Chapter 2379: Shouldering the Weight of the World

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Qi Hen Yao Jun once said that the mortal world is tumultuous, and many people have demons deeply rooted in their hearts.

The young master of the Yiqinasi Si Zheng family, currently before our eyes, is precisely such a person.

The demonic energy in his body, guided out by the Long Niu Zhen Zhi, has been exposed and materialized. His facial features have also become ferocious and ugly, yet his mouth is split in a wide grin, and his face is filled with joy!

He seems very happy, and happiness is also a kind of power.

The more he laughed, the more the demonic energy surged towards the sky.

Leaping demonic power erupted from his eyes and from his grinning mouth, solidifying into various twisted shapes, intending to swallow truth and existence.

But no matter how much he struggled, it was all useless.

Jiang Wang just pressed down lightly, and his surging demonic energy was all extinguished. This slender yet powerful hand, with distinct joints, was like an immovable mountain.

Then, with another casual flip of his palm, and a light hook of his finger, even the demonic intent was led out—

Zhi Ning’s face instantly stiffened. The power that was drawn away, and also the genuine emotion of joy, became an exaggeratedly ugly false smile, as if only a shell remained.

This shell also seemed to have already dried up, its life force draining away and withering.

He no longer had the power or will to struggle, like a pile of bones and flesh that had been drawn out, slumping to the ground.

Only that wisp of demonic intent, stopped at Jiang Wang’s fingertip, continued to twist, like a dim shadow of black smoke. Occasionally it would tear open, grinning into a large laughing mouth shape.

Jiang Wang casually flicked this wisp of demonic intent into the San Mei Zhen Lu: “With the demonic intent peeled off, he poses no threat, and of course, won’t live long. You all handle the rest yourselves.”

The position of Yiqinasi Si Zheng is so important that in theory, the ancestors of three generations must be scrutinized.

The son of the current Si Zheng Zhi Yan is actually a “demon”!

This truly is… already close to the core of the empire!

No wonder He Lian Yun Yun lost her composure, and Zhao Ru Cheng stared silently at Zhi Yan.

The sinister and cold Zhi Yan, known as “cruel” in the world, immediately prostrated on the ground: “Although Zhi Ning is my son, I was unaware when he became a demon. Today I offer my neck, to be killed or executed. Only this heart of loyalty, I beg the Saint to hear!”

He Lian Yun Yun said faintly: “The Son of Heaven is not here. Your words spoken to the isolated, in fact, don’t mean much.”

Jiang Wang spoke at this time: “Zhi Ning becoming a demon is due to being infected by a supreme demonic art. In terms of concealment alone, indeed, it is not something the Si Zheng could have known. As for the others, I simply don’t know. Yun Tang Xia must have her own judgment.”

Zhi Yan moved his body over and kowtowed to him.

Jiang Wang stepped back to avoid it: “I merely spoke the truth, I don’t deserve the courtesy.”

Zhao Ru Cheng asked: “Zhi Ning being infected by a demonic art… what demonic art?”

There are only eight parts to the supreme demonic art, each part having once stirred up a bloody storm.

“Accurately speaking, it has already replaced a supreme demonic art. What Zhi Ning was infected with is a part of the Ku Hai Yong Chen Yu Mo Gong. All seven emotions and six desires can become demons. He is the contemporary Joy Demon.” Jiang Wang put away the Long Niu Zhen Zhi and explained calmly: “He usually swallows joy and drinks laughter, secretly feeding on joy and devouring life. Ordinary people would lose one or two years of life, which would fundamentally not be discovered.”

Chong Xuan Sheng sat still, appearing thoughtful.

“This explanation fits quite well,” He Lian Yun Yun said. “Zhi family children were isolated when young, but later he became very lively. All day he would call friends and gather companions, flying eagles and fighting dogs. I only thought he was greedy for fun, not expecting he had already become a demon.”

“True Master Jiang! I only have one question—” Zhi Yan had not gotten up the entire time, and prostrated as he asked: “Can he be restored to human form before death? The Zhi family cannot bury a demon in the ancestral grave.”

Once a person becomes a demon, they have no relation to their past. But Zhi Ning was his son after all.

Jiang Wang only said: “Since ancient times, those who enter demon cannot be reversed.”

Then, addressing He Lian Yun Yun again, he said: “This matter is concluded, I will take my leave first.”

“Third Brother! Take this with you.” He Lian Yun Yun quickly took out a piece of amber shaped like a flying eagle and handed it over: “This divine pill has the power to extend life. Perhaps you can use it.”

Jiang Wang’s current problem was not a matter of life force at all. No matter how much life he supplemented, it wouldn’t last through autumn.

But he still accepted it.

Accepting help is also a way to put others at ease.

He gripped the amber in the palm of his hand, looked at He Lian Yun Yun, Zhao Ru Cheng, and Chong Xuan Sheng again, and laughed freely: “Why are you all worried? The scenery this autumn is so beautiful, look at the golden grass stretching to the sky, the vast and wide sky!”

He lifted his foot and was already high in the sky: “My path is at my feet!”

Indeed, there were high-level virtual shadows supporting the bottoms of his boots, all the way up, as if connecting the netherworld to the nine heavens.

Reflected in the eyes of the onlookers was a heroic and unrestrained figure, gone in an instant.

There was the late Duke Ming Xiao Zhe, who was able to prove his absolute peak twice in his lifetime.

There was the Great Ancestor of the Demon Race Chai, who, after giving up on transcending, used seven years to find another path to transcendence.

Then he, Jiang Wang, is also not unable to use the life of a cicada, to use this autumn, to walk the absolute peak again.

Chai only lacked the last step, and he also only lacked the last step.

This one step can be stepped in, or it can be kicked in.

Even if he proves an absolute peak that is not strong enough.

If his path of proving is not as before, the ape knew that he was indeed winning!

Although as Wu Dao You said, since ancient times, there have been thousands of great paths. But he is still as he was initially, only asking one question—

Can I defeat the Heavenly Dao?

Every time fate turns, whether it is what he wants or not, no matter how difficult it is. He faces it! He accepts it! He walks forward!

In being cut off from the Dao, the first time the spring and autumn were cut off, he had already thought about which direction to walk.

He sat by the Cang Tu Jing Bi for two days.

He used one day to ask himself if he wanted to walk this way.

He used another day to carefully plan how to walk.

And until today… he just needs to proceed!

Just before completely flying out of the grassland, the blue-shirted man above the clouds suddenly moved.

A demon ape leaped out from behind him, flipped several times in the air, and made a somewhat proper bow to Jiang Wang.

Jiang Wang cupped his hand: “Life is difficult, Daoist friend, take care.”

The demon ape suddenly turned into a path of black wind, and went directly north: “The vast sea flows horizontally, only showing heroes! I’m off!”

Since ancient times, the border wilderness has been a line of death, with no communication of human smoke.

Two absolute-world heavenly prides have fought here for two days, one more ruthless than the other, stirring up chaos among the demon race on the front line.

One red line and one white line, like two divine dragons, shuttled back and forth in the crisis-ridden border wilderness with astonishing speed, like a fierce wind rolling sand, like harvesting wheat and cutting grass. One after another, Jing Guan were built from demon skulls, boasting of the martial arts of the two members of the Tai Xu Ge.

Jing Guan were built densely in the endless desert. One side was white, one side was red, each interwoven yet clearly divided, which was also a kind of unspoken contest.

The two red and white lines suddenly stopped at some point of intersection.

Dou Zhao looked thoughtful and raised his head: “It seems something flew past nearby. You should have detected it, right?”

“Is that so? I didn’t notice.” Chong Xuan Zun remained unmoved: “Which side did it fly to?”

Dou Zhao pointed towards the direction of Mu Guo: “Perhaps it was a demon race spy. Moreover, it was very strong.”

“Then we should go catch it. After all, it passed right under our noses, we have this responsibility,” Chong Xuan Zun said.

“Member Chong Xuan is right!” Dou Zhao took command on his own: “We’ll split up, surround, chase, intercept, and seal his escape route. Keep in touch at all times.”

“No problem!” Chong Xuan Zun readily agreed.

The two who had been contending for two days then simultaneously turned, looked at each other, and headed towards the direction of Mu Guo from different routes.

Dou Zhao flew for a while, felt that Chong Xuan Zun’s aura was indeed already far away, and that the other side could no longer track his own aura, then suddenly turned and flew quickly towards the depths of the border wilderness! Conveniently putting away that Tai Xu Gou Yu—as for keeping in touch at all times… it’s perfectly normal not to receive Tai Xu information easily in the border wilderness!

Tracking that familiar trail, after several leaps, he saw that path of black wind rolling directly north.

“Hey, that unruly ape! Stop right there!” Dou Zhao accelerated to catch up, but his sight moved, and he saw beside that sky-covering black wind, a familiar figure in white. He was just walking with the wind, looking quite at ease.

Immediately furious: “Chong Xuan Zun!”

He was truly enraged. The Qi people were so dishonest, so full of schemes!

“I told you to go catch the demon race spy, but you’re hiding here!” Dou Zhao pointed and scolded: “Do you have any responsibility? Do you have any sense of responsibility! Are you worthy of your identity as a member of the Tai Xu Ge?”

Chong Xuan Zun glanced at him faintly: “Then, the demon race spy? Did you catch it?”

Dou Zhao just “哼”ed once and didn’t say anything, stepping forward and squeezing to the left side of that howling black wind going north.

The black wind hovered and rolled in the air, turning into a ten-zhang high demon ape. He looked left and right, quite helpless: “What are you two following me for?!”

Chong Xuan Zun didn’t say anything at all.

Dou Zhao retorted loudly: “The great road faces the sky, who’s following you? Which eye of yours sees me following you? Is this road built by you? Is your name written on the road?”

The demon ape scratched the back of his neck blankly: “Then I won’t walk. You go first.”

“Coincidentally, no?” Dou Zhao was righteous: “I don’t want to walk for now!”

The demon ape lifted his big foot: “Then I’ll go first.”

Dou Zhao followed closely: “I want to walk again!”

The demon ape was temperamental and almost wanted to burn this fellow to death with fire. But matters have their priorities. This was not the time for arguing, so he turned his head to look at the relatively reasonable Chong Xuan Zun.

Chong Xuan Zun said carelessly: “What do you want to do? Let’s go together, okay? We’re all colleagues.”

“Good ah!” Dou Zhao had already agreed for the demon ape: “It’s better to meet by chance than by invitation. Once outside, everyone helps each other!”

“Can’t you go attend to your own matters?” The demon ape was truly helpless: “I have my own matters.”

Considering the original achievements of this demon ape, whenever he had matters, didn’t he cause a stir? Transcendence was not rare, and absolute peaks simply circled around him.

Chong Xuan Zun looked at him. His entire body, from head to toe, just spelled out “temper”.

A huge crisis in the sky is also a huge opportunity!

“No matter what matter! What you can do, I can do. What you cannot do, I can also do.” Dou Zhao had not a single polite word, directly placing Tian Xiao on the demon ape’s neck: “Where do you want to go, lead the way quickly! One Dharma Manifestation, I’ll still give you a break!”

Warm hospitality is hard to refuse, and sincerity cannot be declined.

Thus, the three honored ones went north together.

The demon ape flew faster and faster, and Dou Zhao and Chong Xuan Zun also continuously sped up.

The demon ape turned left and folded right, and Dou Zhao and Chong Xuan Zun’s shadows did not leave him.

The demon ape’s eyes just saw the shadow of a demonic thing, and those demonic things were already cleared out by the two members of the Tai Xu Ge.

He flew this entire journey, not even catching a single general demon skull. It was a lonely flight!

For the first time in the border wilderness, he had such a boring experience. Except for rushing, it was just rushing. Except for yellow sand, it was still yellow sand.

Fortunately, the destination has arrived.

Ahead is a demon race stronghold—

Good. At the moment of seeing it, this stronghold no longer exists. Dou Zhao and Chong Xuan Zun were like mad dogs let out of a cage, snatching up everything in an instant.

The earth cave in front was still filled with demonic energy rushing towards the sky. In an instant, it was empty and deserted. Only a lonely demon skull remained, rolling to the demon ape’s feet.

The demon ape stepped on it and crushed it, sighing as he moved forward.

Calling it a stronghold was also just a huge earth cave. Endless yin and demon energy continuously originated from here.

In the entire border wilderness, there are countless such strongholds scattered, continuously being born and extinguished.

It is different from what many people imagine, and completely different from the Yu Yuan of the demon world.

Although the demon race has a stable front line in the border wilderness, the demon world itself is undefended.

Anyone, or any race for that matter, can enter the demon world at any time as long as they see the entrance to the demon world. In this process, they will absolutely not be stopped.

The demon world “refuses no one who comes” for any existence.

Because a very important source of “demon” is the transformation of different creatures from the various heaven and myriad worlds.

If you have demonic thoughts in your heart, your heart is a demonic heart, then you are a demon. It doesn’t matter if your original body is human, sea race, or demon race, it doesn’t affect your becoming a demon race.

Since ancient times, too many have pretended to be demons, wanting to lurk in the demon world, only to ultimately truly become demons.

Even within the Myriad Worlds Wilderness Tomb, there are no “doors” or “walls” that stop any existence from coming and going.

There are only one by one large military strongholds, such as the palaces of various demon monarchs and the castles of different demon races.

The so-called “Myriad Worlds Wilderness Tomb” is where all creatures will die. This is merely the final resting place for creatures from the myriad worlds.

The demon ape proceeded inside the empty earth cave. Chong Xuan Zun and Dou Zhao, one on the left and one on the right, were reluctant to leave him, not separating by an inch.

“What are you looking for in there? Tell us, let’s find it together, ah? What do you want to do? Tell us, I’ll help you, ah?” Dou Zhao looked quite resentful, rarely chattering incessantly.

Headache!

It was so painful that the demon ape wanted to burn off his skull. Fortunately, after walking a few more steps, he finally saw a dark light surrounding a secluded well in front.

“That’s the Myriad Worlds Wilderness Tomb,” Chong Xuan Zun reminded him coolly.

The demon ape walked up, and without a word, jumped down!

He folded his body in the air to look back, only to catch the two honored ones rushing to keep up, and the two True Masters who had stopped at the edge of the well, with a strange look in their eyes—

I told you not to follow, not to follow, you just wouldn’t listen! Old man demon ape has the word “demon” inside, are you also “demon”?

July 3rd, Heaven Amnesty Day, is most conducive to eliminating disasters, transforming evil, and praying for blessings and longevity.

Whoosh whoosh whoosh.

The wind was strong above Bitter Sea Cliff, and the sea water was quiet, without a visible bottom.

Jiang Wang sat fixedly on the high cliff.

He had already arrived here the previous day, of course, not just to cultivate. But his fixed posture here was bound to spread throughout the world.

Gradually, people were sent over. From West Qin and South Chu, to North Jing and East Qi, Song Guo and Wei Guo…

Everyone named in Jiang Wang’s letters, whose names he had personally checked off, were sent to Bitter Sea Cliff with the fastest speed, for him to observe, saving him time.

All those who received letters were influential figures in various places, and none of them treated this letter lightly. They all knew that Jiang Wang was seeking a new path, desiring to attain the Dao in one autumn, to raise the world and be valued by it.

Especially with these letters using Zhi Ning as an example, and with Jiang Wang himself as proof, no one would doubt their authenticity.

All those sent were those who had become demons.

Under the inspection of the Long Niu Zhen Zhi, each one was accurate.

And each one had some weight, some were close to the core, and some were already at the core.

For example, the Shock Demon in Qi Guo was the head steward in the mansion of Brave Earl Bao Heng. Brave Earl Bao Heng had been battling in the Wan Yao Men for a long time, and even now resides in Wu An City. His steward in Lin Zi City could completely represent a part of Brave Earl, and even mobilize the power of the Bao family.

It was Shuo Fang Bo Bao Yi himself who tied him up and sent him.

“Speaking of it, it really makes me afraid afterwards,” the Shuo Fang Bo, born with harmonious eyebrows and eyes, gentle and refined, stood beside Jiang Wang: “This Bao Zhong is a son of the household. Because of his good talent, I gave him the opportunity to cultivate. These years, he has been in charge of matters in Brave Earl’s mansion, almost a family member of Brave Earl. During this period, he often came to my house and got along very well with my grandson. He took him out to play several times… If it weren’t for True Master Jiang sending this letter this time, I still wouldn’t know that such a big hidden danger was hidden at home. It’s no wonder that these years, I’ve often felt uneasy!”

“It’s within my duty, no need to worry,” Jiang Wang used the San Mei Zhen Lu to concentrate and refine the demonic intent in his palm: “It seems Xuan Jing is already seven years old this year? Time passes too quickly.”

Shuo Fang Bo said: “He’ll be full eight in September. Bao Zhong even wanted to specially hold a lantern festival for Xuan Jing. Now that I think about it, my heart truly—”

“That would have been too dangerous,” Jiang Wang temporarily stopped the True Furnace, also breaking out in a cold sweat for him: “I really don’t know what terrible things this Shock Demon would have done to the child.”