Cultivating for a hundred lifetimes to ascension

Chapter 1760 - 947: Like an Immortal, Like a Devil—Majestic Wind Ends, Devilish Thought Arises

Taiyi Spirit Realm, in the southeast of the Heavenly Phenomenon Continent, an unfathomably deep Rift Valley splits the Tiancong Mountain Range, which stretches for millions of miles, into two halves.

The Rift Valley is immeasurably deep, shrouded all year round by poisonous miasma, almost devoid of life.

The bottom of the valley is perpetually dark, never seeing the light of day. Clusters of ghost fires drift aimlessly, illuminating the ground piled high with pale white bones.

Soon, in this silent and eerily desolate valley bottom, a flash of starlight suddenly appeared.

The starlight pierced through the darkness, slowly spreading, extinguishing countless ghost fires and transforming the bone-laden valley bottom into a starry ocean.

At that moment, a human elder wearing a crown emerged from the starlight.

The elder’s face was pale, with a long unruly beard, exuding an unrestrained demeanor. His robes were exceedingly luxurious, as if a myriad of splendid star rivers adorned him, emitting brilliant starlight.

The human elder surveyed the surroundings, his gaze growing deeper. He suddenly said, "Jue Xie Pula, I have come as agreed, will you not awaken?"

His voice, neither high nor low, spread like mercury flowing, covering a radius of several hundred miles.

In the next instant, the ground full of bones suddenly shivered and trembled, then mounds of bone hills collapsed one after another, bursting out bones as translucent as jade.

Countless jade bones soared into the air, converging together.

Crack, crack, crack...

After a series of dense collisions, a massive skeletal monster the size of a mountain appeared in the sky.

Its whole body was as white and smooth as jade, with a skull resembling that of a lion or tiger, and behind it grew two enormous bone wings. At the end of its pillar-like spine, there hung a long and menacing tail, also formed from segments of bones.

"Qi Ruxian, don’t bite off more than you can chew! I have long abandoned my old name. By mentioning it deliberately, are you provoking me?"

The skeletal monster flapped its massive bone wings, instantly looming above the human elder, its skull as large as a millstone slowly approaching the elder’s eyes, filled with an overwhelming sense of oppression.

Qi Ruxian’s expression remained calm, but he said, "I am old and my memory is somewhat poor. I should have called you Zizai Heavenly Demon Lord."

"Hmph, I know you are dissatisfied. But don’t forget. It was you who came to me back then. Without your covert support, how could my clan have precisely located the Taiyi Spirit Realm in the vast Star Domain? During the great war between the two clans, my clan suffered heavy losses, even—"

Zizai Heavenly Demon Lord had not finished speaking when Qi Ruxian interrupted: "Enough!"

Qi Ruxian’s face turned slightly stern, and he exhaled strands of white light, which swiftly transformed into silver-white rings.

The silver-white rings totaled nine layers, rotating slowly around him, their movement trajectory seemingly following some rule, simultaneously emitting indescribable law fluctuations.

Zizai Heavenly Demon Lord’s bone body trembled slightly, as if being bound, suddenly stalling midair, the hollows of its eyes bursting with two dark red flames.

"Without my vigorous support, your Alien Demon clan would still be wandering the Star Domain, unable to find such a life-rich ’fertile land’. Additionally, my ambition, you will never understand." Qi Ruxian glanced at the skeletal monster, saying thus.

After speaking, the Nine Heavens Star Rings encircling him paused slightly, the emitted starlight dimming considerably.

"Hehe, no matter if I understand. I only know you are a despicable, shameless, selfish person. Cooperating with you is equivalent to seeking a tiger’s skin." Zizai Heavenly Demon Lord broke free from its shackles, immediately chuckling coldly.

"I came as agreed, not to engage in a battle of words with you."

Qi Ruxian composed himself, directly asking, "I ask you, have all thirty-three Star Heavens entered the star orbit?"

Zizai Heavenly Demon Lord spat out a mass of pale cold air, responding sullenly: "If not, why would I ask you to come!"

Upon hearing this, Qi Ruxian’s face showed a hint of joy, but upon recalling Tianyunzi’s successful ascension to Immortal Heaven, his gaze immediately turned cold.

"Very well, next, you must fully cooperate with my casting. If my grand scheme of tens of thousands of years fails because of you, I will certainly report this to the Holy Venerable, and then the consequences are yours to bear," Qi Ruxian said with implied hatred, using a threatening tone.

"Hehe, to be your disciple, Qi Ruxian, is truly a curse of ten lifetimes. Others’ mentors are loving, but you repeatedly harm your own disciple. Yet, your disciple Hongyun defied the odds, overcame dangers time and again, and ultimately successfully ascended. I cannot fathom what you are scheming." Zizai Heavenly Demon Lord waggled its head, sneering sarcastically.

"You don’t understand!" Qi Ruxian glanced at it, saying indifferently.

"Hmph, though I may not know what you are up to, I know you are someone who fears nothing but chaos. Additionally, I know one of your big secrets."

"Oh, what secret? Let me hear!" Qi Ruxian’s eyes flickered slightly, suddenly pursuing the question with interest.

Zizai Heavenly Demon Lord, cunning as always, was not easily fooled.

Instead of revealing the secret, it spoke of the real matter: "Qi Ruxian, for your ’grand scheme’, I have paid an enormous price. Are you sure your plan will succeed?"

Qi Ruxian replied with full confidence, "Tianyunzi has ascended to Immortal Heaven, and the Nanji Immortal Venerable has also returned to resume their post in Immortal Heaven. While the new Immortal Venerable has not yet descended to perform their duties, I have full assurance. When chaos erupts, and Divine Continent collapses, the Four Holy Continents will certainly fall into turmoil. Once chaos backfires onto its master, Zhao Xianglong is highly likely to fall on the spot. Then, the Venerable of Chaos will surely be unable to sustain.