Nine Deaths Cliff.
The Demonic Sect Main Altar, where countless demons gathered, was also the most perilous place under heaven.
To other martial artists, this place was a forbidden ground.
Nine Deaths Cliff had five peaks that soared into the clouds. Of them, the central peak was the tallest, strangest, and most treacherous. It was called Free and Unfettered Peak.
Ning Xiaochuan was recuperating on Free and Unfettered Peak, staying at Soaring Qi Pavilion halfway up the mountain!
Soaring Qi Pavilion was Duanmu Ling'er's residence, located deep within Nine Deaths Cliff. One had to pass through thirteen checkpoints to reach it. Naturally, anyone wishing to escape from Soaring Qi Pavilion also had to pass through thirteen checkpoints.
Let alone Ning Xiaochuan at his current cultivation, even a great figure at the Martial Venerable level would face nine deaths and one chance of life if trapped within Nine Deaths Cliff.
The chance of escaping was practically zero.
That day, after parting from Ugly Old Woman, Ning Xiaochuan had been forcibly brought back to Nine Deaths Cliff by Duanmu Linye.
Duanmu Linye did not immediately take Ning Xiaochuan to meet the Demon Emperor. Instead, he settled Ning Xiaochuan in Duanmu Ling'er's residence and had Duanmu Ling'er look after him.
Meanwhile, Duanmu Linye went to Soaring God Hall at the summit to report back to the Demon Emperor.
At the same time, he intended to test the Demon Emperor's attitude before deciding whether to take Ning Xiaochuan to meet him.
Ning Xiaochuan's mother, Duanmu Ning, had once been the Demon Emperor's favorite. At merely twelve years old, she had been named Holy Maiden.
Yet she had severed her father-daughter relationship with the Demon Emperor and betrayed the Demon Sect. Though twenty years had passed since then, Duanmu Linye could still remember just how