The Art of Balance!

Above the sky, the ancient gate solidified completely.

True Lord Qingxuan's face was deathly pale, and his eyes were bloodshot; the portal slowly opened a crack, and a terrifying aura that could annihilate all things instantly locked onto the two demons Shi Jian White Crane!

The surrounding void was frozen solid.

The Shi Jian, hundred-foot- Lightning Bear's body then emitted a crackling sound, unable to bear the strain any longer.

"That old bastard, he's desperate."

Shi Jian's fierce glint subsided slightly, and he sneered inwardly. Killing two Nascent Soul was already a great gain; if they continued fighting, their Myriad Demon Domain would suffer a loss.

He did all that, essentially acting as a troublemaker.

Now that the expected goals have been achieved, we can withdraw.

"Brother Bai, the wind's getting strong, let's get out of here!"

Shi Jian Divine Sense his thoughts, White Crane nodded slightly, his folding fan snapped shut, and clouds surged around him, ready to flee at any moment.

These two seasoned troublemakers worked together in perfect harmony!

Shi Jian turned his head and looked down at Yuan Shan, who was still locked in a fierce battle with Qingxu and Hanyue, and gave Yuan Shan a reminder:

"Brother Yuan, that old dog from the Grand Purity Sect is willing to fight to the death. I'm afraid we can't hold onto the Heavenly Ape Domain! Take your men and retreat to the North Sea first!"

"As long as the green hills remain, there's always firewood to burn. Let's go."

Yuan Shan forced Qingxu back with a single blow, then looked up at the portal in the sky, his heart pounding wildly.

"Withdraw!"

Yuan Shan didn't hesitate at all. It's true that the Demon Race believes in the law of the jungle, but running away when you can't win isn't shameful...

This is called a tactical maneuver, not following one's heart.

Upon receiving the order Mountain-Moving King and the Sea-Overturning King immediately abandoned their opponent, transformed into three raging winds, and headed straight for the Boundless Sea.

"Trying to leave? Too late!"

With a furious roar, True Lord Qingxuan unleashed a beam of grayish-white Divine Light of Annihilation from the portal; the light was silent and unstoppable, annihilating Spiritual Qi and the void wherever it passed!

And it points directly to the Shi Jian itself.

"Why is this old bastard chasing me and hitting me!"

Shi Jian cursed and had no choice but to cross his arms to protect himself, as thousands of purple-gold lightning bolts gathered in the demon bones of his arms.

Boom!

A pale gray light grazed past Shi Jian's left shoulder.

Large swaths of purple-gold flesh instantly vaporized, even shearing off a layer of the hard demon bones; Shi Jian let out a muffled groan, but using this terrifying impact, his figure transformed into a dazzling purple-gold lightning bolt, instantly tearing apart the frozen void.

The White Crane had already transformed into a wisp of ethereal cloud, clinging to Shi Jian's lightning.

A flash of lightning, and it vanished into the horizon.

The Divine Light of Annihilation its target and crashed onto the ground below.

The mountains of the Heavenly Ape Domain, stretching for thousands of miles, turned to ashes after the divine light swept over them, as if they had been erased.

A bottomless, enormous ravine stretches across the land.

The world fell into a deathly silence.

True Lord Qingxuan stood in the void, looking at the empty northern sky, his chest heaving violently, if only he had some decency.

He was practically ready to unleash a torrent of abuse on the spot!

But this feeling was stuck in his chest, and the more anxious he became, the angrier he got, and the angrier he got, the more anxious he became. He suddenly felt dizzy and was clearly out of his mind.

They ran away.

The two great demons of the Myriad Demon Domain, along with the three Demon King of the Heavenly Ape Domain, ran away completely, they were just playing them for fools!

"Puff!"

Qingxuan could no longer suppress the backlash, spitting out a mouthful of black blood and staggering.

The Taiqing Grand Purity Void Gate shattered with a deafening roar, turning into Spiritual Qi and dissipating.

"Elder!"

True Lord Qinglie, along with Qingxu, Hanyue, and others, rushed forward to help Qingxuan.

Qingxuan pushed the crowd aside, his gaze sweeping over the wrecked warship below and the spot where Xuanfeng and Lieyang had perished.

The Grand Purity Sect launched this northern expedition, deploying five Nascent Soul, intending to establish its authority and reclaim lost territory.

Now, one is dead, one is crippled, and one has died without a complete corpse.

The losses were devastating, yet they didn't even leave the Fang Yi hair behind!

"Shi Jian!! Yuan Shan!!"

Qingxuan gritted his teeth, his voice filled with endless resentment.

"Elder, what should we do now?"

True Lord Qinglie's face was grim. With Xuanfeng's demise, the Grand Purity Sect's high-level combat strength had been greatly weakened. Once this news spread, the surrounding forces of the Wei Kingdom would surely be eager to make a move.

Qingxuan took a deep breath and forcibly suppressed his injuries.

His gaze swept across the territory of the Heavenly Ape Domain below, his murderous intent now undisguised. "Send down the order: all forces under the Grand Purity Sect shall take full control of the southern ten thousand miles of the Heavenly Ape Domain's ley lines!"

"Kill any demon you see, skin them alive, leave no survivors!"

"I will sever the roots of the Heavenly Ape Domain!"

If you can't defeat the Demon King, then take your anger out on the lower-level Demon Beast.

The Grand Purity Sect needs a massacre to stabilize morale and also needs the resources of the Heavenly Ape Domain to compensate for the loss of two Nascent Soul cultivators.

Tens of thousands of the Grand Purity Sect cultivators, upon receiving the order, their eyes bloodshot, swarmed towards the Heavenly Ape Domain like locusts.

Screams and roars echoed through the snow and ice.

Thousands of miles away, there is an unnamed, desolate mountain.

The void cracked open, and a bolt of purple-gold lightning crashed down, flattening the mountaintop.

Shi Jian manifested in human form, kneeling on one knee. His left shoulder was a bloody mess, and a layer of grayish-white aura of annihilation clung to the edges of the wound, preventing the demon blood from healing.

The White Crane appeared nearby, its face equally pale.

His cloak was half torn, and his breathing was also disordered, indicating that he had also expended a great deal of energy.

"That old bastard Qingxuan still has some tricks up his sleeve."

Shi Jian grimaced in pain, his right hand forming a knife with his fingers together, a flash of purple-gold lightning, as he stabbed it directly into his left shoulder, severing the flesh within.

Laugh!

In no time, he dug out the piece of flesh tainted with the aura of annihilation and casually threw it on the ground.

The moment the grayish-white flesh hit the ground, it corroded the surrounding rocks into ashes.

Lightning surged at the wound site, and new flesh grew rapidly.

White Crane waved his tattered folding fan and chuckled softly, "He may be tough, but he's probably suffering more than we are right now."

"Two Nascent Soul died, and one had his body crippled, forced to try to possess another's body to rebuild his cultivation. The backbone of the Grand Purity Sect is now broken in half."

Shi Jian stood up, lightning flashed, and a new purple and white robe materialized.

"The Grand Purity Sect is determined to seize the territory of the Heavenly Ape Domain, and Qingxuan will certainly slaughter Demon Beast in a large-scale attack to vent his anger."

"Yuan Shan retreated to the North Sea, but North Sea old monsters there are no pushovers."

"The temporary concession was only to prevent the fall of Demon King. If they go too far, Yuan Shan and the other Demon King will surely retaliate."

"The longer the Grand Purity Sect extends its reach, the faster it will perish; once they've stirred up the waters of the North Sea, we'll return to reap the rewards."

White Crane nodded. "Brother Shi is right. Now that the situation in the North Sea has been stabilized, what should we do next?"

"Should we continue to stir up trouble, or return to the Myriad Demon Domain to recuperate?"

Shi Jian shook his head, looking south, with his own plans. "There's no need to stir up trouble in the south. We'll return to the Myriad Demon Domain to recuperate."

"If we were to simply force Grand Purity to retreat, I would naturally join forces with Flood Dragon to besiege Supreme Purity; but now that Grand Purity has been crippled, we cannot afford to further damage Supreme Purity's foundation."

"Above the Xuanling, we need a strong Human Race force to keep the Flood Dragon Race at bay. Only in this way can the two of us maneuver among the various forces."

"For so many years, everything we've done has been to weaken Human Race."

"The Human Race and the Demon Race have now reached a balance of power. If we continue to suppress the Human Race, we won't be able to control the rising Flood Dragon race later."

"Brother Bai, our goal is the newly emerging Demon Race."

"But the Demon Race must be under our control."

"Otherwise, everything we've done will have been meaningless; only through balance can we have a chance to ultimately take control!"