Deep within the Demon Land.
Demon King Wujian sat cross-legged atop a towering mountain.
Dozens of heavenly demons at the yin-yang level or above lay prostrate around him. Wisps of aura drifted from their bodies into his, aiding his cultivation.
Suddenly, his heart sank. He had completely lost contact with another avatar.
Although this avatar had not been killed, its connection to his true body had been severed. Naturally, he knew what that meant!
His previously restrained aura erupted uncontrollably. The high-rank heavenly demons prostrate around him were pinned down, utterly unable to move, while the weaker ones were hurled backward by the surging currents.
"Gu Yuanqing!" Demon King Wujian ground his teeth.
For him now, the loss of every origin demonic thought had enormous consequences. It could even leave him unable to stabilize his origin demonic seed, causing him to fall from the Void Immortal Level.
He understood those consequences all too well!
As long as he remained at the Void Immortal Level, he was one of the heavenly demons the Devil Master relied on most. During the Devil Master's long slumber, it was the offerings of power from him and Eclipsing Moon, the two Void Immortal demon kings, that kept the Devil Master's strength at its peak and supported his cultivation.
Moreover, Demon King Shiyue had originally been human. Thus, Wujian stood beneath one demon and above all others.
Without cultivating himself, he could receive sustenance from countless chaos heaven immortal level demon kings. If Demon Lord Xuan You broke through his rank and became a true demon, Wujian would naturally rise with the tide.
Once his rank fell, he would become an ordinary demon king, and hundreds of thousands of years of effort would flow away down the river.
If that were all, he could have borne