Shadow Demon (Part 2)

Only then did Yan Chihuo understand why some places in the human realm bore a few similarities to the Netherworld, such as the Ten Thousand Bone Cave of the Cloud Soaring Sect. They had all been formed after the invasion of the Thirteen Nether Kings. After the Thirteen Nether Kings were defeated and driven back, those spaces were shattered and divided, scattering into the human realm.

After the Thirteen Nether Kings were defeated, the remaining Netherworld army was even less able to withstand the human race. At that time, this Nether Ghost King became the leader of the remnant forces. The human Cultivators refused to let them go and hunted them down with all their strength.

However, the Nether Ghost King was exceedingly cunning. Ascension Stage Cultivators repeatedly tried to eliminate him, but he saw through every attempt and escaped. Yet the Netherworld ghost army steadily dwindled. Thus, the Nether Ghost King established secret strongholds in five extremely hidden locations, and this stone chamber was one of them.

At this moment, Yan Chihuo spotted a cultivator among the humans. It was Yan Chihuo's first time seeing this cultivator, yet he recognized him at a glance. That nose, those eyes, every feature—so unfamiliar, yet so familiar. A person immediately surfaced in his mind: Lord Thousand Illusions! For some reason, he felt that this man was Lord Thousand Illusions, and an inexplicable fondness welled up within him.

Moreover, although Lord Thousand Illusions' facial features were entirely different from his own, their expressions and bearing were remarkably alike. Yan Chihuo thought to himself, This is probably the result of both of us cultivating the Innate Seventy-Two Transformations. Cultivating the Innate Seventy-Two Transformations greatly strengthened the soul, and naturally gave one's temperament and expression certain similarities.

Lord Thousand Illusions was a peerless genius. When