After planting the Slave Seals, True Lord Xiaxuan took control of them and headed for Ghost Nether Mansion.
The sect's crisis had been resolved. It was time for a huge haul!
"Martial Uncle, I just heard that Blood Demon say the Blood Demon Ancestor was at the Lin Dao Realm Ninth Layer... Martial Uncle Xuanhe and the others..."
An elder who was over eight hundred years old spoke respectfully, worried about the Sect Master and the Ancestors who had attacked the Blood Demon Clan's secret realm.
The Lin Dao Realm Ninth Layer was just one step away from the Perfection Level.
In this Age of Dharma's End, it stood near the very top of the pyramid.
And if he remembered correctly, Daoist Xuanhe's cultivation was at the Lin Dao Realm Fourth Layer.
Against the Blood Demon Ancestor, he would probably have a hard time winning.
"Don't worry."
Daoist Xuancheng looked relaxed as he smiled and said, "My senior brother is far stronger than I am!"
"Far stronger than Martial Uncle Xuancheng!"
"Then Martial Uncle Xuanhe's cultivation..."
"Gasp... So the cultivation of several of our Kaoshan Sect martial uncles is actually this terrifying!"
Several elders cried out in shock, their faces stunned.
Compared to the martial uncles, they'd kept far too little hidden!
Martial Uncle Xuancheng was already in the Lin Dao Realm, yet he'd quietly hidden six layers of cultivation.
He'd given everyone a huge surprise.
Many elders quietly took the lesson to heart, thinking that once this was over, they would have to study the Dog Dao Canon left behind by the Mount Patriarch Master!
Each of them had hidden, at most, three or four minor realms. It was far too little.
From now on, they'd have to hide more!
The Blood Demon Clan's secret realm lay three hundred thousand li north of Ghost Nether Mansion.
After True Lord Tianji made his deductions, they quickly pinpointed its location.
Led by True Lord Yuntian, the Kaoshan Sect's many experts instantly broke through the secret realm's entrance and charged inside.
The battle erupted at once!
The Blood Demon Clan had received word long ago and had made ample preparations for the fight.
They weren't numerous, but there were still around a hundred and fifty of them. Including Blood Demons below the Divine Infant Realm, there were as many as six hundred.
Nearly every Kaoshan Sect elder faced two, sometimes three or four, Blood Demons of the same realm.
The fight was extremely difficult!
As for the Peak Masters, including True Lord Tianji, each faced dozens of Blood Demons at the same realm!
The battle was brutal, and they were injured almost as soon as it began.
There was no denying that even in decline, the Blood Demon Clan was still powerful.
They had far more Heavenly Human Realm cultivators than the Kaoshan Sect appeared to have.
A closer count revealed dozens of them, bringing them close to the level of an ordinary Holy Land Level Force!
They even had as many as six in the Lin Dao Realm.
The battlefield above the Blood Demon Clan's secret realm.
Daoist Xuanhe engaged in a fierce battle against the six Lin Dao Realm Blood Demons led by the Blood Demon Ancestor!
As seven Lin Dao Realm cultivators fought, the Cangqiong was torn apart. The entire Blood Demon Clan's secret realm shook violently, fine cracks appearing across it.
This was not the Blood Demon Clan's ancient home from the Primordial Era, but a place they had built later.
It could barely withstand a battle between seven Lin Dao Realm cultivators!
"Kaoshan Sect disciples, hear my command!"
Despite facing six Lin Dao Realm Blood Demons, Ancestor Xuanhe remained at ease. He gave a low shout. "Undo your restrictions, release your cultivation, and hit them hard!"
At once, Daoist Xuanhe, who had already revealed cultivation at the Lin Dao Realm Eighth Layer, surged in power once again.
Under the horrified gazes of the Blood Demon Ancestor and the others, his cultivation soared to the Lin Dao Realm Perfection Level!
Saintly Might even appeared around him!
He seemed capable of crossing the Saint's Gate at any moment and becoming a Saint Realm cultivator!
"Impossible! This is impossible!"
The Blood Demon Ancestor was going mad. Daoist Xuanhe had started out at only the Lin Dao Realm Fourth Layer.
As they fought, he'd become the Lin Dao Realm Sixth Layer, then the Eighth Layer.
Now he'd stopped pretending altogether and revealed cultivation at the Lin Dao Realm Perfection Level!
"Ancestor, what do we do?"
The five Lin Dao Realm Blood Demons trembled with fear, their legs shaking as they turned to the Blood Demon Ancestor.
"There's no way back. Follow me and fight!"
"We have the numbers on our side. Even if he's at the Lin Dao Realm Perfection Level, he can't swallow us whole!"
The seven clashed once more, and the entire Blood Demon secret realm shook even more violently.
Above them, lightning flashed and thunder roared.
Below, the shouts of battle shook the heavens!
"You heard what Martial Uncle said, didn't you? Lift your restrictions! This Seat commands you to fight!"
True Lord Tianji roared. His aura, which had been at just the Heavenly Human Realm Second Layer, instantly surged to the Heavenly Human Realm Eighth Layer!
"I refuse to believe it!"
True Lord Tianji's opponents were ten Blood Demons at the Heavenly Human Realm Second and Third Layers.
Now that True Lord Tianji had unleashed his power, his aura nearly scared all ten of them witless.
That old bastard had hidden six layers of cultivation!
"Die!"
The horsetail whisk in True Lord Tianji's hand grew to forty meters. With a light wave, the mighty power of heaven and earth instantly crushed the bodies of the ten Blood Demons.
The Divine Infants inside the Blood Demons tried to flee.
As long as their Divine Infants survived, they could find new bodies and keep living!
But how could True Lord Tianji give them the chance?
He swept out a hand. A fierce gale, like the sharpest blades, ground their Divine Infants to dust!
The same scene unfolded on the battlefield of True Lord Gouyuan.
Eight Blood Demons stood around him. Seeing True Lord Tianji unleash his power, he bellowed, "There are only eight of you, and you look down on me? Die, you bastards!"
He had been at only the Heavenly Human Realm Second Layer, but in an instant he unleashed cultivation at the Heavenly Human Realm Ninth Layer, a full layer above True Lord Tianji.
The eight Blood Demons hadn't even had time to speak before they were smashed to pieces and died on the spot.
"You old bastard, you hid even more than I did!"
True Lord Tianji, not far away, was furious. He was actually a whole layer below that fellow.
"Hahahaha!"
"Good. Now you know!"
True Lord Gouyuan was in high spirits. After finishing off his opponents, he headed to support the others.
"Where do you think you're going!"
In the distance, True Lord Wuji was carrying a forty-meter broadsword and chasing down nearly twenty Heavenly Human Realm Blood Demons, hacking away at them.
The scene was breathtaking.
True Lord Wuji's aura was clearly at the Heavenly Human Realm Ninth Layer. Under his forty-meter broadsword, all twenty Blood Demons were dead within the time it took to brew a cup of tea!
"Wasn't this guy at the Heavenly Human Realm First Layer the whole time?"
"That old bastard was always saying how straightforward he was and that he never held anything back."
"So he really was lying through his teeth!"
True Lord Tianji's eyes went red with jealousy. Was he really the weakest one here?
No!
There was one more!
He hurriedly looked toward True Lord Dishén.
In an instant, his jaw nearly hit the ground.
True Lord Dishén was actually charging toward the Lin Dao Realm battlefield in the sky.
His aura was clearly at the Lin Dao Realm First Layer!
"What the hell!"
"That guy never says a word. Turns out he's a brooding schemer, and he's already broken into the Lin Dao Realm!"
True Lord Tianji was deeply shaken. He vowed to outdo them all once he got back.
True Lord Gouyuan looked at True Lord Dishén. "That guy probably won't be around much longer. He can go sit down now."
"Where's the Sect Master?"
True Lord Gouyuan swept his gaze around and only then noticed that True Lord Yuntian had finished his fight long ago.
His opponents had been three Blood Demons at the Heavenly Human Realm Ninth Layer.
They were already dead.
The aura True Lord Yuntian was unleashing was clearly at the Lin Dao Realm Second Layer.
"That old bastard probably hasn't even shown his true strength," True Lord Gouyuan muttered.
Then he looked over the entire battlefield.
Just as expected, the Blood Demon Clan had more fighters.
But the battle was completely one-sided!
The Kaoshan Sect hadn't suffered a single casualty.
Those Divine Infant Realm elders were each ferocious in their own right.
After Daoist Xuanhe spoke, they fiercely lifted their restrictions and ended the fight in an instant!
"You vile humans!"
"You're disgusting!"
"I never want to see any of you again!"
A Heavenly Human Realm Blood Demon roared. What kind of people were these?!
Their realms kept getting higher the longer they fought!
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