Azure Cloud Grotto-Heaven

Shen Mo had also made some guesses about the origins of the Demon God Killing Ground!

After falling into the killing ground, he discovered a relatively "familiar" figure—it was Gu Song, the founding patriarch of the Taiyi Sword Alliance. Later, Shen Mo fought this demonic shadow and witnessed the sword arts it wielded. After confirmation from the Taiyi Sword Spirit, he became certain that this figure truly was "Heavenly Monarch Gu Song."

Of course, this Demon God shadow was not Gu Song himself, returned from the dead. It was a tribulation body perfectly replicated by the will of heaven and earth through the Dao traces he had left behind in life!

The other Demon God shadows were similar existences, transformed from the Dao traces of Heavenly Monarchs who had attained the Dao in the Primordial World;

Their Dao arts soared into the heavens and their methods were peerless, nearly beating Shen Mo to death alive!

Fortunately.

Most of these Heavenly Monarch tribulation bodies possessed only the cultivation of those newly entered into the Divine Bridge Realm, rather than the strongest realms they had reached in life.

At the same time, unlike living Heavenly Monarchs, they could not bring their own power to its utmost bloom. They had the form but not the spirit, which was why Shen Mo had been able to slay them one by one and ultimately emerge after breaking through the tribulation!

Even so, Shen Mo had still suffered grave injuries. The dozens of foreign powers within his body had all been left behind by those Heavenly Monarch tribulation bodies.

"This advancement and tribulation have brought me immense gains!"

"While recovering from my injuries, I can take the opportunity to ponder and sort through everything anew, turning as much of what I have comprehended and gained as