Chapter 1025 - 719: Ten Million Avatars

Chapter 1025: Chapter 719: Ten Million Avatars

"Indeed, the flames of war remain entrenched at the borders of Qin Country, in a tug-of-war situation."

"Although the Human Race has lost some peripheral small and medium Immortal Cities and scattered Spirit Veins, major strongholds like Mingyan Immortal City and Moonrise Immortal City remain stable. As for the foundational sites of the five major sects, they are as solid as a rock, completely unshaken."

For the three years he resided on Surprise Sword Island, Shen Xuan never relaxed his attention on the war affairs between the Human and Demon Races.

After all, this place was around Myriad Phenomena Immortal City, so sources of news were far more extensive than in Bright Flame Sect.

As a vassal of Myriad Phenomena Daoist Palace, the Zhang Family also had channels to acquire the latest frontline reports.

"In the end, the current war is just a larger-scale beast tide and is far from reaching the point of damaging the foundations of Qin Country’s major sects."

Shen Xuan analyzed in his heart.

Rumor has it that in the depths of the Southern Wilderness, several Demon Emperors exist with overwhelming power.

However, their number is still less than that of the Human Race’s Divinity Transformation Celestial Monarchs.

"The Southern Wilderness Demon Race initiates the conflict not only to alleviate the increasingly pressing survival pressure within but perhaps also to nourish warfare and temper their clansmen. Letting those new bloods of potential in the Demon Race search for breakthroughs amid life-and-death struggles and the stimulation of Human Race cultivators’ blood to stand out."

Whether Human or Demon Race, upon reaching High Tier, it’s very difficult to break through bottlenecks by merely closing doors.

One needs to comprehend the Heaven and Earth Laws in battles, to glimpse one’s deficiencies between life and death, using blood and fire as whetstones, honing the Dao Heart, compensating for shortcomings, to hope for further advancement.

"The Human Race’s upper echelons may well have detected this, perhaps it’s completely within expectation."

Shen Xuan shook his head.

"To these high-stature hermits, it’s just an ordinary trivial matter."

"It’s only going to make the cultivators and mortals in the border areas suffer hard."

Shen Xuan sighed lightly and placed the Jade Scroll on the table.

It seems that Bright Flame Sect will not be obliterated in these flames of war.

Looking at the history of the Profound Origin Realm, the Demon Race forces have always been suppressed by the Human Race.

At its root, even though Transformed Great Demons are individually strong, they tend to have unruly natures, mutual suspicion, and find it difficult to truly collaborate.

In contrast, even Human Race’s Nascent Soul True Monarchs of different sects will temporarily set aside their biases to jointly confront such great enemies as the Demon Race.

In the application efficiency of high-end combat power, the Demon Race is inherently at a disadvantage.

"Given the current situation, the war will be controlled within a certain range, turning into a long, brutal war of attrition. As long as there are no catastrophic upheavals, the flames of war should not reach the heart of Qin Country."

Straightening out the external environment, Shen Xuan felt even more at ease in his heart.

"Once my Ice and Fire Dual Golden Core merges into Perfection and my cultivation advances further, I can personally go to the frontline battlefield for a look."

A sharp glint flashed in Shen Xuan’s eyes.

"Then, perhaps I can seize the opportunity to see if there’s a chance to pick off and kill a Transformed Great Demon."

To motivate cultivators to participate in the battle, the five major sects of Qin Country jointly issued a bounty.

Killing a Transformed Great Demon successfully allows one to exchange the obtained Human Race merits for a Nascent Soul Pill.

Even so, after several years of war between the Human and Demon Races, there has been no talk of any cultivator achieving this feat.

Transformed Great Demons are not easy to kill.

Even if four or five Nascent Soul True Monarchs encircle them, they may not succeed.

...

At the entrance of his Cave Mansion, Shen Xuan hung a striking plaque, with the words "Master in retreat, no visitors allowed."

Then, he instructed the Silver-Horned Celestial Horse carefully, commanding it to guard the Cave Mansion inside and out well.

Having done these, Shen Xuan’s figure flickered, Concealing Breath and Invisibility, and silently slipped into Washing Sword Lake, leaving the territory of Phoenix Perch Mountain.

Speeding all the way, he finally reached a desolate and barren valley.

This place had no Spirit Vein nor special products, so cultivators and Demon Beasts would not stop here.

The valley was perpetually shrouded in a grayish-white dense fog.

Even if a cultivator passed by, their view would be hard to penetrate, unable to see the inside reality clearly.

This fog was caused by a High-tier Illusion Array laid by Shen Xuan.

This place is where he meticulously arranged a secret retreat for himself.

Within the Illusion Array, killing intent was concealed.

Shen Xuan successively set up three-tier, mutually interlocking Tier Three Killing Arrays. Once triggered, the power accumulates, capable of trapping and killing Golden Core cultivators.

Deep within the valley, inside a cave artfully masked by vines, lies another world.

A deep and damp underground passage winds and twists, directly leading to a Grand River a hundred miles away.

This hidden passage was dug over many days with the driving force of the Shadow-devouring Demon Insect swarm.

As Shen Xuan just stepped into the valley, a slight "buzzing" sounded.

A black-pressing Insect Cloud poured out from the rock crevices and underground caves, swiftly converging there.

At the front were two Demon Insects, with glossy black carapaces, scarlet compound eyes, emanating an aura of Tier Two Top Grade, just a step away from condensing a Demon Core. ℯ

These exotic insects, feeding on Yin Soul and Demon Beast flesh, grew faster than the Silver-Horned Celestial Horse under Shen Xuan’s generous resource feeding.

"Disperse, vigilant in four directions."

Shen Xuan’s mind moved slightly, issuing a command.

The Insect Cloud immediately dispersed, like well-trained sentinels, integrated into the shadows of every corner of the valley.

With the Demon Insects spread out, Shen Xuan took out a Thunder Peng Puppet of smooth form from his Storage Pouch.

This Puppet was originally custom-made for True Master Miao Lian.

After leaving Bright Flame Sect, Shen Xuan redesigned and refined it to his liking.

He leapt onto the back of the Puppet.

In the next moment, the Thunder Peng Puppet’s wings vibrated, soared up, and flew into the mist above the valley.

Diving, sharp turns, abrupt stops, low ground skimming...

One incredible high-difficulty flying maneuver after another, fluidly completed under Shen Xuan’s precise control.

The Thunder Peng Puppet seemed like a real Three-eyed Thunder Roc, exceptionally Spiritual.