Although his cultivation had been somewhat lower before, preventing him from refining all the restrictions within it, things were different now.
In just fifty years, all the restrictions he had yet to refine were completely unlocked!
In an instant, the first fully refined Top-grade Innate Spiritual Treasure appeared!
Immediately afterward, without stopping to rest, he took out the Xuan Yuan Water Control Banner he had obtained from the Witch Race!
In the first year, he refined ten restrictions in the Xuan Yuan Water Control Banner!
By the thirtieth year, twenty-four restrictions had been refined in the blink of an eye!
After a hundred years, all forty-eight restrictions had been completely refined!
At this point, the second Top-grade Innate Spiritual Treasure had also been fully refined!
However, he did not leave seclusion. Instead, he plucked a peach from the Immortal Peach Tree and swallowed it before beginning to refine the Twelve-Grade Purple Lotus of Reincarnation!
It was unclear whether Dong Wang Gong had wanted to save the peaches as delicacies for Heavenly Court banquets or had some other reason, but the Immortal Peach Tree was actually covered in peaches. They grew densely, and at a glance, there seemed to be several thousand of them on the tree!
One had to know that these peaches took three thousand years to flower, three thousand years to bear fruit, and another three thousand years to mature. The fact that several thousand had grown now made it easy to imagine how many years had passed!
Although Jiang Chen's current realm might not allow his strength to increase, the peaches were just right for replenishing his magical power!
Thus, whenever his magical power ran low, he would swallow a peach before continuing to refine the spiritual treasure, repeating the cycle again and again.
There were no calendars in the mountains, and cultivation knew no passage of time.
A thousand years passed in the blink of an eye.
This was also while Jiang Chen was refining the spiritual treasures.
The Demon Race's Heavenly Court.
A thousand years had passed. With the foundation of the Demon Race's Heavenly Court, the Demon Race had naturally recovered most of its losses by now, and Di Jun and the others had even healed their injuries.
Even so, Di Jun had lost much of his imperial bearing. A gloomy air surrounded him, and there was not the slightest joy at having recovered his strength.
After all, the might of the Witch Race was still vivid in his mind. In particular, they still had no way to deal with the Great Formation of the Gods of Heaven. Yet time continued to flow, which meant that once a Kalpa had passed, their Demon Race would still be destroyed!
For this reason, after returning to Heavenly Court, Di Jun had spent these years acting as though he had gone mad, frantically searching for a way to deal with the Witch Race!
However, nothing was absolute. Heaven never closed off every path.
Just as Di Jun was about to despair, Gui Che, the Demon Saint who had previously been sent to the Primordial Wilderness as a hidden agent, suddenly returned to Heavenly Court.
"Gui Che, you said you've found a way to deal with the Witch Race. Is that really true?!"
Upon hearing why Gui Che had come, Di Jun swept away his previous gloom. His entire body trembled with excitement!
"Reporting to the Heavenly Emperor, every word I speak is true!"
Gui Che replied respectfully.
Otherwise, he would not have hurried back to Heavenly Court.
"What is it? Tell me quickly!!!"
After confirming it once more, Di Jun was overjoyed and hurriedly questioned him.
All these years, the Witch Race had constantly troubled him. It was the Demon Race's greatest internal threat and its mortal enemy!
After all, the might of the Pangu True Body back then had left every member of the Demon Race feeling as though a bone were stuck in their throats!
But now Gui Che said he had found a way to deal with the Witch Race. That meant they could not only survive but also continue competing for the position of protagonists of the Primordial Wilderness!
"Does the Heavenly Emperor still remember the Human Race?"
Gui Che asked in return.
Upon hearing this, Di Jun did not understand, but his expression darkened again. "The Human Race? You mean the race that killed my Tiger General and later seized the fruits of our Demon Race?"
To be honest, after learning that the Human Race had emptied Dong Wang Gong's treasury, Di Jun had considered destroying them. However, he had been seriously injured, and Nuwa had her reservations, so he had not acted immediately.
Now that Gui Che had reminded him, the hatred buried in his heart surged forth at once!
"That's right, the Human Race. By chance, I discovered that the Human Race's souls and vital essence can damage the Witch Race's constitution!"
Gui Che replied, revealing what he had discovered over the years.
Damage the Witch Race's constitution!
Di Jun's eyes lit up, and he nearly went mad!
One had to know that the reason the Witch Race was stronger than the Demon Race was its powerful physical constitution. The Ancestral Witches in particular had bodies that even Top-grade Innate Spiritual Treasures could barely break through!
If they could destroy the Witch Race's physical constitution, then before the Demon Race, the Witch Race would be nothing but paper tigers—pierce them once, and they would fall apart!
If they could kill an Ancestral Witch, the Great Formation of the Gods of Heaven could be broken without a fight!
Then it would be time for the Demon Race to counterattack!
At this thought, Di Jun was delighted. Like a madman, he muttered, "Good, good, good! We'll quickly exterminate the Human Race and refine a Witch-Slaying Sword to annihilate the Witch Race and vent the hatred in my heart!"
"Um, the Human Race was created by Empress Nuwa. Should we report this to her?"
Seeing Di Jun's frenzy, Gui Che asked once more.
Upon hearing this, Di Jun fell silent. Clearly, he had also thought of the key issue. But then his expression hardened, and he gritted his teeth. "Nuwa is also a member of our Demon Race. Besides, a mere Human Race is nothing. Refining the Witch-Slaying Sword is what matters!"
Di Jun was no longer the same as before. The battle back then had affected him greatly, and his temperament had long since changed. Moreover, the Human Race had originally been an enemy of his Demon Race. With old and new grievances combined, he immediately made up his mind to destroy the Human Race!
"Yes, Your Majesty!"
Seeing this, what else could Gui Che do but agree? After receiving his orders, he immediately led a large number of elite Demon Race soldiers down into the Primordial Wilderness and straight toward the Human Race!!!!
Biyou Palace.
Jiang Chen had already finished refining the spiritual treasures in his possession, but he did not choose to leave seclusion immediately.
After all, witnessing the Witch-Demon War firsthand had impacted him greatly, and he knew all too well how important strength was.
But at this moment, wisps of Mysterious Yellow Destiny suddenly scattered from above his head before vanishing into the air!
His destiny had disappeared!
Jiang Chen was instantly startled awake from his closed-door cultivation. He raised his head toward the direction of the Human Race, his expression changing drastically, and vanished from where he stood in the blink of an eye!
Shouyang Mountain, Human Race tribe.
Unlike on ordinary days, blood stained every inch of Shouyang Mountain on this day, while figures from the Demon Race floated through the sky!
The leader was none other than Gui Che, a Demon Race Demon Saint with late Grand Unity Golden Immortal cultivation!
Opposing Gui Che was a pink True Dragon!
It was Ao Yu, whom Jiang Chen had previously sent here to protect the Human Race!
However, she was no longer unharmed. Her entire body was covered in wounds, battered and bloody!
Even so, she stood before Gui Che without the slightest intention of retreating!
"Roar!"
Accompanied by a dragon's roar, Ao Yu viciously charged toward Gui Che!
After a thousand years of cultivation, along with having eaten the flesh of a Perfected Grand Master Golden Immortal Tiger Demon, Ao Yu's cultivation had now reached the Half-Step Grand Unity Golden Immortal realm!
However, let alone being a Half-Step Grand Unity Golden Immortal—even if she had entered the Grand Unity Golden Immortal realm, she still would not have been a match for Gui Che, a late Grand Unity Golden Immortal!
The difference between them was simply too great!
Sure enough.
Before Ao Yu could even approach Gui Che, the Fangtian Huaji in his hand sliced her open and sent her crashing into the Primordial Wilderness. Dragon scales fell in pieces, leaving her flesh torn open and blood flowing freely!
"A True Dragon of the Dragon Race? I didn't expect you not only to refuse to submit to Your Majesty, but also to dare oppose our Demon Race!"
Gui Che glanced at Ao Yu and continued, "Since you're also a ruler of the Dragon Race, I'll give you a chance. Go back and persuade the Dragon Race to surrender. Otherwise, once our Demon Race army arrives, it will be the day your Dragon Race suffers eternal ruin!"
He had not expected to encounter a True Dragon of the Dragon Race while slaughtering the Human Race.
If not for that, he would have already massacred most of the Human Race.
That's right. Gui Che was currently carrying out Di Jun's order to use the Human Race to refine the Witch-Slaying Sword.
To be honest, before coming, Gui Che had been somewhat worried that a powerful expert might be guarding the Human Race. He had even observed them secretly for a while. But after discovering that the Human Race did not even have a single Grand Unity Golden Immortal, he had attacked directly!
That was how the current scene had come about.
"Hahaha, the Human Race is truly born to be food for our Demon Race. Not only does it taste excellent, but one bite can swallow countless people. What satisfaction!"
Nearby, a Bird Demon at Profound Immortal Perfection opened its huge, bloody mouth and viciously pecked at the fleeing Human Race below. In an instant, it swallowed tens of thousands of humans, even chewing them as it did so.
Amid the endless screams came the sounds of bones cracking, making the other members of the Human Race tremble with fear and raising gooseflesh all over their bodies!
"Stop!!!!"
Suiren Shi's grief-stricken voice rang out. He then sent out a strand of acquired merit-infused spiritual flame, killing that Bird Demon!
As one of the first humans born from the Human Race, and having eaten plenty of flesh from Perfected Grand Master Golden Immortal Tiger Demons, he had now broken through to Profound Immortal Perfection!
However, so what if he had broken through to Profound Immortal Perfection? To the Demon Race, he struggled even against an ordinary elite soldier, let alone a Demon Saint!
After killing the Profound Immortal Perfection Bird Demon that had been eating humans, he engaged in a fierce battle with an early Grand Unity Profound Immortal, remaining locked in a stalemate!
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