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"Um!?"

Gu Jinlai, people have paused in their movements.

The Demonic Spirit actually knows about that evil god in the real spirit world?

At that moment, he suddenly thought of something, stopped, and his gaze quickly swept around the area surrounding the Demon Realm.

This wasn't his first time in the Demon Realm.

He had always felt that the Demon Realm possessed a certain...

It resembles a scene of ruins after a nuclear war.

No!

It's even more exaggerated than the ruins after a nuclear war.

The sky was obscured by flames, the earth was riddled with cracks, and visible magma was spewing from the ground and flowing across the land.

Thick smoke billowed into the sky, and raging flames burned fiercely.

This scenario perfectly reflects people's understanding of the "Demon Realm".

But at this moment, when he heard Cangming suddenly mention that evil god, a thought couldn't help but emerge in his mind.

What would happen to the Realm of Immortality if one day all the spiritual beings in it were devoured by that evil god?

Could it be...?

"Is your world..."

The gazes of Gu Jinlai gradually became solemn.

"A world that is already dead."

The Devil Master Cangming said in a deep voice, "When a world is approaching its end, its internal structure will be affected. Earthquakes, volcanoes, tsunamis, hurricanes... will completely destroy all living things in this world until no life can survive in the entire world."

At this point, the Devil Master paused slightly. "At the very least, he will not allow any material or energy life forms to survive."

Gu Jinlai, people have gazed at the crimson sky at the edge of the horizon.

It is a phenomenon caused by the intense friction between a special gas that is constantly being ejected from the earth and the atmosphere.

He took another closer look at the world.

In the air...

It contains highly toxic gases, in which it is almost impossible for any living organism to survive.

As for energy-based life forms like those Gu Jinlai...

This is a world completely devoid of any inspiration.

Yes!

Not even a tiny bit.

Without inspiration, there is naturally no Spiritual Qi.

Unless one finds a new source of energy, or transforms oneself into an energy cultivation system that has no need for the external environment, or cultivates to become a Great Dao Golden Immortal and draws energy from the Great Dao, which constitutes the rules of the universe.

Otherwise, over time, any energy-based life form will vanish as its energy is depleted.

The Devil Master Cangming looked at Gu Jinlai, "Once that sleeping evil god awakens, the outcome for your world will not be much better than that for our Spirit Realm."

Gu Jinlai, people have pondered this matter.

After a long pause, he spoke again, "Let's talk! Let's talk about that evil god, and about the destruction of the Demon Realm."

"Talk? You'll allow us to enter the Realm of Immortality, take away the spiritual energy, and activate our world?"

The Way of the Devil Master of the Vast Ocean.

Gu Jinlai, Gu Jinlai said, "At least we have a common enemy. Don't you want to destroy that evil god and avenge yourselves?"

"Wipe out?"

The Devil Master Cangming shook his head. "You have no idea how terrifying that life form is."

"Terrifying? How terrifying?"

The Gu Jinlai calmly asked, "Stronger than the Dao Ancestor?"

"..."

The Devil Master Cangming did not reply.

"Even if it possesses power comparable to the Dao Ancestor, so what? Even if there is no hope of victory, it is still not a reason for us not to struggle or resist. Just like in a mortal kingdom, how insignificant is an individual compared to a nation? But it is precisely because of the unremitting efforts and even sacrifices of countless individuals who have followed one after another that the empire can be rebuilt and a new world can be created!"

This Gu Jinlai.

The Devil Master Cangming did not answer directly. After a long while, he said in a tone of "ignorance is bliss": "You are very courageous."

"Courage... I'll take that as a compliment."

Gu Jinlai said, "If it weren't for this courage, how could the human race of the Longevity Realm have come this Gu Jinlai? And how could Gu Jinlai have gone from being an ordinary person whom even a great Demonic Beasts couldn't do anything about a dozen years ago to where he is today?"

"More than ten years?"

The Devil Master of Cangming's gaze fell upon Gu Jinlai.

Its ability to recognize names from Gu Jinlai, as well as its identity as the Lord of Lingxiao, demonstrates that it has a thorough understanding of Gu Jinlai.

However, this understanding obviously does not include the specific time of his growth, nor does it include the upper limit of the power he possesses.

At least, the intelligence it obtained...

Gu Jinlai's over eighty years old, and his combat strength is estimated to be on par with Zhao Xi, the ruler of the Immortal Kingdom.

But now...

"In the past ten years, I have traversed the stages of Spirit Transformation, Primordial Spirit, Celestial Person, Saint, Void Immortal, True Immortal, and Celestial Immortal, and entered the realm of Profound Immortal. If I were given another ten years, I might be able to go even further and become a Golden Immortal of the Great Dao, an Immortal Golden Immortal, or even the Dao Ancestor who resides at the source of the Great Dao!"

Gu Jinlai expression held an unspeakable confidence. "By then, will the threat of an evil god still be considered a threat?"

"Great Dao Golden Immortal, Immortal Golden Immortal... even Dao Ancestor..."

The Devil Master the Azure Sea looked at the Gu Jinlai, his spiritual energy fluctuating.

However, considering the information it has obtained about everything from Gu Jinlai...

This is incredible, yet highly probable.

"Perhaps the destruction of the Demon Realm is irreversible, but at least I can help you take revenge."

This Gu Jinlai.

The Devil Master Cangming did not speak, but instead looked at Gu Jinlai with great interest.

The Demon Realm might choose an extreme method: awaken the evil god and destroy the realm of immortality.

But once that evil god awakens, it will not only destroy the Realm of Immortality, but also the surrounding connected worlds.

Although the Demon Realm is a dead world, a world without hope, but...

Ultimately, by sublimating the will of all living beings and merging this will with the core of the world, they transformed into Demonic Spirit spirits and barely survived.

Although living is like being dead...

But as long as you're alive, there's still hope.

This is also why it is the only one of the five Devil Masters to deal with the realm of immortality where evil gods exist, while the other Devil Master are trying to find new ways out.

However, even if there is ultimately no hope, as long as it can see the destruction of this evil god, it can find solace in the afterlife.

In an instant, it waved its hand, signaling the other Demonic Spirit to quiet down, and said, "Release Hongying first, and I can tell you what you want to know."

Gu Jinlai concentrating their mental and spiritual power.

Instantly, the sovereign-level Demonic Spirit that he had suppressed quickly moved away from him with a "wandering" maneuver, while looking at him with full vigilance.

"How was the Demon Realm destroyed? Did you ever fight that evil god? And..."

Looking at the Demonic Spirit, whose unique forms seemed almost indistinguishable from those of the Creator, Gu Jinlai: "And what's with your life forms?"

The Devil Master Cangming remained silent, a ripple of spiritual energy emanating from his body.

After a long while, it finally condensed into a ray of spiritual light.

"It contains the truth about the destruction of the spirit realm, a truth passed down through generations of our spirit race!"

The Way of the Devil Master of the Vast Ocean.

Gu Jinlai, a single thought was drawn to this spiritual light.

Suddenly, in my spiritual perception, there seemed to be a huge life form, quietly suspended in the vast universe.

Around it, there seemed to be tiny planets...

Wrong!

These planets are not small.

Instead...

It's too big!

It...

It's a planet!?

"Our planet has always been alive."

The spiritual energy of the Cangming Devil Master rippled outwards. "According to our speculation, the entire Spirit Realm may have been the physical body left behind by an ancient, immortal Golden Immortal... He may have lived for hundreds of millions, or even billions of years... But in the last hundreds of millions of years of his life, he seemed to have grown tired of the idea of 'living' and fell into a deep sleep, quietly floating in the universe... Thus, over hundreds of millions of years, countless substances and energies were absorbed and drawn in by the energy emanating from his body, ultimately forming our world..."

"An Immortal Golden Immortal!"

Gu Jinlai awe-inspiring.

The Demon Realm has such a powerful background!?

"Over hundreds of millions of years, we, the beings living on this star, have been influenced by his dormant thoughts and consciousness, and have gradually transformed into life forms similar to his..."

The Devil Master Cangming paused at this point.

Gu Jinlai also glanced at these Demonic Spirit.

Type...

Bizarre and wonderful.

It is clear that this immortal golden immortal was not cultivated by a "human".

They may be born divine, or they may be from other races.

"We thought our lives would continue like this forever, until one day... He came..."

As the spiritual fluctuations unfolded, the scene suddenly changed.

An entity so enormous that it could hardly be measured by the concept of a planet suddenly appeared.

His immense size cannot be described.

If this world is the Blue Star, then this terrifying entity is beyond description, even surpassing the power of the sun.

He is Sirius, the North Star, Arcturus, and even Scutum...

He appeared around this world called the "spirit world" in a way that ordinary people could not understand, as if transcending the dimensions of time and space.

Then...

It will completely engulf the entire world.

After devouring this world, He swaggered away and vanished without a trace.

Next, the entire Demon Realm fell into a period of extinction and despair that lasted for thousands of years.

Seeing that the destruction of the entire world was inevitable, in order to ensure that the Demon Realm could still search for other worlds and maintain its extraordinary power system, the leaders of the Demon Realm at that time chose to integrate the will of all living beings into that immortal golden immortal who was equivalent to a star core, transforming him into a spirit world.

Yes, transform that immortal golden immortal into a spirit realm.

The Demon Realm Devil Master did it, but because of the existence of this Spirit Realm, the surviving beings completed the transformation from flesh and blood beings to spiritual beings.

Only...

This transformation is not successful for every living being.

Some beings, retaining a certain level of intelligence and consciousness, quickly grow into catastrophic Demonic Spirit.

However, most Demonic Spirit have their consciousness erased during the transformation process, becoming small, medium, or even large Demonic Spirit without thought, acting only on instinct.

In order to maintain the operation of this special "spirit world", the Demonic Spirit have to try to devour spirituality and souls from other worlds and put them into the "spirit world".

It is precisely because of the constant replenishment of external spirituality and souls that the "spirit realm" of the Demon Realm has never perished, and it can also give birth to some conscious and unconscious Demonic Spirit from time to time, struggling to maintain the demon Demonic Spirit system of the Demon Realm.

"The Spirit Realm!"

After quietly digesting this information from Gu Jinlai, I couldn't help but feel a surge of emotion.

An artificial spirit world!

His idea of a "Three Realms" Cultivation Method is real!

It is indeed possible to use methods similar to those of a grotto-heaven or the body of a Golden Immortal to create a miniature or even a small spirit world!

And in these miniature and small spirit realms, spiritual life forms, including Demonic Spirits, are conceived.

However, compared to the real spirit world where evil gods reside, which can easily give birth to powerful individuals like creators, the strength of the spiritual life forms born in those miniature and small spirit worlds varies depending on the strength of the spirit world.

At least until now, the Demonic Spirit has only developed to the level of Devil Master, which is no better than the likes of the Aries Star Lord who was born only a thousand years ago.

This alone can indirectly reveal the difference between the two.

"Call!"

Gu Jinlai, people have exhaled a long breath.

His eyes gleamed, and his gaze fell directly on the Devil Master Cangming: "I want to see where the 'Spirit Realm' that your Demon Realm has nurtured is."

"Impossible."

Without a second thought, the Devil Master Cangming shook his head. "That 'Spirit Realm' is the foundation of our Spirit Race's survival and the source of our birth. If it is ever lost, the Spirit Race will become a rootless duckweed, with no hope left..."

Looking Gu Jinlai, it said in an unquestionable tone, "Not to mention that we were enemies who wanted to annihilate each other not long ago, even if we had a harmonious relationship, this core, which is equivalent to the inheritance of our race, must never be shown to others!"

"If I could observe your 'spirit world,' I might be able to quickly find a way to defeat the evil god and avenge you."

Gu Jinlai, he has spoken in a deep voice.

"Our 'spirit realm' will absolutely not allow anyone to approach or step into it even a fraction of the way!"

The Devil Master Cangming said, "Aren't you confident that you will grow strong enough in a dozen years? We can afford to wait a dozen years."

Gu Jinlai, he frowned.

"This concerns the continuation and inheritance of our race, and I will not back down in the slightest. If you continue to press this matter, then..."

The Devil Master Cangming's expression was cold and resolute. "I will awaken that evil god in the Realm of Immortality ahead of schedule."

Gu Jinlai, people have looked upon the Devil Master the Vast Ocean.

This Devil Master, in turn, showed no weakness and confronted Gu Jinlai equal force.

In its eyes, it has indeed seen a determination to perish together with the world.

Because...

It dares not gamble.

It dared not gamble on whether the Gu Jinlai observers of the "Spirit Realm" truly sought to find a way to combat the evil god through this method, or whether they realized the importance of the "Spirit Realm" to their race and wanted to eliminate the threat to their world once and for all by destroying the "Spirit Realm."

"Trust."

Ultimately, it all comes down to these two words.

There is no basis for trust between the two parties.

Especially not long ago, the two sides were locked in a fierce confrontation, each wanting nothing more than to annihilate the other.

Having figured this out, Gu Jinlai let out a long sigh of relief, "I understand."

Perhaps, one day, when he has the power to destroy the Demon Realm at will, and before they can awaken the evil god slumbering in the true spirit realm, he will be "qualified" to go deep into the Demon Realm to observe the specific structure of the "spirit realm".

"We need more information about that evil god."

This Gu Jinlai.

"I will give you the information I have, more crucial data..."

The Devil Master Cangming paused slightly. "At the very least, you need to show me definitively that you have any hope of destroying that evil god."

Gu Jinlai nodded, without pressuring him.

Given the complete lack of trust between the two sides, the fact that the Devil Master Cangming has made so many concessions is already the limit.

And...

Gu Jinlai clear that even with the addition of the power of the Mystic Immortal Realm, the current Immortal Realm is still not guaranteed to be able to destroy the Demon Realm.

In the Demon Realm, there are five Devil Masters, and Cangming is just one of them!

On their side, those whose mental cultivation had reached the ninth level...

He is the only one of his Gu Jinlai.

The reason why Zhao Xi was able to keep the Creator out of the cave heaven was that there were a large number of true immortals and cultivators in that cave heaven, and the will of all of them was integrated into the cave heaven, or rather, was used by Zhao Xi, who was one with the cave heaven.

Secondly...

The Creators are not of one mind.

Otherwise, even if several creators joined forces, they could still have conquered the immortal kingdom of that time.

Compared to the Creator, the Devil Master and the Overlord-level Demonic Spirit are much more united.

Furthermore, since the Xuanxian who has refined the cave heaven into his body does not receive the support of the will of all living beings, he has to rely entirely on his own mental state to integrate with the power of the Heavenly Dao to resist. If he really fights to the death with the Demon Realm, it is still unknown who will win.

"Then let it be so. From now on, demonic Demonic Spirit from the Demon Realm shall no longer be allowed to enter the Realm of Immortality to cause trouble."

This Gu Jinlai.

The Devil Master Cangming nodded. "I will control those intelligent Demonic Spirit, but I am powerless to stop some less intelligent Demonic Spirit from entering the Realm of Immortality through spatial rifts."

Whether this Cangming Devil Master still harbored some wishful thinking or had other reasons, he Gu Jinlai said, "As long as the Sovereign-level, Spirit Venerable-level, and Catastrophe-level Demonic Spirit do not enter the Realm of Immortality, we will deal with those low-level Demonic Spirit without intelligence on our own."

"Good."

The Devil Master of Cangming said, "Within a month, all our people will retreat. As for the remaining out-of-control Demonic Beasts, I believe you can handle them. Similarly, within a month, we will hand over to you all the information we know about the evil god."

"Well then, that's settled. Hopefully, I won't have to go to the Demon Realm again."

Gu Jinlai.

"Of course not."

As Cangming Devil Master spoke, he sighed, "If it weren't for the fact that several worlds we searched were unsuitable for our Spirit Race to live and migrate, we wouldn't have risked awakening that evil god to operate in the Realm of Immortality."

As soon as it was said, it seemed that Gu Jinlai had realized something.

The spatial rift in the Chen Domain has been opened once before...

He immediately said, "Which worlds have you searched for? We'd better let you know in advance to avoid any unnecessary misunderstandings."

He paused slightly as he spoke, "Cangming Devil Master, you wouldn't want the Demonic Spirit you painstakingly sent to that world to be directly destroyed by us, would you?"

After some thought, the Devil Master Cangming did not refuse.

On the one hand, those things of little value in the world have been told Gu Jinlai.

In addition, he might be able to use these worlds to distract himself from the Gu Jinlai, so that he wouldn't always focus his attention on their spirit world.

Like the creator from a thousand years ago...

If it weren't for the fact that they secretly spread the path of the "Spirit Lord," allowing those creators to touch the true power of the evil gods and thus incurring a backlash, the Demon Realm would probably have truly become a hunting ground for those creators.

Furthermore...

They selectively present a world of low value, concealing the truly valuable aspects. How do they know what's truly valuable?

The Devil Master Cangming then said, "I will organize the coordinates of those worlds and give them to you along with the information on the evil gods."

"Good."

Gu Jinlai nodded.

No contract was signed between the two parties.

Without trust, a contract is meaningless.

Ultimately, both sides are wary of each other and unwilling to truly escalate the conflict to the point of mutual destruction.

At this moment, under the watchful eyes of the Devil Master Cangming, the Red Firefly Overlord, and other Demonic Spirit, Gu Jinlai withdrew from the Demon Abyss.

After he withdrew from the Abyss, the Devil Master Cangming immediately ordered, "Try to lower the passage level of the Abyss, at least... we cannot allow them to take one of our sovereign-level Demonic Spirit out of the Abyss."

"Yes."

A sovereign-level Demonic Spirit responded in a deep voice.

At this moment, the Crimson Firefly Sovereign was somewhat puzzled. "My lord, the destruction of our Spirit Realm was clearly not because of that evil god from the Realm of Immortality..."

"I know."

The Devil Master Cangming said, "However... what does it matter? At least they believe that we truly chose to temporarily turn hostility into friendship because we felt that we shared the same enemy as them. Otherwise, today's matter would not have ended so easily."

Upon hearing this, the Crimson Firefly Sovereign suddenly understood.

"Then next... we'll infiltrate those Demonic Spirit in the Realm of Immortality..."

"Those who can remain hidden should remain hidden as much as possible. Do not make any rash moves. Observe for a while before making a decision. Those who cannot remain hidden and have already shown themselves should all be withdrawn to avoid unnecessary sacrifices."

As the Devil Master Cangming spoke, he let out a soft breath. "It seems we need to summon the other Devil Master back... especially the Devil Master Xutian..."

Upon hearing this, the Crimson Firefly Sovereign's spiritual energy seemed to surge. "Lord Xutian... he is the oldest being of our Spirit Race, the one who opened the path to domination..."

"Perhaps the fate of the Immortal Realm has not yet run out."

The Devil Master Cangming sighed.

A century-long plan was ruined in an instant because of the sudden rise of this Gu Jinlai Lingxiao Palace Master.

It's all about timing and fate.

"I can't speak for other worlds, but the Demonic Beasts will know that Chenyu is in our hands, and they will definitely give up Blue Star. In this way, at least the crisis of Blue Star will be resolved."

This thought flashed through the mind of Gu Jinlai retreated into the abyss of demons.

He wasn't very interested in the other worlds that the Demonic Spirit explored; what he really wanted to take back from the Demonic Spirit was Blue Star.

With this exchange, even though the Demonic Spirit was still unwilling to give up Blue Star, it would never dare to act too recklessly in the future.

Especially considering that Xie Yusheng had destroyed the Star Spirit Platform while piloting the Cheng Ying mech, which was clearly a symbol of the Lingxiao Palace style.

"Although the problem with the Demonic Spirit has finally been resolved, I still need to go to Blue Star. Since my purpose this time is to establish my authority and make them realize the risks of rashly severing ties with the outside world... I should inform them in advance."

Gu Jinlai have pondered this.

The method of notification...

It's very simple.

Find an opportunity to leak this to that Starshine Federation person named Edren, and then let them escape.

With this thought in mind, he crossed the Abyss of Demons and returned to the Realm of Immortality.