Su Xiangxue Takes the Initiative
Do you know where the other two-thirds are?
Bai Qiuran asked.
"Let me see... The message this gives me is that before the First Ancestor Demon Emperor died, he instructed his close ministers to divide the map of his Imperial Mausoleum into three parts, which were scattered throughout the Demon Realm. One part was protected by the Imperial Family, one by the princes, and the third part ended up among the common people of the Demon Realm, its whereabouts unknown."
Wisdom Immortal said, enunciating each word clearly, "When the Demon Realm declines, the demon race that gathers all three maps and finds Monster Race First Ancestor Demon Emperor's Tomb will be able to become the new Demon Emperor."
"This must be the one that the so-called [princes and nobles] are protecting, right?"
Bai Qiuran looked at the Map Fragment on the table.
"Is this a sign of the decline of the Monster Race?"
"Nonsense, of course it's declined."
A trail of dark green sparks shot out from Wisdom Immortal's eye sockets.
"Back in the Holy Dynasty, the Ten Demon King of the Monster Race were at least comparable to Earth Immortal, and the Demon Emperor was an unparalleled powerhouse who could rival the Holy Dynasty's emperor. Look at the state of the Monster Race now! Their bloodline power has weakened, their cultivation has regressed, and not only have the Demon King all become Body Integration Stage cultivators, but the only one with the purest bloodline in the royal family is this little girl. If this isn't decline, what is? Does it only count as decline when Human Race or Demon Race invade?"
"Now that you mention it, that makes sense."
Bai Qiuran said, "But it's strange, unlike the Ten Lands of Jiuzhou, the lineage within the Demon Realm hasn't been interrupted, so why don't the Monster Race have any Earth Immortal anymore?"
"It's all because of you."
Su Xiangxue glanced at him and said.
"What? You're shocked? You're blaming me for this?"
Bai Qiuran shocked and said.
"After the appearance of the Earth Immortal Ancient City, I tried to search the history of the Demon Realm. The intelligence said that the Demon Emperor before this Demon Emperor was indeed a more powerful being than Human Race Cultivators at the Mahayana Stage. However, after he passed the throne to the Demon Emperor who is now lying in the coffin, he disappeared. Along with him, the various Demon King of the previous generation also disappeared."
Su Xiangxue slowly said, "Not long after the current Demon Emperor ascended the throne, he set his sights on the weakened and declining human race, which had just been invaded by the Demon Clan. At that time, the last of the group of people with the highest cultivation level in the entire cultivation world, namely your master Qingming Daoist and others, had already ascended to the Immortal Realm. Among those who remained, the highest cultivation level was only at the Integration Stage. The Demon Emperor, who possessed the strength of the Tribulation Transcending Stage, felt that he could win no matter what, so he led the Demon King and his princes to charge over."
Was Human Race in such a miserable state back then?
Wisdom Immortal murmured, "The Demon Emperor's thinking isn't wrong. In our era, the Tribulation Crossing Stage was also known as the Void Insight Stage. Cultivators reached this stage had begun to comprehend the Rule Power. As long as they weren't too weak, fighting Body Integration cultivator shouldn't be a problem."
"Yes, and then as soon as the Demon Emperor and his people came out, they encountered Qiuran and the others."
Su Xiangxue glanced at Bai Qiuran.
"The ten Demon King abdicated shortly after ascending to the throne, some without even having the chance to leave an heir. The Demon Emperor himself was severely injured and forced to return, having used a forbidden technique that burned his Lifespan. Although he barely recovered after being rescued in the Demon Realm, he has no chance of ever breaking through to the next level. Afterwards, the Demon Emperor had no choice but to promote several powerful Monster Race of lower bloodlines to become Demon King, which eventually led to the situation we see today."
"Was it to maintain the nobility of their [higher] bloodlines that they ordered the disposal of all records related to the Earth Immortal Realm? Now, I guess only the Royalty and imperial family retain records of this realm."
Wisdom Immortal interjected, "But why... how did the previous generation of the Earth Immortal Realm Demon Emperor and Demon King disappear without a trace?"
"Don't think that far ahead now. The primary goal is to collect all the maps and find the tomb of the first Demon Emperor."
Bai Qiuran interrupted him, saying, "Perhaps this secret is hidden within the First Ancestor Demon Emperor's Tomb."
Wisdom Immortal muttered a couple of things, still seemingly unwilling to give up, but in the end he didn't refute Bai Qiuran's words and chose to acquiesce.
His main motivation was his curiosity and thirst for knowledge about the First Ancestor Demon Emperor's Tomb, which was no less than the mysterious disappearance of the previous Demon Emperor.
"I will later use a secret method to contact my intelligence network in the Demon Realm and ask them to help us investigate the other two forces that are hostile to the Black Snake King and his group."
Su Xiangxue said, "Of course, I won't miss any information about the Black Snake King's faction either."
"I'll report the situation to the Jade-Faced Buddha later."
Bai Qiuran also said to Su Xiangxue, "... Xiangxue, you've worked hard today, let's rest first."
After he finished speaking, he felt that something was off about his statement, but he couldn't quite put his finger on it.
"Hmm, from what you're saying..."
But the perceptive Su Xiangxue understood immediately, and she teased with a smile, "Do you want to rest with me?"
"No, no."
Bai Qiuran felt overwhelmed and quickly denied it, saying, "I still need to speak with the Alliance Leader later. He's a monk; it wouldn't look good, it wouldn't look good..."
Su Xiangxue smiled slightly, gently tapped Bai Qiuran's nose, then giggled and walked out the door, returning to her room next door.
As she closed the door, she relaxed her mental focus, and the suppressed Blood Qi surged to her cheeks, making her face flush red all the way to her ears.
The Sect Master of the Hehuan Sect, at this moment, resembled a young girl, throwing herself onto her bed and rolling around with her pillow. In the dimly lit room, the sound of a woman's silly giggles could be heard.
On the very night that Bai Qiuran and Su Xiangxue stayed at the Detached Palace at the invitation of the Black Snake King, in the Eastern Demon Realm Demon Realm, beyond the Edge of the World facing the Vast Sea, a small boat sailed through the waves.
This is just a small Wooden Boat with a tiny white sail, smaller than even the small pleasure boats on the Canal. On the Vast Sea, there are not only storms and giant waves symbolizing the wrath of nature, but also countless powerful, terrifying, and extremely ferocious Sea Beasts.
Let alone a small wooden boat that can only be used to cross rivers, even the Cloud Sea Flying Boat, a collaboration between the Heaven-Forging Stronghold and the Profound Law Academy of the Ten Lands of Jiuzhou, would not dare to venture too far into the Vast Sea.
But this little wooden boat did just that; it crossed the ocean from a remote Islands in the middle of the Vast Sea and arrived at the easternmost point where the Demon Realm meets the Vast Sea.
The wind and waves surged in the Vast Sea, the spray like white walls, each one taller and larger than the Wooden Boat. But when the giant waves crashed against the Wooden Boat, a layer of blue barrier appeared on Wooden Boat surface, blocking the giant waves and the gale.
With no one paddling, the small white sail on the Wooden Boat clearly couldn't provide enough power, yet the little boat moved on its own without wind, quickly reaching the towering Cliff at the edge of the Eastern Demon Realm Edge of the World.
A White Shadow suddenly rushed out of the Wooden Boat, ran up the cliff face, and arrived at the top of the Cliff as if walking on flat ground.
The White Shadow landed, revealing his true form: a pale-faced young man with red hair. He was clearly not from the Ten Lands of Jiuzhou or the Demon Realm, but his attire was deliberately styled like that of a scholar, and he was holding a white Folding Fan in his hand.
Thank you, Grandpa, goodbye.
He turned back and waved at the sea. The waves rolled, and beneath the surface, something enormous seemed to be turning around, leaving long ripples as it slowly moved away from the shore.
The pale-faced, red-haired scholar turned around, opened his Folding Fan, and struck an oddly scholarly pose, looking around at the scenery. He asked, "Is this the true continent that my teacher spoke of?"