Return to Ji Continent

"Good."

The two immediately flew out of the Heavenly Demon Sea. After flying for more than ten days, they finally left the Heavenly Demon Sea.

That day, Chen Nianzhi had just left the Heavenly Demon Sea when he suddenly discovered that the jade pendant Ji Daoyan had given him was emitting a dazzling light that enveloped him.

Immediately afterwards, he felt an extremely vicious blood flame transform into a scarlet blood serpent attacking towards the top of his head.

"Oh no, it's Demonic Path spell!"

As if by conditioned reflex, the Stargazing Tower within Chen Nianzhi's body glowed, and a series of dazzling celestial Spirit Treasure protected Chen Nianzhi's soul.

Immediately afterwards, his physical body was coated with a dazzling starlight, and the Heavenly Secret Protective Great Divine Ability Astral Glazed Body, was instantly activated.

"Boom--"

Protected by divine Divine Ability and Spirit Treasure, the scarlet blood serpent was ultimately no match for them and dissipated as a wisp of green smoke.

Are you alright?

Seeing Chen Nianzhi's pale face, Jiang Linglong asked with a worried expression.

"Fine."

Chen Nianzhi shook his head, but there was still a hint of fear in his eyes; what had just happened was extremely dangerous.

That blood serpent was terrifying; it actually possessed the power to devour souls. Even a powerful being at the Half-Step Primordial Spirit realm stage would likely have their life taken by this serpent. If it weren't for the various Spirit Treasure and Divine Ability abilities protecting him, he probably wouldn't have fared well either.

Upon realizing this, Chen Nianzhi couldn't help but say, "To be able to unleash such a vicious spell without my birth date and Essence Blood, it must have been that Galou Heavenly Demon who made the move."

"Ugh, you good-for-nothing, how could you possibly fail?"

Meanwhile, far away in the Demon Abyss, a figure clad in black armor spoke with a furious expression.

This person is none other than the infamous Galou Heavenly Demon, whose cultivation level is as high as the Late Primordial Spirit realm. Among the Nascent Primordial Spirit Heavenly Demon, he can be considered an extremely powerful figure.

Standing before Galou Heavenly Demon was an old man in a blood-red robe, holding a dead, scarlet blood snake in his hand, his face also contorted with rage.

His face turned cold, and his gaze turned ugly as he said, "My Blood Serpent Soul-Seizing Curse requires an extremely precious Tier 6 Soul-Devouring Blood Serpent to cast..."

"If one were to obtain the person 'Natal Essence Blood and birth date, even Primordial Spirit cultivator would be severely injured or even killed by a curse. This person is only in the Nascent Soul Middle Stage, yet he has managed to survive, most likely because he possesses a precious protective treasure."

"Hmph." Galou Heavenly Demon's face turned cold, and he said with an ugly expression, "Do you still have any means to curse this person to death?"

"I am powerless to help." The old man in the blood-red robe shook his head, and after pondering for a long time, said, "Without his birth date and Essence Blood, ordinary Demonic Path spells will probably be unable to kill him."

"If you really want to kill him, perhaps you should go find the Nightmare Heavenly Demon."

"Nightmare..."

Garuda Heavenly Demon's expression changed slightly, as if he was somewhat wary of the Nightmare Heavenly Demon.

After a long silence, he said with a cold expression, "Fine, if we can kill that brat, paying a price is only right."

"..."

At the same time, Chen Nianzhi breathed a sigh of relief after blocking the Blood Serpent Soul-Seizing Curse.

He smiled slightly, then said to Jiang Linglong, "The other party doesn't know my birth date and time, nor does he possess our Natal Essence Blood. To cast such a spell, he must have paid a price that severely damaged even the Primordial Spirit of a Heavenly Demon."

"Since they couldn't kill me this time, I should be safe from now on."

Jiang Linglong breathed a sigh of relief, but still said with some concern, "Be careful, and don't leave the Stargazing Tower unnecessarily in the future."

"Um."

Chen Nianzhi nodded and continued towards the location of the Treasure Ship.

Soon after, they rejoined the Treasure Ship fleet and began their return journey to the Eastern Wilderness.

Several years passed in the blink of an eye. Chen Nianzhi led his army back to the Ji Continent and breathed a sigh of relief.

The Chen Clan family members, Yan Ziji, Daoist Qingci, and others on the Treasure Ship all showed rare smiles.

At this moment, in Azure Lotus Isle, tens of thousands of cultivators disembarked one after another, and the large number of cultivators who came to welcome them were all frantically searching for their relatives.

In this square, some wept bitterly, some were overjoyed, and some choked with sobs.

More than twenty years have passed since they last met. This may not seem like much to many high-level cultivators above the Purple Mansion, but for the low-level cultivators who survived the calamity, it is a time when everything has changed beyond recognition.

During this period, some people died in battle, some passed away peacefully, and some Lineage have completely declined.

Many people also made great achievements, obtained Foundation-Building Pill and broke through to the Foundation Establishment realm, or even the Purple Mansion and Golden Core realm, and could be said to have enjoyed great glory for a time.

This is no exaggeration. In this battle, the Chen Clan distributed more than 20,000 Foundation-Building Pill as rewards for their merits.

On the Treasure Ship, Chen Nianzhi glanced at the reunited group and couldn't help but reveal a complicated expression.

He glanced at everyone and noticed that Chen Xianyan had been waiting for quite some time, so he asked, "Has anything important happened in the Ji Continent and the Vast Sea in recent years?"

Chen Xianyan hesitated for a moment, then couldn't help but whisper, "The Xu Clan's dojo has been destroyed."

"This..."

Chen Nianzhi's expression changed slightly as he finally understood the situation in the Eastern Wilderness in recent years.

In the Eastern Wilderness, before each Cataclysm of the Abyssal Demon Calamity, many Devil Cultivator would secretly hide away, waiting until the Cataclysm broke out before launching a massive blood sacrifice against Human Race to break through their cultivation levels.

Apart from the Nascent Soul Immortal Clan, who are patrolled and protected by the Eastern Wasteland Immortal Alliance, lower-ranking Immortal Clans have little protection.

In the short span of twenty years since they left, numerous Devil Cultivator have emerged throughout the Ji Continent, from the Golden Core Immortal Clan to Qi Refining realm Immortals, and countless Immortal Clans have perished in the calamity.

Chen Xianyan spoke with a pained expression, and after a long while, she said, "In the past twenty years, thirteen of the fifty-odd Golden Core Immortal Clan in the Ji Continent have been wiped out, and the number of Immortal Clans below the Foundation Establishment has been reduced to forty to fifty percent."

"Those Devil Cultivator specifically target low-level immortals. Some Golden Core realm demons even shamelessly sacrifice Foundation Establishment and Qi Refining realm immortals. One Golden Core realm demon even single-handedly sacrificed hundreds of Foundation Establishment and Purple Mansion Immortal Clan."

After hearing this, Chen Nianzhi, Jiang Linglong, and the others' expressions grew even colder.

This was only because they had already taken action in advance, completely annihilating the Demonic Cultivator Forbidden Ground near the Ji Continent and the Vast Sea.

If the Demonic Cultivator Forbidden Ground, such as Demonic Baleful Ridge and Demon Cave, are not eradicated, the entire Ji Continent and even the Vast Sea may end up with nine out of ten houses empty.

Only now did Chen Nianzhi understand why the Abyssal Demon Calamity was called a catastrophe.

It turns out that this calamity is a calamity for all cultivators in the world. It occurs once every thousand years, and each time the Qi Refining realm Immortal Clan is wiped out, they are almost completely destroyed.

This is why it is almost impossible to find a Qi Refining Foundation Establishment Immortal Clan with a thousand-year-old Qi Refining realm in the world, because they cannot survive the Abyssal Demon Calamity.

Only immortals at the Purple Mansion or above have a slight chance of surviving such a terrifying calamity, thus ensuring their Lineage's survival for a thousand years and gaining a fortuitous opportunity to advance to a higher-level immortal clan.

Thinking of the immense terror behind this, Chen Nianzhi asked, "What's the situation now?"

Chen Xianyan shook her head and then said, "During this Abyssal Demon Calamity, five Devil Cultivator from the Ji Continent successively advanced to the Nascent Soul realm through blood sacrifice."

"There are also four powerful figures over the Vast Sea. They now occupy the former Demonic Baleful Ridge and Demon Cave, and it seems they intend to lord it over these Demonic Cultivator Forbidden Ground cultivators."