Deep within the Demon Mountain Range in the Central Region, the enormous Heavenly Demon Palace stood atop a mountain peak.
At that moment, two figures landed before a small hill.
As they gazed up at the distant Heavenly Demon Palace, a trace of relief finally appeared in their eyes.
The two were members of the Stellar Whale Clan and the Golden Roc's clan, both at the middle of the fifth stage.
With their cultivation, they would have few rivals in the Great Yu Realm as long as no Spirit Transformation cultivators appeared.
But they had been traveling through human territory, after all. If discovered, they could easily be surrounded and hunted down.
Just as they craved the delectable taste of human Nascent Souls, those human Nascent Soul cultivators coveted the spirit materials on their bodies.
"We should be fine now that we're here. With the Five-Colored Demon Saint and the White Ape Demon Saint around, there shouldn't be any trouble." The speaker was Chen Yu of the Stellar Whale Clan.
"We're safe, true, but why are there so many humans in the Demon Mountain Range?" The Golden Roc beside him was named Golden Mountain. As they sneaked their way here, they had seen quite a few human cultivators hunting demons.
As far as they remembered, the Demon Mountain Range should have pushed into Demon Prefecture in the humans' Demon Province in the Central Region.
Why were the humans invading Demon Mountain instead?
Despite their doubts, the two beasts continued sneaking forward and soon reached the foot of Demon Mountain.
Once there, neither demon went any farther.
Although both their clans looked down on the White Ape and the Five-Colored Peacock, those two were Demon Saints, after all. They still had to show them the proper respect.
The two demons took