Immortal Demon City, the Untamed Golden Winged Roc

Immortal Demon City.

An ancient city built from piled bronze mystic stones.

Even from afar, one could see waves of majestic Demonic Qi pouring from within, stirring the winds and clouds into change.

The Immortal City stood at the border between the Demon Ruins Dao Domain and the WuLing Dao Domain, an unknown number of tens of thousands of miles away from the Returning Origin Holy Land.

It was said that a Demon Race Great Emperor from this Immortal Demon City had ascended to the Immortal Realm, so the Demon Race had named it Immortal Demon City.

Immortal Demon City lay close to the Demon Ruins Secret Realm, and thus many humans also gathered here. Trade and commerce flourished, with tens of millions of living beings within its bounds, presenting a thriving scene.

Today was precisely the day the Demon Ruins Secret Realm opened.

Exotic beasts and divine birds swept through the skies above Immortal Demon City, while ancient human war chariots and magnificent flying ships occasionally raced across the heavens.

The immortal great sects, Eternal Families, and countless ancient Demon Race factions from several nearby top Dao Domains had all gathered in Immortal Demon City.

"A young man with blood-red hair—that's Li Han, the Young Sect Master of the Returning Unity Sect? This blazing power of flames is terrifying indeed!"

"That's Qin Taiyi, the First Prince of the Great Qin Ancient Dynasty! Hiss, that boundless dragon aura is far too terrifying!"

"I have to say, every fairy from Flower Thousand Valley is delicate and lovely. Those figures reign supreme in this world!"

"Cloud Laurel Fairy of the Azure Cloud Sect is the most dazzling pearl, all right?"

"The Nine-Headed Golden Lion is here too!"

"The Golden Winged Great Peng Clan has arrived as well!"

"That's the Thunder Tiger Clan!"

"The Giant Strength Mad Ape!"

Within Immortal Demon City, countless cultivators' eyes shone as they discussed the arrivals in fervent voices.

Countless magnificent warships and flying ships crushed through the skies, leaving behind streaks of rune-red and rainbow light.

Such a scene was something one saw only once in a thousand years. Other than the opening day of the bustling Demon Ruins Secret Realm, it was ordinarily impossible to witness so many top factions gathering in one place.

Not to mention those peerless prodigies, monstrous talents, and young supremes renowned throughout the major Dao Domains—they had only heard of them before, never seen them.

Rumble!

At that moment, the void shuddered violently.

Dazzling void passages stretched across the heavens like rainbow bridges!

Warships flowing with divine light blotted out the sky, while primordial behemoths swept through the firmament.

Especially atop those magnificent carriages sat heroic young men and women.

Gorgeous banners fluttered in the wind.

Four grand golden characters, embroidered upon ice-silk jade silkworm fabric, danced like dragons and phoenixes—Returning Origin!

"It's the Returning Origin Holy Land of the North Abyss Dao Domain!" someone cried out.

At once, everyone's gazes converged upon it.

Who had not heard of the Returning Origin Holy Land?

Not only was it recognized as the North Abyss Dao Domain's most mysterious and deeply rooted force, its recent fame had also been immense.

Rumor had it that it had produced a Divine Son with an Innate Saintly Body Dao Embryo, drawing forth heavenly phenomena, with gods and demons kowtowing and the Four Beasts Blessing descending.

Afterward, he had slain a late-stage Venerable Realm deacon of the Returning Unity Sect despite possessing only Sealed Emperor Realm cultivation.

There were even rumors that when this Divine Son broke through to the Sealed Emperor Realm, he had reached first place on the Primal Chaos Heavenly Dao Stele.

Such a terrifying achievement could truly be called a myth!

At that moment, everyone's eyes fell upon the White Jade Carriage carved from Soul Nourishing Immortal Jade, their gazes filled with shock and reverence.

Soul Nourishing Immortal Jade was itself a Supreme Treasure. For such a huge piece of Soul Nourishing Immortal Jade to be carved into a carriage showed just how highly the Returning Origin Holy Land valued this Divine Son!

A figure stepped down from the carriage.

He was a young man dressed in spotless white, like an elegant young master who had stepped out of an ink-wash painting.

Simply standing there, the laws and Dao rhythms resonated with him. The dazzling divine light made him resemble an exiled immortal bathed in immortal radiance.

He naturally possessed an otherworldly temperament, untouched by the dust of the mundane world.

His features could not be seen clearly, shrouded beneath a layer of chaotic mist that lent him an even greater air of sacred inviolability.

He must have been a man like an immortal.

"Hiss, this must be the Divine Son of the Returning Origin Holy Land, right?"

"I've cultivated for countless years, yet this is the first time I've seen someone whose aura so perfectly matches his temperament!"

"I think I'm in love."

"Tsk, in love? You're just lusting after that Divine Son's body!"

"I want to join the Returning Origin Holy Land! Then I'll be able to see Lord Divine Son often in the future!"

Female cultivators from other factions stared fixedly at Su Changge.

They were somewhat dazed. That mist was truly hateful!

Who knew just how handsome a face lay beneath that chaotic mist?

They were desperately curious!

The ripples it stirred scratched right at their hearts, making them itch.

"Hahaha! So the Divine Son of the Returning Origin Holy Land is just a Pretty Boy!"

"They made him sound so mysterious and extraordinary, but he looks like nothing much to me."

At that moment, an abrupt voice rang out.

It instantly drew everyone's attention.

It was a handsome young man with a pair of golden wings on his back, an aquiline nose, and star-bright eyes.

"It's Jin Aoyang, the little Prince of the Golden Winged Great Peng Clan!"

"How dare you!"

"You insulted the Divine Son! You're courting death!"

The many disciples of the Returning Origin Holy Land instantly flew into a rage.

Daring to humiliate their Divine Son in public—was that not the same as slapping the Returning Origin Holy Land across the face?

"The Golden Winged Great Peng Clan?" Su Changge had some impression of them.

Many years ago, during the first Human-Demon War, the Returning Origin Holy Land had beaten their clan badly. Even now, they still bore a grudge.

Still, it was a pity they had not been beaten hard enough. These people actually wanted to give him a Show of Strength.

Ding! A new choice quest has been detected.

Option One: Swallow your anger and let the matter pass. Reward: Golden Peng Sky-Piercing Art.

Option Two: Take action and suppress him. Reward: Returning Ruins Secret Realm map.

A Returning Ruins Secret Realm map?

Good stuff! Wasn't that practically the same as turning on x-ray vision?

Su Changge smiled faintly. With his hands clasped behind his back, he looked down at the Golden Winged Roc and mocked without the slightest courtesy, "So it's a mongrel bird."

"Has the threshold for entering the Returning Ruins Secret Realm become this low?"

His sudden words left everyone stunned.

The Golden Winged Great Peng Clan, one of the Demon Race's top clans, had actually been publicly mocked as mongrel birds?

Yet they could not help but sigh. This Returning Origin Divine Son truly was not someone willing to suffer a loss!

Hearing this, Jin Aoyang flew into a furious rage, veins bulging on his forehead. "You insult my Golden Winged Great Peng Clan! You're courting death!"

Buzz—!

Brilliant divine light erupted from Jin Aoyang's wings, endless Qi and Blood coiling around him as it transformed into a gigantic golden peng bird!

Reflected golden radiance rose alongside blazing golden mist, like a massive golden entity gathering mysterious laws.

"Let me see what you're capable of!"

Jin Aoyang raised his hand and unleashed countless golden feather blades.

Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!

In an instant, they shot toward Su Changge like dazzling arrows, screaming through the air!

Su Changge smiled faintly.

Sure enough, the Demon Race was brimming with Qi and Blood and could not endure provocation. He had merely goaded the other party a little, and Jin Aoyang had immediately attacked.

That would make suppressing him much easier.

Everyone had seen it. He was the one who attacked first.

With a thought from Su Changge, terrifying divine light swirled out from around his body.

"What exactly is happening?"

But the sight that followed left everyone dumbfounded.

The golden feather blades filling the sky froze the instant they neared Su Changge, as though solidified in place!

Had the fierce wind not lightly lifted Su Changge's white robes, everyone would have thought space itself had frozen!

"Shatter." Then Su Changge softly uttered a single word.

Boom!

The divine light surrounding Su Changge erupted explosively!

Terrifying power surged in every direction, and the golden rain of arrows hanging in the sky transformed into countless specks of starlight before scattering away!