Remould the Glory of Sword Art

Venerable Yuan Huo raised his head, his expression solemn.

This grand banquet should be considered the most magnificent and grandiose gathering with the highest number of Yang Gods since the end of the "Battle of Poison" nearly 60 years ago.

Divine radiance and rainbow light appeared at the Heavenly Peak.

Qilin Miaofa True Monarch, Wu Jiu, Heavenly Phoenix, Five-Colored Ridge Peacock Great Venerable, Master Ni Yu, Silver Moon Great Venerable...

These heavyweight guests made their entrance first.

Ranked according to their standings in cultivation practices.

Qilin Miaofa True Monarch ranked first, alongside Peacock Great Venerable, almost indistinguishable in precedence, position, or status. Both belonged to the "Nine Venerables" and shared the Late Stage Yang God Realm, showing no obvious differences. Qilin Miaofa True Monarch had long resided in seclusion at North Swamp, uninterested in mundane conflicts; otherwise, with his strength, establishing a Holy Land in the Demon Country would have posed no difficulties.

Following closely were Wu Jiu and Silver Moon.

Though Heavenly Phoenix Palace held an exalted status.

Wu Jiu, after all, was too young, and his experience and seniority were lacking.

Silver Moon was similar, despite being the Lord of a Holy Land, was in truth a "puppet," far from being qualified to contend with Peacock and Qilin Miaofa True Monarch, nor fit to stand as equals with them.

These guests were already quite remarkable.

It must be said.

Although the Demon Country had impoverished primordial energy, it could indeed be called "thriving in martial fortunes," perhaps only in such barren and desolate soil could a substantial number of top-tier "strong persons" emerge. In this land where the weak fall prey to the strong, there is only one way to survive... and that is to become strong!

In the Da Chu Dynasty.

An ancient Holy Land, a big family often only had one or two Yang God strong persons.

Even the Taoist sect, Da Sui Sword Palace, such millennia-old great sects.

Without a burst of Qi Fortune during prosperous years, it only possessed three to four Yang Gods.

Of course...

Comparing a single Holy Land in the Demon Country with Da Sui Sword Palace isn’t truly fair. The northern Demon Domain is vast, having a much larger overall territory compared to the Human Race, and a single Demon Country Sacred Land at least hundreds or thousands of times larger than Da Sui Sword Palace... Although the latter had abundant primordial energy, the Great Demons had bloodline inheritance and also had naturally longer lifespans, giving them a richer foundation after Harmonization to squander.

The Holy Emperor lived for three hundred years, which was already quite long, but the difficulty of achieving such a lifespan was much less compared to a Zen Master’s!

"Truly astonishing."

Xie Xuanyi looked on at the scene, calmly opened his mouth, and issued a praise.

Venerable Yuan Huo merely thought this Junior Brother Lu was admiring the charisma and vigor of these Great Divine Ability Users.

But he did not know.

Xie Xuanyi was pondering.

If the Demon Country truly "worked in concert."

So many Great Venerables joined forces to march south...

How could the Great Chu resist now?

The southern war years ago should have yielded better results for Demon Country. Unfortunately, when [Mo Zhen] died, the Nine Venerables Alliance immediately disintegrated, and the Demon Country regurgitated the half piece of North State it had already swallowed.

Currently.

Even though Xie Xuanyi had achieved Harmonization.

Altering this grand development by his own efforts was nearly impossible.

Once the Demon Country marches south.

Great Chu would need to unite with the Da Li Dynasty to resist.

After these guests made their appearance.

The Great Divine Ability Users from Great Ape Mountain also took the stage one after another.

Venerable Nether Sea, Ling Chenzi, Mountain Shifting Venerable, Venerable Sea Overturning.

The aura and presence of these four Great Divine Ability Users were not weaker than the prior guests. Great Ape Mountain truly deserved to be one of the Demon Country’s strongest Holy Lands.

And this was still with Primordial Saint yet to appear... The Mountain Guardian Great Ape, due to his soul oath, could not leave his post even on the day of the grand banquet; he had to continuously guard the Great Ape Mountain’s Third Realm mountain gate.

After these four individuals.

Xie Xuanyi saw a familiar figure.

Sea Surfing King Chu Lin!

Chu Lin was shrouded in a layer of blood mist; after the Sun Eater Venerable incident, he quietly left the Great Marsh and joined Great Ape Mountain... Under Ling Chenzi’s protection, the upheaval surrounding this matter had been suppressed. Over at Erosion Sun Swamp, no one suspected Chu Lin.

The Great Palace Master personally used the [Star Gate] to investigate this battle.

Chu Lin did not leave any traces.

To Silver Moon Great Venerable... He wished that this troublesome Human Race Great Divine Power User would walk as far away as possible, as long as Erosion Sun Swamp only had himself as the sole Yang God Realm, the Great Palace Master would not consider selecting another candidate to take charge of the Holy Land.

Their eyes met subtly for less than an instant before swiftly parting.

Chu Lin’s expression was very heavy.

"Any intelligence?"

Cui Zhen’s keen senses detected something.

He lowered his voice, asking via inquiry.

Sea Surfing King was indeed a considerably crucial segment of this grand banquet.

This was an unused Dark Child.

"The banquet venue is enveloped by a talisman formation."

Xie Xuanyi calmly remarked, "Chu Lin cannot transmit messages."

Even though there was only a silent gaze exchange.

But Xie Xuanyi was already clear in his heart.

These past few days.

Chu Lin had not used the Ruyi Order, and it was certainly not unwillingness... probably, he was unable to use it. When he left the Erosion Sun Swamp, Chu Lin went straight to Ling Chenzi, wanting to leverage the "traitor" identity to betray completely and directly join the Great Saint Mountain.

He succeeded.

Ling Chenzi intervened, giving him a seat in the Third Realm.

But this did not mean Ling Chenzi completely trusted him.

After joining the Great Saint Mountain, Chu Lin had to be even more cautious in his actions, without a single mistake.

"In a situation like this, does it require a talisman formation to set restrictions?"

Cui Zhen frowned: "Could it be suspicion has arisen?"

"It’s possible."

Xie Xuanyi said: "If there were really irrefutable evidence, Ling Chenzi would have acted long ago."

This Taoist traitor, the Great True Master, is definitely not a good person!

Years ago, Ling Chenzi gathered half of the primordial energy of Tianyuan Mountain, intending to ambush Xiao Yaozi...

This secret was suppressed by the Taoists, with few knowing about it.

Deng Baiyi took charge of the Heavenly Origin Secret Realm and, mastering the Taoist formations, learned of this story.

Deng Baiyi knew.

Naturally, Xie Xuanyi knew as well.

A man who could ruthlessly target a senior brother of many years.

For a "friend" who switched sides halfway, he certainly wouldn’t show any mercy.

"With Chu Lin following Ling Chenzi, appearing here in the Nether Sea... it should imply a clear alignment."

Xie Xuanyi observed the distance.

The Nether Sea Venerable took his seat.

Ling Chenzi followed closely behind.

The Mountain Shifting and Sea Overturning, the two Venerables, were the hosts of this birthday banquet, and their stance had been clear for some time.

This birthday banquet was the power struggle for the supreme throne of Great Ape Mountain. With the Nether Sea appearing with four Venerables, in a sense... it already equaled declaring victory.

After the Holy Emperor’s dharma aspect appeared the previous night.

A large number of disciples went to Yunxiao Mountain to visit the Saint Prince.

This was supposed to be a "good news."

But unfortunately... these people, even combined, were no match for one Venerable.

"Ling Chenzi sided with the Nether Sea."

Ao Ying frowned and said: "What is this old fox up to... wasn’t it agreed not to take sides?"

A while ago.

Xie Xuanyi had just met with the Sea Surfing King.

Back then, Ling Chenzi’s attitude was clear.

He was merely an "outsider."

Whoever takes the throne of Great Ape Mountain was indifferent to him... whether it was the Nether Sea or the Saint Prince, whoever came to power would need to show respect to him, a seven-realm Great Divine Ability User, by three degrees. From this perspective, Ling Chenzi really had no reason to get involved.

But today, Ling Chenzi’s seating signaled his attitude.

"Human hearts are full of greed."

Cui Zhen looked at this scene and said calmly: "The more someone appears disinterested and detached, the deeper their inner desires, and the heavier their greed."

He understood Ling Chenzi.

Back then.

It was his one drop of the Undying Spring that changed Ling Chenzi’s life.

If Ling Chenzi was truly disinterested and unwilling to involve himself in worldly disputes...

Why would he come to this Demon Country?

Why would he take a seat in the Third Realm?

"It seems Ling Chenzi got what he wanted from the Nether Sea."

Xie Xuanyi guessed the answer as well.

Cui Zhen said calmly: "Now... the show is about to start, only lacking a ’protagonist’."

As he spoke.

The entire Great Ape Mountain, Third Realm, echoed with subterranean tremors.

It was a majestic resonating sound like drums!

Xie Xuanyi slowly turned around.

The abnormality at the heavenly peak gradually dissipated, the clouds blown away by the wind, revealing a towering figure not far away. The Primordial Saint, who had pledged the soul oath with the Holy Emperor, inexplicably managed to leave the mountain gate, a scene Xie Xuanyi had once seen in the Divine Travel World.

He slowly lifted his gaze, inch by inch upward.

On the shoulder of the gigantic white ape.

A young Great Ape donning a red robe and golden armor, with a slight grin at the corner of his lips, overlooked the entire Third Realm, his hands raised slightly, a golden shining stick resting behind his head.