Chapter 145 ·First Devour the Eastern Continent, Then Take the Central Lands

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The ‍​‌​‌​​‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​​​‌‌​​‌‌​​​‌​‌‌​​‌​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌‌​​‌​​‌‌​​‌‌​​‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌‌​​​‌‌​​​​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌​​‌​​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​​​‌​​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌‌​​​​​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌‌‌​​‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​​‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​‌​‌‌‌​‍Bull Demon Demon King stood atop a shattered mountain peak, overlooking the battlefield below.

This ‍​‌​‌​​‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​​​‌‌​​‌‌​​​‌​‌‌​​‌​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌‌​​‌​​‌‌​​‌‌​​‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌‌​​​‌‌​​​​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌​​‌​​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​​​‌​​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌‌​​​​​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌‌‌​​‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​​‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​‌​‌‌‌​‍war in the Southern Region, which had raged for countless years, had finally come to an end today.

The ‍​‌​‌​​‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​​​‌‌​​‌‌​​​‌​‌‌​​‌​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌‌​​‌​​‌‌​​‌‌​​‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌‌​​​‌‌​​​​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌​​‌​​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​​​‌​​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌‌​​​​​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌‌‌​​‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​​‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​‌​‌‌‌​‍Myriad Tribulations Demon Sect was gone.

Myriad ‍​‌​‌​​‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​​​‌‌​​‌‌​​​‌​‌‌​​‌​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌‌​​‌​​‌‌​​‌‌​​‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌‌​​​‌‌​​​​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌​​‌​​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​​​‌​​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌‌​​​​​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌‌‌​​‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​​‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​‌​‌‌‌​‍Tribulations Mountain, where the demonic sect’s headquarters once stood, had now become a field of ruins.

The ‍​‌​‌​​‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​​​‌‌​​‌‌​​​‌​‌‌​​‌​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌‌​​‌​​‌‌​​‌‌​​‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌‌​​​‌‌​​​​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌​​‌​​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​​​‌​​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌‌​​​​​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌‌‌​​‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​​‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​‌​‌‌‌​‍once majestic palace complex was reduced to broken walls and collapsed structures, silently speaking of its former glory within the night wind.

Corpses of demonic sect disciples could be seen everywhere. Some had been torn in half, while others had been gnawed down to bare skeletons, strewn chaotically across the entire mountain.

The air was thick with the stench of blood, attracting countless vulture demons to circle overhead.

And not far beneath the Bull Demon Demon King’s feet lay a horribly mangled corpse.

The body no longer resembled human form. Its limbs were twisted, its chest and abdomen ripped open, and its organs scattered across the ground.

It was the Ten-Thousand Tribulations Demon Lord.

This demonic giant of the Tribulation Crossing Realm, who had dominated the Southern Region for centuries and terrified countless cultivators, now lay there like a dead dog.

His fleshly body was dead.

As for his primordial spirit...

The Bull Demon Demon King narrowed his eyes and looked toward the streak of light disappearing into the horizon.

Just moments earlier, when he shattered the Ten-Thousand Tribulations Demon Lord’s body with a single punch, a streak of blood-red light suddenly descended from the sky, wrapped around the Ten-Thousand Tribulations Demon Lord’s primordial spirit, and attempted to flee.

At that moment, he had wanted to pursue it.

But the aura emitted by that blood-red light caused every hair on his body to stand on end.

That was an aura far beyond the Tribulation Crossing Realm.

That was—

The aura of the Immortal Realm.

The Bull Demon Demon King forcefully stopped himself, helplessly watching as the blood-red light carried away the Ten-Thousand Tribulations Demon Lord’s primordial spirit and vanished into the heavens.

Even now, lingering fear remained within his heart.

“Methods of the Immortal Realm…”

He muttered to himself.

If the owner of that blood-red light had descended in person, a single finger would likely have been enough to crush him.

But the other party had not done so.

They merely rescued the Ten-Thousand Tribulations Demon Lord’s primordial spirit before disappearing without a trace.

Gradually, the Bull Demon Demon King understood.

Someone from the Immortal Realm had acted to protect the Ten-Thousand Tribulations Demon Lord’s soul.

But because of the laws of heaven and earth, beings above the Human Immortal Realm could not truly intervene within the Spirit Realm.

If they forcefully interfered, they would inevitably suffer backlash from heavenly karma and pay an enormous price.

Clearly, the other party was unwilling to pay such a cost, so they simply rescued him and left.

“Heh.”

The Bull Demon Demon King sneered.

So what if he was rescued?

His fleshly body had already been destroyed. With only a primordial spirit escaping back to the Immortal Realm, even if he could reconstruct a body, his cultivation would still plummet drastically.

He withdrew his gaze and looked down upon the vast land beneath him.

The Southern Region.

From this day onward, it belonged to him.

As for the Immortal Realm—

A trace of disdain flashed through the Bull Demon Demon King’s eyes.

He had already decided long ago that he would never ascend.

Ascend for what?

To become someone else’s grandson in the Immortal Realm?

Here within the Spirit Realm, he was a supreme powerhouse, a Demon King capable of making countless living beings tremble.

But in the Immortal Realm?

Random immortals could probably make him bow his head with ease.

So he would not go.

He would unify the Spirit Realm.

Now that the Southern Region was his, next he would first devour the Eastern Continent, then seize the Central Lands.

To trample the entire Spirit Realm beneath his feet and reign supreme over the mortal world—

What could be more enjoyable?

The more the Bull Demon Demon King thought about it, the more pleased he became, until he threw back his head and burst into laughter.

The laughter rumbled like thunder, shaking the entire mountain.

......

One year later.

Eastern Continent border, Qingyun Pass.

This was a mighty fortress stretching between the Eastern Continent and the Southern Region, built against the mountains upon perilous terrain.

Three thousand cultivators were permanently stationed within the pass, with disciples from the ten great sects of the Eastern Continent rotating in shifts to guard it.

At this moment, it was noon.

Several cultivators standing guard atop the city walls were absentmindedly gazing into the distance.

“I heard the Myriad Tribulations Demon Sect over in the Southern Region is completely finished?”

“Finished. It’s said the Bull Demon Demon King directly broke through Myriad Tribulations Mountain, and even the Ten-Thousand Tribulations Demon Lord’s body was shattered.”

“Hiss... That Demon Lord was a Tribulation Crossing Realm powerhouse, and he just died like that?”

“So what if he was Tribulation Crossing Realm? That Bull Demon Demon King is supposedly at the same realm too, but he possesses the body of a demonic beast. His fleshly body is absurdly powerful—invincible within the same realm.”

“T-Then... our Eastern Continent…”

The speaking cultivator’s face turned pale as he subconsciously tightened his grip around the longsword in his hand.

Nobody answered him.

The atmosphere atop the walls suddenly became oppressive.

And right at that moment—

Rumble rumble rumble.

The earth suddenly began trembling violently.

The expressions of the cultivators on the walls drastically changed as they rushed toward the edge of the battlements and looked southward.

They saw rolling clouds of dust rising from the southern horizon, blotting out the sky and sun.

Within the dust clouds, countless figures surged toward Qingyun Pass.

Eagles and hawks flew through the skies while tigers and wolves charged across the ground.

A black tide stretching endlessly beyond sight.

And above that seemingly infinite army stood a hundred-zhang figure floating in the air.

Two curved bull horns pierced the heavens, while a pair of giant bell-like eyes overlooked the mighty fortress below.

“Eastern Continent.”

“This Bull Demon Demon King has arrived!”

That voice rolled like heavenly thunder, spreading across a thousand miles.

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