"We can't be certain." Ning Qingfeng shook her head. "We have no conclusive evidence, only conjecture. Devil Ancestor Mountain isn't to be trifled with. Even if we confirmed that they knew Chu Mu had an Outer-Domain Celestial Demon, the Dao Alliance wouldn't dare offend them too deeply."
"Why?"
Li Yang didn't believe there was any orthodoxy or faction in the Nine Provinces that the Dao Alliance couldn't afford to offend.
"The founder of Devil Ancestor Mountain is an existence even older than your Ancestor Xuanyuan. He emerged from the Ancient Immortal Secret Realm in Immortal Relic Province-a living True Immortal of this era. More importantly-he is still alive today, and holds a supreme position in the Upper Realm."
Li Yang understood.
He had heard Zi Yuan mention this before.
Back then, when Zi Yuan had been driven into a corner, she had offered to acknowledge him as her master for a hundred years. She had also said that an avatar of Rahu, the Devil Ancestor of her Devil Ancestor Mountain, stood guard there, and even the Dao Alliance had to show him respect.
"Simple. Just kill both Chu Mu and Li Xiao. They're both doomed to die anyway."
Li Yang wouldn't blame the Dao Alliance for being useless. Instead, he had already marked those two devils' heads as his.
An old devil who had possessed a body and a young devil awaiting possession-both deserved to die. There was no need to keep them alive. He would cut them down as soon as he had the chance.
"The secret realm won't equalize cultivation levels. Li Xiao is already at the Nascent Soul late stage, and Chu Mu is about to form his Nascent Soul too. Rally the other sword cultivators and bring them into the Pseudo-Incomplete Immortal-Slaying Sword Formation you obtained