Perception

Led by Zhang Tianye, the group, including Duanmu Chengyun and others, quickly began to take action.

Gu Jinlai then summoned Liu Feiyun and handed her a storage ring containing divine weapons, Heavenly Spirit Pearls, Spirit Marrow Crystals, and True Spirit Holy Water. He instructed her to take these items and distribute them to Zhang Yukun, Si Tianyan, Xiang Fengyun, Guan Xingyun, and others, according to the original agreement.

In addition, he also ordered him to gather a group of cultivators to serve him.

The list of cultivators includes Xin Tianqi, Lu Zhanxian, Qi Sheng, Xi Bainian, Liu Jingtao, Fang Linghai, and others.

Although they have all entered the Celestial Person Realm, their growth rate is clearly not keeping up with the development speed of Lingxiao Palace.

Their only way out is to obtain the divine weapon's recognition as their master and use its power to quickly cultivate into an unparalleled illusory immortal.

Advancing under the leadership of Zhang Tianye, Duanmu Chengyun, Su Xin, and others, along with dozens of Void Immortals, hundreds of Saints, and thousands of Celestial Person, the human race's forces pierced the outskirts of this human settlement like a sharp dagger.

These restricted areas often consist of three parts.

The core area is the Demonic Beasts stronghold, where powerful top-tier Demonic Beasts reside, peacefully improving themselves while enjoying the offerings from the humans who have submitted to them.

The central part is a large human settlement, occasionally dotted with some Demonic Beasts settlements.

These Demonic Beasts gathering places are usually not very powerful. Their existence serves two purposes: firstly, to stimulate the humans in the restricted areas and prevent them from losing their sense of crisis and declining in spirituality; secondly, to monitor the surrounding area and prevent the human forces from growing rapidly under their noses.

The outermost layer consists of a massive army of Demonic Beasts. These Demonic Beasts do not include any top-tier beings, but they are not as weak as the Demonic Beasts in the middle. While there are a large number of powerful Demonic Beasts, there are also a few demon kings or even demon emperors interspersed among them to prevent outside cultivators from trying to act on behalf of Heaven.

This power is more than enough to deal with foreign saints, even those who are mere illusory immortals.

After all, there are many Demonic Beasts.

However, when faced with the massive army jointly formed by the Holy Dynasty and the Immortal Kingdom, they were swiftly and decisively defeated, and countless Demonic Beasts were slain wherever the army went.

This advance continued for a moment, and then Su Xin, the peerless ethereal immortal of Tai Su Cave Heaven, suddenly arrived in front of Gu Jinlai, who was sitting in the back, with a Celestial Person.

"Lord Liyang, the situation has changed. This gathering place of Demonic Beasts seems to be more complicated than we thought."

Su Xin pointed to the Celestial Person and said, "He is Qiu He, one of the leaders of the resistance. According to him, more than a year ago, more than a dozen terrifying figures descended into the depths of this forbidden land. If those figures were all Demonic Beasts... they were at least Demon Emperor level beings, and there might even be Demon Gods among them."

"Demon God?"

All eyes, Gu Jinlai, fell upon this man named Qiuhe.

As a rebel in the sealed land, Qiu He's strength at the Celestial Person Realm is already at its peak.

However, facing this ancient immortal lord who, according to Su Xin and the others, seemed to possess the combat power of an immortal lord, he dared not be arrogant in the slightest. He bowed respectfully and replied, "Yes, according to our people's observations, one of the figures cast a shadow that was over a hundred meters long as it swept across the void, and it was filled with a metallic luster, which was extremely similar to the legendary body of a demon god."

"The Demon God is no simple character."

This Gu Jinlai.

Every demon god is a high-ranking figure, second only to the sovereign-level Demonic Spirit and the five Devil Masters, holding a high position and great power.

They couldn't have appeared in this forbidden area for no reason; most likely, they were carrying out some special mission.

Considering that Zhao Xi, Wuliang Immortal Lord, and others all agreed with his statement, and that the Demonic Beasts were still fighting to the death even though they knew that the Blood Swamp Demon Abyss was doomed, it was highly likely that they were trying to attract their attention and that there might be other arrangements in the dark, Gu Jinlai quickly became alert.

"I will go ahead and explore this forbidden land. You all should speed up your attack and eliminate the Demonic Beasts. At the same time, be careful that the Demonic Beasts don't slaughter living beings and seek a breakthrough when they realize that the situation is hopeless."

The road to Gu Jinlai.

Unlike other masters, he doesn't have the habit of having to make a move at the crucial moment.

He wouldn't hesitate to kill even ordinary Demonic Beasts, provided the conditions were right.

After giving his orders, he took to the air and burst into speed, flying like a streak of light towards the core of the Demonic Beasts.

While flying, he immediately entered the Star Child state, searching the area for any potentially useful traces.

Thanks to the reminder from that Celestial Person being named Qiuhe, a deliberate search, both Gu Jinlai, quickly yielded the results.

"There really are demon gods!? And... it seems there's more than one!"

His gaze shifted, and he unleashed the Thunder Dragon Transformation Technique, transforming into a bolt of lightning that shattered the void, hurtling straight towards the core of the Demonic Beasts territory of the Chen Domain with a deafening roar.

Chenyu Center.

When the Holy Dynasty's Immortals and Saints mobilized their forces to besiege them, the Demon Emperors, Demon Gods, and even the Red Firefly Ruler who were stationed here had already received the news.

However, this did not attract much attention, including from the Crimson Firefly Overlord.

Not long ago, they received intelligence from the direction of the Blood Abyss. It seemed that the immortal lords of the Immortal Kingdom realized that they were opening up battlefields and gathering demonic abysses in other places. The true immortals who originally participated in the war had almost all scattered in all directions to besiege and search for places where Demonic Beasts gathered.

Although they were attacked and besieged almost as soon as the news was sent out, it is reasonable that there was a difference between the time they received the news and the time the enemy actually took action.

The Crimson Firefly Overlord merely ordered the surrounding Demon Emperors to stall for time as much as possible, so that they could better conceal their schemes within the Dragon Shepherd Kingdom.

Once the anomalies in Mulong Kingdom are covered up, whether to fight or retreat in this area will depend on how much manpower and resources the Immortal Kingdom is willing to invest here.

Just as the Thousand Flame Demon Emperor was deploying his troops and directing his Demonic Beasts to maintain the stalemate with the Holy Dynasty's army, Gu Jinlai's figure fell from the sky like a meteorite, crashing heavily onto the mountain range surrounded by Demonic Beasts.

Before descending from the sky, he had already manifested his true form, which was 490 meters tall.

Thanks to the enhancement of the Great Sun Eternal Law, his original explosive form of 490 meters in height can now be used as a normal state for him.

Maintaining this posture, coupled with the acceleration of gravity, made him resemble a dense star with a diameter of nearly one mile, crashing into the earth at dozens of times the speed of sound. The energy released in that instant leveled the core area surrounded by Demonic Beasts.

Intense light, accompanied by raging flames, spread in all directions at supersonic speed. Within a radius of dozens of miles, ordinary Demonic Beasts and great Demonic Beasts alike were instantly crushed to ashes by the high temperature and shockwave. In the core area, within a dozen miles, even demon kings and demon emperors died on the spot.

The demon emperors, who had been the focus of attention Gu Jinlai, were crushed into dust by the energy generated by the impact before they even had a chance to scream.

However, the number of Demon Emperors here is far more than just a few.

Instead, there were dozens of statues.

However, whether it's a few statues or dozens of statues, it doesn't make much difference in the Gu Jinlai.

Amidst the flames and dust, he slowly raised his hand, and a terrifying, blazing white light condensed in it. In the next second, it shot out like a laser cannon, instantly piercing through the bodies of the two demon emperors in a straight line, burning their demonic forms to ashes.

Divine Light of Fire.

After annihilating the two Demon Emperors, the laser-like divine light of fire did not disappear; instead, it swept across the area again...

The earth is cracked.

The violent explosion, accompanied by towering flames, shot straight into the sky, illuminating the heavens and the earth.

Wherever the divine light of the Fiery Blaze reached, those Demon Emperors who were once so powerful that they would readily slay entire cities to take revenge on the human race were instantly reduced to charcoal and reduced to ashes.

Terrified screams and resentful anger filled the void.

Gu Jinlai, the divine light of the blazing fire had been maintained for less than three breaths, sweeping back and forth nine times. Among the dozens of demon emperors, not a single one was able to survive.

After doing all this, he glanced around curiously. "Why isn't it coming out? Or is it that the demon god Qiu He mentioned is simply not here?"

After pondering for a moment, he deepened his Star Child state, constantly searching for something.

He quickly realized what was happening.

As his legs bent and his power exploded, he leaped into the void as the earth collapsed.

The massive volume collided violently with the air, creating an explosion that resembled a hurricane, scattering in all directions, with flames forming at its edges due to intense friction.

But Gu Jinlai, this has been completely ignored.

After leaping nearly a hundred miles, he crashed heavily into a canyon.

The moment he landed, the Demon Emperor guarding the place was trampled into a bloody mist, and the violent shockwave and hurricane even blew away the six Demon Emperors.

Without moving Gu Jinlai, six bolts of lightning shot out from within him, catching up with the six demon emperors who had been blown away by the hurricane. Before they could even react, they were reduced to charred remains.

At the same time, he crouched down, supporting himself on the ground with his right hand, quietly sensing something.

The next moment, the "gravity" he controlled descended.

A kilometer ahead of him, the earth, spanning over a thousand meters in diameter, trembled and roared, the soil rising high as if an invisible force were pulling this thousand-meter-diameter landmass away from the ground and into the sky.

After the land, which was thousands of meters high, was lifted dozens of meters off the ground, rocks and soil flew up and mud splashed. Nearly one cubic kilometer of soil was peeled off and fell to the ground, causing the ground to shake. At the same time, the body of a demon god was gradually revealed inside.

The appearance of this demon god's body...

"Hades!?"

Gu Jinlai.

He stared at the demon god's body for a long time before he made up his mind.

This...

It's actually the body of a god of the underworld, capable of condensing into a vessel for the incarnation of the Devil Master Cangming!?

"Um!?"

At that moment, through his special perception of the stellar force field as a child of the stars, he keenly detected that two enormous life forms were rushing toward him at an extremely fast speed.

Of the two life forms, one is comparable to a demon god!

Another...

It's practically equivalent to the most powerful demon god!

No, even the title of peak demon god is insufficient to describe it.

If converted to the calculation of a True Immortal, this is equivalent to the level of a Supreme True Immortal!

"Buzz!"

Just as Gu Jinlai sensed that these two enormous bodies were rushing toward him at an extremely fast speed, seemingly to stop him from destroying the body of the God of the Underworld, a consciousness within the body of the God of the Underworld was also rapidly reviving.

Soon, it will transform from consciousness into a complete consciousness entity, and then form an existence similar to an incarnation of consciousness.

"An incarnation of the Devil Master Cangming?"

Gu Jinlai a mere grasp of his hand, the violent gravitational force began to compress the body of the god of the underworld, causing it to rapidly collapse inward.

At this moment, among the two enormous figures that were rapidly approaching, the being that was so powerful as to be comparable to a peerless demon god unleashed a terrifying spiritual pressure, which crossed the thousands of miles of void between them and projected and suppressed Gu Jinlai, seemingly trying to freeze his spirituality.

This method...

If used to deal with other true immortals, or even celestial immortals like Lingyu and Changsheng, it would have a significant effect. However, compared to the spiritual pressure of the Gu Jinlai Star Lord, it is not worth mentioning.

His True Spirit flowed, instantly suppressing and eliminating the spirituality contained within that demon god.

Immediately afterwards, the core of the Great Sun within his body shone brightly, and violent, destructive energy began to condense in his hands.

"Humans!"

At this moment, the "body of the underworld god" in front of him suddenly opened its eyes, and a profound and dark consciousness reached the depths of his spiritual world.

"The demise of your world is inevitable. Whether we intervene or not, the only fate awaiting your world is still death and nothingness. Perhaps we can coexist peacefully. We are willing to provide you with a world that you can migrate to, and you will give us this world that is destined to perish."

"The Devil Master Cangming?"

The True Spirit has Gu Jinlai.

At this moment, it was the consciousness of the Devil Master Cangming that awakened this body of the God of the Underworld.

"Whether our world perishes or not is not something you foreign invaders need to consider. We have our own ways to fight that terrifying evil god. On the contrary, you are just sending more and more Demonic Spirit to your deaths. Since you have other ways to escape and have discovered other worlds, why do you keep fixating on our world?"

This Gu Jinlai.

"It seems you know."

The Devil Master Cangming was both surprised and felt that it was within reason.

"The only thing you can do now is to accept our goodwill and choose to cooperate with us. Otherwise, your ultimate fate will be either destruction by the evil god or destruction by our spirit race..."

"You can't destroy anyone."

From Gu Jinlai, he directly banished his spiritual fluctuations, and a blazing white fireball that the core of the Great Sun had long been brewing was suddenly stuffed into the mouth of this newly awakened body of the God of the Underworld.

"You can only destroy yourselves."

The next moment, the energy within the blazing white sphere was released with a roar, containing energy equivalent to tens of millions, or even hundreds of millions of units, which destroyed the newly awakened body of the God of the Underworld with overwhelming force. The endless flames and high temperature instantly turned everything within a mile radius into dust.

The two who were rushing over from a thousand miles away were Xuan Yang Demon God and Red Firefly Ruler.

At this moment, both of them still looked incredulous.

"Dozens of Demon Emperors, even if True Immortals came, they wouldn't have been completely wiped out without any chance of resistance... Could it be... that Zhao Xi and his group came in person? Did they sense something?"

The Crimson Firefly Sovereign's expression was solemn.

Xuan Yang Demon God was also somewhat helpless. "If we can really deal with dozens of Demon Emperors so quickly, it is most likely that Zhao Xi and several other beings who are called Immortal Lords have come in person. They... even in their transformed form, have power equivalent to peerless True Immortals. The two of us probably won't get much benefit if we go there."

After listening, the Crimson Firefly Sovereign pondered for a moment and quickly said, "We may not be able to do anything to Zhao Xi and the others' avatars, which possess unparalleled True Immortal combat power, but we can deal with Lord Cangming's avatar, as long as we can buy him some time to activate it..."

Before the ruler could finish speaking, an extremely brilliant light suddenly shone from the horizon.

That feeling...

It was as if a blazing sun suddenly burst forth, illuminating the entire world.

The sheer intensity of the energy that erupted in that instant sent chills down the spine of this sovereign-level Demonic Spirit!

"This power..."

The figure of the Crimson Firefly King came to an abrupt halt.

Especially at this moment, as the intense light dissipated, it seemed as if a powerful spiritual force silently swept away into the distance in the form of a shockwave, dissipating into the void.

Only the most elite Demonic Spirit can detect this unique fluctuation.

And the Crimson Firefly Ruler happens to be one of them.

"The avatar created by Lord Cangming has dissipated."

The Crimson Firefly Overlord's expression turned extremely ugly.

"Lord Cangming's body as a god of the underworld was buried deep underground and nurtured by us, how could this be..."

Xuan Yang Demon God's pupils contracted sharply, and he immediately said, "There's a traitor!?"

"It's also possible that this cultivator has methods we don't know about. In any case, we must evacuate as soon as possible. Without the adult's avatar, we simply cannot defeat this human expert."

As the Crimson Firefly Lord spoke, he turned around without hesitation, ready to leave the battlefield.

Xuan Yang Demon God followed closely behind, without the slightest delay.

But almost at the same moment they were about to leave, a bolt of lightning roared down from the horizon.

Along with this came a seemingly weak yet oppressive will. "You think you can just use your spirituality to suppress me and then walk away like this?"

"Walk!"

The Crimson Firefly Overlord immediately let out a low shout.

"We can't leave."

Xuan Yang Demon God glanced behind him; the speed difference between the two sides was too great.

The demon god made an incredibly decisive decision. "Lady Red Firefly, you have a spare demon god body and can use the Golden Cicada Shedding its Shell technique to escape, but I cannot. Fortunately, I am just a demon god body. I will cover your retreat, Lady Red Firefly. You should leave quickly."

Upon hearing this, the Crimson Firefly Ruler nodded without uttering a single unnecessary word.

The energy contained within the demon's body was unleashed and released to its fullest extent, causing its speed to reach its limit.

Xuan Yang Demon God remained where he was, sword drawn and horse in hand.

However, as it watched the dazzling light approaching, it felt a vague sense of familiarity. "That power, and this lightning..."

At this moment, the figure contained within the lightning bolt had already caught up to him three hundred miles away, and he finally saw the true identity of that figure.

"It's you!?"

Disbelief flashed in Xuan Yang Demon God's eyes. "Gu Jinlai!?"

Gu Jinlai!

It was actually that human named Gu Jinlai!?

Its previous demonic body was destroyed by this human. However, although this human was powerful at that time, he never imagined that he could rival a celestial being!

How long has it been? How come he already possesses such strength?

However, Gu Jinlai, no one has paid attention to what a demon god was thinking.

The moment the Xuan Yang Demon God was brought within range of the attack, the Divine Light of Li Huo shot directly towards him.

Sensing danger instantly, the Xuan Yang Demon God dodged in a flash.

But...

With their Gu Jinlai level of cultivation, they don't need to worry too much about the consumption of Divine Ability like the Divine Light of Departing Fire.

Unlike others, whose divine fire beams were emitted one after another, his beams were formed into a single, continuous line.

The Xuan Yang Demon God avoided the attack of the Divine Light of Departing Fire with his extremely keen senses, but as Gu Jinlai, the Divine Light of Departing Fire was shifted...

It was like wielding a giant laser sword over two hundred miles long. Under such circumstances, the Xuan Yang Demon God, unable to unleash his power again, could only watch helplessly as his body was sliced in two by the divine light of the Li Huo Divine Light, which was nearly a hundred meters in diameter...

This terrifying power made the Xuan Yang Demon God tremble with fear.

Gu Jinlai!

Xuan Yang Demon God watched the figure rapidly approaching from afar, an unprecedented sense of crisis enveloping every corner of its body.

"I must inform the Devil Master Lords of his whereabouts. Three years? Two years? Or just one year?! In such a short time, he has grown from a mere top-tier True Immortal to this level... If we don't eliminate him as soon as possible, he will become the greatest obstacle to our Spirit Race's conquest of this world!"

With this thought in mind, it directly summoned the Tower of Immortality, and its remaining spiritual essence vanished in a ripple.

This decisiveness prevented even the Gu Jinlai were still about two hundred miles away, from using the secret technique of descending from the spirit world.

From beginning to end, he never recognized that this demon god was the same Xuan Yang Demon God he had killed once before.

After doing all this, he once again dashed around, chasing after the enemy for hundreds of miles.

Here, however, remains the body of a demon god.

The body was still there, but it was like a dead object, without any movement.

Clearly, upon realizing that they were no match for him, these demons decisively abandoned their demonic bodies and returned to the Tower of Immortality.

"These Demonic Spirit..."

Gu Jinlai, he frowned.

The Tower of Immortality is a building constructed in the Demon Realm, and its operation is personally overseen by the Devil Master Cangming.

Each Devil Master possesses power surpassing that of the creator.

In other words, in the environment of the Demon Realm, even the Creator could not destroy an immortal tower guarded by the Devil Master.

Without destroying the Tower of Immortality, it will be difficult to truly kill a high-ranking Demonic Spirit, and this passive situation will continue.

After pondering for a moment, Gu Jinlai shook his head. "We can only recover enough lost territory as soon as possible. As long as we can recover the Realm of Immortality and prevent Demonic Beasts from collecting materials to forge the bodies of demon gods, they will naturally be unable to pose much of a threat."

As for transforming into Demonic Spirit form...

Zhao Xi, whose Spirit Transformation Heavenly Dao is about to be perfected, will teach them how to become spirits.

"Speaking of which, as the embodiment nurtured by the Devil Master Cangming, shouldn't the Body of the Underworld be constantly guarded by a Demon God? But those two Demon Gods clearly weren't focusing all their attention on the Body of the Underworld; they were on that side..."

Gu Jinlai to pay homage to the distant horizon.

What could make these two demon gods consider more important than guarding the body of the God of the Underworld?

He took a step forward, accompanied by wind and thunder, heading straight towards the direction from which the two demon gods had come.