I had no other choice. I could only take off the star robe, summon the Tai'e Sword, and carve a direct path forward. True demons were all crazed cultivators. Having already formed soul bodies, their physical bodies had long since either been discarded because they could not coexist with true demonic qi, or been assimilated by it.
True demonic qi existed in another form, much like a person turning into a ghost. Yet after demonic cultivators transformed into true demons, they became almost indestructible. If they were not destroyed thoroughly enough and remained exposed to demonic qi, they would soon be reborn. The only way was to place them somewhere without demonic qi and slowly refine them away.
Thus, in this forbidden trial ground, I could only kill them temporarily before continuing onward. However, with more than a thousand true demons, no matter how I tried to avoid them, I could not help coming into contact with some. At times like that, slipping into the Killing Dao and continuing to evade them became crucial.
The Killing Dao could avoid most attacks. But among the true demons were eighth-level and ninth-level true demons. Unlike the lower-level true demons, they were not only extremely troublesome, but could also launch Dao-breaking attacks.
The Demon Dao was the Killing Dao. Demonic qi was baleful qi. As products of baleful qi that soared into the heavens, true demons naturally possessed an advantage in breaking through the Killing Dao. Even though I was at the Entry Stage of the Ninth Layer of Immortality and possessed ninefold Dao inheritance, I still could not withstand them head-on every moment. After blocking one of their attacks when there was nowhere left to evade, I had no intention of trying again.
There was still a long road ahead. I could