Chapter 549 - 510: Great Upheaval in the Eastern Domain (Part 2)

Chapter 549: Chapter 510: Great Upheaval in the Eastern Domain (Part 2)

’But if I have another epiphany in the Sword Dao and integrate a new understanding, perhaps it would only take me five years to finish.’

As time passed, the area affected by the surging lightning grew larger with each flash. Yet Bai Zichen remained stone-faced, completely immersed in the Sword Dao.

"Is True Monarch Bai not in his rooms again?"

Master Qingmu rushed over, clutching the latest publication from the Ten Provinces Trading Company. He was in such a hurry that he even used Wood Escape inside the gate to save time.

Upon learning this from the disciple attending to Bai Zichen, Master Qingmu let out a long sigh. His brow furrowed, his face a mask of worry.

The Dian Country was far from the center of the Cultivation Realm, so news of events, both large and small, circulated a step slower than in the Central Domain.

Some less critical information might circulate for a century in the Central Domain without ever reaching the Southern Border.

As the top trading company in the Cultivation Realm, the Ten Provinces Trading Company had good relations with all the major sects, walking a fine line between the Righteous and Demonic Dao.

Its founder, a Tier Five Alchemist, had forged countless connections, which was crucial in establishing the company’s early success.

His successors were all exceptionally capable and never lost their inherited Alchemy skills, allowing the Ten Provinces Trading Company to become what it is today.

Besides listing the bulk purchase prices for various Spiritual Materials and Spirit Grasses, major auction items, and resources urgently needed by the company, this internal publication also covered recent major events in the Cultivation Realm.

The Five Elements Sect had no channels of its own in the Central Domain. Relying on the complex and chaotic web of word-of-mouth was less reliable than waiting for the Ten Provinces Trading Company’s publication.

Unprecedentedly, nearly half of this issue was dedicated to the war between the Human-Demon Races. Master Qingmu’s heart sank before he even read the details; he knew something terrible had happened.

After just a few glances, he had immediately rushed to inform Bai Zichen.

"Senior Brother, you’re here too. Have you heard about the upheaval in the Eastern Domain?"

Master Hei Shui, looking equally rushed, had bumped into him on the mountainside.

"I just saw it in the Ten Provinces Trading Company’s publication and wanted to report it to True Monarch Bai, but his attendant disciple said the True Monarch had gone out again," Master Qingmu said quickly, waving the publication in his hand.

"The Supreme Elder of the Jinyue Sect fought a White Ape from Lankao Mountain for several days. In the end, he was outmaneuvered and had his skull smashed by the ape’s staff. Even his Nascent Soul couldn’t escape! The White Ape opened its great maw and sucked it in, leading to instant Divine Soul Annihilation!"

The Jinyue Sect’s Supreme Elder was known as the number one cultivator in the Eastern Domain. He had been a Great True Monarch for over a century and was always the Sect’s pillar of support.

During this war between the two races, he hadn’t charged to the front lines. Instead, he had been stationed before Lankao Mountain to prevent the Land Demon Race Sacred Land from colluding with the Outer Sea Demon Clan.

If they were to launch a pincer attack at a critical moment, the entire cultivator army of the Eastern Domain would collapse.

They were willing to abandon three continents just to keep Lankao Mountain in check and prevent a single Transformed Great Demon from leaving.

Having been neighbors with Lankao Mountain for over ten thousand years, the Jinyue Sect was very familiar with the situation of that Tier Five Great Demon and knew it was incapable of acting.

The Supreme Elder’s action was merely to deter the other Transformed Great Demons in Lankao Mountain, stopping them from joining the war and making the situation even more chaotic.

Unexpectedly, however, a White Ape had suddenly appeared six months ago and actively challenged the Jinyue Sect’s Supreme Elder to a fight to the death.

The final outcome was a shock to everyone. This White Ape, whose cultivation was clearly weaker than the Supreme Elder’s, possessed a combat talent that was close to Entering the Dao. After revealing its True Body, it withstood the elder’s attacks to tear his body apart and smash his head with its iron staff.

Now, the Demon Beasts of Lankao Mountain have already charged down from the mountains, rampaging through the heartland of the Central Domain.

"Lankao Mountain merely produced a Transformed Great Demon with astonishing Divine Techniques. That alone shouldn’t affect the grand scheme... The key is that the Moral Sect’s reinforcements were annihilated, and they even lost a Heaven-Reaching Spiritual Treasure!"

After a long moment, Master Hei Shui’s reply was still hesitant. The news was simply too horrifying.

Great True Monarch Meng Kang of Celestial Punishment Peak, Great True Monarch Zu Ying of Wubo Peak, and their entourage of Nascent Soul True Monarchs totaled nearly ten people, forming an exceptionally formidable lineup.

With the addition of Nascent Soul True Monarchs from other sects, the Human Race Cultivators had already surpassed the Demon Race’s Transformed Great Demons in terms of High-Tier Combat Power.

The Outer Sea Demon Clan did not back down. They directly organized their forces to intercept them midway, sparking an Earth-Shattering battle. ℴ

One Great Demon after another revealed their true forms, unleashing all sorts of mysterious Bloodline Divine Techniques. Their clashes with the Nascent Soul True Monarchs threw the Heaven and Earth Primordial Qi into chaos. For a thousand miles, the sky was filled with strange phenomena, and a rain of blood began to fall.

First, a Tier Four Profound Turtle, then a Tier Four Black Flood Dragon, crashed heavily to the ground, creating hundred-zhang-wide craters that instantly filled with blood.

Then, another Nascent Soul True Monarch was torn apart by a Dragon Claw. His miniature Nascent Soul gave a venomous glare, then tried to make a Flying Escape with his Lifebound Magical Treasure.

But it was caught by a thick, foul, bloody yellow light. The Nascent Soul shrieked miserably, not even having the strength to attempt a void escape before melting into a puddle of blood.

Finally, to everyone’s astonishment, the Star Constellation Sea Dragon King revealed his true form. Using Fatian Xiangdi, he became a colossal dragon that touched the heavens and stood upon the earth.

After a fierce three-month battle with Great True Monarch Meng Kang, he summoned a phantasmal Immortal Court and trapped him inside.

Even with the full power of the Five-Fire Seven-Bird Fan, Meng Kang was unable to break free from the Immortal Court.

A short while later, a Cold Flame erupted from the Immortal Court, extinguishing the Five-Fire Seven-Bird Fan.

A great and dignified Great True Monarch of the Moral Sect was frozen into an ice sculpture, unable to so much as shake the Immortal Court even by self-detonating his Grotto Heaven Prototype.

Meanwhile, the Ten Thousand Years Profound Turtle, relying on its tough body which was comparable to a defensive Heaven-Reaching Spiritual Treasure, didn’t take Zu Ying seriously.

However, it didn’t know that Wubo Peak cultivators practiced only Ancient Witchcraft. Their progress was extremely fast, but their path of cultivation was entirely different from orthodox Cultivation Techniques.

Even as Nascent Soul True Monarchs, they only had a lifespan of three 60-Year Cycles.

A cultivator like Great True Monarch Zu Ying, despite being in the Late-Stage Nascent Soul realm, could only live to be nearly three hundred years old by relying on various Life-Extending Spirit Pills.

A casual Witchcraft spell from him could bypass all defenses and strike directly at the soul, causing the Ten Thousand Years Profound Turtle unbearable pain.

Its famously tough body was rendered completely useless.

Towards the end, it simply revealed its mountain-sized True Body, curled into a ball, and took the hits without fighting back.

Seeing this, Zu Ying took out three feathers from his robes. They ignited without any wind as tears of blood fell from his eyes. Three Ghost Phoenixes gradually began to form.

Just as he was about to complete this astonishingly powerful Witchcraft, the Dragon Monarch overthrew Meng Kang. With a push of his True Dragon body, the phantasmal Immortal Court enveloped Zu Ying as well.

Although this Great True Monarch who practiced Ancient Witchcraft had bizarre and unpredictable techniques, his defenses were clearly his weak point.

He couldn’t hold out for more than a few breaths before he froze on the spot, completely motionless.

The next moment, the Witchcraft backfired. The three Ghost Phoenixes, no longer sustained, turned back, sucked out Zu Ying’s Divine Soul, and devoured it. They let out two triumphant cries before dissipating into the air.

All that remained was an empty shell with a wooden expression, its soul utterly scattered.

Two Great True Monarchs, along with more than ten True Monarchs from various sects, were wiped out in a single engagement. The resistance in the Eastern Domain was utterly crushed.

The remaining sects scrambled to pack up their belongings and began to retreat toward the Central Domain.

Some sects even began to surrender to the Demon Race, transforming into human traitors overnight.

The news of the Moral Sect’s great defeat had too great an impact. Everyone was terrified. The cultivator armies from the other Super Sects in the Central Domain all halted at the border.

A burning question arose in everyone’s mind: what kind of Supreme Treasure had the Star Constellation Sea Dragon King obtained to possess power nearing that of the Divinity Transformation realm?

Perhaps to calm people’s hearts, the Ten Provinces Trading Company added a commentary, stating that the Moral Sect had only suffered losses from two of its peaks and was fully capable of assembling an even stronger force.

It also mentioned that the other Super Sects were still at full strength, and that the Human Race had simply underestimated the Demon Race at the beginning. If they treated the situation with caution from now on, they could launch a counterattack.

But rumors were already spreading that the Moral Sect’s Divinity Transformation Ancestor was being tied down by the Nine-Tailed Celestial Fox of the Qingqiu Death Sea.

Celestial Punishment Peak and Wubo Peak had been hit hard. Cunsi Peak had just retreated from the Outer Sea, and its strength had not yet recovered.

The main force of Yangxing Peak was trapped in the Nine Luminaries Grotto Heaven, and while the cultivators of Yellow Court Peak were of high realms, they were not skilled in combat.

As for the other Super Sects, they were merely strong on the outside but weak on the inside. Their Divinity Transformation Ancestors had either already perished or had limited lifespans and were unwilling to risk their own lives for the situation in the Eastern Domain.

When everything was tallied up, the Human Race, which had seemed to hold an absolute advantage, was actually powerless against the Outer Sea Demon Clan.

They could only watch helplessly as the Outer Sea Demon Clan ran rampant in the Eastern Domain, joined forces with the Lankao Mountain Demon Clan, and turned almost the entire domain into a world ruled by Demon Beasts.

It seemed as if the era of the Ancient Demon Race’s rampage had returned.