Chapter 152 ·Divine Ability, Killing Dao, Void Refinement Late Stage

Using ‍​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​‌​​‌‌‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​‌​​‌​​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​​‌‌‌​​​​‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌​​‌​‌‌​​‌‌​​​‌​‌‌​‌​​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​​‌​‌​‌​​​‌​‌​‌​‌​​‌‌‌​​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​​‌‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌​‌​‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​‌‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​​‌‌‌​​‌​‌​‌​​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌​​​‌​​‌​​‌​​​​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌​​‌​​‌​‌‌​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌​​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌​‌​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌​​‌​‌​‌​​​‌​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​‌‌​​‌‌‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​​​‌​​​​‌‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌​‌​‌​‌​‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​‌‌​​​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌​‌​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌​‌​​​‌​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌​​‌​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌​​​‌​​​‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​‌​‌​​‌‌​​‌​​​​‌‌​​​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​​​‌​​​‌‌​​​​​‌​​​‌‌​​​‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌​​​‌‌​​​‌​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​​‌‌​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌‌​​‌​​‌​‌​​​‌​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​​‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​​‌​‌​‌​​‌​​‌​‌​‌​‌​‌​‌​​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌​​‌‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​​​‌​​​‌‌​​​‌​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌​​​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌​​​​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​​​​‌‌​‌​‌​‌​‌​​‌​​‌​‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​​‌​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌​‌​‌​​‌‌​​‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​​‌‌​​​​​‌​​‌‌‌​​‌​​‌​‌‌​‌​‌​​​‌​‌‌​‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌‌​‌​‌​​‌​​‌​​‌​​‌​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌‌​​​​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌​‌​‌​​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌​​​​​‌‌​​​‌​‌​‌​‌​​​‌​‌​‌​​​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌​‌​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌‌​​​​​‌​‌‌​​‌​​‌‌​​‌​​‌‌​​‌​​​​‌‌​​​​​‌​‌​‌​‌​​‌‌​​‌​​‌​‌​‌​​​‌​‌​‌​‌​‌‌​‌​​​​​‌‌​​​​​‌‌​​​‌‌​​‌‌​​​​​‌​‌​​‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌​​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​​​‌​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌‌​​‌​​‌​​​‌‌​​‌​​‌​​‌​‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌​‌​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌​‌​​‌​​‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌‌​​​‌​‌‌‌​​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌‌​​​​‌‌‌‌​​​​‌​​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌​‌​​‌‌​​​‌​​‌‌​‌​​​‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌​​​‌​​​​‌​​‌​​‌​‌​​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌​‌​‌​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌​​‌‌​​​‌​​​​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌​​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​‌​‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌​‌​​​‌​​​‌​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌​​​‌​​​‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌​‌​‌​​‌​​‌‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌​‌​​​‌​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌​‌​​‌​​​​‌​​‌‌​‌​​​​‌​​‌‌‌​​‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​​​​​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌​‌​​‌​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌​‌​​​‌​​‌‌​‌​​​‌​​‌‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌​​​‌‌‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌‌‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌​‌​​‌​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​​​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​‌‌‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​​‌‌​​​​​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌‌​‌​‌​​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌​‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌​‌​​‌​‌‌​​‌​​‌‌​​‌​​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌​‌​‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​​‌‌​​‌​​‌​‌​​​‌​‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌​​‌​​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌​​‌​​​‌​​​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌​​‌​​‌​‌‌​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​​‌‌​​​​​​‌‌‌‌​‌‍the Soul Search method, Feng Jiuge obtained the memories of that demon and learned the rough situation of this world.

He ‍​‌​‌​​​​​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌​​‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​​​‌​​​‌‌‌​​​​‌‌​​​‌​​‌‌​​​‌​​​‌‌‌​​‌​​‌‌​​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌​​​‌​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌​​‌​​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​​​‌​​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌​​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌‌​​‌​​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌‌‌​‍stood where he was, closing his eyes as he organized those fragmented memories.

About ‍​‌​‌​​​​​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌​​‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​​​‌​​​‌‌‌​​​​‌‌​​​‌​​‌‌​​​‌​​​‌‌‌​​‌​​‌‌​​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌​​​‌​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌​​‌​​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​​​‌​​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌​​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌‌​​‌​​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌‌‌​‍half an hour later, Feng Jiuge opened his eyes, a flicker passing through them.

This ‍​‌​‌​​​​​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌​​‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​​​‌​​​‌‌‌​​​​‌‌​​​‌​​‌‌​​​‌​​​‌‌‌​​‌​​‌‌​​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌​​​‌​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌​​‌​​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​​​‌​​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌​​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌‌​​‌​​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌‌‌​‍Demon Realm was rather interesting.

The ‍​‌​‌​​​​​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌​​‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​​​‌​​​‌‌‌​​​​‌‌​​​‌​​‌‌​​​‌​​​‌‌‌​​‌​​‌‌​​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌​​​‌​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌​​‌​​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​​​‌​​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌​​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌‌​​‌​​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌‌‌​‍structure of this world resembled the Spirit Realm and was likewise divided into five regions: east, south, west, north, and center.

However, ‍​‌​‌​​​​​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌​​‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​​​‌​​​‌‌‌​​​​‌‌​​​‌​​‌‌​​​‌​​​‌‌‌​​‌​​‌‌​​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌​​​‌​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌​​‌​​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​​​‌​​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌​​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌‌​​‌​​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌‌‌​‍the names of the regions were all crowned with the names of powerful demon clans.

The Eastern Region belonged to the Blood Pupil Demon Clan, the Western Region to the Silver Moon Demon Clan, the Southern Region to the Black Scale Demon Clan, the Northern Region to the Ice Soul Demon Clan, while the Central Region was the sacred city jointly revered by all major demon clans.

As for the demon whose soul he had searched, he belonged to the territory governed by the Black Scale Demon Clan of the Southern Region. He was a low-level clansman from a small tribe named Red Bone.

Feng Jiuge lowered his eyes and looked at himself.

Since that was the case, he might as well adapt to local customs.

Spiritual energy surged within his body. Cracking sounds echoed from his bones as his appearance abruptly changed.

Moments later, Feng Jiuge was no longer standing there. In his place stood a demon with slightly distorted facial proportions and short horns growing from his forehead.

Exactly identical to Red Bone.

Feng Jiuge—no, he should now be called Red Bone—lowered his head to examine himself before nodding slightly.

According to the memories obtained through Soul Search, this Red Bone was an insignificant village resident, perfect for moving about unnoticed.

He lifted his foot and walked out of the mountain forest.

……

First Year.

Under the identity of Red Bone, Feng Jiuge traveled throughout various places in the Southern Region.

Gradually, he saw the Demon Realm clearly for what it was.

Although this world was called the Demon Realm, just as he had heard before, it indeed was not inhabited solely by demons.

Humans also existed here.

It was simply that the human race was weak, barely surviving in barren mountains and foul waters like rats hiding within gutters, not daring to show themselves openly.

As for those prosperous and resource-rich lands, they had all been occupied by the demon race.

What made Feng Jiuge frown even more was that, in the eyes of the demon race, humans were not considered the same kind.

They viewed humans the same way mortals in the Spirit Realm viewed monkeys in the mountains.

Monkeys could speak, stand upright, and some could even imitate human movements.

But so what?

In the end, they were still beasts, wild game, food upon the dining table.

That was exactly how the demon race treated humans.

Those humans who were kept in captivity lived within crude sheds enclosed by fences, barely clothed and constantly starving.

Women with some beauty were selected by powerful demons to serve as playthings.

Strongly built men were sent to mines as laborers until they worked themselves to death.

As for the old, weak, sick, and disabled who remained, they became ordinary demon food.

Whenever they wished to eat, the demons would enter, pick one out, drag them away, slaughter them, skin them, and cook them.

The first time Feng Jiuge witnessed such a scene, he stood in the distance and watched for a very long time.

It was the marketplace of a demon tribe.

A demon woman led a young child around five or six years old into the human enclosure.

The child walked around inside before pointing at a thin and frail human child, saying in a childish voice, “Mother, I want that one.”

The demon woman nodded, tossed two low-grade demon stones to the guard, then carried away the trembling human child.

Demon stones contained demonic qi and could help demons increase their cultivation. Aside from that, they were also used as currency among the demon race.

The human child was carried away while crying in terror, shouting incomprehensible words.

Demons came and went around them, yet not a single one spared an extra glance.

Feng Jiuge turned and left.

That night, the entire demon tribe—three hundred and seventy-two members from top to bottom—was completely exterminated.

Including the demon woman and her child.

Feng Jiuge stood amidst the pile of corpses, lowering his head to look at his own hands.

Back in the Spirit Realm, he had killed hypocrites of the righteous path, vile villains of the demonic path, and demon races that devoured humans.

But never once had he killed as calmly as he had tonight.

He released all the captive humans and roughly counted them. There were approximately over three thousand people.

Those people were all terrified out of their wits, kneeling on the ground and kowtowing desperately while babbling incomprehensible words.

Feng Jiuge could not understand their language, but there was no need for him to understand it.

He waved his hand, and a flash of light swept past as all three thousand-plus people vanished, stored within a supreme-grade magic treasure.

This magic treasure was something he had obtained years ago in a secret realm within the Central Lands of the Spirit Realm. It was called the Little Universe Cave.

Inside was a self-contained small world spanning a hundred li, complete with mountains and rivers, capable of housing living beings.

However, it still had its limits. He had experimented before—if he forcibly crammed people inside regardless of consequences, it could hold at most around thirty thousand people.

Any more than that, and the lack of spiritual energy would weaken the living beings inside or even cause death.

Yet how many captive humans existed throughout the entire Southern Region and the entire Demon Realm?

After storing these three thousand people within the Little Universe Cave, Feng Jiuge headed toward the nearest territory controlled by humans and released them there.

The round trip from this demon tribe to the nearest human territory took roughly half a month.

This human territory was protected by a Great Ascension Realm ancestor who sheltered one side of the human race.

Each time, Feng Jiuge would stop after delivering the people nearby and never stepped inside.

He could not be bothered to meet the humans of this place, much less explain anything.

Over the following months, whenever Feng Jiuge finished delivering one group of humans, he would discover another location where humans were being kept captive.

There was no end to them.

Nor could they all be saved.

Feng Jiuge understood this very clearly.

He was not some good person, nor had he ever wanted to become some savior.

He killed demons because he wanted to kill them.

He saved humans because he wanted to save them.

There was no reason why.

Just like back when he had traveled through the Spirit Realm and passed by a village where several loose cultivators were bullying mortals, so he casually killed those loose cultivators.

Someone once asked him why he meddled in others’ business, but he could not provide any answer.

He simply found it unpleasant to watch.

And now, it was the same.

Seeing those humans being raised like livestock made him want to kill demons.

So he killed them.

It was that simple.

As for saving people…

After Feng Jiuge delivered the ninth batch of humans, he watched those people kneel upon the ground, crying bitterly as they kowtowed in the direction he had left until blood streamed from their foreheads.

He felt no emotional fluctuation whatsoever and merely turned around and departed.

It was only a casual act.

The real reason he was willing to repeatedly travel back and forth lay elsewhere.

When he had broken through to the Transformation Spirit Realm in the Spirit Realm, he had awakened a divine ability called the Killing Dao.

This divine ability was exceedingly mysterious. Through slaughter, it could draw upon a trace of karmic force from the unseen and use it to nourish himself in return.

The more people he killed and the greater the evil of those he slew, the faster his cultivation would grow.

Back in the Spirit Realm, this divine ability had already made his killing intent extremely heavy.

Now that he had arrived in the Demon Realm, slaughtering these demons who fed upon humans caused the effects of the Killing Dao to become even stronger than before.

It was as though, within the unseen, even the Heavenly Dao of this world loathed these demons.

Feng Jiuge could clearly sense that after every massacre, the spiritual energy within his body would subtly increase by another fraction.

Within this first year alone, he steadily advanced from the middle stage of Void Refinement into the late stage of Void Refinement.

Second Year.

Feng Jiuge still traveled across various parts of the Southern Region.

His killing became increasingly skillful and increasingly cautious.

He absolutely never stepped into territories controlled by Great Ascension Realm demons.

Even against Void Refinement Realm demon tribes, he acted with caution.

As for those at the Transformation Spirit Realm and below, he killed every single one he encountered.

Acting in this manner allowed him to remain relatively safe.

By now, the humans he had rescued numbered at least several hundred thousand.

Yet compared to the total number of humans raised in captivity throughout the entire Demon Realm, it was merely a drop in the ocean.

Feng Jiuge understood this perfectly well, but he did not care in the slightest.

He had never been trying to save all living beings anyway.

It was merely done casually, conveniently, according to his own desires.

Until this day.

Southern Region, a town under the jurisdiction of the Black Scale Demon Clan.

Feng Jiuge stood atop the ruins of this town, lingering killing intent still surrounding his body.

This place had originally been the territory of a Void Refinement Realm demon. Over three thousand demons lived within the town while nearly one hundred thousand humans were held captive.

He had lurked in hiding for three days. When the Void Refinement great demon returned from outside, Feng Jiuge seized the opportunity and killed it with a single strike while it was caught off guard.

Afterward came the massacre of the city.

Not a single one of the three thousand-plus demons was left alive.

At this moment, he was just about to store the captive humans within the Little Universe Cave.

But right as he raised his hand—

A voice suddenly came from behind him.

“Interesting.”

Feng Jiuge’s pupils contracted slightly as the spiritual energy within his body instantly circulated to its absolute limit.

He did not turn around.

Because he could not sense any aura whatsoever.

The person behind him was either a mortal—

Or someone whose cultivation realm far surpassed his own.

“Do not be nervous.”

The voice spoke again, carrying a trace of amusement.

“This seat has watched you kill for nearly two years now. From the middle stage of Void Refinement to the late stage of Void Refinement, you’ve slaughtered hundreds of thousands of demons and rescued who knows how many humans.”

“This seat had been wondering when you would finally be discovered.”

“I did not expect this little fellow to be quite cautious. You specifically targeted places without Great Ascension demons overseeing them, then fled immediately after killing, never lingering behind.”

Hearing this, Feng Jiuge slowly turned around.

Three zhang behind him stood a black-robed man with his hands clasped behind his back.

The man’s appearance was no different from ordinary demons, except for a vertical eye growing upon his forehead. At this moment, it was half-open and half-closed, carrying a somewhat lazy air.

No demonic qi or spiritual energy fluctuations emanated from him at all. He simply stood there casually, yet it felt as though he had merged together with heaven and earth.

Feng Jiuge’s heart sank.

This person was definitely at the Great Ascension Realm.

And absolutely not an ordinary Great Ascension cultivator.

When the man saw Feng Jiuge turn around, his vertical eye slowly opened wider as he sized Feng Jiuge up from head to toe.

“Void Refinement Late Stage, yet you slaughter Void Refinement Early Stage demons like dogs. Your combat power is rather impressive.”

“What’s even rarer is that killing aura on your body—it is extremely pure, without the slightest trace of resentment.”

“Interesting.”

“This seat is very curious how you managed to accomplish that.”

“You’ve killed so many demons, yet not only are you not burdened by karmic force…”

“Instead… your cultivation is still advancing?”

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