Stealthily cultivating in the chaotic world of demons and martial artists
Chapter 983 - 839: Blood Peak

Chapter 983: Chapter 839: Blood Peak

Fang Xi reverted to his original body and sneaked into the innermost depths of Blood Refining City.

Subsequently, he used the power of the Earth Immortal Spirit Domain to suppress this early-stage Integration Demon Cultivator.

Generally speaking, his main method of combat against enemies involved using artifacts like the Blood Fiend Banner, Two-Five Soul-Cutting Gourds, and Five-color Plain Cloud Banner.

The power of the Spirit Domain was his trump card, rarely used.

But at this time, in conjunction with the God Path Incarnation within the Earth Immortal Spiritual Realm, he managed to subdue an early-stage Integration Demon Cultivator in an instant, preventing him from even sending a message to the outside world, truly a shock to the world.

"Senior, could it be that you are a Mahayana of the human race? Recently, our Demon Clan has formed an alliance with the human race. May I ask if you have any instructions? I will do my best to carry them out..."

The red-haired Demon Cultivator’s face changed several times, finally squeezing out a smile.

Demon Cultivators are mostly selfish; he had already decided in his heart that even if this human Mahayana asked him to do something greatly against the interests of the Demon Clan, he would have to submit completely.

After all, even if it compromised the Demon Clan’s interests, as an Integration Demon Cultivator, he would at most be punished afterward.

But to defy this person, he might dissipate soul and spirit right now!

"Is the Super Teleportation Array in this city under your control?"

Fang Xi stood with his hands behind his back, wearing a hat that obscured his face, emitting a sound that was both like a laugh and not.

"Indeed... Senior wishes to use the Super Teleportation Array? I will lead the way immediately."

The red-haired Demon Cultivator breathed a sigh of relief internally.

It was just a matter of using the Super Teleportation Array, and though sending a human Mahayana was a bit taboo, the punishment wouldn’t be too severe.

Perhaps... he could even cover it up!

After all, though the Super Teleportation Array had been under military control since the great war, there were always a few occasions for teleportation.

"Good, lead the way."

Fang Xi genuinely wasn’t afraid at all, allowing the red-haired Demon Cultivator to lead the way. Before long, they arrived at a vast pitch-black palace.

"City Lord!"

The two Returning to Emptiness Monks in charge of guarding saw the red-haired Demon Cultivator arrive, followed by an unfamiliar human with an obscure aura, and were surprised, but they still stood up and saluted.

"Withdraw."

The red-haired Demon Cultivator waved his hand, dismissing the two great Returning to Emptiness Demon Cultivators. He pulled out a blood-colored token from his bosom and shook it toward the palace.

A column of red light burst forth, striking the pitch-black palace.

A mysterious Prohibition appeared above the palace and then crumbled away as easily as spring snow under the sun.

"Senior, please!"

The red-haired Demon Cultivator walked into the palace first.

Fang Xi’s expression unchanged, followed him inside.

Above them, the ceiling was dim with stars twinkling.

On the ground, there were rows of large teleportation arrays.

Although most of their lights were dim.

"Senior... one of the core Array Disks of the Super Teleportation Array here has been dismantled, I will replace it immediately."

The red-haired Demon Cultivator slapped his Storage Bag, and an Array Disk flew out, fitting perfectly into a gap within a Super Teleportation Array.

Silver Array Patterns lit up shortly thereafter.

Fang Xi witnessed the entire process, confirming that the red-haired Demon Cultivator wasn’t using any tricks.

With his knowledge of arrays, he could see this clearly.

Then, he heard the red-haired Demon Cultivator ask, "May I know which domain Senior wishes to travel to?"

"Blood Cloud Domain!"

Fang Xi answered, his figure flashing with blue light as he stood atop the core of the Super Teleportation Array.

Seeing this, the red-haired Demon Cultivator felt a chill in his heart.

The other party was clearly unafraid of him tampering with the Array!

In reality, he dared not tamper at all and immediately began to activate the Super Teleportation Array.

"By the way, as a fee for using this transport Array... There are alien races that have infiltrated your Blood Refining City, at least a seven-tier alien located within the Demon Cloud Commerce Association..."

Fang Xi let out a light chuckle, disappearing in a flash of silver light.

"What? There’s a seven-tier alien inside our city?"

The red-haired Demon Cultivator’s eyes bulged.

He naturally believed that a human Mahayana wouldn’t trick him about something that could be verified so easily.

"Damn... Is the defense of Blood Refining City so lax? If it gets breached, I’ll be the first to suffer."

The red-haired Demon Cultivator’s face showed alternating expressions of concern and calculation, but he didn’t immediately go out to call the Demon Army to attack, instead he took out a set of communication tools.

The aliens would have invested heavily in their plots against him, and the forces lying in ambush would certainly not be simple.

Going it alone was clearly the worst plan.

The best course of action was to immediately notify the six kings of the Demon Clan for help, as the infiltration of a seven-tier alien into Blood Refining City meant that among his trusted subordinates, there were already spies who could not be trusted... As for the information about a human Mahayana Monk passing through, it was concealed by the red-haired Demon.

He didn’t have the guts to oppose a Mahayana ancestor!

Unbeknownst to Fang Xi, his bold reveal of identity indeed solved many potential troubles.

At the very least, if he were to return the same way, there wouldn’t be a Demon Ancestor level being waiting for him in Blood Refining City.

He was well aware of the psychology of such monks.

Even if the other party loyally reported the incident, it would have no impact on him.

Because every time Fang Xi used the Super Teleportation Array, it was basically a one-time deal.

After this, he would never need it again.

Boom!

A silver light flashed in the void, and Fang Xi’s figure suddenly appeared on top of a super teleportation array.

He looked up and saw iron pillars, black as ink.

Countless chains spread out from the numerous pillars, binding a pitch-black demon dragon above the teleportation array.

The location of this Blood Cloud Domain’s super teleportation array was evidently quite different from Blood Refining City.

However, at this moment, what appeared was his Returning to Emptiness perfect heterodox incarnation, not his main body.

"Hmm? The super teleportation array can still be activated at this time?"

The pitch-black demon dragon suddenly opened its eyes and let out a thunderous roar.

It seemed that it was, in fact, the guardian of this super teleportation array.

It was unknown whether it had been banished here or had willingly bound itself to this place.

"I happen to have some connections with an Integration-stage senior..."

Fang Xi laughed heartily, his gaze sweeping over the pitch-black demon dragon with a hint of surprise and uncertainty.

If he wasn’t mistaken, this demon dragon had already reached the pinnacle of Returning to Emptiness, even bordering on half a step into Integration.

The reason for binding it with iron chains was to suppress its demon skills!

’It seems it’s confident in breaking through the great barrier of Integration, but not in surviving the Heart Demon and Major Heavenly Tribulation, thus forced to self-seal here...’ Fang Xi thought, sighing inwardly.

The breakthrough of a cultivator’s major realm is inherently extremely difficult.

Add in the Heart Demon and Major Heavenly Tribulation, and the survival rate is less than one percent.

The higher one cultivates, the fewer companions one has, and above the steps, they are all littered with bones...

"Hehe... I have no interest in where you come from, and as for having connections with an Integration-stage senior? Isn’t it normal for us cultivators at the Returning to Emptiness stage to know one or two Integration-stage seniors?"

"But being able to get someone to vouch for you at this critical time, you’ve managed that favor rather well..."

As the demon dragon sized up the heterodox incarnation, it suddenly said, "Recently, there are quite a few high-level beings gathering in the Blood Cloud Domain. Could you also be here for that matter?"

’How would I know what matter it is?’

Fang Xi thought to himself while maintaining a smile on his face. Without confirming or denying, he walked out of the teleportation hall.

Seeing this, the demon dragon did not press further and, after a loud snort, lazily closed its eyes again...

Exiting the teleportation hall, Fang Xi was greeted by the grand sight of a Demon Clan city.

The architecture was bizarre and varied, resembling structures like seashells and snails with a distinct ocean flair.

’It looks like... something big is happening in the Blood Cloud Domain?’

Fang Xi glanced at the bustling streets and walked away from the city without any hesitation.

For him, no matter what opportunities emerged in this place, nothing was more important than finding the Carefree Sky Demon King!

He never wasted time on meaningless things.

Like the previous courting by the Demon Cloud Commerce Association and revealing information about the alien race to the Demon Clan.

’If it were an ordinary Integration monk, they might be forced to stay, to hunt the alien race cultivators, and then go through a series of melodramatic plots, turning misfortune into a windfall of benefits...’

’But such is not what I desire.’

Fang Xi’s eyes were resolute. After leaving the city, he immediately transformed into a stream of demon light and disappeared into the horizon.

By now, he could sense the location of the ’Treasures of All Heavens’ fragment accurately. It was within this Blood Cloud Domain!

...

Blood Peak Mountain Range.

This range was the Blood Cloud Domain’s foremost mountain range, vast in extent and shrouded all year round in blood-colored fog.

Although many spirit fruits and herbs beneficial for the cultivation of blood path demon skills were indigenous to this range, the presence of the blood-colored fog made it difficult for even high-level cultivators to venture deep into it.

It was said that deep within the mountain range, where the blood-colored fog was so dense it defied belief, even Returning to Emptiness demon cultivators would be corroded to the point of a gruesome death.

Fortunately, whether due to the mighty force of nature or the influence of ancient and incomplete prohibitions, this layer of blood-colored fog would dissipate every hundred years, becoming a frenzied feasting ground for nearby cultivators.

Every hundred years, when the Blood Peak Mountain Range opened, a large number of cultivators would unflinchingly enter its depths to harvest spirit medicines and hunt blood beasts in exchange for cultivation resources.

Currently, the time for this natural opening had not yet arrived, with only some low-level cultivators, relying on special skills and treasures, braving the outer borders of the mountain range.

At this moment, however, a majestic Demon Clan caravan approached the outskirts of the mountain range.

The cultivators in black armor, all high-level members of the Demon Clan with the weakest among them at the early stages of Returning to Emptiness.

They wielded long halberds and carried banners, protecting the massive spirit boat at the center of their formation.

Atop the deck of that vessel was an aura like destruction, like rage, carrying the terrifying might of late-stage Integration, virtually sweeping away all before it.

The owner of this aura was an enormous Demon Clan member, over thirty feet tall with dual heads and four arms, three eyes on his forehead, and a white bone lotus crown on his head—the newly-appointed one of the Six Demon Kings, the Wrath Venerable Demon King!

It looked at the vast Blood Peak Mountain Range and roared, "The Carefree Sky Demon King must die!"

After the Wrath Venerable Demon King roared, he then looked downwards.

On one side of the deck stood more than a dozen demon cultivators at the peak of Returning to Emptiness.

These demons hailed from various clans, and some seemed to have transformed from the human race. The only common factor was the similar aura of their demon skills.

"You, who have cultivated the ’Self-Transforming Heavenly Sovereign’s True Demon Art of Controlling All Spirits,’ should know that without the death of the Carefree Sky Demon King, you’ll never ascend to the seventh tier of Integration!"

The Wrath Venerable Demon King bellowed, "Go... use the resonance between demon skills to find it, kill it..."