Chapter 675 - 50: Ten Thousand Demon True Body, Various Divine Techniques

Outside the Heaven Crossing Hall, Demon Fog filled the space between heaven and earth. Countless Celestial Demons roamed the void, surrounding the grand hall, but were held back by a ring of azure light.

Fang Cheng held the Demon-Suppressing Celestial Stele in his palm and strolled out of the hall. Wherever he passed, the Celestial Demons were instinctively overcome with terror and scattered in all directions.

In the blink of an eye, the Demon Tide had retreated more than a Baili away.

With the Heaven Crossing Hall at its center, the sky for a Baili radius was clear and the air crisp. The blazing sun shone high above, creating a spectacular sight.

But beyond that Baili distance, endless Demon Fog churned and roiled, while billions of Celestial Demons cowered, not daring to advance.

Fang Cheng knew this was the effect of the Demon-Suppressing Celestial Stele and paid no mind to these Low-Tier Celestial Demons. He shot straight up into the heights of the firmament.

With a surge of his Magical Power, the Demon-Suppressing Celestial Stele suddenly let out a cicada’s chirp, sharp as the sound of tearing silk.

At first, the clear sound was as fine as a silver needle, but in an instant, it transformed into a tremendous roar like thunder from the highest heavens.

The forty-nine Divine Prohibitions on the Celestial Stele lit up one by one. The illusory image of the Immortal Cicada within the stele vibrated its wings, and forty-nine layers of azure light suddenly burst forth from it.

Jia Yin, Feng Yan, and the others had just followed him out of the Heaven Crossing Hall when they saw the Celestial Stele suddenly swell to a height of ten thousand feet, piercing straight into the clouds.

The Profound Patterns of the Divine Prohibitions swam across the stele’s surface. The clear cicada song pierced through heaven and earth, causing an anomaly in this World Heaven’s Celestial Dao Origin to manifest.

High in the firmament, a vast Demonic Intent coalesced into an inky sea that stretched for ten thousand li. Countless twisted human faces, chaotic dismembered limbs, and ferocious monsters churned within it.

A shrill sound, as if a million vengeful ghosts were wailing in unison, twisted together with the clear cicada song.

Among the many Tribulation Realm Cultivators watching from outside the Heaven Crossing Hall, one was careless and became tainted by the Demonic Intent. A dozen fleshy tendrils instantly burst from his eyes, reaching out to wrap around the other Cultivators nearby.

The others nearby all used their Divine Techniques to dodge. Seeing this, Jia Yin snorted coldly. A beam of Zen Light descended, instantly sealing the Tribulation Realm Cultivator.

The strange mutations on his body gradually subsided, but his eyes had become two pitch-black holes, a truly gruesome sight.

Jia Yin ordered in a low voice, "Do not gaze at the Demonic Intent within the Celestial Dao."

The crowd of Cultivators was greatly alarmed. After reaching the Tribulation Realm, one developed a close connection to the Celestial Dao Origin, making it extremely easy to be tainted by the Demonic Intent within and become a Demon Fiend.

Now that Fang Cheng had activated the Demon-Suppressing Celestial Stele, causing the Demonic Intent to manifest, it was even more dangerous for the Tribulation Realm Great Powers of this World Heaven.

At this moment, the Demon-Suppressing Celestial Stele stood majestically in the sky. As it expanded, the forty-nine layers of clear light surrounding it abruptly spread out in all directions.

Wherever the clear light passed, the inky black ocean in the sky was annihilated as if hot water had been poured on snow. A great hole was instantly bored through it, revealing the original azure sky.

As Fang Cheng continuously channeled his Magical Power, the Demon-Suppressing Celestial Stele swelled to a towering height of a hundred thousand feet.

The clear light spread over a radius of ten thousand li. Wherever it passed, whether it was the ocean of Demonic Intent in the sky or the Demon Fog and Celestial Demons above the ground, all were annihilated and vanished without a trace.

Within this ten-thousand-li region, the sky was clear, the air was crisp, and the Spiritual Mechanism was peaceful and auspicious.

Fang Cheng stood in the firmament and carefully sensed the Celestial Dao. He felt refreshed and invigorated, as if he had been living in a pool of sewage his entire life and had only now entered a clear, pristine Spiritual Spring.

’It really is difficult.’

Fang Cheng secretly estimated that with his current Magical Power, he could make the clear light from the Demon-Suppressing Celestial Stele spread over a radius of several hundred thousand li, but that was still far from enough to purge the Demonic Intent from this World Heaven.

He decisively retracted the Demon-Suppressing Celestial Stele and leisurely returned to the Heaven Crossing Hall.

At the same time, the ocean of Demonic Intent surged back, once again blanketing the firmament, boundless and unending, before fading from sight.

The Heaven Crossing Hall slowly rose into the air and transformed into a streak of Profound Light, flying toward the Sealed Ancient Land in the Mingxiao Domain.

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「Sealed Ancient Land.」

Inside the golden pagoda, "Celestial Venerable of Universal Transformation" and Dragon Elephant Wanderer silently gazed at the desolate land outside.

After a long silence, Fang Cheng said, "Senior, it is time for us to face our tribulations as well."

Dragon Elephant Wanderer sighed. "It is a pity that my master did not live to see this day."

Fang Cheng also sighed inwardly with emotion.

The Demon Buddha’s talent had far surpassed even that of the top-tier Cultivators he had seen in Beiming Heaven and Yuelang Heaven.

It was a true pity that such a figure had failed to ascend to the Spiritual Sky Realm.

As for Dragon Elephant Wanderer, his foundation was profound. He had been trapped at the Sixth Celestial Tribulation for thousands of years. Once he triggered his tribulation, it was likely the next three would follow one after another.

As they spoke, a streak of Profound Light crossed the sky in the distance, arriving before the Heaven and Earth Profound Yellow Exquisite Treasure Tower Formation in the blink of an eye.

The Profound Light dissipated to reveal the Heaven Crossing Hall, which hovered silently in the void. It did not enter the Treasure Tower Array; instead, a Stone Stele flew directly out from it.

Accompanied by the clear cry of the Immortal Cicada, layers of pure light spread out, completely purging the Celestial Dao’s Demonic Intent within a ten-thousand-li radius.

Fang Cheng said to Dragon Elephant Wanderer, "Senior, please, you first!"

Dragon Elephant Wanderer nodded and did not refuse. He left "Celestial Venerable of Universal Transformation" to preside over the Sealing Array, while he himself took the Seven-Treasure Golden Banner and walked alone into the firmament.

BOOM!

Countless tribulation clouds gathered in the sky. Thunder Light flickered, and the tribulation’s intent was as heavy as a mountain.

Myriad bolts of tribulation thunder struck down toward Dragon Elephant Wanderer’s head.

The old monk was filled with emotion. "So this is what the Celestial Dao originally looked like... How refreshing!"

He stood in the void and formed a spell with his hands. The Seven-Treasure Golden Banner glimmered with auspicious light and flew into the sky, bursting forth with ten thousand rays of golden mist and a thousand layers of colorful flames.

From each of the seven layers of the Golden Banner, within the auspicious light, a beam of extremely intense and dazzling essence qi shot out. They crisscrossed up, down, and all around, before slowly rotating on their own.

The sky full of tribulation thunder completely vanished.

Inside the Heaven Crossing Hall, Venerable Jiayin watched Dragon Elephant Wanderer and his Seven-Treasure Golden Banner, thinking to herself, ’This man’s Divine Techniques are quite impressive. He would be a worthy addition to my Dongyang Immortal Alliance...’

She could tell with a single glance that Dragon Elephant Wanderer had a profound foundation. If he passed the Ninth Celestial Tribulation, there was a high probability he would ascend to the Spiritual Sky Realm.

Although her trip to the Red Profound Realm had not been voluntary, her gains were significant.

Setting aside Fang Cheng, a peerless prodigy who had a chance to brave the Milo Immortal Road and enter the Milo Immortal Court...

Just Feng Yan and Dragon Elephant Wanderer, these two prospective Spirit Immortals, were enough for her to claim great merit for the Dongyang Immortal Alliance.

Right now, after activating the Seven-Treasure Golden Banner to shatter the tribulation thunder filling the sky three times, Dragon Elephant Wanderer easily passed the Seventh Celestial Tribulation.

Immediately after, he triggered the Eighth Celestial Tribulation.

Once again, he passed it effortlessly and with ease.

The Eighth Celestial Tribulation was even significantly weaker than his previous Sixth Celestial Tribulation...

Next was the Ninth Celestial Tribulation.

This time, Dragon Elephant Wanderer pushed the Seven-Treasure Golden Banner to its limit. Man and treasure together, he charged into the vast expanse of tribulation clouds and battled the tribulation thunder fiercely for three days before the clouds finally dispersed.

While serving as Guardian for Dragon Elephant Wanderer, Fang Cheng quietly awaited the Demon Lord’s arrival.

Unexpectedly, everything within a ten-thousand-li radius remained quiet. The Demon Lord did not appear.

After passing his tribulation, Dragon Elephant Wanderer leisurely descended from the sky. He recited a poem to mark the occasion, expressing both the difficulty of his thousands of years of Cultivation and the joy of finally achieving his Dao, as well as his sentimental remembrance of his master, the Demon Buddha.

The Tribulation Realm Cultivators from the three giant floating islands all came forward to offer their congratulations.

After the lively celebration, Dragon Elephant Wanderer went into seclusion to consolidate his Cultivation.

Fang Cheng then had the other Tribulation Realm Cultivators from the Mingxiao Domain come out to face their tribulations.

Many Tribulation Realm Cultivators had long been stuck at the Third or Fourth Celestial Tribulation. Now that the Demon-Suppressing Celestial Stele had been refined and Dragon Elephant Wanderer had taken the lead, everyone cast aside their worries and faced their tribulations one by one.

Even the Tribulation Realm Cultivators from the other four Sealed Ancient Lands came to the Mingxiao Domain via Teleportation Arrays to face their tribulations in succession.

In the span of half a year, the Red Profound Realm gained four new Eighth Tribulation Cultivators, six new Seven Tribulations cultivators, and over a dozen Sixth Tribulation Cultivators.

Years of accumulation erupted in a single day, and the overall strength of the Red Profound Association increased dramatically.

「Six months later.」

After Dragon Elephant Wanderer emerged from his seclusion, he took over the Demon-Suppressing Celestial Stele.

This time, it was Fang Cheng’s turn to face his own tribulation.

He had not been confident about passing a Seventh Celestial Tribulation tainted by Demonic Intent, but now that the Celestial Dao’s Demonic Intent had been purged, it was no longer a problem.

He just needed to guard against a sneak attack from the Demon Lord during his tribulation.

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「Mingxiao Domain.」

A colossal, pitch-black tree, a hundred thousand feet tall, stood between heaven and earth. Beneath it was the Ancestral Land of what was once a top-tier sect.

This place had once been one of the few Sacred Lands for Cultivation in the Mingxiao Domain, but now it was nothing but rubble and ruins. The Spirit Veins underground had all become nutrients for this giant tree.

The treetop was like a massive black mountain suspended in the void. Demonic Light shot into the sky, connecting to the Outer Void.

Countless Celestial Demons followed the Demonic Light down, resembling a gargantuan black torrent, a waterfall of evil.

Within the giant treetop, shadowy figures moved about. Endless Celestial Demons gathered there before surging down the trunk and spreading out in all directions.

This tree was called the Ten Thousand Demons Origin Tree. It had the wondrous ability to attract and nurture Celestial Demons. If left unchecked, it could grow indefinitely until it completely devoured an entire World Heaven.

Beneath the giant tree, Demon Fog rolled like a tide, engulfing everything. The originally dense Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi was tainted by the Celestial Demons and transformed completely into Demonic Qi.

Atop the Demon Tree’s crown, a magnificent, ancient, pitch-black Demon Hall hung silently in the void, bathed in boundless Demonic Light. From the roof of the grand hall, a column of Demonic Qi spiraled upward, connecting with the endless Demonic Qi in the Outer Void high in the firmament, its power terrifying and vast.

The white-shirted youth sat cross-legged in the hall, his entire being undergoing a heaven-and-earth-shaking transformation, both inside and out.

Years ago, he was merely a wisp of the Demon Lord’s Demon Sense. After being rescued by the Shengshou Scholar, he took the Demon Lord’s left hand to the Outer Void and used countless Celestial Demons to refine it.

After his return, before he could make a move, he was trapped in that chess game by the Demon Buddha, who had used a peerless Divine Technique.

And now, he could finally use the art of Celestial Demon Parasitism to completely corrupt the Red Profound Realm and increase his Cultivation.

At the same time, he was cultivating a Supreme Demon Skill—the Ten Thousand Demon True Body!

The Ten Thousand Demons Origin Tree acted like a lighthouse in the Outer Void, attracting endless Celestial Demons to the edge of this World Heaven.

Under the corrupting influence of this tree, the Heaven-Defining Membrane of the Red Profound Realm was riddled with holes, allowing endless Celestial Demons to invade without resistance.

At this moment, as soon as those Tier Five Late Stage and even Tier Five Peak Great Celestial Demons entered the crown of the Ten Thousand Demons Origin Tree, the Demon Lord used a Divine Technique to seize control of their Spiritual Demon Bodies and then detonated them all.

These detonated Celestial Demons all transformed into pure Demonic Qi, which flowed down from the treetop, into the great hall, and surged into his body.

An incredible change gradually began to occur within the Demon Lord’s body.

The Ten Thousand Demon True Body could spontaneously generate several Great Divine Techniques. In his previous battle with Fang Cheng, the Demon Aspect, the Evil Hand, and the Nine Nether Magnetic Wind and Fire that the Demon Lord had used were three of them.

Now, as his practice of the skill neared completion, not only had the first three Great Divine Techniques improved, but several others were also beginning to emerge.

First was the transformation of the Ten Thousand Demon True Body’s Dharma Body. It could shift between corporeal and incorporeal states, transform into a hundred-thousand-foot Vajra Demon Body, or lie dormant within the flesh and blood of living creatures, its transformations endless and wondrous.

Second was the power of Celestial Demon Corruption, which could transform any living being into an Outer Celestial Demon, and could also turn these Celestial Demons into his own external avatars.

The final Divine Technique was the one the Demon Lord desired most, and it was called the Celestial Demon Secret Martial Technique!

This technique was profound beyond measure. When the Ten Thousand Demon True Body was perfected, all the Divine Techniques would merge and refine together, giving birth to a Lifebound Demon Soldier from the void of his Demon Sense.

Right now, a swirling vortex of Demon Fog spun ceaselessly before the white-shirted youth. A tyrannical and peerless, baleful Demonic Intent, like a fierce beast about to break free, struggled to escape from within it.

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