Infinite Professions

Outside Hidden Sword Mountain, the cultivators watched indifferently, observing the tribulations of the Celestial Demon.

Inside Hidden Sword Mountain, lightning and thunder were at the final juncture.

"Boom!"

The Great Sun Celestial Thunder descended in tandem, reaching the count of ninety-nine.

"Roar!!!"

The voices of ten thousand Celestial Demons roared, urging the Heaven-Devouring Technique, swallowing the twenty-seven strikes of Celestial Thunder into their stomach.

As the thunder entered the stomach, it turned into True Flame, the Supreme Yang and Firm Great Sun True Flame, a weapon for Demon Refining. It is said that the Mystic Sect holds the "Supreme Demon Refining Sword Manual," which specifically refines this flame to counter evil demons, making it the nemesis of the Demon Dao.

But now, inside the stomach of this Celestial Demon, even the Demon Refining True Flame could not exert its power. Not only was it unable to refine the Celestial Demon Dharma Aspect, but it was also consumed by its demonic skills, merging Yin and Yang, blending water and fire.

"This Heaven-Devouring Demon Skill..."

"It’s truly formidable!"

"It’s not the Heaven-Devouring Demon Skill that’s formidable; it’s this Celestial Slaughter Demon that’s formidable."

"This young man is acclaimed as the foremost of the contemporary Demon Dao, indeed a heavenly prodigy. He actually simulates the Heaven-Devouring Demon Skill with the Ten Thousand Dao Forest, then uses the Heavenly Demon Great Method to dissolve the absorbed power, and finally utilizes the Great Sun Celestial Thunder Tribulation to refine himself, discarding the dross and taking the essence!"

"The greatest flaw of the Heaven-Devouring Demon Skill is that the cultivation and magical power it accumulates are too mixed, even posing risks of chaos for the Demon Dao. This demon reformed it into the Ten Thousand Dao Demonic Skills, one technique transforming into myriad techniques, myriad techniques into one, combining with the power of the Celestial Tribulation to eliminate this flaw."

"This Great Sun Celestial Thunder Tribulation is so fierce, it seems he deliberately set it up to accumulate karmic sins, strengthening the tribulation, to use the power of the Celestial Tribulation to forge an unparalleled demon skill."

"If this continues, if he doesn’t extinguish, won’t he aspire to become a True Demon in the future?"

Although the righteous and evil are irreconcilable, the Mystic Sect’s cultivators couldn’t help but exclaim in admiration at Celestial Slaughter’s methods.

On the Golden Ship of Calamity, Mei Daoist felt even more apprehensive.

Previously trapped in the Profound Void Secret Realm, he wanted to engage in a "cultivation competition" with the other party, even at the cost of his own path and future, wanting to break through the Primordial Spirit before the other.

However, he still underestimated the Primordial Spirit Celestial Gate and his own potential. Decades of hard cultivation could not take him that step forward, and in the end, he could only risk his life with his Nascent Soul body.

Now it seems, even if he and Celestial Slaughter Demon Monarch both transformed into Divinity Transformation, fighting against him would probably not stand a chance.

Thinking of this, he could not help but perform divination techniques again, using "Meihua Divination" to deduce the Celestial Secret.

"If there are no variables, this demon is destined to be the celestial adversary, requiring the Five Swords united by Three Heroes and Two Talents to slay him, thereby establishing the grand situation of the world, dividing the celestial destiny, initiating the Primordial Spirit War of the Taiyuan Realm, and igniting the ultimate righteous and evil tribulation."

"But now..."

Meihua Divination and Eight Trigrams deduction were in chaos, causing Mei Daoist to frown, his side glance constantly sweeping towards Zhong Yuxiu beside Shen Hex, and Gux Shenxiu behind him, puzzled and filled with uncertainty.

What went wrong?

"Roar!!!"

Just as Mei Daoist pondered this, another roar resounded in all directions, as the ten thousand Celestial Demons finally swallowed the Great Sun Celestial Thunder, extinguishing all the Demon Refining True Flame within their stomach. In its place was a beam of golden light, combining with innate Primordial Yang and Celestial Demon Primordial Yin.

"Boom!"

Eventually, the dark clouds dispersed, and the tribulation dissipated.

The Celestial Demon Dharma Aspect, towering over a thousand feet high, heaven-reaching and earth-shattering, condensed layer by layer, suddenly becoming human-sized, standing between heaven and earth, transforming into a young man with hair as white as snow, a dot of cinnabar on his forehead, extraordinarily handsome like a demon, exuding immense evil aura, who else but Celestial Slaughter?

"My Dao is accomplished!"

Celestial Slaughter smiled, his gaze shot out of the mountain, sweeping over the Mystic Sect’s cultivators, finally landing on Shen Hex: "It’s a great honor to have everyone here to witness, I must return the favor by inviting you all to cultivate the Dao together."

"Demon!"

The light-hearted talk carried a chilling intent, causing the cultivators to be both shocked and angry, yet helpless, turning their gaze towards Shen Hex.

Shen Hex stood with hands behind his back at the mountain’s peak, about to respond.

Then suddenly...

"Boom!"

The sky darkened abruptly, the wind and clouds changed suddenly.

A meteor, burning with karmic fire, descended from the nine heavens, directly towards Hidden Sword Mountain.

"Hmm!?"

Celestial Slaughter Demon Monarch’s eyes narrowed, immediately activating his Demon Yuan, raising his right palm awe-inspiringly to meet the meteor of karmic fire.

"Boom!"

Instantly, a loud explosion caused the heavens and earth to tremble, and amidst the chaotic wind and clouds, Celestial Slaughter Demon Monarch’s body was shaken and retreated, and the karmic fire meteor transformed into a dark light flipping back. Both sides fell, landing on a mountain peak.

"Boom!"

Instantly, the earth shook, rocks rolled down, the twin peaks suffered immense force, bursting into countless cracks.

"This...!?"

The cultivators’ eyes narrowed as they stared intently, seeing two figures standing on each mountain peak.

One side needs no explanation, it’s Celestial Slaughter Demon Monarch.

And the other side, with a majestic presence, as deep as an abyss and as lofty as a mountain, holding a demon saber, imposing over all directions.

It is...

"Three Calamities Blade Demon?"

"Martial Madman!"

Among the Mystic Sect’s cultivators, someone exclaimed.

"Martial Madman?"

"Who is he?"

Mei Daoist frowned, Gux Shenxiu looked puzzled, the South Sea Earth Nuns and Old Turtle Fisherman exchanged looks.

They didn’t know this person’s background.

Others did, though, a few Mystic Sect Nascent Souls not on the Golden Ship of Calamity watched in astonishment.

"Wasn’t he in the South Sea? How did he return inland?"

"Could he also be here for the Two Talents of Celestial Destiny?"

"No, he’s also a Demon Cultivator, why strike at Celestial Slaughter?"

"Could it be..."

Several people watched in bewilderment, full of confusion.

They had been inland before but weren’t trapped in the Profound Void Secret Realm, so they were quite informed about overseas matters.

Hence, they knew this person’s background well.

Three Calamities Blade Demon—Martial Madman!

This person first appeared inland, practicing the ancient karmic fire Three Calamities Method, slaughtering extensively inland to refine the Demon Saber. Eventually, it forced the Demon Dao, led by Celestial Slaughter Demon Monarch, to pull up stakes and clear the fields, gathering all the inland Demon Cultivators at Hidden Sword Mountain.

He then turned to the South Sea, continuing his rampant slaughtering to sacrifice blades, making the name "Three Calamities Blade Demon" resonate across the South Sea. Months ago, he defied heaven at Panwang Island, breaking the utmost number of nine-nine, creating a supreme demon skill, shaking the world, making both the Righteous and Evil Dao wary.

Now, instead of resolving grievances in the South Sea and continuing to refine the Three Calamities Demon Saber, he returned inland and confronted the Divinity Transformation-crossing Celestial Slaughter Demon Monarch.

This...

"Although he is a Demon Cultivator, he previously rampantly slaughtered inland, causing dissatisfaction among Celestial Slaughter and other demons, leading to conflicts. In the end, they cut off his path of sacrificial blades, forcing him to the South Sea."

"So, there is some grievance between them?"

"Is he returning inland this time to settle scores with Celestial Slaughter?"

"Settling scores is secondary; he probably also intends to use him for blade sacrifice!"

"Although he is called the Three Calamities Blade Demon, it seems he’s not of orthodox Demon Dao descent, acts recklessly without regard for the Celestial Demon Palace and the Three Fierce of the West Sea’s face, and now even stands against Celestial Slaughter, forming a situation of internal Demon Dao conflict."

"An Immortal and Demon battle turns into a duel of two demons?"

The cultivators’ gazes flickered, sweeping between the three peaks, even more astonished and uncertain.