Urban Undying Lord
Chapter 449 - 449 458 Slaughter in the Northern Continent

449: Chapter 458: Slaughter in the Northern Continent 449: Chapter 458: Slaughter in the Northern Continent Gold Star Taibai was an old minister of the Heavenly Court, well-acquainted with all the immortals, and was also a crucial link in Ye Xuan’s efforts to win people’s hearts.

That was why Ye Xuan had to subdue Gold Star Taibai, to ensure that he could control the entire Heavenly Court.

“Emperor,” Shen Gongbao ventured cautiously, “now that your identity has been exposed and you’ve killed the South Sea Guanyin, it won’t be long before the Western Lingshan discovers who you are.

Perhaps it would be wise to leave Heavenly Ridge for now, to avoid their sharp edge temporarily.”

“Avoid their sharp edge?”

Ye Xuan scoffed and shook his head, his eyes as deep as an ancient pool, whispering, “You don’t understand.

Now is the most critical time for me; the millennium of patient plotting is nearly complete.”

“Shen Gongbao!” Ye Xuan’s eyes narrowed slightly as he spoke.

“What does the Emperor command?” Shen Gongbao bowed deeply.

“After you return to the Heavenly Court, reorganize all the immortals of the Jie Sect.

In no more than eighty years, at least fifty, I will surely return to the Heavenly Court.

Then I will settle all past grudges with the Jade Emperor.”

“Hiss!”

Hearing Ye Xuan’s words, Shen Gongbao’s complexion altered subtly, and he involuntarily drew in a breath of cold air, his gaze toward Ye Xuan filled with a hint of terror.

He could never have imagined that Ye Xuan had such confidence to decide the ultimate battle with the Jade Emperor in a hundred years!

“Emperor, you…”

Before Shen Gongbao could offer counsel, Ye Xuan interrupted, “Go.

Do as I have told you.

If I manage to ascend to the throne of the Heavenly Emperor, the promise I made to greatly prosper your Jie Sect will naturally be honored.”

“Yes, Emperor.”

Shen Gongbao’s face showed a jolt of emotion, and though there was a trace of concern in his eyes, he still voiced his agreement.

The following events were straightforward.

Ye Xuan gave some instructions to Shen Gongbao, reminding him to keep them in mind.

Three days later, Shen Gongbao left Heavenly Ridge and returned to the Heavenly Court.

Ever since the Ten Great Demon Kings learned of Ye Xuan’s ambition and true identity, each of them was extremely excited.

If Ye Xuan truly became the Heavenly Emperor, they would transform into Great Immortals of the Heavenly Court, no longer mere Demon Kings of the Lower Realm.

Although this endeavor was fraught with immense risk, the greater the danger, the greater the benefit.

This also made the Ten Great Demon Kings ready to risk everything to secure a vast and promising future.

As Ye Xuan issued commands one after another, Heavenly Ridge was thoroughly galvanized, a deathly atmosphere spreading, as if heralding a volcanic eruption.

Ye Xuan entered seclusion once more, while the endless demons of Heavenly Ridge had already assembled, the Ten Great Demon Kings leading the hordes at the Kui Water River, awaiting Ye Xuan’s emergence.

Inside the Nine Demon Cave.

Two blood-colored orbs hummed as they rotated, wails of agony echoing from within, accompanied by the curses of South Sea Guanyin and the Old Mother of Wushan.

Ye Xuan’s expression was twisted, his eyes revealing a venomous brutality each time they opened and closed, utterly ignoring the vicious curses and pleas of South Sea Guanyin and the others.

“Swallowing the Cultivation Dao Fruit of the two of you will bring me just one step away from entering the Daluo Realm,” Ye Xuan murmured maliciously.

His hands executed the Tribulation Immortal Technique, and in an instant, turned into a black vortex that devoured the two blood-colored orbs.

…

Half a year is neither long nor short, yet for the Ten Great Demon Kings and the demons of Heavenly Ridge, this half-year had been torturously unbearable.

Before entering seclusion, Ye Xuan had issued an order, instructing them to assemble by the Kui Water Long River and await his next command—no one knew what Ye Xuan was planning to do, but the Ten Great Demon Kings trusted him without question and naturally waited patiently for his return.

However, as half a year passed with no sign of Ye Xuan emerging from seclusion, the endless demons began to buzz with speculation, making the Ten Great Demon Kings grow somewhat restless and uneasy.

The source of the Ten Great Demon Kings’ unease was simple: it had been half a year since the envoy from Lingshan Heavenly Court had disappeared.

Although Ye Xuan had killed South Sea Guanyin and even blocked the news, the Western Lingshan wasn’t foolish—Guanyin’s prolonged absence would surely attract their attention.

If the celestials of Lingshan were to descend upon Heavenly Ridge, it would be a catastrophically terrible calamity.

Hum!

The void trembled, ripples spread out, and just as the Ten Great Demon Kings were starting to look dejected, a vague silhouette quietly emerged into the void.

When the light dissipated, Ye Xuan’s figure was revealed.

“Big Brother!”

The Ten Great Demon Kings’ spirits lifted, and they all hurriedly paid their respects to Ye Xuan.

However, as they sensed Ye Xuan’s aura, a trace of surprise flitted across each of their eyes.

There were no Immortal Lights swirling around him, nor any Demon Lights emerging.

In the eyes of the Ten Great Demon Kings, their Big Brother seemed to have become a mortal, without a single ripple emanating from him.

What surprised the Ten Great Demon Kings the most was that Ye Xuan gave them the feeling of being detached from this world—with not a trace of his aura being perceptible to them.

If it weren’t for Ye Xuan’s actual presence before their eyes, the Ten Great Demon Kings would have been utterly certain that they could not have detected Ye Xuan’s existence at all.

“Issue the command: from north to south, slaughter every last one of the monstrous Evil Demon forces without leaving a single survivor,” Ye Xuan’s eyes narrowed slightly, his voice tinged with a hint of chilling cruelty.

Upon hearing Ye Xuan’s words, a shudder ran through the Ten Great Demon Kings.

They had not anticipated such an order from Ye Xuan—would this not provoke a tremendous upheaval across the entire Northern Continent?

Just as the Swallowing Heaven Toad was about to ask the reason, he caught sight of Ye Xuan’s frosty gaze and abruptly swallowed his impending question.

Then, without any further waste of words, he acted in accordance with Ye Xuan’s instructions.

“My sons, from north to south, spare no one, annihilate them all.”

As Swallowing Heaven Toad’s command echoed across the heavens, the endless demons roared with exhilaration.

The sky-darkening Demon Clouds rose, the life-destroying Demon Drums thundered, and a terrifying, fierce aura ravaged the Heavenly Vault, carrying the cries of slaughter out into the world.

Demons delighted in killing, feasting upon blood—it was an eternal truth.

It also turned the eyes of all Heavenly Ridge’s demons blood-red as if they had transformed into devastating locusts, leaving behind a Blood Sea with floating corpses wherever they passed.

Ye Xuan stood dressed in black, his hair fluttering in the wind, his Daluo Golden Core within the Sea of Consciousness smooth and flawless, now the size of a pigeon’s egg, humming and rotating, exuding a divine and unpredictable force.

Howl!

Demons howled, Jiao dragons roared, and Ye Xuan sat cross-legged in the black Ancient Chariot, accompanied by the Ten Great Demon Kings on either side.

As the demon army passed, a mist of blood vapor rose into the sky.

The life force of all living beings was extinguished.

Seated in the black Ancient Chariot, Ye Xuan remained still, but a massive Blood-colored Formation miles wide rumbled to life, and every slain creature was pulled into its grasp.

From the corner of their eyes, the Ten Great Demon Kings stole glances at Ye Xuan, a sense of horror welling up inside them.

They did not know what Ye Xuan was doing, but as each force was destroyed and the countless Blood Souls were sucked into the formation, Ye Xuan’s aura around them grew increasingly eerie and sinister.