Supreme of the Heavenly Realm
Chapter 398 - 395: Next Steps

Chapter 398: Chapter 395: Next Steps

"The news of the great battle at Sky Demon Mountain had spread throughout the entire Demon Beast World within just three to four days after its conclusion, stirring up a huge commotion. There was hardly anyone in the vast Demon Beast World who didn’t know about it, who wasn’t aware of it.

The battle could be described as earth-shaking and ghost-god weeping, an incident that had not occurred in the Demon Beast World for a century. A horde of vicious and cruel devils had escaped from the Ice Prison at Sky Demon Mountain, causing uproar at Sky Demon Mountain and sparking an earthshattering war.

Among the events in this great war, what shocked countless people the most was the fall of the Demon Dragon Venerable. As one of the controllers of Sky Demon Mountain and a well-known titan of the Demon Beast Territory, it was astonishing that he was slain in battle.

Moreover, the one who had slain the Demon Dragon Venerable was but a young man.

This young man, the protagonist who had triggered this momentous battle, was Ye Xuan.

Now, the name of Ye Xuan was familiar to every powerful being in the Demon Beast Territory, for in the overwhelming majority of perceptions, it was inconceivable for a mere Fifth Grade Demon King to have slain a Demon Venerable.

After the great battle, Sky Demon Mountain was greatly weakened. However, to the surprise of many, Ye Xuan, his mother, Ao Tian, and the others who had disappeared were like vanished from the entire Demon Beast World, leaving no news of their whereabouts.

Mountain and Sea City, Black Market.

A month had passed since the battle at Sky Demon Mountain ended, but the topic of that battle was still not yet quelled. Yet, no one knew that Ye Xuan and the group of people who had disappeared after the battle were all here.

This was also what Ye Xuan and Ye Mei had agreed upon beforehand; after the battle ended, they would retreat to this place, using the Mountain and Sea City branch of the Black Market as a temporary refuge.

Naturally, this was approved by Zi Yuqing and her father, Zi Tianqiong. The latter had promised to offer his full support before Ye Xuan was about to enter the Ice Prison. Now, just providing a temporary refuge was certainly no problem—it was merely a trivial matter.

In the courtyard, several figures surrounded a stone table, numbering around seven or eight. In addition to Ye Xuan and his group, Zi Tianqiong and his daughter were also present, strikingly so.

After clashing with the Demon Dragon Venerable, Ye Xuan had sustained serious injuries; however, most of them were physical, and did not affect his organs or meridians. Compared to the life-threatening injuries he had suffered before, these were actually lighter.

A month’s rest and recuperation, coupled with Ye Xuan’s possession of numerous high-quality Healing Pills for recovering from injuries, and particularly that Little Xi’s Alchemy Skill was now quite impressive, able to concoct Heavenly Grade Healing Pills, meant that Ye Xuan didn’t need to worry too much about the aspect of pills.

With enough Healing Pills and Ye Xuan’s body being of Quasi-Saint bloodline, his self-healing ability was undoubtedly much stronger after the bloodline powers were stimulated, compared to his previous human body.

As for his mother, Su Ying, and Ao Tian, their cultivation over the past month had also helped them recover a lot of their strength and completely stabilize their newly advanced realms.

"Young Brother Ye, now that you have avenged your great enemy and successfully exacted your revenge, it is truly a joyous and congratulatory matter," Zi Tianqiong remarked with some astonishment as he looked at Ye Xuan. At first, he thought that Ye Xuan’s claims about causing a big disturbance at Sky Demon Mountain were just casual remarks, but he hadn’t expected the latter to actually create such a huge commotion. This was not just stirring up trouble anymore; it was almost the destruction of Sky Demon Mountain’s very foundation.

What shocked him even more was that Ye Xuan had transformed from a young genius with a bounty on his head, and although he highly valued Ye Xuan, the latter was after all a loner, but now, Ye Xuan had seemingly jumped up to become a heavyweight in the Demon Beast World, undoubtedly a major figure.

It was not just because of Ye Xuan’s personal strength, but Ye Xuan had brought out so many powerful figures from the Ice Prison. Not to mention Ao Tian, who fought alone against the two Supreme Elders of Sky Demon Mountain, with unfathomable strength that even Zi Tianqiong had to look up to, and as for Su Ying, she was also the former number one genius of Sky Demon Mountain, now a First Grade Demon Venerable, with the latter’s bloodline of the strong, her potential was even greater than Ao Tian’s. Even now, Zi Tianqiong did not think he would be her match.

Next, there were six Half-step Demon Venerables and a dozen Seventh Grade Demon Kings. With such a lineup, it was already more than twice as strong as his Black Market, and it was approaching the strength of a Fifth Grade force.

"Taking revenge is certainly worth congratulating, but the even greater joy is rescuing my mother, that is the biggest cause for celebration."

A smile formed on the corner of Ye Xuan’s mouth, and then he looked toward Su Ying. In fact, vengeance could be taken slowly, but a mother, there is only one in this world. Now that he could reunite with his mother, that was truly the most fortunate event.

"That’s true. In fact, some things might have been destined by heaven. Since you’ve managed to do such a difficult feat, what’s there you can’t achieve in the future?" Zi Tianqiong nodded. He now treated Ye Xuan as an equal, whereas in their last meeting, he had Ye Xuan address him as Uncle Zi, placing Ye Xuan a generation below him.

"Destined by heaven? I’m not someone who believes in fate." Ye Xuan shook his head. What is heaven, the Heavenly Realm? And who governs the Heavenly Realm? It’s people. Thus, he did not believe in fate. As a Martial God, who could understand heaven better than he did?

"Alright, we’ve digressed. I want to ask you, what are your plans for the future?" Zi Tianqiong naturally didn’t grasp the profound meaning behind Ye Xuan’s words. He quickly shifted the conversation, "You’ve gathered so many top-notch powerful beings around you, such a lineup is extremely rare in the entire Demon Beast World. Have you thought about establishing your own force to contend with Sky Demon Mountain and become the third Fifth Grade force of the Demon Clan?"

"The third Fifth Grade force of the Demon Clan?"

The mention of this prospect surprised everyone present, but such astonishment lasted only for a moment before dissipating. Indeed, with their current strength, if they really organized into a force, they could indeed attract many powerful individuals to join, forming a supermajor force.

"I’m not interested."

However, just as everyone was pondering, Ye Xuan straightforwardly shook his head, "Forming a force is too troublesome, and besides, I won’t be staying in the Demon Beast World for long. But if Mother and Senior Ao Tian are interested, by all means, they can go ahead and organize it."

He personally had no interest in such matters, but if Su Ying and the others had this idea, he was not opposed.

"Starting a force is not as simple as you might imagine. If we really decide to start a new force, there will be many more things we need to do." Su Ying and Ye Mei both appeared thoughtful.

"Let’s forget it, I’ve been lazy for a long time, suddenly dealing with this kind of thing is too much for me." As soon as their words fell, Ao Tian waved his hand. He had always been a loner, and to get him involved in such affairs was to ask for his life.

"Since no one is willing, let’s drop the subject for now." A gleam passed through Ye Xuan’s eyes, "However, we have had conflicts with Sky Demon Mountain. Although Mother said that we would no longer be enemies with Sky Demon Mountain, we can’t guarantee they won’t take action against us again. For safety’s sake, I think it would be better if everyone here joined the Black Market, but not get involved in its affairs. That way, when necessary, we could unite our strength and avoid being broken individually."

Although Ye Xuan had no intention of prolonging any association with Sky Demon Mountain, precautionary measures were still necessary. Who knew what those two old monsters from Sky Demon Mountain were thinking? Even for Ao Tian, attempting to storm Sky Demon Mountain again and deal with those two would be no easy feat.