Taking Refuge in the Demon Realm
"What a mere mortal, not even as good as an ant." A hint of coldness and helplessness flashed in Tang Yuan's eyes as he gently extended his right hand and pulled the young Devil Cultivator in front of him.
He grabbed the young Devil Cultivator's head with one hand, gradually increasing the pressure with his five fingers.
Amidst the young Devil Cultivator's wails, a loud "bang" was heard: Tang Yuan crushed the young Devil Cultivator's head into a pile of mud.
Tang Yuan tossed the Twin Fish Jade Pendant onto the steamed bun shop owner's corpse and unleashed a burst of mysterious fire: in an instant, the steamed bun shop owner and his entire family turned to ashes.
"This damned world." With a sigh, Tang Yuan looked towards the city gate, then at the sky: a stronger protective array had clearly appeared in the sky.
"It seems that the Purple Mansion, which controls the fried fish, will not allow any cultivator or mortal to escape from Ascension City alive."
"No matter what, we must think of a foolproof way to escape..." Tang Yuan frowned slightly, thinking to himself...
Standing atop the streets strewn with blood and black smoke, a sudden wave of unease washed over Tang Yuan, who stared blankly at the sky.
The sky grew even darker...
No, it's that the sun is being blocked even more...
Above the sky, a gigantic face, blurry yet bearing a hint of kindness and sincerity, blotted out most of the heavens.
One could vaguely make out that the owner of the giant face was a kind old man with a pair of terrifying and majestic huge eyes.
He looked down at the city, his mouth slightly parted in a strange smile.
Tang Yuan struggled to pat a few more "Calming Talisman" onto his body before he could catch his breath.
"Golden Core True Lord!"
This is the Golden Core Dharma Form of the Golden Core True Lord!
"What kind of bullshit Golden Core Dharma Form is he? He's only at the Late Purple Mansion."
I was born with Spirit Charm Sacred Physique, capable of withstanding the Dream Divine Ability of the Peak Purple Mansion cultivator for several breaths.
That old man in the Late Purple Mansion in the sky with his round face now has two Greater Divine Ability and three Minor Divine Ability. He wants to devour all of us so that his three Minor Divine Ability can be combined into one Greater Divine Ability.
Achieving three Greater Divine Ability signifies reaching the Peak Purple Mansion, thus becoming Great True Person.
No wonder we were able to easily storm Ascension City; the Song Household deliberately let us in.
We're all meat buns now, all to be fed to this big-faced old geezer in the Late Purple Mansion!
It's over, it's all over.
There are always those with extraordinary talent who can reveal the secrets of heaven.
True Person Qin, high above in the sky, widened his eyes upon hearing someone call him an old bastard: the male cultivator with the Innate Spirit Charm Sacred Physique who had just cursed him, along with dozens of cultivators within a hundred paces of him, instantly exploded into a bloody mist.
"The gap between superior and inferior cultivators is indeed like an abyss." Tang Yuan couldn't help but twitch his lips slightly...
Above the sky.
"Little Song, why aren't you making a move?"
"You've ruined my [Life Exhaustion Annihilation] Greater Divine Ability Power Gathering, I'll destroy your Song Household!" True Person Qin's voice boomed.
"Senior Qin, starting from 9:45 AM today, the entire Ascension City plus the entire Perching Clouds Island has a total of 4,376 cultivators and 502,813 mortals."
Rest assured, senior, so far, none of these cultivators or mortals have left alive.
Could you let me rescue nine Song Household? Some of them are quite talented and represent the future of the Song Household.
"Some have already been reserved by the Blood Skull Sect and will be used as medicinal ingredients in the future," the Song Household patriarch said humbly.
"Yes, but only five people can be saved," True Person Qin snorted coldly.
The Song Household patriarch smiled bitterly, revealed his true form, looked down at Ascension City, and stretched out his right hand, unleashing a beam of mysterious light.
A beam of light swept across Ascension City, and in an instant, five young men surnamed Song, their bodies enveloped in a protective aura of light, rose into the air.
"Ancestor, Ancestor!"
My name is Song Ping'an, and I am a direct descendant of the Song Household. I don't want to die. Please save me!
"Waaah..." In front of the Song Household's medicine pavilion, Song Ping'an, who was over six feet tall, knelt on the ground, praying to the sky with snot and tears streaming down his face.
The Song Household patriarch's expression remained unchanged; only the corner of his mouth twitched slightly.
As the five Song Household disciples flew higher and higher, about to fly out of the new magic array, Song Ping'an banged his head until it bled, but the ancestor in the sky didn't even glance at him.
"Oh, right, Ancestor, I'm distributing a [Honored Guest Privilege Slip] from our Song Household today!"
You once said that all Song Household who issue "[Honored Guest Privilege Slip]" are people with great fortuitous opportunity.
"Is the person you speak of with such great fortuitous opportunity destined to die on the same day?" Song Ping'an wailed to the sky.
The Song Household patriarch frowned slightly, and with a slight twitch of his right little finger, one of the five Song-surname youths flying in the sky instantly lost his mysterious light and quickly fell to the ground, while Song Ping'an was enveloped in mysterious light and flew rapidly into the sky.
"The opportunity has come!" Tang Yuan exclaimed in his heart, and quickly ran into a shop, where he installed two layers of soundproofing.
Through the gap in the shop's atrium, the moment Tang Yuan saw the four Song Household youths and Song Ping'an passing through the Spiritual Qi array, he summoned Tang Yi from Mystic Spoon. With a thought, he and Mystic Spoon vanished into thin air and went to the Demon Realm.
Faced with his fate, Tang Yi chuckled and swallowed two "Great Spirit-Augmenting Pill," raising his cultivation to the Qi Refinement Seventh Layer.
Above the sky.
Seeing the five members of the Song clan fly out of the protective array, True Person Qin snorted coldly, "I'm hungry."
The Song Household patriarch nodded, glanced at Perching Clouds Island and Ascension City beneath his feet, and pressed down slightly with his right hand.
Amidst the wails of cultivators and mortals in Ascension City, the entire Perching Clouds Island, along with Ascension City, slowly sank into the sea.
In less than the time it takes for an incense stick to burn, the sea became empty.
It was as if Perching Clouds Island, spanning over two hundred li, and Ascension City, encompassing tens of li, along with the four thousand three hundred and seventy-one cultivators and five hundred and twenty-eight hundred and thirteen mortals, had never existed in this world...
... In the Demon Realm, Tang Yuan hid for three whole months before daring to return to the Human Realm.
On June 13th of the 4037th year of the New Immortal Calendar, Tang Yuan, who had just returned to the Human Realm with the help of the Mystic Spoon, suddenly fell into the sea.
He immediately made a hand seal, took out the spirit boat from his Storage Bag, and boarded it. Tang Yuan was somewhat bewildered: looking at the vast sea, he thought he had gone to a new world.
Fortunately, the Earth Flood Dragon Hou Fei in the Mystic Spoon reminded Tang Yuan that he had indeed returned to the Human Realm: the original Perching Clouds Island and Ascension City had long since sunk hundreds of feet into the sea.
"This place is not a place to stay for long." Tang Yuan urged the spirit boat to travel quickly eastward. After traveling hundreds of miles, he encountered an "acquaintance" Wu Ningning.
Afterwards, Wu Ningning roughly learned what had happened in Ascension City: if Tang Yuan hadn't asked her to return to Huai'an City to retrieve [Moon Jade Radiance], she would have ended up being devoured by the Purple Mansion.
Tang Yuan explained to Wu Ningning that shortly after Wu Ningning left the shop, he also had something to take care of and left Ascension City shortly after, which is how he narrowly escaped disaster.
Wu Ningning sincerely thanked Tang Yuan Tang Yuan and gave him a "Wu Household Token," saying that if he encountered any trouble, he could go to Huai'an City to ask the Wu Household for help.
While expressing gratitude, Wu Ningning still received 2,500 Spirit Stone for the 1,000 strands of [Moon Jade Radiance] she sold to Tang Yuan...
After this ordeal and witnessing the fate of the steamed bun shop owner, Tang Yuan, besides strengthening his resolve to improve his cultivation level as quickly as possible, also began to reconsider the question of whether his children should cultivate immortality: It's still worthwhile to cultivate immortality if possible...