Path of Alchemy Mastery
Chapter 171 - 173 Mortal World Turmoil

Chapter 171: Chapter 173 Mortal World Turmoil

Storing the Demon Lord’s head in a spatial container, Mu Can decided to immediately head to the Immortal Ancient Academy.

"Don’t be too anxious, the Mortal World is far more complex than it appears. The most important thing now is to clarify the current situation," Purple Cloud said, attempting to comfort Mu Can, who she feared might lose his rationality in his haste.

"They’re all dead, all dead, yet you still live," the simple-minded Martial Saint said, both crying and laughing upon hearing Purple Cloud’s words.

It was unknown what he had experienced to turn a top combatant of the Mortal World into this foolish state.

"Why don’t you shut up, you talk even more than I do," Xiao Hong, fed up with hearing the same few words over and over, snapped when the old man spoke again.

Mu Can glanced at Xiao Hong and the old man but ignored them both.

"We also need to consider the stance of the Immortal World. If the Immortal World and the Demon World have the same goals, it’s very likely that the Mortal World will face attacks from both fronts," Mu Can said to Purple Cloud with a worried expression.

This was his biggest concern now. If the Immortal World, like the Demon World, came to seize territory, then the Mortal World would truly be in peril. Even if the Mortal World concealed its strength, it would be difficult to withstand a joint attack from both sides.

"Let’s find a place to gather some information first."

The journey was silent, everyone wore grim expressions, and the news of both the Demon World and the Immortal World invading put enormous pressure on Mu Can.

After passing three ghost towns, each city was like Mingyang City, thoroughly blood-sacrificed; men, women, children, and elderly included, all beheaded without exception as part of the Demon Summoning Array.

"People from the Demon World, they all deserve to die," Mu Can’s face turned steely blue, the Demon Summoning Arrays in these three dead cities had already been activated, all bodies had turned into mummified forms, which looked quite terrifying.

These three cities had also been cleansed by the Heavenly Tribulation, but not as severely as Mingyang City, indicating that the scale of the Heavenly Tribulation was much smaller than that of Mingyang City.

"Three Demon Lords," the murderous intent in Mu Can’s eyes seemed almost tangible as he wondered how much damage these three Demon Lords could bring to the Mortal World.

"How do people from the Immortal World descend to the Mortal World?" Mu Can suddenly asked. The Demon World’s use of the Demon Summoning Array was hugely damaging to the heavens, but what about the Immortal World? If the Immortal World used the same method as the Demon World, then during this process, the Mortal World would lose a vast amount of life.

Saying that lives were wiped out and corpses lay everywhere was not an overstatement.

"The methods of descent from the Immortal World are more moderate; they generally do not use such violent methods and set up Transmission Arrays, but the Transmission Arrays in the Mortal World require places with abundant energy."

Places with abundant energy are inevitably those with Spirit Stone mines or areas rich in Spiritual Energy, and capable of supporting the power of an Immortal Venerable or even an Immortal Saint. Afterward, these precious sites would inevitably be destroyed, constituting the biggest damage to the Mortal World.

If there is a large-scale descent, the Spirit Veins of the Mortal World would be destroyed, making cultivation much harder for the cultivators of the Mortal World.

"Let’s go to the Immortal Ancient Academy."

The Immortal Ancient Academy could almost be considered one of the locations in the Mortal World with the richest concentration of Spiritual Energy. Because of this, the academy is known as the top academy of the Mortal World, where the speed of cultivation is much faster compared to other places.

And now, as one can imagine, that place has inevitably become the focal point of contention between the Demon World and the Immortal World.

Xiao Hong pushed her speed to the utmost limit; the scenes along the way nearly numbed Mu Can.

Not a single survivor was encountered, almost all were headless corpses, and Mu Can felt a surge of overwhelming rage for the first time. No one spoke on Xiao Hong’s back as everyone’s eyes reddened.

"The Demon Clan of the Demon World must be annihilated." Mu Can painfully closed his eyes, unable to bear the sight of the cities suffering below.

Xiao Hong felt the same tension in the air, flying even harder, her speed miraculously exceeding her own limits.

"There are people ahead."

After flying for nearly half a day, they finally located a city with people. Xiao Hong carried them gradually descending to the city gates. Xiao Hong’s form gradually shrank, transforming into a little bird and perching on Mu Can’s shoulder.

Ben Ben also shrank down, hiding amid Mu Can’s hair, resembling a delicate pendant, only a green leaf showing.

This city was quite near the capital of the Nanyuan Empire; the atmosphere within was very tense. The inhabitants of the city were almost exclusively cultivators, and Mu Can quickly gleaned the information he needed.

The large-scale invasion by the Demon World had been ongoing for approximately a week. This week had been like hell for the beings of the Mortal World. Starting with small invasions by advanced troops from the Demon Clan who sacrificed small villages to summon stronger demons.

However, these abnormalities did not catch the sufficient attention of the Nanyuan Empire until the power of these demons was enough to massacre cities, but by then it was too late. When the first Demon Lord descended, the Nanyuan Empire could only retreat step by step, barely defending.

By this time, the Demon Clan was brazenly appearing in the Mortal World, no longer hiding their forms. If it wasn’t for the Nanyuan Empire dispatching Saint Level Array Masters to set up protective arrays in the remaining cities, the scene Mu Can saw would have been entirely different.

"How about the Immortal Ancient Academy?" Mu Can was currently in a tea house; it was crowded with cultivators of various levels, among them an old man from Martial Arts Sect.

"The Immortal Ancient Academy is now right at the center of the battlefield. We don’t know the specifics, but it should still be safe. They are currently summoning all the experts from the Mortal World to gather there and discuss major matters." The old man from Martial Arts Sect spoke.

Mu Can then eased his mind; if the Immortal Ancient Academy had not fallen, then his fellow disciples and master must be safe.

"Alas, the situation doesn’t look optimistic. If an Immortal Venerable from the Immortal World doesn’t descend, it will be difficult for the Immortal Ancient Academy to hold on."

It seems the coming of the Immortal World to the Mortal World was a reality, but rather than developing in a direction that Mu Can feared, they chose to assist the Mortal World to jointly resist the Demon World.

"Hmph, in the eyes of those so-called immortals, beings of the Mortal World are just slaves." A youth said indignantly.

"Keep your voice down," the elder beside the young man changed his expression quickly, hastily scolding him, since this place was crowded, what if they encountered a powerful expert from the Immortal World who had crossed over?

"Heh, so what if they treat you as slaves?" The young man had just finished speaking when a youth dressed lavishly walked into the tea house.

He surveyed everyone with an arrogant look; those his gaze swept over all lowered their heads, not daring to meet his eyes.

"I am Zheng Ming, Saint Heir of the Mingxian Sect from the Immortal World. I’ve descended to the Lower Realm to help you counter the Demon World. Are you not grateful?" The lavishly dressed youth, Zheng Ming, is a young expert from a major sect in the Immortal World, possessing the strength of the late Martial Venerate at a young age.