integrate with it.

As the thought arose, suddenly a splash of bright red caught his eye. He saw a red sparrow quietly standing at the end of the steps, its form diminutive as a grain of sand, yet it projected boundless might, as if it were a colossal giant.

Xuan Yuan felt insignificant as an ant.

A Demi Immortal, and a consummate one at that.

Was it this creature that had saved me, and this was its Daoist training ground?

"Ugh!"

Xuan Yuan suddenly vomited a mouthful of fresh blood, as if his organs were being shredded in an instant, a large amount of blood mixed with pieces of flesh spewed out.

Inspecting his Qi Sea inwardly, he saw a strand of bright light rampaging within his body, like a tiny True Dragon gnawing his organs.

A majestic voice came.

"Spit it all out, and you might live a little longer. The two juniors from the Sanqing Taoist Sect are truly remarkable, and they hold a grudge. They didn’t intend to let you live when they struck with the Immortal Artifact."

After a long time, Xuan Yuan finally managed with all his strength to contain the bright light but only succeeded in trapping it.

Among the Venerables, there were levels of distinction; the leader of the Sanqing Taoist Sect and those of his Yin Yang Sect were not on the same level. A common Venerable among the Three Pure Ones could only be considered a chief of a major teaching branch, unable to act as the leader of the Venerables.

A country schoolteacher is called "Master" just as one teaching in the imperial school of Bianjing is called "Master".

Xuan Yuan, this body-stealing Devil Emperor, might have had some abilities once, but the effort it took to possess and return to the Dao Realm was arduous enough, let alone facing the Three Pure Venerable, who was more formidable than himself at his peak.

Xuan Yuan had no choice but to ask for help from the red sparrow above, bowing and saying, "I implore you to save my life, venerable one. I am willing to serve like a horse or dog."

As soon as he finished speaking, a wisp of red light fell, entered his Qi Sea, and fought with the bright True Dragon Qi, and the winner was decided in an instant.

Xuan Yuan breathed a sigh of relief, and thanked him again with a bow, "Thank you, venerable one, may I know what you need of me?"

To have saved him, there must be a motive; he had now become a piece in someone’s game.

A Demi Immortal planning a move probably for the sake of becoming Immortal.

But now that he had no way out, this was not necessarily the worst case.

"I need you to kill someone, my sister, the successor of the Sword Control Sect, Chi Yu Zi, who is currently acting with Heavenly Girl."

The red sparrow’s words sent a flood of thoughts through Xuan Yuan’s mind, guessing the speaker’s true identity.

Demi Immortal Chi Ling, the Golden Core Sanctum, controller of the universe, with a fist that can move the sun and the moon.

An entity that had clearly established the Immortal Skill, just one step away from becoming an Immortal.

He had heard about Chi Yu Zi, and now was somewhat puzzled as to why she had to be killed—after all, even a cauldron trying to escape should not be casually killed.

Xuan Yuan bowed and said, "I am willing to serve, but with Heavenly Girl around, it may be as hard as ascending to heaven."

"You don’t deserve Heavenly Girl’s intervention, and she isn’t willing to make a move. The current Heavenly Girl is but a child waving a sword, never knowing when she might cut herself."

The red sparrow spoke plainly, not shying away from the bluntness of his words.

"You’ll only serve as a whetstone for Yun Li, harboring murderous intent, you’ll try to kill her, making her step by step approach this place over life and death, climbing the ninety-nine heavens. You, being the Devil Emperor, should be able to summon that group of headless devils."

A flicker of rage appeared in Xuan Yuan’s eyes, he spoke low, "What if I really kill her?"

"If you do, I will pass onto you the path to heaven, and you will ascend as a Demi Immortal. You need not worry about me making a move on you; if she can’t even defeat you, then her journey ends here."

The red sparrow seemed reassuring, but his tone carried a hint of scorn.

"Little fox, I look forward to your performance."

With those words, Xuan Yuan was engulfed in a sweep of red light, flung out of the Daoist training ground, and landed in an external pond.

He struggled out of the pond, extremely bedraggled, but Xuan Yuan had no standing to refuse.

Powerless even against a Demi Immortal, let alone a grand deity a mere half-step from Immortality.