Journey to the West: Starting from Changing Sun Wukong’s fate
Chapter 654 - 515: Ksitigarbha Achieves Saintliness, Many Quasi-Saints Attend the Ceremony

Chapter 654: Chapter 515: Ksitigarbha Achieves Saintliness, Many Quasi-Saints Attend the Ceremony

In the cities of the Void Demon Clan, once the great army of the Demon Clan had marched towards the Three Realms fourteen years ago, only a few Saints returned.

This city, dominated by the law of the jungle and filled with bloodshed, became as silent as the grave.

The streets were deserted, the training grounds silent, and the pleasure houses saw no visitors.

Fourteen years ago, Yang Mei, leading eight Saints and one hundred and fifty Quasi-Saints, crossed the vast Void to launch an assault on the Three Realms.

Also fourteen years ago, a somber-faced Yang Mei returned to the Demon Clan city with six Quasi-Saints and has since remained in seclusion, never to be seen again.

Though the Demon Clan’s city fell silent, the numerous surrounding cities still dared not make any rash moves.

Leaving aside other factors, as long as Yang Mei remained, the Sea-Calming Needle of the Demon Clan was still present.

Moreover, the Demon Clan had only lost two One-Step Saints; their high-end combat power was still plentiful.

None of the cities that wished to oppose the Demon Clan had the courage and determination to truly engage in a mutually destructive battle with them.

If Yang Mei had not returned, they would have spared no effort, even at the risk of their own demise, to completely eradicate the Demon Clan.

But the presence of a Three-Step Sage had an immense deterrent effect on the cities surrounding the Void.

Therefore, they continued to comply submissively.

"Pfft!"

In the mountain behind the grand hall of the Demon Clan, designated as Yang Mei’s personal seclusion spot, Yang Mei had sequestered himself there since returning from the Three Realms and had not gone anywhere else.

But today, Yang Mei, who was meditatively sitting in the secret chamber, suddenly spat out a mouthful of fresh blood, his face filled with disbelief.

"How is this possible? A resurgence from the ashes? No, such rich vitality, just like when the Three Realms were born!"

Yang Mei muttered to himself, having been there for fourteen long years, he could no longer sit still.

Indeed, when Yang Mei returned from the Three Realms, his words to Hongjun were not without reason.

He knew that the Three Realms were on a downward path, and the Origin of the Great Dao was constantly being depleted. Even if Yang Mei had not led his troops to attack, the Three Realms would have come to an end one day.

And the assault by the Demon Clan’s great army only hastened that day.

He thought that even if the loss of two One-Step Saints allowed the celestial Dao of the Three Realms to absorb the Power of two One-Step Saints, it would merely allow the Three Realms to struggle on for a bit longer.

Even with Hongjun constantly replenishing the Heavenly Dao, it was futile.

If Hongjun continued this way, Yang Mei was confident he could defeat him alone.

Then, the entire Three Realms would still fall into the hands of the Demon Clan.

Four years later, when recalculating the vitality of the Three Realms, Yang Mei found that the supposedly dying Three Realms suddenly erupted with vigorous vitality, giving no indication that they were on the verge of extinction.

This greatly surprised Yang Mei and made it difficult for him to maintain his usual composure.

This deviation threw him completely off balance.

As one of the newly emerged Three-Step Saints of the Demon Clan, though he was one of the Three Thousand Divine Demons alongside Hongjun,

he was relatively young in the history of the Demon Clan, which is why the clan, from top to bottom, believed that Yang Mei had a chance to advance to the Four-Step Saint.

At the very least, he had more time and opportunities than other Three-Step Saints in the history of the Demon Clan.

Yang Mei believed this too, and he had even planned that once he broke through to become a Four-Step Saint, it would be the time for the Demon Clan to unify the Void.

However, during these long years, his Cultivation Level had stagnated at the Three-Step Saint, and he later realized that the initial condition of the Three Realms had become a major obstacle on his path of cultivation.

If he could not erase the Three Realms, he would always be stuck at the level of a Three-Step Saint.

Such a conclusion was absolutely unacceptable to Yang Mei, who was determined to dominate the Void. That’s why he had first infiltrated the Three Realms with a strain of his Primordial Spirit and hastened their demise with the Heavenly Demon Calamity.

As per the usual course, the thirty-three years of Wu Tian’s reign would have been the darkest times for the Three Realms and the easiest for Yang Mei to cause destruction.

But unexpectedly, due to Wang Yang’s emergence, the Heavenly Demon Calamity was directly thwarted, and Yang Mei was forced to use Ksitigarbha and others to directly initiate a great calamity in the Three Realms.

Following this was the direct assault on the Three Realms with many Saints and Quasi-Saints of the Demon Clan.

However, one by one, these actions almost succeeded but failed, and the Three Realms, which were expected to gradually deteriorate, had instead recovered their vitality, causing great emotional turmoil for Yang Mei!

"No, this is absolutely unacceptable!"

Yang Mei did not continue to stay in his secret chamber but chose to come out of seclusion and summoned the Saints of the Demon Clan to gather in the great hall.

Soon, many Saints of the Demon Clan arrived.

Since returning from the Three Realms, both the Supreme Elder and the Great Elder had been practicing as usual without going into seclusion. Not just him, all the Saints of the Demon Clan had made the same decision, which is why they all appeared here in such a short time.

"Gentlemen, the celestial Dao of the Three Realms has been restored. Our attempt to conquer the Three Realms has become even more difficult!"

Yang Mei said, with a solemn face, while his guard leader, Heavenly Demon, sat beside him.

The Supreme Elder sat to his lower left, with the Great Elder close by.

Since returning from the Three Realms, the Great Elder, Ghost Slayer, had been dejected because the failure of this expedition to the Three Realms was largely his fault.

If he had not been firmly blocked by a One-Step Saint, the Three Realms would have collapsed long ago. And for a Two-Step Saint to be put in such a pitiful state by a One-Step Saint, was nothing short of a disgrace for the Demon Clan.

It was precisely because of this that the Great Elder, who usually sat to the right, was now seated beside the Supreme Elder.

"Demon Ancestor, how could such a thing occur in the Three Realms?"

The Supreme Elder asked in surprise, as this completely violated the operational rules of the Three Realms.