When King Luyue was 2.5 kilometers away from meng Chuan, he couldn’t help but sigh when he sensed the existence of the electromagnetic domain. This newly-advanced Junior Brother Meng Chuan actually has such a strong reconnaissance domain?
King Luyue’s arrival excited Meng Chuan. He’s finally here.
However, Blackrock despaired. I originally planned on burrowing into the ground to escape, but Meng Chuan is actually good at underground reconnaissance. I wanted to rush to the nearest county city and use the mortals as hostages, but this Regis Godfiend arrived. Blackrock sighed inwardly. If only I were not a mountain demon, but a demon that specializes in escaping, how good would that
be?
In the human world, escaping was the most important ability for demon monarchs. Although mountain demons were very strong in head-on assaults, they were very ordinary when it came to escaping.
When humans request for help, powerful Godfiends will immediately rush over. As for me? It’s impossible for a demon sage to come. Blackrock stopped running. With a flip of his hand, a token appeared in his gigantic stone palm. His token could only pinpoint his current location, determine whether he was alive, and allow him to request for help.
Demon monarchs’ requests for help were divided into different ranks, such as Marquis Godfiend threat, Regis Godfiend threat, and Creation Supremacy threat.
That was all their tokens could do.
The demons’ system for reinforcement requests is a joke. Blackrock clenched his fist.
Crack!
His token shattered as he looked at Meng Chuan—who had already retreated to the side. Meng Chuan has already become a Marquis Godfiend. With his Essence Soul cultivation talent, he will probably become more and more terrifying in the future… He will become a calamity for us demons.
If I’m going to die, why should I care about the fate of the demons? In the eyes of demon sages and Imperial Lords, us fourth Firmament demon monarchs are not worth mentioning
A long time ago, he was forced to infiltrate the human world through an unstable World Entrance. At that time, he was only a second Firmament demon monarch. He had no right to choose. Rejecting meant death!
In the human world, he lay dormant and cultivated silently. He obediently listened to his superiors’ orders so that he could obtain treasures, allowing his cultivation to progress further. He had become a third Firmament demon monarch, then a fourth Firmament demon monarch. He had even gained the right to command all demon monarchs in the Great Zhou Dynasty. He even thought that his value to the demons’ upper echelons would drastically change once he became a fifth Firmament demon monarch.
The black-haired elder-King Luyuelevitated in midair. Black ripples emanated out from King Luyue’s body, causing Blackrock to panic.
“Demon Monarch, you have a chance to live,” said the black-haired elder.
“Live?” Blackrock was stunned.
Meng Chuan and his wife, Liu Qiyue, met up. They were stunned when they heard that.
“Ah Chuan, King Luyue wants to let that demon monarch off?” asked Liu Qiyue.
“Let’s listen.” Meng Chuan remained calm. The best choice was to kill Blackrock because he knew of his Essence Soul cultivation talent.
“How can I live? You’ll let me go?” Blackrock sneered. “I’ve never heard of you humans letting demon monarchs go.”
“There are two ways for you to live,” said King Luyue with a smile. “One, i’ll send you to Archean Mountain. You are to give up control willingly without any resistance. We humans can control your Essence Soul. From then on, you will be absolutely loyal to humans. We will naturally trust you.”
“Control my Essence Soul? Like those avian demon monarchs?” Blackrock sneered, but he was tempted by the offer.
He would be absolutely loyal to whoever controlled his Essence Soul. Humans could easily control demon monarchs that had yet to condense an Essence Soul. However, demon monarchs with Essence Souls were a lot more troublesome to control. Typically, a demon monarch with an Essence Soul had to be willing and have zero resistance to being controlled before there was any hope of controlling them.
“The second method is to enter one of Archean Mountain’s several grotto-heaven worlds. You can enter a grotto-heaven world and cultivate there. Without Archean Mountain’s permission, you are unable to contact the outside world. You have to live there your entire life,” said the black-haired elder.
“Live in a grotto-heaven world?” Blackrock was somewhat tempted. He knew that Black Sand Grotto-Heaven’s headquarters was in a large grotto-heaven world.
Archean Mountain was the most ancient human sect. It also had many grotto-heaven worlds. After entering, he naturally couldn’t leave without permission. However, he would be far away from the war. As a mountain demon, he liked to stay in a place without moving. He would be quite pleased to stay motionless for ten years.
“Why are you willing to keep me alive?” asked Blackrock.
“It’s because of the intelligence you will provide,” said King Luyue with a smile. “It’ll be of great help to humanity. Thus, you will naturally be allowed to live.”
“I want to meet a Creation Supremacy,” said Blackrock.
“Alright.” King Luyue smiled and nodded.
Blackrock had returned to the height of a normal human. His demonic powers were sealed and followed King Luyue without any resistance.
“Haha. Junior Brother Meng, you are very impressive.” King Luyue brought Blackrock and flew to Meng Chuan and his wife.
Meng Chuan and Liu Qiyue glanced at Blackrock.
“In the blink of an eye, we are already senior and junior brothers.” King Luyue smiled at the couple. “You have done a great deed this time. Typically, most fourth Firmament demon monarchs in the human world have just broken through. For a fourth Firmament demon monarch to have the strength of a peak Marquis Godfiend, it must’ve lurked in the human world for many years to reach this stage. There are very few fourth Firmament demon monarchs with such strength.
“If it weren’t for you attacking it, it would probably have fled long ago. That would’ve resulted in countless mortals and many Godfiends dying.”
“Qiyue was forced to cast Phoenix’s Nirvana,” said Meng Chuan. “I was forced to make a sudden breakthrough. I was lucky enough to become a Marquis Godfiend. That’s how I managed to prevent it from escaping.”
“A sudden breakthrough?” King Luyue was alarmed.
“That’s right.” Blackrock stared at Meng Chuan with a complicated look. “This Meng Chuan of your human race is truly a monster. Under the threat of death, he reached the Realm of Dao. Then, he forcefully broke through to the Darkstar realm. Even when suppressed by the Dragonwater Domain, he was still faster than me while carrying his wife. Even though I fled underground, he could still find me. I lost to him fair and square.”“A way to scan the underground on a large scale?” King Luyue’s eyes lit up. “Meng Chuan, how deep can your technique probe?”
Now, humans were in desperate need of Godfiends that were skilled at underground reconnaissance. King White Treasure from Black Sand Grotto-Heaven had a battle record that was better than all the other Godfiends of his sect combined. From this, one could tell how useful an underground reconnaissance expert was.
“I’m only capable of probing a quarter-kilometer deep. I’m far inferior to King White Treasure,” said Meng Chuan.
“Just a quarter-kilometer?” King Luyue frowned slightly.
A quarter-kilometer was less than 1000 feet. Meng Chuan would be more useful aboveground than conducting underground reconnaissance.
“Senior Brother Gu, are you planning to bring this greater demon monarch to Luo Tang City Pass?” asked Meng Chuan. “Since you have become a Marquis Godfiend, come with me,” said King Luyue. “If you go there, you will meet Supremacy Luo Tang along with Supremacy Qin Wu.”
“Alright.” Meng Chuan smiled and nodded. “I do plan on making a trip.”
His Essence Soul cultiva
tion talent was a secret. His master had also instructed him to keep it a secret. Since Blackrock knew of his Essence Soul cultivation talent, he naturally had to report it to Supremacy Qin Wu.
Chapter 243 - I Have a Life-Preserving Treasure?
“Junior Brother Meng, why don’t you do the honors? You are faster,” said King Luyue with a smile.
Meng Chuan nodded. “Okay.”
Meng Chuan’s Darkstar domain enveloped the four of them, and with a whoosh, they transformed into a bolt of lightning and headed straight for Luo Tang Pass.
King Luyue and Blackrock were somewhat alarmed. To fly at such insane speeds while carrying the three of them was truly unbelievable.
“You are still much faster than me despite carrying the three of us,” said King Luyue wistfully. “It’s no wonder that Lightning Devastator Fiend Body Marquis Godfiends are at the top of the world in regards to speed. In this day and age, only when one is fast can they protect a larger territory. It’d be good if we humans had more powerful Godfiends that cultivate the Lightning Devastator Fiend Body. Unfortunately, it’s too difficult to cultivate.”
“It’s difficult.” Meng Chuan nodded.
The 12 transcendent-grade Godfiend bodies could be separated into three different cultivation difficulty levels. The Phoenix Divine Body and the Dragon Divine Body were in a different category altogether because one required the prerequisite bloodline just to begin cultivating them.
Next, the five more difficult transcendent-grade Godfiend bodies: Samsara Divine Body, Great Strength Fiend Body, Archean Divine Body, Lightning Devastator Fiend Body, and Thirteen Swordbane Fiend Body. Very few Godfiends mastered these Godfiend bodies. Among the Marquis Godfiends and Regis Godfiends in the world, there weren’t more than a handful of them. For example, Meng Chuan was currently the only Lightning Devastator Fiend Body Marquis Godfiend in the world.
The last five transcendent-grade Godfiend bodies are the easiest to cultivate out of the 12 transcendent-grade Godfiend bodies. Xue Feng, Yan Jin, Xiao Yunyue, Yan Chitong, and others, cultivated one of these lower-difficulty transcendent-grade Godfiend bodies.
“Luo Tang Pass.” Meng Chuan and company saw Luo Tang Pass from afar. It was an extremely bustling and beautiful city. In recent years, since the demons had invaded the human world en masse, many people had moved to Luo Tang Pass. Many towns had appeared around Luo Tang Pass.
“Luo Tang Pass’s population has exceeded 20 million.” King Luyue looked down and sighed. “Over the past few years, too many people have rushed here.”
“The population of Jiang State Capital, Wu State Capital, and many other state capitals have increased greatly over the past few years,” said Meng Chuan. “The populations of Jiang State Capital and Wu State Capital are now more than ten million. However, it isn’t easy to provide for ten million people daily. The most lacking resource is food! We need more people to produce food.”
“Yes, food.” King Luyue nodded. “I heard that several of our Archean Mountain’s grotto-heaven worlds are currently planting food. Unfortunately, the grotto-heaven worlds are rather small. The foundation of those worlds is limited. The amount of food that can be grown in our grotto-heaven worlds is far inferior to what the outside world can produce. There is plenty of land here, but with the demons wreaking havoc…”
Meng Chuan nodded. Luo Tang Pass, some state capitals, and prefectures had a large increase in population, causing them to become more and more prosperous. However, this prosperity came with massive costs. The total human population was actually declining, and the living environment in other places was much worse.
“City Lord Manor.” King Luyue pointed at the most conspicuous building complex. “Supremacy Luo Tang is there. I’ll bring you there.”
Whoosh.
The group of four flew to City Lord Manor and landed in a pavilion.
“The demon monarch and I will stay here for now.” King Luyue smiled as he pointed at the limestone road ahead. “Follow this path and enter the garden in front. You will see the two Supremacies. The two Supremacies want to meet you first.”
“Senior Brother Gu, we will head over first.” Meng Chuan led his wife, Liu Qiyue, over to the garden. They walked across the limestone road and entered the garden.
In the garden, they could see an illusory Supremacy Qin Wu sitting opposite Supremacy Luo Tang as they played chess.
“Come, it’s your turn.” Supremacy Luo Tang became more confident after she made a move.
The illusory Qin Wu frowned as he pondered his next move. Every time he appeared, Luo Tang forced him to play chess. It always left him with a headache.
“Meng Chuan and Liu Qiyue are here.” Qin Wu immediately put down his chess piece and smiled at the couple. “Luo Tang, let’s get down to business first.”
Luo Tang could only turn to look at Meng Chuan and his wife.
“Greetings, Master, Supremacy.” Meng Chuan bowed respectfully.
“Greetings, Master, Aunt-Master.” Liu Qiyue was equally respectful.
“Tell me what happened,” said Qin Wu with a smile. “From the looks of it, both of you have changed drastically.”
Meng Chuan and his wife exchanged looks before Meng Chuan took the initiative to say, “Qiyue and I received a request for help from Eastcalm Prefecture’s Zhenyou County. Therefore, we immediately rushed over. To our surprise, a fourth Firmament demon monarch as strong as a peak Marquis Godfiend was hiding there. It used its domain to trap us. It wanted to kill us, so Qiyue was forced to cast Phoenix’s Nirvana…”
The entire ordeal was explained in detail.
“I chased after the greater demon monarch and waited for Senior Brother Gu to arrive,” said Meng Chuan.
“You broke through during such a dire situation?” Qin Wu and Luo Tang exchanged looks as they felt a lingering fear.
Such actions were really risky. Archean Mountain had placed many hopes on Meng Chuan.
“There was nothing else I could do. I wanted to save Qiyue,” said Meng Chuan. Although Liu Qiyue felt that her husband had taken a huge risk, she still felt delighted.
“Thankfully, you have a third-level Essence Soul. It’s much stronger than a first-level Essence Soul that’s needed to become a Marquis Godfiend.” Qin Wu shook his head. “Don’t take such risks in the future. Your life isn’t just yours. It affects many others as well.”
Meng Chuan said, “I understand. By the way, I used the Soul-Vanquishing Spike to deal with the greater demon monarch. It knows about my third-level Essence Soul.”
“Remember to keep your third-level Essence Soul a secret.” Qin Wu looked at Liu Qiyue. “Liu Qiyue, if this secret is leaked, it will bring great trouble to your husband.” “I’ll definitely keep it a secret.” Liu Qiyue nodded.
“Although you have experienced some danger, it’s a joyous occasion for us humans to see the both of you become Marquis Godfiends,” said Qin Wu with a smile.
“Both of us become Marquis Godfiends?” Meng Chuan was taken aback.
Luo Tang laughed. “You might not be aware of it, but your wife has already condensed an Essence Soul.”
Meng Chuan looked at Liu Qiyue.
“Yes.” Liu Qiyue smiled and nodded. “When I maintained Phoenix’s Nirvana, my soul kept strengthening. Now, I have condensed an Essence Soul.”
Since Liu Qiyue had an Essence Soul and had reached the Realm of Dao, she only needed to enter seclusion and break through to the Darkstar realm.
“The reason why she was able to condense an Essence Soul so quickly was because she cast Phoenix’s Nirvana for a long time,” said Luo Tang. “She lost 18 years of her lifespan. Typically, one wouldn’t need to cast Phoenix’s Nirvana for so long. After her strength increases greatly, she should immediately stop casting Phoenix’s Nirvana after shooting a handful of arrows at her enemies. Typically, she would only lose one year of her lifespan.”
“She lost 18 years of her lifespan?” Meng Chuan looked at Liu Qiyue.
Liu Qiyue was one
year younger than himshe was only 37 years old. However, she had lost 18 years of her lifespan after casting Phoenix’s Nirvana?
Liu Qiyue smiled. “Marquis Godfiends have a 300-year lifespan.”
“Two Marquis Godfiends are much more useful. Archean Mountain’s arrangements for the two of you will also change,” said Qin Wu with a smile. “Return to Gu Mountain Prefecture City and wait. Your new arrangements will be decided soon.”
“Yes.” Meng Chuan and Liu Qiyue nodded. They were proud that they could be of greater use.
“Meng Chuan, give me your identity token,” said Luo Tang suddenly.
Meng Chuan was slightly puzzled. He took out his identity token and placed it on the chessboard.Every Archean Mountain disciple had an identity token. They could use it to request for help, and it also allowed Archean Mountain to keep track of whether they were alive or not.
Whoosh.
Luo Tang flipped her hand and took out an illusory golden sword from Meng Chuan’s identity token.
“This is?” Meng Chuan was astonished. He had never realized that an illusory golden sword had been hidden in his identity token. Just looking at the illusory golden sword made Meng Chuan feel suppressed and horrified.
It held a terrifying might.
“Your master thinks highly of you.” Luo Tang shot a glance at the illusory Qin Wu. “Before you left the mountain, he gave you this treasure to protect you from any accidents that befell on you.”
Meng Chuan understood that he actually had a treasure that could save his life. Before this, he had no idea of its existence at all.
“If you had known about this treasure, how would you hone your strength?” asked Qin Wu with a smile. “To be honest, I hoped that you would never need to use it. However, now that you’ve become a Marquis Godfiend, this treasure won’t be of much use to you. Your strength and life-preservation means should be enough to guarantee your safety now. This treasure can only kill ordinary fifth Firmament demon monarchs.”
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