Chapter 435 - 406: Half a Year
First, Demon Venerable Xuan Yin emerged, killing two newly ascended Mahayana stage cultivators, then massacring all under the heavens, slaying billions of beings.
Immediately following.
Pure Yang Sword Immortal Lv Chunyang, who had emerged three thousand years ago, fought Demon Venerable Xuan Yin to mutual injury.
Afterward, Yuan Shendao, the sixth-generation Sect Master of the Yin Yang Demon Sect, appeared, forcing Demon Venerable Xuan Yin to flee in defeat.
One piece of news after another spread, shaking the entire Taiyuan Realm profoundly.
It was only at this moment.
Others suddenly realized that the depths of the cultivation world were far greater than they had imagined.
In the past.
They assumed the Mahayana was extinct, and the strongest in the world were those in the Tribulation Stage.
But now.
These people discovered that everything they thought was overly simplistic.
On the surface, the cultivation world revered the Tribulation Stage, but in reality, there were many reincarnation Mahayana-level old monsters hidden within the world.
These old monsters ordinarily displayed no clues, but when they truly erupted, it was enough to shock the world.
As it turned out.
There were so many top-tier powerhouses hidden under the heavens.
Any one of them appearing could suppress all under the heavens.
One might have thought Demon Venerable Xuan Yin was invincible, only to find that he was just like that.
When the news came.
The Immortal King Sect, which was preparing to relocate from the Taiyuan Realm, was stunned into stillness.
Shangxu Zhenren smiled bitterly: "In the end, this poor Taoist was short-sighted!"
Initially, with Master Gu Ming’s ascension to the Mahayana, the Immortal King Sect would be able to suppress the world and become the leader of the Righteous Dao.
But.
He found that all the situations were much simpler than he had anticipated.
These reincarnation Mahayanas, any one of them, was more powerful than Master Gu Ming.
Even Demon Venerable Xuan Yin, who killed Master Gu Ming, could not do anything against them.
Currently.
Master Gu Ming has fallen.
The Immortal King Sect no longer has any Tribulation Stage or higher powerhouses in residence.
Next.
If no new Tribulation Stage arises, the decline of the Immortal King Sect is an inevitable course.
"Alas!"
Thinking of this, Shangxu Zhenren sighed deeply again.
If they had known that the cultivation world’s depths were so profound earlier, the Immortal King Sect certainly wouldn’t have been the leader of the charge, having a newly ascended Mahayana overseeing the sect, not to mention making the Immortal King Sect the leader of the Righteous Dao, would surely not have been a problem for the sect to flourish.
Unfortunately.
It’s too late for everything.
Now, with powerhouses emerging from various sides, and with Demon Venerable Xuan Yin causing chaos under the heavens, who knows how things will unfold later.
However.
Among all the bad news, there was also a piece of good news.
That is, Demon Venerable Xuan Yin is being suppressed, at least there’s no threat to the Immortal King Sect.
What Shangxu Zhenren must do now is quickly let the sect produce another Tribulation Stage powerhouse; only in this way can the sect’s current position be stabilized.
...
While the Taiyuan Realm was being shaken, the powerhouses of the Cyan Yang Divine Court, who were always paying attention to the Taiyuan Realm, were also startled.
They always thought that the Taiyuan Realm was just that simple.
Until now.
It suddenly dawned upon these people.
The depth of the Taiyuan Realm.
Is much more profound than they imagined.
Now that multiple reincarnation Mahayana have emerged, the high-levels of the Cyan Yang Divine Court are filled with a strong sense of crisis, and all the previous forces in the Taiyuan Realm have been completely withdrawn back to the Cyan Yang Realm.
In an instant.
The two worlds exchanged roles of offense and defense.
This is also something that cannot be helped.
After all, there are too many top-tier powerhouses in the Taiyuan Realm, and as for the Cyan Yang Divine Court, the truly formidable powerhouses are extremely limited.
In such circumstances.
The only thing they can do is primarily to play defense.
But even with this, many people are still worried about whether the Taiyuan Realm will counterattack.
However.
The worry of the multitude does not mean Gu Qingyang is also worried.
The appearance of the Pure Yang Sword Immortal and Yuan Shendao was essentially within Gu Qingyang’s expectations.
After all, since there is a Nine Tribulations Reincarnation method in the Taiyuan Realm, it’s completely reasonable for there to be hidden reincarnation Mahayana.
If anything surpassed Gu Qingyang’s expectations, it was probably the power of Demon Venerable Xuan Yin.
"A twelfth-tier powerhouse fleeing in defeat from a group of ninth-tiers—the strength of Demon Venerable Xuan Yin is not as formidable as I imagined. It seems that countless eons of sealing have severely sapped this one’s power.
Otherwise, with the might of a twelfth-tier powerhouse, crushing ninth-tiers, even seriously injured, wouldn’t be too troublesome!"
Gu Qingyang’s expression remained unchanged.
The fact that Demon Venerable Xuan Yin could crush the Blood Transformation Ancestor and then kill Master Gu Ming indicated that his strength was not weak.
Nonetheless.
The fact that he was beaten back-to-back by the Pure Yang Sword Immortal and Yuan Shendao suggests he is not truly invincible.
Indeed.
Gu Qingyang suspected that he hadn’t even stepped into the Quasi-Immortal realm.
If he truly had Quasi-Immortal battle power, slaying the so-called Pure Yang Sword Immortal and Yuan Shendao shouldn’t be an issue.
After all, according to Gu Qingyang’s calculations, the Nine Tribulations Reincarnation method, under normal circumstances, should lead one into the Quasi-Immortal realm if fully perfected, rather than true Ascension to Immortality.
In this regard.
The threat posed by Demon Venerable Xuan Yin is much less.
"If we could capture Demon Venerable Xuan Yin, perhaps we could uncover some secrets from him, but alas, his whereabouts are elusive, and being a twelfth-tier powerhouse, who knows what trump cards he has.
To truly capture him is no small feat—"
Gu Qingyang murmured softly before setting this thought aside.
The Cyan Yang Divine Court is facing numerous issues now, and he couldn’t focus solely on Demon Venerable Xuan Yin.
As news from the Cyan Yang Divine Court spread, many cultivators entering the starry sky faced persecution from the Divine Eye Empire; some perished at their hands, while others were in hiding, facing grim circumstances.
What’s more.
Some starry sky races that had faith in Gu Qingyang were noticed by the Divine Eye Empire and thus destroyed.
In such situations, Gu Qingyang was naturally furious.
However.
The Divine Eye Empire’s power is formidable, plus he is currently in the Cyan Yang Realm, so the forces he could actually deploy are limited, and he could only let the Divine Eye Empire run rampant.
Furthermore.
Gu Qingyang had already dispatched cultivators to closely monitor the movements of the Divine Eye Empire’s army. By estimation, the army would arrive in at most half a year.
Half a year.
To others, it’s merely a blink of an eye.
But to Gu Qingyang, half a year is enough to change many things.
Moreover.
The Cyan Yang Divine Court has already produced a ninth-tier Great Emperor.
Even if the army of the Divine Eye Empire arrives, with a ninth-tier Great Emperor at hand, standing firm is not without possibility.
No matter how things unfold.
The showdown between the Cyan Yang Divine Court and the Divine Eye Empire is inevitable, with either the former being annihilated or the latter, with no third possibility.
That’s the nature of cosmic warfare itself.
Gu Qingyang glanced at his attribute panel, seeing that the Faith Divine Power was growing with each passing moment, indicating that reaching the ninth-tier Divine Kingdom wasn’t too far off.