An Easy Victory, Troubled Times
Looking up, Li Yunjing saw a faint light rapidly falling from the sky, like a shooting star.
The next moment, with a loud bang, the eerie light fell to the ground, causing the ground to tremble violently, as if an earth dragon were turning over, dust flying and stones flying everywhere.
Li Yunjing, Xiao Tianxing, and the others were extremely curious, so they walked to the edge of the deck and looked down.
A large crater has been smashed into the ground.
In the large pit, Cui Yi lay on the ground, his limbs severed at the roots, and a large gash in his chest from which blood was gushing out.
"How tragic." Xiao Tianxing's pupils dilated as he muttered to himself.
Cui Yi looks nothing like the spirited young man he was when he first appeared.
This also demonstrates that Zhang Jianchen's strength is extremely terrifying.
At that moment, a flash of sword light appeared, and Zhang Jianchen materialized.
He looked down at Cui Yi in the large pit below, his expression indifferent.
"As expected, all you can do is talk the talk," Zhang Jianchen said.
Cui Yi grinned. "The victor is king, the loser is villain. I lost, so whatever you say is right."
But don't... cough cough... don't get too cocky, I'll be waiting for you in the afterlife."
Zhang Jianchen sneered, "Wait for me? You'll never see that in your lifetime."
With a raised hand, a streak of green light flew out from Zhang Jianchen's right sleeve.
In an instant, the azure light flew in from between Cui Yi's eyebrows and out from the back of his head.
The light in Cui Yi's eyes gradually faded until it disappeared completely.
The blue light returned to Zhang Jianchen's right sleeve.
But when the blue light returned, Zhang Jianchen's expression turned slightly surprised.
But the surprise vanished quickly, almost imperceptibly.
On the spaceship deck, Xiao Tianxing and the others marveled at Zhang Jianchen's power.
The infamous demon was dealt with so easily.
As Li Yunjing was sighing, he suddenly felt a burning sensation in his chest.
This feeling made Li Yunjing's heart tighten.
He maintained a cheerful demeanor on the surface, but inwardly he quickly checked the situation.
It's that Immortal Bone.
The Immortal Bone given to him by the White Bone Daoist has now fully grown.
It was exactly the same as what Li Yunjing had seen in that pure land before.
At this moment, a layer of fluorescence was flowing across the surface of that Immortal Bone.
Before Li Yunjing could figure out what was going on, he sensed something approaching him.
Li Yunjing hurriedly looked up and saw a dark shadow flash past his eyes.
Before he could even see what it was, the dark shadow instantly rushed into Li Yunjing's body.
Immediately afterwards, it was directly refined by that piece of Immortal Bone.
The next moment, the fluorescence flowing on the surface of the Immortal Bone gradually disappeared.
The burning sensation in Li Yunjing's chest had completely disappeared.
"What exactly is that?" Li Yunjing's expression turned slightly serious.
It's not a good thing for something unexpected to enter your body.
If that thing is harmful, wouldn't Li Yunjing be finished?
But the Immortal Bone refined that thing; could it have been the Immortal Bone's doing? So there shouldn't be a big problem?
Li Yunjing still didn't understand.
However, at this moment, in the large crater below the spaceship...
Cui Yi's body gradually melted like ice and snow until it finally turned into a puddle of sticky mucus.
Zhang Jianchen had just returned to the spaceship deck at that moment.
As one of the most powerful cultivators in the world, Zhang Jianchen keenly sensed the anomaly.
He first noticed a faint fluorescent glow emanating from Li Yunjing's chest.
The fluorescence was so faint that Xiao Tianxing and the others didn't notice it.
Only Zhang Jianchen, being strong enough, noticed it.
Then, Zhang Jianchen noticed the changes in Cui Yi's corpse in the pit.
Two things puzzled Zhang Jianchen Zhang Jianchen. He tried to connect the two events but couldn't find a reason to do so.
Zhang Jianchen glanced at Li Yunjing.
He knew that Li Yunjing must have encountered something when he went to retrieve the remains of the White Bone Daoist.
However, Li Yunjing did not choose to tell him about this, and the specific reason is unknown.
It could be out of self-preservation, or it could be because they couldn't bring themselves to say it.
Upon realizing this, Zhang Jianchen smiled.
Whatever extraordinary encounters Li Yunjing may have, it's all a good thing.
As the leader of the Immortal Alliance, Zhang Jianchen acted like a patriarch.
Li Yunjing's extraordinary encounter is a good thing for the entire Immortal Alliance.
"Who knows, the Immortal Alliance might produce a great cultivator who will shake the world from now on," Zhang Jianchen thought to himself.
Suppressing his distracting thoughts, Zhang Jianchen walked towards Li Yunjing and the others.
Li Yunjing and the others quickly bowed and congratulated Zhang Jianchen on his great victory over Cui Yi.
Zhang Jianchen shook his head. "There's nothing to celebrate. We killed one Cui Yi, but there are still many great demons like Cui Yi in the Tianyuan Five Provinces."
"What do you mean by that, Alliance Leader?" Cao Lie couldn't help but ask.
Zhang Jianchen paused for a moment, then continued:
"I searched Cui Yi's soul and learned that not only Cui Yi, a great demon, broke free from his seal, but many other sealed Devil Cultivator also did the same."
Several of these powerful demons were even more ancient than Cui Yi, making them difficult to deal with.
"Cui Yi was a great demon from nine thousand years ago. Are there any Devil Cultivator even older than Cui Yi? Wouldn't that be Devil Cultivator from tens of thousands of years ago? How can Devil Cultivator live that long?"
Chu Xin was incredulous upon hearing this.
Although a cultivator's lifespan increases as their cultivation level improves.
However, it doesn't increase infinitely.
The maximum lifespan of Golden Core Stage cultivator is only eight hundred years. Even if they consume longevity-extending spiritual items, their lifespan can only be increased to a maximum of nine hundred and ninety-nine years.
To break through the thousand-year mark, one must break through the Core Formation Nascent Soul Condensation.
Similarly, 9,999 to 10,000 years is also a threshold.
The top cultivators in the Tianyuan Five Provinces are all at the Tribulation Transcendence Realm.
The maximum lifespan is only 9,999 years, and that's only possible after consuming various life-extending elixirs.
There is only one way to live for ten thousand years: become an immortal.
This is the Principle of nature, and no one can break it.
At least none of the people present had ever heard of anyone being able to break this Principle.
The fact that Cui Yi could live for nine thousand years already shocked everyone present.
Zhang Jianchen is saying there Devil Cultivator even more ancient than Cui Yi? How is that possible?
Zhang Jianchen shook his head. "The ancient I'm referring to isn't lifespan, but origin."
In the demonic path, one's origins are of utmost importance.
Although some ancient Demonic Sect have fallen into decline, their influence remains unaffected.
Even the current leader of the demonic path is like that.
"The ancient ones I mentioned also refer to this; those great demons came from ancient Demonic Sect within the demonic path, their status far superior to that of Devil Cultivator like Cui Yi."
The group then realized what was happening.
Zhang Jianchen sighed and continued:
"All those great demons broke free from their seals at the same time; it's impossible if no one did it on purpose."
The demonic path has welcomed back many powerful demons, causing its strength to surge. The coming period is likely to be turbulent, and the Tianyuan Five Provinces are poised for chaos.
Zhang Jianchen's face showed worry.
Upon hearing this, Li Yunjing was startled.
Previously, the White Bone Daoist had said that the demonic path was about to make a big move.
Could this be what you mean?
If that's the case, how did the White Bone Daoist know?
"You guys need to be extra careful."
At this moment, Zhang Jianchen spoke again.
"Remember, if you encounter any Devil Cultivator, fight if you can, and run if you can't. After you run away, call for reinforcements to fight back."
If you really can't escape it, just take care of it yourself; that will save you a lot of pain.
You absolutely do not want to fall into the hands of the demonic path alive; that would be a nightmare.
Upon hearing this, the group all looked surprised.
Zhang Jianchen's words sounded rather awkward.
However, what he said makes perfect sense: there is no need to feel ashamed when facing Devil Cultivator.
This isn't child's play.
When righteous cultivators and demonic cultivators meet, there is only death for the victor; there is no other outcome.