Ascending to Second Rank, Reunion with the Ten Thousand Demons Hall

Within the endless mountains beyond Half-Fallen Cliff.

Shen Yi found a secluded spot and sat down on the ground.

Chi Yun Great Immortal's sudden appearance had naturally been unexpected, but Shen Yi felt no guilt over it.

From the instant this great calamity began, Shen Yi and these great sects had stood on utterly opposing sides.

Crimson Cloud Cave had seemingly suffered Clear Light Mountain's bullying, but before the people of the Divine Dynasty, there was no difference between the two. Both were monsters that chose their prey and devoured them.

Even if he had to do it over again, Shen Yi still would not have shown Mao Feng and the others any mercy.

One should not forget that when Ling Su had wanted to seize imperial aura, she had borrowed demons from those Crimson Cloud Cave disciples.

"Hah."

Shen Yi let out a long breath and suppressed the lingering fear in his heart. This had probably been the closest he had come to death since leaving Southern Continent.

But he had made it through in the end.

That meant he was only one final step away from truly securing his life.

Once he crossed it, he would reach the great freedom realm of immortality and indestructibility!

Previously, Shen Yi had accumulated over fifty thousand calamities' worth of demon lifespan and imperial aura through those Bodhisattvas. Then, in You Yao's dojo, he slew another seven third-rank great demons. Together with Deer Boy from before, that number had risen to a terrifying one hundred and twenty thousand calamities.

As for the remaining eighty thousand calamities...

Shen Yi raised his eyes toward the sky. Imperial aura from the lands of the four prefectures was continuously gathering toward him.

The statues he had set down back then were devouring incense offerings day and