Realm-Hopping Martial Master

That once invincible Golden Horn Ancestor... is he just gone like that?

Vanished with just one punch from that person, without even a decent commotion?

This feeling is more absurd, more terrifying by a thousandfold than seeing a protective barrier collapse instantly. The immense cognitive shock left their minds blank.

"Gol...Golden Horn Ancestor..."

A demon race lieutenant barely reaching the threshold of transformation muttered in a daze, his legs trembling uncontrollably, finally collapsing to the ground with a "thud," as a foul stench spread from him.

This slight sound seemed to ignite the fuse of fear.

"The Ancestor... is dead!!"

"It’s him!"

"That fiend! He’s back again!!"

An old demon who had once seen his figure during Jiang Shu’s havoc in the demon race’s inner domain and had escaped by luck now finally recognized the silhouette in the cyan Daoist robe.

Horrific memories flooded his mind like a tide, shattering his last bit of sanity.

"It’s Jiang Shu of the human clan, that monster, he’s back!"

"Run! Run quickly!"

Sharp, piercing screams filled with despair completely tore through the demon race’s defenses.

In the face of Jiang Shu’s "notorious" reputation, the previously maintained discipline crumbled in an instant.

Demon soldiers and generals no longer cared about the city defenses or any orders, rushing into the city like ants from a broken nest, seeking a sliver of safety or simply fleeing in all directions.

Trampling, shoving, desperate curses, cries for parents mixed into one, the entire city head of Split Stone City was in chaos.

They recognized Jiang Shu, the genius who once stirred up bloodshed in the demon domain, who even the Heaven-Burning Ancestor couldn’t catch up to, had grown to the point of killing the Golden Horn Ancestor with one punch!

Fear spread like a plague.

Underneath, at the human clan’s allied army camp, after a similarly brief deathly silence, an entirely opposite kind of silence emerged.

Everyone, whether ordinary cultivators in formation, technicians controlling war magical artifacts, or battle-hardened veterans used to life and death, forgot to breathe, forgot to blink.

Their eyes were fixed on that figure still suspended in mid-air, on the gradually dissipating space ripples and the remaining wisps of black aura, as if they wanted to engrave this incomprehensible scene deep in their souls.

Lu Chong slowly, deeply inhaled, the turbulent waves in his chest finally breaking through the blockage of his throat, transforming into a shout suppressed with endless excitement and joy:

"Supreme Mysterious Daoist Venerable mighty!"

This voice was not loud, yet it cracked like thunder over the dazed crowd.

BOOOM!

The human clan’s camp, oppressed to the extreme, was completely ignited by Lu Chong’s shout!

"The Golden Horn Demon Antelope is dead!"

The first messenger to react yelled hoarsely, his voice tinged with sobs, and more with pouring joy.

"It’s really him, the Supreme Mysterious Daoist Venerable of the True Martial Sect, I once heard him preach, didn’t expect that in just one short year unseen, he has already achieved the position of Daoist Venerable!"

A young cultivator from the Puppet Sect, his face flushed with excitement, boasted to his companions beside him.

It’s well known that before Jiang Shu rose to prominence, he once came to the Puppet Sect.

He got along well with the true inheritors of the Puppet Sect.

In the great war, the Puppet Sect was also closest to the True Martial Sect.

Jiang Shu’s promotion to Daoist Venerable holds extreme significance for the Puppet Sect.

It represents that the True Martial Sect truly has the possibility of advancing further.

"The Supreme Mysterious Daoist Venerable is back!"

"Terrifying, this speed of cultivation is simply unprecedented in history. In just a few years, never has a cultivator been able to easily cultivate to the Mixed Cave Realm like this!"

"What’s even more terrifying is that even after reaching the Mixed Cave Realm, from the scenes of battle, the battle power of the Supreme Mysterious Daoist Venerable is evidently leading among all the Demon Venerables. Perhaps among the Daoist Venerables in the Cang Mang Domain, the Supreme Mysterious Daoist Venerable is not a weakling at all!"

"So strong! To be able to slay a Middle Stage Demon Venerable with one punch! It’s just like dreaming!"

"No, even in a dream, I wouldn’t dare dream this. Previously, three Daoist Venerables only managed to achieve a stalemate on the battlefield. Who would have thought that the Supreme Mysterious Daoist Venerable, with his strength alone, would defeat three Demon Venerables!"

At another position, a disciple of the True Martial Sect excitedly waved a battle flag, almost breaking it in half.

"Supreme Mysterious Daoist Venerable mighty!"

"The human clan mighty!"

Deafening cheers, shouts, and the clattering of weapons striking shields surged like a flood, engulfing the entire battlefield in an instant.

Every human warrior had a face filled with the euphoria of surviving a catastrophe.

They recognized Jiang Shu’s identity, the unrivaled genius of a generation who almost single-handedly dragged down the entire demon race, he had returned!

And in such a shocking fashion.

This was not just a victory, but the highest boost to the human clan’s morale.

The lingering malaise caused by the unusual battle situation and Lu Chong’s peril was completely swept away, every person felt their blood boiling, strength reawakening!

The curtain of the command tent was pulled open, an Elder Changxu looked at Jiang Shu standing in mid-air, unable to suppress the smile on his face.

"Hearing a hundred times is not as good as seeing once, Jiang Taixuan truly deserves the title of the first of the younger generation."

"No, now speaking, the Supreme Mysterious Daoist Venerable has already far surpassed the younger generation."

This Elder Changxu wasn’t originally from the Eight Great Sects but was a Loose Cultivator who climbed up step by step with unbelievable military exploits during the great war, eventually joining the True Martial Sect and becoming an elder.

Previously, he had only heard of Jiang Shu’s name, today was the first time he saw him.

"It’s hard to imagine where the end for the Supreme Mysterious Daoist Venerable lies."

The beautiful elder from the Creation Sect also emerged, looking at Jiang Shu with a sigh.

A burly man lightly coughed twice and said: "Just don’t know if the Supreme Mysterious Daoist Venerable can take that step."

That step...

The beautiful woman was also surprised upon hearing these three words, then shook her head and said, "I don’t know either."

They were all in the Vientiane Realm, naturally more aware of the secrets of the realms than ordinary disciples.

Currently, in the Cang Mang Domain, although the Returning to Void Realm is above the Mixed Cave Realm.

But in this realm, the self becomes part of heaven and earth.

The Demon Lords of the demon race.

The Returning Void Realm Dao Masters among the Eight Great Sects.

All are almost in seclusion, trying to blaze a new trail.

For them, how the domain changes doesn’t matter.

What’s important is how to transcend!

As long as they transcend, even if the world is destroyed, so what, they themselves can be immortal!

"Whether that step exists in this world is still an unknown."

"Becoming immortal..."

Elder Changxu nodded upon hearing this, looking at the distant city, ultimately feeling a bit silent.

For them, ascending to the Mixed Cave Realm Daoist Venerable is a supremely difficult task.

Let alone achieving higher realms than the Mixed Cave Realm or even the Returning to Void Realm.

They also knew that the reason this great war has been so deadlocked is, in the end, due to the highest battle powers of both the human and demon races not taking action.

Clearly, becoming immortal is more important than uniting the domain.

This shows the allure of becoming an immortal transcendent!

When the world decays, I remain undying.

When sun and moon perish, I endure eternally.

This is true power.

In the void.

Jiang Shu remained oblivious to the mountain-shaking cheers below and the panicked chaos on the city walls.

He slowly retracted his fist, hovering in the air, as if he had just done something trivial.

But on closer inspection, the cyan Daoist robe on him, at the edge where the annihilation forces clashed just now, had several spots grazed by the power of annihilation, becoming dimmer, even revealing faint web-like fine damage lines.

That was the remnant force of the Golden Horn Demon Antelope’s desperate strike, proving the strength of this Middle Stage Demon Venerable was not just for show.

What was more unknown was that the world Jiang Shu had opened up inside him was also on the verge of destruction.

Yet, amidst this destruction, the World Tree was lush green, an endless life force radiating from it.

It was as if a doomsday stage had entered his inner world.

Recovering at an extremely slow pace.

This battle appeared calm and easy, but in reality, at this moment, if he were to face another Demon Venerable, he would certainly be at a disadvantage.

But...

At this time, in this place, no Demon Venerable remained!