Aspiring to the Immortal Path

The figure on the mountain seemed distant, yet also so clear that it was right in front of them.

An imposing figure sat on the throne, goblet in hand, exuding the aura of a tyrant.

“Wang Yao,” Tang Xuanyu muttered.

“He’s White Tiger Wang Yao?”

Glancing at that white tiger seated on the throne of beasts, Huangfu Meng asked what was seemingly an unnecessary question.

Tang Jie hadn’t kept the matter of Bao’er a secret from them, and Tang Xuanyu and Huangfu Meng had both heard about it. They had even imagined encountering Wang Yao in this mission to the Primordial Fog Domain, just not so quickly and in such a situation.

Tang Xuanyu sighed in relief upon seeing Wang Yao. Since he had been invited down, Tang Xuanyu grabbed Huangfu Meng and flew toward the mountain.

This time, he didn’t use his Space Dao Art.

As they flew closer, the two found that there were actually many fiend demons gathered at the summit.

These fiend demons maintained their pre-demon fiend beast forms, and there were all sorts of birds and beasts that continued to live on this mountain in their primal forms. All the fiend demons, besides the servants and guards, were Earth Immortal at the minimum. There seemed to be at least three hundred of them, and several dozen of them were even at True Immortal. It was a force powerful enough to shake one’s soul.

Wang Yao was enthroned above these fiend demons, drinking and feasting alongside them. It was like a gathering of barbarians, with none of the bearing and majesty expected of figures of this stature.

Thus, as Tang Xuanyu and Huangfu Meng descended, they were quickly surrounded by fiend demons, their eyes glowing as if they had found a tantalizing new bit of food.

A badger demon came over and sniffed Tang Xuanyu, then he cackled, “This human smells pretty good, so he probably tastes delicious.”

“Indeed, indeed, his cultivation is also pretty good, only a step away from mine. If I could roast him up and eat him, I would definitely receive a big boost!” a lion demon chimed in.

“Roasting is no good. Only boiling can bring out the full flavor,” a long-eared dog demon said, licking his lips.

“No, roasting is the best! Meat only tastes good when it’s roasted!” the lion furiously retorted.

“You need to sauté it, sauté it.”

“Idiots, frying is clearly superior!”

“Steaming!”

“Boiling!”

“Frying!”

“Sautéing!”

The fiend demons began to loudly argue.

Despite hearing all these fiend demons discussing how to eat him, Tang Xuanyu was unafraid, striding toward Wang Yao. Once he was close, he stopped and declared, “Tang Xuanyu pays respects to Elder Brother. I heard of Elder Brother Bao’er from Father long ago and have always admired you. I did not think I would finally have a chance to meet you today.”

Upon hearing this, the white tiger raised his head and gazed at Tang Xuanyu.

Eyes as sharp as needles!

Tang Xuanyu returned the stare, refusing to back down.

As he stared at Tang Xuanyu’s determined face, Wang Yao suddenly laughed. “You really are your father’s son, possessing both daring and wisdom. I say: did you all hear that? This is the son of my adoptive father, my brother! You bastard things want to eat my brother?”

He threw out his goblet, and as it struck the ground, it transformed into thousands of fragments that shot at the demons. The demons were unable to block them in time, the shards piercing through their bodies as they howled. A moment later, Wang Yao appeared in the middle of the demons, punching and kicking as he began to beat up the fiend demons. Shockingly, the fiend demons returned his blows, punching at Wang Yao without the slightest fear.

This great gathering of fiends instantly dissolved into a brawl.

Tang Xuanyu and Huangfu Meng glanced at each other and immediately put up barriers.

“Don’t use barriers!” Wang Yao shouted, suddenly punching a fiend demon so hard that his face sank into the dirt. He then picked up the demon and threw him at Tang Xuanyu. “This one’s yours!”

The flailing fiend demon came flying over.

Realizing something, Tang Xuanyu dispelled his barrier and threw a punch at the fiend demon.

The fiend demon punched back, and Tang Xuanyu shuddered as a berserk power engulfed him. A moment later, he flew out, his body drenched in blood.

“Xuanyu!” Huangfu Meng rushed over in shock.

Tang Xuanyu immediately got to his feet, wiping the blood from his mouth as he said, “Again!”

He charged back into the fray.

“Xuanyu, don’t! You’re no match for them!” Huangfu Meng shouted.

But Tang Xuanyu replied, “This has nothing to do with cultivation.”

He gave that fiend demon a savage punch in the face. At his cultivation level, the fiend demon had countless ways to evade, but he used none of them, taking the punch and then punching back with a savage smile.

Just like that, Tang Xuanyu joined into that demon melee.

The most fearless of them all was undoubtedly the white tiger.

As he swung his steely fist again and again, all the fiend demons he encountered were felled.

But the fiend demons weren’t going down without a fight, their vicious counterattacks covering Wang Yao in bruises.

Wang Yao didn’t mind, roaring in pleasure and excitement.

By the end, few of the demons were left standing, and Wang Yao returned to his throne while laughing.

Turning to Tang Xuanyu, he saw that he was covered in blood, one of his arms broken, and his entire face was basically a bruise. Of course, the fiend demon he had been fighting hadn’t fared much better, with Tang Xuanyu having pulled off one of his horns.

Wang Yao nodded in satisfaction. “Not bad! As expected of Father’s offspring! But your body is a little weak. Why didn’t he pass on the Parting Classic to you?”

He waved his hand as he spoke, and Tang Xuanyu felt himself bathed in a soothing power, and his injuries began to heal. Seeing this, the fiend demons began to howl in unison, and their own wounds began to heal.

Only then did Huangfu Meng realize that the fight had been done entirely with physical strength.

This seemed to be a custom of this fiend mountain, venting their primal savagery and also expressing their reverence toward strength and power.

Interestingly, someone as intelligent as her had failed to catch on to its purpose. Instead, it was the carefree Tang Xuanyu who had grasped its meaning and taken the correct response.

Tang Xuanyu replied, “The Parting Classic refines the body, but it is a path that goes against the heavens. Cultivating the body and betraying the Great Daos does not suit me, and Father prefers that I walk my own path.”

“Hahahaha, the path of cultivation has always been about rowing against the current. Let alone the Parting Classic, the moment one steps onto that path, one is defying the heavens. Father is overthinking things, thus suffering a loss. But that has always been his personality, so focused on his plans that he forgets about the pleasures in life. But you are focused more on intuition than scheming, good, good!”

Tang Xuanyu said, “But this is precisely because my father allowed me to develop on my own.”

Wang Yao froze, and then he erupted in laughter. “Indeed, indeed! Haha, pour the wine. Today is a day to celebrate my young brother and his wife!”

Huangfu Meng blushed. “I’m his junior sister.”

“Hah!” Wang Yao waved his hand. “Making his junior sister his wife? That’s what I call not letting fertile waters irrigate the field of outsiders.”

Huangfu Meng hadn’t expected this reply from Wang Yao, and she blushed even harder.

Meanwhile, the fiend demons brought up wine jars, all of them full of precious spirit wine.

Wang Yao gave Tang Xuanyu a cupful. “Come. This is fine wine from the Jade Yang Domain’s Jade Cloud Mountain, brewed from Nine Heavens Coldspring Water and 48 kinds of spirit fruits, after which it was aged for one thousand years under the Goldflame Mountain. Even after scouring the entirety of the Jade Cloud Sect, we only found a cart’s worth. Drink, but remember to not dispel the alcohol. When drinking wine, it’s only good when you get drunk!”

Tang Xuanyu took a sip and nodded. “It truly is excellent wine. But what happened to the Jade Cloud Sect that brewed this fine wine?”

“What else? All dead, of course,” a fiend demon laughed.

Another fiend demon added, “You humans are too weak, but the chiliocosm is prosperous. If we just charge in and plunder, we can get any kind of treasure!”

“Right, right!” the other demons howled.

Tang Xuanyu grimaced and turned to Wang Yao.

Alarmed, Huangfu Meng grabbed at Tang Xuanyu.

Tang Xuanyu drew back his arm, avoiding the grab, at the same time saying, “In other words, Elder Brother has invaded the Stellar Chiliocosm?”

“Correct!” Wang Yao took a big gulp of wine and casually replied, “I took my brothers and invaded twelve domains, reaping countless treasures from them. This spirit wine is only one of them. Oh, right, the maidservants attending on you were also taken from the human plane. Did you like them?”

Tang Xuanyu angrily slapped the table and rose to his feet. “You let the demons kill humans?”

Whoosh!

All the fiend demons stopped and stared at Tang Xuanyu, murder in their eyes.

“What? You want to teach me a lesson?” Wang Yao chuckled. “Yes, I let the demons kill humans! So what? Your Elder Brother is the Archdemon Lord of the Nox Alba Demon Region, so I have to think from the demonic perspective when acting. My Nox Alba has several hundred Demon Lords, and tens of millions of other demons. All of these demons have to survive, have to live, and in this desolate world, after three thousand years of struggling, there’s finally a chance to strike fortune. Should I stop them?”

Tang Xuanyu froze, and then after some thought, he said, “But still, you’ve been to the positive plane before. When commanding your demon armies to invade, did you not ever think of your old relationships?”

“‘Old relationships’?” Wang Yao narrowed his eyes.

He chuckled, his voice turning soft and distant.

It was like that of a ghost, floating in the distance.

He darkly said:

“Yes… ‘old relationships’!

“I have an old relationship with the Rosecloud Domain. How could I forget?

“How could I forget the generations of suffering we White Tigers endured on Tiger Roar Mountain, how we were raised and slaughtered for thousands of years!?”

Wang Yao spoke with loathing and venom, his eyes flashing with the flames of hatred.

Huangfu Meng shuddered in realization. “So you’ve never forgotten your hatred toward the Basking Moon Sect, right? Not even the kindness Master showed you is enough to wash away this hatred.”

Wang Yao grinned. “Yes! What do you think I’ve been preparing all these years?”

He brought his face close to Huangfu Meng and Tang Xuanyu, and declared, “To exterminate the Rosecloud Domain!”