Immortal Demon City.
An ancient city built from bronze-black stone.
Even from afar, vast surges of Demonic Qi could be seen pouring out of it, stirring the winds and clouds.
The immortal city stood where the Demon Ruins Dao Domain bordered the WuLing Dao Domain, countless tens of thousands of miles from the Returning Origin Holy Land.
Rumor had it that a Demon Race Great Emperor had ascended to the Immortal Realm from this Heavenly Demon City, so the Demon Race had named it Immortal Demon City.
Immortal Demon City lay near the Demon Ruins Secret Realm, so many humans lived there as well. Commerce flourished, and its tens of millions of inhabitants made for a thriving scene.
Today was the day the Demon Ruins Secret Realm opened.
Exotic beasts and divine birds swept across the skies above Immortal Demon City, while ancient human war chariots and magnificent flying ships occasionally raced through the heavens.
Immortal teachings, Eternal Families, and countless ancient Demon Race factions from the nearby top Dao Domains had all gathered in Immortal Demon City.
"That young man with blood-red hair-is that Li Han, the Young Sect Master of the Returning Unity Sect? Such scorching flame power! How terrifying!"
"That's the First Prince of the Great Qin Ancient Dynasty, Qin Taiyi! Hiss... that immense dragon aura is terrifying!"
"You have to admit, every fairy from Flower Thousand Valley is fresh and lovely. Those figures alone stand unrivaled in the mortal 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!"
"That's the Thunder Tiger Clan..."
"The Giant Strength Mad Ape..."
Throughout Immortal Demon City, countless cultivators discussed the arrivals with shining eyes.
Countless magnificent warships and flying ships rolled across the heavens, leaving trails of runic red light and rainbow radiance.
Such a scene was a once-in-a-thousand-years sight. Apart from the bustling opening day of the Demon Ruins Secret Realm, it was normally impossible to see so many top factions gathered together.
Not to mention those monstrous prodigies and young supremes whose names resounded throughout the Dao Domains-they had only heard of them, never seen them.
Rumble!
Just then, the void shook violently.
Dazzling Void Passages spanned the heavens like rainbow bridges!
Warships flowing with divine light blotted out the sun, and primordial behemoths swept across the sky.
Aboard those magnificent carriages in particular sat young men and women of striking bearing.
Splendid banners fluttered in the wind.
Embroidered on the icy jade silkworm silk were four great golden characters, their strokes like soaring dragons and dancing phoenixes-Returning Origin!
"It's the Returning Origin Holy Land of the North Abyss Dao Domain!" someone exclaimed.
Every gaze immediately converged on them.
Who had not heard of the Returning Origin Holy Land?
Not only was it acknowledged to possess the most mysterious foundations in the North Abyss Dao Domain.
Its reputation had also soared recently.
Rumor had it that a Divine Son with the Innate Saintly Body Dao Embryo had emerged there, bringing forth heavenly phenomena, Gods and Demons Kowtow, and the Four Beasts Blessing.
After that.
He had slain a Late-Stage Venerable Realm steward of the Returning Unity Sect with only Sealed Emperor Realm cultivation.
There were even rumors that when this Divine Son broke through to the Emperor-Sealing Realm, he had also ranked First on the Primal Chaos Heavenly Dao Stele.
Such terrifying achievements truly deserved to be called a myth!
At this moment, everyone's gaze fell upon the White Jade Carriage carved from Soul Nourishing Immortal Jade, their eyes filled with shock and awe.
Soul Nourishing Immortal Jade was already a supreme treasure. A carriage carved from such an enormous piece 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 clad in spotless white, like an elegant young master who had stepped out of an ink-wash painting.
Merely by standing there, he drew the resonance of Laws and Dao Rhythm. Dazzling divine radiance made him resemble a banished immortal bathed in immortal light.
He possessed an air of transcendence, untouched by the dust of the world.
His face was difficult to make out, shrouded in a layer of Chaos mist that lent him an added sense of sacred inviolability.
Surely, he was a man as handsome as an immortal.
"Hiss... this must be the Divine Son of the Returning Origin Holy Land?"
"In all my years of cultivation, this is the first time I've seen such harmonious bearing!"
"I think I'm in love..."
"Tsk... in love? You're just lusting after the Divine Son's body!"
"I want to join the Returning Origin Holy Land! Then I'll be able to see the Divine Son often!"
Some female cultivators from other factions stared unblinkingly at Su Changge.
They were a little dazed. That mist was truly hateful!
Just how handsome a face lay beneath that Chaos mist?
They were desperately curious!
The ripples stirring within them tickled straight at their hearts!
"Hahaha! So the Divine Son of the Returning Origin Holy Land is just a pretty boy!"
"The rumors made him sound so miraculous, but he looks like nothing special to me."
Just then, an abrupt voice rang out.
It instantly drew everyone's attention.
It belonged to a handsome young man with golden wings on his back, an aquiline nose, and star-bright eyes.
"It's the young Prince of the Golden Winged Great Peng Clan, Jin Aoyang!"
"Insolence!"
"You dare slander the Divine Son? You're courting death!"
The disciples of the Returning Origin Holy Land instantly flew into a rage.
Daring to humiliate their Divine Son in public-was that not tantamount to slapping the Returning Origin Holy Land in the face?
"The Golden Winged Great Peng Clan?" Su Changge had some recollection of them.
Many years ago, during the first Human-Demon War.
The Returning Origin Holy Land had beaten their clan badly, and they still harbored resentment to this day.
Unfortunately, it seemed they had not been hurt badly enough, since they actually wanted to put him in his place.
[Ding! New choice mission detected. Option one: swallow your anger and let the matter go. Reward: Golden Peng Sky-Piercing Art. Option two: strike and subdue him. Reward: map of the Returning Ruins Secret Realm.]
A map of the Returning Ruins Secret Realm?
What a great thing! Wouldn't that be like having a see-through cheat?
Su Changge smiled faintly. With his hands behind his back, he looked down upon the Golden Winged Roc from above and mocked him without restraint. "So it's just a mongrel bird."
"Is the threshold for entering the Returning Ruins Secret Realm this low?"
These sudden words left everyone stunned.
The Golden Winged Great Peng Clan, a top race among the Demon Race, had actually been publicly mocked as mongrel birds?
Still, they could not help marveling. This Returning Origin Divine Son certainly was not one to take a loss!
Hearing this, Jin Aoyang flew into a rage, veins bulging on his forehead. "You dare insult my Golden Winged Great Peng Clan? You're courting death!"
Hum-!
Dazzling divine light burst from Jin Aoyang's wings, and boundless blood energy swirled around him, taking the form of an enormous golden peng!
The refracted golden light rose with blazing golden clouds, gathering strands of mysterious Laws like a great golden mass.
"Let's see what you're capable of!"
Jin Aoyang raised his hand and unleashed endless golden feather blades.
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
In an instant, they whistled toward Su Changge like dazzling arrows!
A faint smile touched Su Changge's lips.
As expected, the Demon Race's Qi and Blood run strong, and they can't stand provocation. I only goaded him a little, and he immediately attacked.
That'll make subduing him much easier.
Everyone saw it. He struck first.
With a thought from Su Changge, terrifying divine light began swirling out around him.
"What exactly is happening...?"
But the next scene left everyone dazed.
The golden feather blades filling the sky froze in unison the instant they approached Su Changge, as though fixed in place!
If the fierce wind they stirred had not slightly lifted Su Changge's white robes, everyone would have thought space itself had frozen!
"Shatter." Just then, Su Changge softly uttered a single word.
Boom!
The divine light swirling around Su Changge erupted!
Terrifying power poured out in all directions, and the golden rain of arrows suspended in the sky dissolved into a skyful of starlike specks!
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