Realm-Hopping Martial Master

Is there a more terrifying foundation within the Demon Race, aiming not at the Demon Venerable, but even the Demon Lord, or even the... legendary Immortal?

Jiang Shu’s breathing gradually steadied, no matter what.

The foundation of the Eight Great Sects ultimately does not lose to the Demon Race.

As long as the Demon Lord doesn’t take action.

With his foundation and various trump cards, even in battles against some powerful Demon Venerables, he would not be completely defenseless.

Let alone, he can shuttle between the Two Realms at a critical moment, returning to the relatively safe Star Ruins Realm.

Jiang Shu exhaled a breath.

This was his first official action since returning to the Vast Domain, and it had already stirred up a storm.

The death of the Golden Horn Demon Antelope was enough to enrage the Imperial Palace.

And the Heaven-Burning Ancestor, this true giant, would probably have turned his attention here.

"It seems that retreating for quiet cultivation won’t be that easy."

Jiang Shu muttered softly, his voice vanishing in the mountain wind, but only his eyes were sharp as knives.

He had no intention to retreat, only a calmness in facing higher challenges.

The power held in his hand is precisely to face a greater storm.

The Golden Horn Demon Antelope was merely the beginning. If it weren’t for the trump cards given by many Supreme Sect Leaders, he might not have had the opportunity to shuttle between Two Realms when chased by the Heaven-Burning Ancestor across millions of miles.

This face, he would definitely reclaim one day.

He adjusted his breathing and closed his eyes again.

The primordial power in his body surged more orderly, the World Tree Seedling swayed with green light, speeding up the repair of minute damages in his Daoist Body and consolidating the embryonic space.

The Daoist rules comprehension brought by the Qi Swallowing Vientiane Fist and the pure Golden Element Law Fragments stripped from the Demon Venerable’s origin intertwined and floated in his Sea of Consciousness, slowly digesting.

He needed to quickly and thoroughly digest the gains from this battle, then find out about those three extremely dangerous outpost battlefields.

The Chaotic Swamp, Thousand Streams Creek, and Desolate Sand Sea, those were the places truly hiding great conspiracies.

He always felt that Lu Chong meeting danger there was no coincidence.

The special Earth Vein fluctuation in the depths of the Desolate Sand Sea and the faint, heart-palpitating grand Array Dao Will he sensed from the deeper Demon Domain when devouring the Golden Horn Demon Antelope might have a mysterious link, but this was just Jiang Shu’s conjecture.

...

The last trace of demon energy above Split Stone City was completely dispersed by the soaring blood mist and the war cries of the Human Race.

Without the City Defense Array and no Demon Venerable stationed, this once rock-solid Demon Race stronghold declared its fall after resisting for less than two hours under the furious flood of the Human Race Alliance Army.

The resisting Transformed Demons and Demon Monarchs were entirely slaughtered, while the Low Rank Demon Soldiers were either annihilated or captured amidst desperate wailing.

Amidst the mess of ruins, Human cultivators began orderly cleaning the battlefield, gathering the bodies of comrades, counting the spoils, repairing destroyed city defenses, and establishing a stable Human Race stronghold.

Every piece of blood-stained black rock was now inscribed with a milestone of the Human Race’s counterattack.

The stalwart armored man guarding this place, known as the "Panshi Daoist Monarch," Hong Yue, was directing his soldiers to take over the relatively intact altar area of the city.

Several of his trusted True Monarchs led formation-adept cultivators to inspect the core area of the City Lord Mansion, now ruins, where the remains of the Golden Horn Demon Antelope lay.

The annihilative aura lingering there was unsettling, but what concerned Hong Yue more were the several strands of indelible, special demon patterns that seemed in faint resonance with the entire sand sea’s earth veins.

"Daoist Monarch."

A Nirvana Realm cultivator, skilled in sensing, stepped forward to report with a solemn expression.

"These residual traces have a six or seven similarity to the recorded Imperial Palace core sealing formation patterns, but are mixed with extremely bizarre vitality and chaotic meaning, it is quite strange."

"I am somewhat unable to deduce, so I must request you to observe it."

Hong Yue’s thick brows knitted tightly, the presence of a core member like the Golden Horn Demon Antelope personally stationed here was certainly unusual.

The three perilous places pointed out by the Purple Extreme Daoist Venerable, the Desolate Sand Sea here was already revealing the tip of the iceberg.

"In that case, I will go and have a look myself."

With that, Hong Yue stood up.

After taking two steps, he turned back and said, "Please inform the Taixuan Daoist Venerable to come here once."

At the same time, a streak of streaming light pierced through space with a piercing whistle, directly inserting into the newly established temporary command center of the Human Race within the Demon Race territory.

It was an urgent war report!

The Supreme Sect Leader of the Dan Fu Sect immediately grasped the trembling, secret technique-sealed, crimson Jade Talisman.

The divine sense probed in, finding only two concise yet weighty pieces of information:

"Split Stone City has fallen, the Golden Horn Demon Antelope has perished!"

"The one who took action was the Taixuan Daoist Venerable, Jiang Shu!"

The message was signed with the Battle Supervision Daoist Monarch’s runic mark from the accompanying battle record.

Following that was a supplementary determination from the rear command center.

"The Taixuan Daoist Venerable appeared in Split Stone, killed two early stage Demon Venerables and one middle stage Demon Venerable, his combat power is terrifying."

"He has proven the Mixed Cave Realm, the Demon Race Imperial Palace is shaken, they will definitely send strong individuals to intercept, please decide!"

Though the two pieces of intelligence were brief, they were like two thundering claps in the command center, exploding within.

The Supreme Sect Leader of the Dan Fu Sect tightly held the Jade Talisman, nearly crushing it. His face, with the semblance of a child with crane-white hair, first clearly showed disbelief, followed by ecstatic exhilaration.

"Jiang Taixuan has truly succeeded!"

"The Mixed Cave Realm... He even killed the Golden Horn Demon Antelope with a single punch?!"

At these words, even the great powers beside him were equally dumbfounded and speechless.

A few years ago, he was merely a dazzlingly talented Daoist Monarch disciple, now he could cut down a middle stage Demon Venerable as if it were grass?

This went beyond all their perceptions of a genius.

"The Supreme Mysterious Daoist Venerable!"

"It’s Brother Jiang! He’s back!"

"Quickly, transmit this victory report to the True Martial Sect, to the alliance army!"

"Let the entire Vast Domain know, our Human Race’s Supreme Mysterious Daoist Venerable has ascended to the Daoist Venerable position!"

There was no need for him to say more, almost simultaneously, through the special military communication array network, these two messages spread like wildfire, quickly igniting the long and tense Human Race battle lines.

The Human Race was uplifted, the Demon Race enraged

True Martial Sect, Lin Yuan City True Martial encampment.

The brightly lit main command tent was even more solemn than in the past few days.

The worry between the brows of the Purple Extreme Daoist Venerable almost solidified into something tangible, and on the spread-out map, the three marks representing the perilous places, in dark green, azure, and tawny, were as glaring as sores.

The Supreme Sect Leader sat on the main seat, fingers unconsciously tapping on the armrest of his chair, producing a dull sound.

"Lu Chong’s Blood Danger Talisman has shown no movement for over seven days now."

His voice was low, with a hint of an undetectable fatigue.

Just then, a golden talisman, brighter than all previous message talismans, shone with the glory of victory and mighty Dragon Might, bypassed all restrictions and shot into the tent like a meteor, stopping steadily before the Purple Extreme Daoist Venerable.

The silence was absolute in the tent, as everyone’s attention was drawn to this peculiar talisman.

The Purple Extreme Daoist Venerable raised his hand, lightly touching the talisman with his fingertips, and immense information flooded his mind.

Split Stone City had fallen, a Demon Venerable perished, the one who acted was Jiang Taixuan!

When that familiar name and the staggering battle achievements vividly emerged, the entire body of the Purple Extreme Daoist Venerable stiffened sharply, and then his steady figure, like a mountain, began to tremble slightly uncontrollably.

A trace of a smile, like a spring breeze melting ice, slowly blossomed from his deep eyes, swiftly spreading across his entire face.

That smile grew bigger and bigger, more and more radiant, finally turning into a loud, clear laugh filled with endless relief and pride!

"Good, good indeed!"

This laughter, seemingly containing the power to pierce through mist, instantly dispelled the gloom that had hung over everyone’s hearts for days.

The Supreme Sect Leader also stood up suddenly, his gaze intense.

"He’s back?!"

"And he killed the Golden Horn Demon Antelope? Really stepped into that realm?!"

"Absolutely!"

The Purple Extreme Daoist Venerable clapped his hands in laughter, all fatigue swept away, replaced by exuberance.

"My disciple Taixuan has reached the Daoist Venerable status, slaying demons with a punch!"

Though the words were few, the information was explosive enough to render the entire True Martial Sect camp silent, then erupting into a sea-like cheer!