Entering the Ancient Demon Palace

Chen Changming stared at Changsun Ting as if he were staring at a dead man.

He swore an oath after Murong Qingxuan's death to kill all members of the Changsun Family and avenge Murong Qingxuan.

With a flick of his wrist, the Ancient Demon Fragment Map appeared.

Changsun Ting glanced at it and sneered, "This Ancient Demon Fragment Map still requires the blood of the Murong Family."

Chen Changming suddenly had a bottle in his hand.

Changsun Ting was overjoyed at the sight. He also took out the Ancient Demon Fragment Map and spat out a mouthful of blood. After absorbing the blood, the black fragment immediately emitted a layer of shimmering blood-red light.

Xiahou Hefeng and Duanmu Lianye also took out the Ancient Demon Fragment Map, and each spat out a mouthful of blood.

Chen Changming poured some blood onto the Ancient Demon Fragment Map.

The four fragments of the Ancient Demon Fragment Map emitted light simultaneously, then began to attract each other, slipping from the four people's hands and flying together in mid-air.

The Ancient Demon Map continuously emitted red light, and amidst the fluctuations in the void, a blood-red vortex slowly emerged.

Upon seeing the entrance to the Ancient Demon Palace, many people became excited.

Chen Changming watched coldly as he saw a Foundation Establishment Stage 10 cultivator in the Duanmu Lianye Lineage with an indifferent expression, seemingly unconcerned about the Ancient Demon Palace.

"Everyone, you can enter now."

Changsun Ting looked quite pleased with himself as his body floated up and flew directly into the red vortex.

Behind him stood Changsun Wuji.

Then came the other members of the Changsun Family who took to the air on their swords.

Members of the other major Lineage also flew into the red vortex, and Chen Changming followed suit.

In mid-air, the Ancient Demon Map cracked open again, transforming into four beams of light that flew into the red vortex and disappeared.

These four beams of light appeared before everyone after entering the vortex.

The four of them made their moves and grabbed the Ancient Demon Fragment Map.

The Ancient Demon Fragment Map still emitted a faint red light. Chen Changming looked up at the tall pillars standing in the gray mist in the distance, his brows furrowing slightly.

This Ancient Demon Palace truly resembled a maze; the gray mist could suppress and isolate Divine Sense Divine Sense, severely limiting it here.

"Gentlemen, we will meet at the Ancient Demon Beast's abode."

Changsun Ting, unable to contain himself, clasped his hands in a fist salute and led his clansmen into the gray mist.

Xiahou Hefeng chuckled, his gaze burning as he stared intently at the gray mist. With a wave of his hand, he led his people into the fog.

Duanmu Lianye slowly walked to Chen Changming's side and said with a faint smile, "Fellow Daoist Chen, did the Murong Family girl not tell you what to do after entering the Ancient Demon Palace?"

"Of course I know."

Chen Changming shook his head.

"Alright, see you at the Ancient Demon Beast's place."

Duanmu Lianye and led his people into the gray mist.

Chen Changming examined the Ancient Demon Fragment Map, staring at the lit lines. After a long while, he roughly understood.

This Ancient Demon Fragment Map represents a quarter of the complete map, meaning that he can reach the Ancient Demon Beast simply by following this fragment.

Each of the four guardian Lineage possesses a Ancient Demon Fragment Map, and they follow different paths, thus gaining different fortuitous opportunity. Upon reaching the Ancient Demon Beast, the members of the Lineage will gather together to reinforce the formation.

As for what kind of formation it was, Murong Qingxuan didn't say before she died, and Chen Changming didn't know either.

With a swift movement, Chen Changming also flew into the gray mist.

In the valley, the red vortex should have disappeared within a certain time, but it still exists, slowly rotating, releasing wisps of gray mist.

If the four guardian Lineage were here, they would surely be greatly surprised, never expecting that the Ancient Demon Palace they had guarded for countless years would experience some unknown change.

Gray mist drifted out of the valley.

A giant python covered in blue scales trembled violently after being tainted by the eerie gray mist. In an instant, a single, blood-red horn sprouted from its head. It raised its head to the sky and let out a roar that was like thunder, shaking the very core of the soul.

At this moment, the Green Python was as violent as a storm, its sharp gaze sweeping over everything around it. Its body, that of Level 5 Demonic Beast, was incredibly enormous. Wherever it passed, countless trees were mercilessly crushed and felled, as if the end of the world had arrived. In the blink of an eye, it disappeared into the vast forest, leaving behind only a scene of devastation.

The gray fog continued to spread, and more and more Demon Beast were touched, causing them to mutate. Some grew wings, some grew scales, and some even grew extra heads... However, most of the Demon Beast began to take on a semi-human form.

Originally a beast, its lower body transformed into a human form.

The mutated Demon Beast became stronger, but their temperaments became erratic and violent.

The vast Green Sheep Mountain gradually fell into an inexplicable crisis.

All of this was completely unknown to the major Lineage who entered the Ancient Demon Palace and to Chen Changming.

Upon entering the gray fog, Chen Changming discovered a passage surrounded by tall pillars, its destination unknown in the distance.

"Initial Passage Entrance..."

After observing for a while, Chen Changming came to this conclusion.

Holding the Ancient Demon Fragment Map, he entered the passage.

Every few dozen feet along the passage, a giant pillar pierced through the gray mist and soared into the sky.

Walking beneath it, one feels like an ant crawling under the vast sky, evoking a profound sense of insignificance.

Chen Changming was not flying very fast. He observed these ancient pillars and saw that they were carved with some extremely ancient patterns, as well as some humanoid Demon Beast.

These Demon Beast generally have human-like lower bodies, but their upper bodies are various kinds of demonic forms.

The majority of the images depict battles.

The opponents in the battle were actually human cultivators. Here, Chen Changming saw burly humans and monks dressed in robes...

"Could these patterns be depicting a chaotic war between the Six Ancients?"

Chen Changming narrowed his eyelids slightly, pondering to himself.

The burly humans resembled the Ancient Demon he had seen; while those dressed in monks' robes must be the legendary Ancient Buddha.

Chen Changming continued his observations and deduced that the Ancient Ghost, Ancient God, and Ancient Human were ancient beings.

These images were all etched into his mind.

After flying for several dozen breaths, the passage suddenly widened, and then four passages appeared.

Chen Changming didn't know which was the Murong Family's exclusive passage; if he wanted to figure it out, he would have to test them one by one.

If you're lucky, you might figure it out on the first try.

He chose the first passage on the left and was about to fly in when a Flying Sword suddenly flew out from the entrance of the third passage, shooting towards him like lightning.

Chen Changming's expression changed.

He now held a Geng-Gold Sword.

A burst of sword light flashed.

Boom!

The Flying Sword was knocked away.

"How is this possible?!"

A gasp of surprise came from the entrance to the third passage.

Guarding the entrance to the passage was none other than Changsun Wuji, the second Golden Core cultivator of the Changsun Family.

At this moment, Changsun Wuji's face showed disbelief.

This gray mist has a powerful isolating effect on Divine Sense, and this Body Cultivator's cultivation level is only the fourth level of Foundation Establishment, so it is absolutely impossible for him to detect that he would hide here to launch a sneak attack.

Chen Changming sneered.

His Divine Sense was comparable to that of Golden Core, constantly scanning his surroundings. No matter how small the movement, it could not escape his keen eyes.

He waved his hand gently, and a silver thread suddenly flew out.

The Silver Thread Heart-Devouring Insect, having broken through to the initial stage of level five, was extremely fast, not much slower than Flying Sword. When Changsun Wuji summoned his Life-Bound Flying Sword behind him, a silver thread suddenly appeared.

His pupils suddenly contracted!

What kind of treasure is this? Its attack speed is so fast!

In his haste, he activated his protective Law Treasure, forming a layer of silver light shield around his body.

Boom!

A tremendous force slammed into the silver light barrier, and Changsun Wuji was blasted backward.

A figure flashed through the gray mist, and Changsun Wuji saw the young man in plain clothes, who was practicing body refinement, descending in front of him with a terrifying speed, holding a sword.

In his haste, he manipulated his Flying Sword to slash at Chen Changming.

Chen Changming unleashed the Nine Pure Yang Swords, instantly knocking the flying Flying Sword away, and then landed his sword on the silver light shield.

Boom!

The silver light shield was shattered by the Geng-Gold Sword!

Chen Changming drew his sword.

A silver thread suddenly flew in and burrowed into Changsun Wuji's body.