Chapter 2386: Destiny

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Taigu Imperial City is the first city of the Demon Realm.

It is the holy land in the hearts of countless demon people, and the homeland where the souls of countless demon race warriors return.

The demon race’s attachment and distant thoughts toward the supreme glory of the ancient heavenly court are all embodied in this city.

So it is exceptionally vast, exceptionally grand.

Ten thousand realms heaven surface, various heavens divine Luo, eternal sun dial, eternal holy corridor… some buildings that only exist in legends, are all replicated here. Every magnificent, ancient, and majestic sight that only exists in memories, is embodied here with all their effort.

“This city, always gives me a very strained feeling.”

The true demon who spoke was born with profound facial features, very handsome, and had an innate noble air that made people see and respect him; it was beyond words. In the center of his eyebrows was a five-colored heaven pattern, likely his demon mark.

He wore a golden long robe, his hands behind his back as he stood on the high city gate tower, looking remotely at the golden platform in the city center, and slowly said: “Very much struggling to do things beyond its own ability, every moment on the edge of collapse.”

Standing not far in front of him was a tall, divinely martial man, wearing ink-colored battle armor, with a narrow, long bone knife hanging at his waist, his battle robe fluttering in the wind. It was none other than Qi Guan Ying, the peerless heaven demon who commanded the 'Dou Bu Heavenly Soldiers' of Taigu Imperial City, one of the most powerful existences in the entire Demon Realm.

Hearing these words, he turned back and looked lightly and deliberately at the young true demon who spoke: “Wei Yi, other true demons can say these words, but can you?”

This handsome and noble true demon was precisely Qi Wei Yi, the new king of the contemporary Heaven List of the Demon Race, the absolute world demon king who suppressed Lu Qi Lang, Shi Shan Wen, and other heavenly prides!

Of course, he had already become a true demon, and was naturally removed from the Heaven List New King.

After that, to be on a list, he could only ascend the Heaven List which counted the strongest true demons. In the entire Demon Realm, only fifty true demons could obtain this honor.

A true demon less than a hundred years old, in the long growth period of the Qi race, was absolutely a genius among geniuses, rarely seen in ten thousand years.

So even if he said such words, even Qi Guan Ying, as the guardian of Taigu Imperial City, was not severe with him.

The Demon Race also had race members with very fast growth periods, but they basically all had limited potential and fundamentally could not squeeze into the Heaven List New King list. For example, the Fei race, the fastest of which became a demon king at the age of three, was the “most genius” in the history of the Fei race, and was also listed in the *Taigu Classics Transmission*. But throughout their lives, true demon was the peak. Even with such ancient and modern rare qualifications, they were unable to break the innate bloodline shackles and walk to a higher future.

The Fei race has not had a heaven demon for ten thousand years. Breaking the innate bloodline restrictions can lead the race to leap forward.

Qi Wei Yi was different. As the almost limitlessly powerful Qi race, while many of his peers were still unable to seal as kings at the age of eighty-seven, he had already broken records to cultivate into a true demon. Before him, the earliest Qi race to become a true demon was precisely Qi Guan Ying - that year, he became a true demon at the age of one hundred and one, sensationalizing the imperial city.

For such a Qi Wei Yi, becoming a heaven demon was not the endpoint, but a necessary waypoint on his extraordinary path!

The ages of the Qi race and the Human race are difficult to compare, but many demon race powerhouses all believe that an eighty-seven-year-old Qi race is comparable to a twenty-three-year-old human race - because the most genius human race precisely broke records by becoming a true demon at the age of twenty-three.

Facing Qi Guan Ying’s warning, Qi Wei Yi also showed no change, only lightly saying: “Blind confidence is not the manifestation of bravery. The fact that I see more clearly than other true demons only means that the road I have to walk is also more distant.”

Qi Guan Ying did not immediately say anything about this, but looked toward the city from this city gate tower: “When you stood here, looking far away, what did you see?”

Qi Wei Yi calmly said: “The Fengshen Tai that once shook ten thousand realms, now only remains a replica.”

He added: “The entire Taigu Imperial City is just a replica.”

“Not only the entire Taigu Imperial City? Our entire Demon Race today is just a clumsy replica. We clumsily imitate, imitate the past, imitate the Human Race. Imitate the glorious era that has vanished, imitate the imagined future, whether it will come or not.”

Qi Guan Ying did not oppose Qi Wei Yi's statement, but rather agreed further.

But…

He said “but”.

“But we just survived like this.”

Qi Guan Ying said: “Our ancestors were driven to the chaotic world, and just like this, they clumsily and painfully survived, exhausting their abilities to create such a present for us. Qi Wei Yi, you feel everything is difficult, yes. If in the Taigu era, with your talent, you could be directly granted titles in several realms, have imperial decrees and imperial pavilions, be cultivated as a heaven emperor candidate, have endless resources, and infinitely try different paths until you grasp the strongest possibility… but we are born now.”

He repeated: “But we are born now.”

That year’s Qi Guan Ying, how could he not also be crowned the most talented of his generation, but his choices at that time were not many!

This commander of the 'Dou Bu Heavenly Soldiers' swallowed all complex emotions and calmly said: “What you see is already the limit that this not-so-gentle era can tolerate the Demon Race. What you have is already all that this not-so-strong Demon Race can give you.”

Qi Wei Yi looked into the distance: “Although I live in this difficult era, I will not be anyone’s replica. This is why I am unwilling to rush and impact being a heaven demon in one go. I need to have a future more powerful than all imagination. I want to challenge my limit in the realm of true demon.”

“We live in this era today, and we have the responsibility to allow our descendants to continue to survive. You have your choice, and I also give you the freedom that matches your qualifications.” Qi Guan Ying said: “But Shen Xiao is imminent, we need more heaven demons - you need to know the price of freedom.”

Qi Wei Yi solemnly said: “Of course. I am willing to pay, and always practice.”

Qi Guan Ying said: “Xiang Lin has already returned from the front line. His performance at Chou Long Du has already won him the possibility of proving the dao - he is about to ascend the Fengshen Tai. Just stay here and observe, see if his path can give you some inspiration.”

The main commander of the Demon Race army at Chou Long Du during the previous period, true demon Qi Xiang Lin!

Confronting Zhang Fu, the world-famous general from Jing Country, he was not at a disadvantage.

His commanding talent was even stronger than his fighting talent.

Such true demons, one by one eager to prove the dao, are not a manifestation of sharp progress.

Instead, it is a kind of pulling up seedlings to help them grow, where proving the dao is already the limit, and they cannot go too far in the forest of heaven demons.

But this is the price the Demon Race prepaid in advance for the Shen Xiao war.

The Human Race thinks of “future”.

The Demon Race fights for “survival”!

Qi Wei Yi was silent for a moment, then asked again: “When can Mi Tian Zun wake up?”

Qi Guan Ying lightly said: “This time he crossed realms and used quite a few shares of heaven sin to successfully stop Wang Xiao from transcending and Jiang Wang from proving the dao. But that is the origin power of Taigu Imperial City, accumulated over ten thousand years, but meager. Carrying the power of the strong ones from several other races to swim across the deep sea of the heaven dao also exceeded his limit - he needs to struggle with the heaven dao. Whether he can wake up, and when he can wake up, I also do not know.”

He turned back to look at Qi Wei Yi: “What, do you have something to find him about?”

“Nothing.” Qi Wei Yi looked into the distance, his handsome sword eyebrows seemed to sink a bit more, and finally he only said: “His Heaven List should be updated.”

It was not the first time Jiang Wang had come to the Netherworld, but it had been a long time since he had jointly chased and killed Zhang Linchuan with Wang Changji.

For powerful cultivators of the present world, the Netherworld does not have much value.

Only ghost dao and god dao cultivators may possibly come here to explore.

Since Qian Tang Jun established Tian Gong City, with his heavenly ghost body, and set up a flag at Yin Xian Lin, Yin Xian Lin is now the holy land of ghost dao cultivators.

The Tian Ren Fa Xiang walked in the Netherworld, his head full of golden hair had turned to silver hair, his body like draped snow.

The sun-moon heaven seal in the center of his eyebrows only showed the moon shape, emitting a desolate light.

The power of Frost Moon made him extremely compatible with this world.

Because of the gap between the Netherworld and the present world, he, who had insightful knowledge of the heaven dao, could exhibit even greater power in this world than in the present world!

But he was not as violent as the magic ape, nor as carefree as the immortal dragon.

He had his own way of doing things.

He casually chose a direction and proceeded aimlessly.

To say “aimlessly” is not accurate; he just wanted to seek one or two true gods, or true ghosts would also be fine. And he didn't care who that true god or true ghost was, or what position they held.

Gods are nourished by incense to become, and swallow faith to attain the dao.

This honored one proves the dao, and should take true gods as sacrifices!

The purpose of the Tian Ren Fa Xiang was true gods, and his trajectory of action was the “fate” perceived by Frost Moon.

In this Netherworld, only those who had truly received the incense fire of ten thousand families, and could “fix me as true” and were strong ones, had the qualification to be gazed upon by him.

He passed by many places and also saw many traces.

Nai He Bridge, Meng Po Soup, Ox Head Horse Face…

Many scenes from myths, various Yin gods from legends, all did not reach the sight of the Tian Ren Fa Xiang.

His eyes were a net, disdaining to catch fish that were too small.

And at a certain moment, he slightly lifted his gaze -

He saw in an extremely distant place, in this dim and suppressed Netherworld, there was actually a group of light like blazing suns, slowly rising.

The light illuminated the eight directions, illuminating the sky and wilderness.

Among them, the virtual shadow of a strong one existed as if it crowned the world, topping the heavens and standing on the ground, making the eight directions submit. Such dazzling and arrogant power, which could contend with a true blazing sun, was the highest in the god dao, was a “Yang God”, and could be called a “God Monarch”!

All gods must face this monarch.

In an era where god dao was not prosperous, the honored position of “Yang God” was already extremely rare in the present world, with only a few gods publicly conferred by Chu Country. While in the Netherworld, it was an overlord of one side, supreme, like the sun and moon hanging high.

Not to mention the Tian Ren Fa Xiang, even the current Jiang Wang’s true self would have to avoid them.

The Tian Ren Fa Xiang only glanced far away once, and immediately wanted to retract his gaze.

But in the next moment, this “blazing sun” was extinguished on the spot! From a dazzling light source that burned the viewer’s eyes, it turned into a pitch-black gloomy mass, its vitality completely gone and rapidly falling. In the process of falling, the power of the Yang God also dissipated, exploding into surging waves of black qi, like a black tide spreading in the high sky.

The entire Netherworld, however, seemed to be nourished and manifested a kind of lushness.

The Tian Ren Fa Xiang realized that he had personally witnessed the fall of a Yang God!

Even an existence like a Yang God is gone just like that. This Netherworld seems more dangerous than imagined…

The Tian Ren Fa Xiang originally planned to go around that place and take another road, yet he saw a large Wei war flag, raised high in the air. The flag billowed, high in this world, proclaiming its might -

“Great General Wu!”

At the time when Jiang Wang twice proved to be Tian Ren, Wu Xun, who led the army into the Netherworld, was still waging war on this side, while Jiang Wang had already twice struggled free from the deep sea of the heaven dao and was beginning to strive for the heaven constitution sin fruit.

The God Monarchs within the Netherworld were actually being slaughtered by him like pigs and dogs!

This is the Wei Martial Troops supported by the Wei Country… this is Wu Xun?

He knew early on that Wu Xun leading an army into the Netherworld must have a grand plan, but he indeed did not think it was such a large undertaking. Dipping the blood of a God Monarch as ink, what kind of grand essay was about to be written?

Being able to slaughter a God Monarch in the Netherworld, the power of the Wei Martial Troops, what need is there to manifest it in the present world!

The Tian Ren was indifferent, not planning to waste time, and thus directly turned around.

But the tree desires calm, yet the wind does not stop.

When his gaze swept over the Wei flag, he had already been swept by the Wei flag.

“True Man Jiang!” Wu Xun held a bronze long spear, flying down from the high sky with an expressionless face.

His expressionless face was not because he had any opinion of Jiang Wang, but because he had just come out of a killing formation, his blood was still fierce, and his intent was still cold.

That spear, named Gui Sui Shou, had dark green rust on it which was actually a bright red, as if it had been fed blood and was new!

Did Wu Xun slaughter the Yang God in the Netherworld, in part, to nurture this long spear?

Vertically and horizontally, True Sage Pang Min, known as the existence closest to the Soldier Ancestor in history. Further back is the Soldier Immortal Yang Zhen. Great Qi’s military god Jiang Mengxiong, having ranged across the world for many years, vaguely had the momentum to replace the flag, but the two words “Great Qi” in “Great Qi’s military god” temporarily still could not be removed, ultimately lacking a decisive war to prove it.

Could Wu Xun, wielding Pang Min’s soldiers, have the possibility of competing for the first person of the soldier family?

The Tian Ren Fa Xiang’s heart turned over such thoughts. Then he heard Wu Xun say: “How did you come here?”

Either Wu Xun had not received news from the present world, or the transmitting Wei Emperor thought that Jiang Wang’s matter was not important for Wu Xun in the Netherworld.

Regardless of which kind, Jiang Wang had long accepted that this world was not solely for him.

Even if Wei Xuan Che were to die now, he would be recorded in history as a thousand-year-old wise ruler. While the name “Wu Xun” itself is a legend!

“The martial world is turbulent, does General Wu know?” the Tian Ren Fa Xiang asked.

“I have a slight feeling!” Wu Xun said straightforwardly: “I’ve been leading the army to surround and kill this Yang God, with no leisure to look back. I thought with Wang Xiao there, there wouldn’t be a big problem.”

“There’s no big problem. Just a small matter, I’m handling it.” the Tian Ren Fa Xiang said lightly.

Wu Xun was somewhat surprised: “Come to the Netherworld to handle it?”

He, on the contrary, was not surprised that Jiang Wang was handling matters of the martial world. In his view, Jiang Wang completely had such qualifications and ability.

The Tian Ren Fa Xiang said: “Slightly similar to General Wu.”

Wu Xun thoughtfully, then said: “What True Man Jiang saw today, although not some extraordinary secret, will eventually be known by people. But -”

“I won’t tell anyone.” the Tian Ren Fa Xiang said decisively.

“Good.” Wu Xun was also not someone who liked to talk nonsense: “I naturally trust you, True Man Jiang. You have an important matter coming to the Netherworld. Then -”

He looked deeply at the Tian Ren Fa Xiang: “This part is over.”

Perhaps he saw something, and without even waiting for the Tian Ren Fa Xiang to return the courtesy, this national pillar of the Great Wei Empire leaped up, then threw himself into the large flag in the high sky, bringing his personally trained Wei Martial Troops, like a black sun, crossing over the black tide formed by the fall of the Yang God, and went across the world.

The Netherworld is vast and ancient, among which exists Netherworld gods such as the Bai Gu Zun Shen. In this Netherworld, they possess supreme great power.

Although Wu Xun and the Wei Martial Troops are powerful, it is also impossible for them to contend with him.

And him leading the army so ostentatiously in the Netherworld, arbitrarily chasing and killing a Yang God, is it because he has some other reliance behind him, or is it to say that the actions of the Netherworld gods also have limitations?

The Tian Ren Fa Xiang’s heart just lightly turned over these thoughts, then he passed through the battlefield where the Yang God fell, and proceeded on his own.

He does not investigate problems, he does not care about the world.

He just follows the vague heaven fate, constantly moving forward.

With Wu Xun and the Wei Martial Troops drawing great attention there, he could also be more unrestrained. Anyway, whatever he did, it couldn't be bigger than the disturbance caused by slaughtering a Yang God.

Whatever waves there were, they would always have to roll over Wu Xun first, before involving him.

One step, the heaven wind swept; one step, the Frost Moon hung in the sky.

Thousands of miles and ten thousand miles, in one thought.

He threw himself into the Nether Moon, and with the falling moonlight, his figure manifested, stern in its might. And with indifferent eyes, he saw a stretch of pale white palace complex!

Under the Frost Moon, it was increasingly silent and cold.

Listening quietly, there were not even one or two sounds of cold crows.

Looking carefully, every inch of brick, every inch of tile, was all white bones.

Such a stretch of palace complex, the number of corpses consumed, numbered in the billions!

A kind of enlightenment arose in the Tian Ren Fa Xiang’s heart - perhaps this was the old nest of the Bai Gu Zun Shen in the Netherworld. The vague heaven fate of the Frost Moon, gave this kind of guidance.

He walked forward a few steps, and indeed saw a tall memorial archway, with a hanging plaque inscribed with divine patterns as words, and the words read - “White Bone God Palace!”