Achieving Heavenly Monarch

For a time, countless Outer Realm powerhouses across the entire Red Flame Domain turned their gazes toward Chong'a Mountain.

There were Wenliang Sect Extraterrestrial Beings such as Mystic Ice Beings, Flame Insects, Sky-Eyed beings, and crane people; there were also Outer Realm Demons such as Wan Yan, Smoke Monsters, Human-Faced Willows, and speckled jellyfish. Even more came from neutral extraterrestrial races. The protectors of their Forbidden Lands were all stirred by this aura, each employing spells, divine abilities, and other methods to peer at Shen Mo...

After all, he was the first native powerhouse of the Red Flame Domain to attempt a breakthrough into the Divine Bridge Realm—the fifth Dao realm, the fifth rank. Given the terrifying number of mortal and immortal humans in this domain, if he successfully became a Heavenly Monarch and gained the capital to stand on equal footing with the other Forbidden Lands, it would surely have an enormous impact on the existing balance of power!

Naturally, the great Outer Realm demons that lorded over the Red Flame Domain and ravaged its mortal and immortal humans were unwilling to see a native Heavenly Monarch emerge.

However, many fifth-rank great demons still needed to keep their Forbidden Lands from being assimilated by heaven and earth, and could not easily leave them. Otherwise, even they themselves might be Dao-ified.

Those able to roam freely outside also had their misgivings.

After years of conflict and slaughter, the various factions had reached a balance. Rashly stepping forward would easily set fire to their own bodies. They had no wish to eliminate one hidden danger only to invite an even greater calamity!

Besides, advancing into this realm was exceedingly difficult. Whether Shen Mo could succeed was still uncertain, so there was no harm in watching from the sidelines for now.

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