“They don’t have a Dao Academy. They only have their elders to guide them,” said Meng Chuan calmly. “No matter how talented they are, what kind of cultivation can they achieve in such an environment?”
The siblings watched the child at the bow of the boat seriously cultivate. They felt that they would never forget this scene for the rest of their lives.
“Let’s go.”
Meng Chuan had seen too much. Therefore, he did not feel tired despite flying 12 hours a day underground. He pursued the demons relentlessly.Whoosh.
Meng You and Meng An did not say a word as they flew with him.
As they flew past a prefecture city, they could see that the prefecture city’s large population made the city bustle with activity. Finally, they saw Jiang State Capital. As one of the ten most populated cities in the Great Zhou Dynasty, Jiang State Capital—which had a population of more than ten million—was a bustling and prosperous city. However, the siblings looked at Jiang State Capital with mixed feelings.
In this cruel and nightmare-like world, a place like Jiang State Capital was like a dream.
“Humans are extremely resilient. A prefecture city’s population is only a small portion of the human race,” said Meng Chuan calmly. “More than half of the population in the world is scattered in the wilderness. What we Godfiends need to do is make the world as peaceful as Jiang State Capital so that everyone can live a peaceful life.”
“Can we do it?” Meng An asked.
Meng You looked at her father with a hesitant look.
Meng Chuan said calmly, “Just killing all the demons in the world would do.”
Chapter 267 - Demon Monarch Sand Thicket
Meng Manor, Lake Heart Pavilion.
Whoosh.
Meng Chuan descended with his children. He looked at his children. They were clearly still in a daze.
This is the real world? The siblings felt that the buildings were very illusory. Cities with plumes of billowing smoke, ferocious demon monarchs, and a large number of human corpses. These scenesmore tragic than even their worst nightmares —constantly surfaced in their minds.
A large number of people struggled to survive in the wilderness. They thought of the children that lived underground and stared at the sky through the weeds and the child that had been seriously cultivating on the ship’s bow. Countless similar scenes could be seen in the wilderness. On the way back, Meng Chuan and his children passed through the vast wilderness. The siblings saw many such scenes.
For as long as they could remember, they only saw scenes of a bustling Jiang State Capital—that had a population of more than ten million people. They had also seen many extravagant scenes.
They saw the darkness and tragedy outside the city, and people dressed in dirty gray clothes. In contrast, the people in the bustling Jiang State Capital dressed gorgeously.
It was as if they were two completely different worlds! Their reason told them that 99% of the world lived in the wilderness. That was the real world. However, they had lived in Jiang State Capital for a long time. They were more familiar with life in Jiang State Capital.
“It’s actually like this outside the city?” The siblings were heavily impacted by all the scenes they had seen.
Liu Qiyue walked to Meng Chuan’s side and asked softly, “What happened to You’er and An’er?”
“We flew more than 1,500 kilometers and encountered demon monarchs attacking a city. They saw demon monarchs massacring humans with their own eyes,” said Meng Chuan. “I then brought them to many places in the wilderness to take a look. Grasslands, lakes, forests, and the deep mountains… I let them take a look whenever we passed by something. That’s how most people live in the world.”
Liu Qiyue nodded slightly.
“They’ve just suffered a huge wake-up call. I believe they’ll get used to it soon,” said Meng Chuan. “Watch over them for the next two days. I’ll head out first.”
“Hurry up and leave. Leave You’er and An’er to me.” Liu Qiyue nodded.
Meng Chuan didn’t have the time to counsel his children. He left everything to his wife. He immediately transformed into a bolt of lightning and flew towards the eastern horizon.
The East Sea.
Meng Chuan burrowed 40 kilometers deep into the ground. It was as dark and lonely as ever.
Boom! The Divine Eye of Lightning at Meng Chuan’s glabella opened long ago. He transformed into a bolt of lightning and flew into the rock layer. Underground, his electromagnetic domain had a range of 1.5 kilometers.
Underground reconnaissance was always lonely.
Supremacy Qin Wu had asked Meng Chuan to keep his identity a secret, causing the demons to think that King White Treasure was the one massacring the demons in the Great Zhou Dynasty as he conducted underground reconnaissance. This was to be kept a secret as long as possible. This was a form of protection for Meng Chuan. Although Meng Chuan was very powerful, he was still weaker than King White Treasure.
King White Treasure’s fame had spread across the world. All the Godfiends in the world were amazed and impressed by his accomplishments.
Meng Chuan was relatively less famous. Only a handful of people knew that he had a similar underground reconnaissance efficiency as King White Treasure. No matter how meritorious his deeds were, he had kept everything a secret!
It’s been three months since I obtained Origins Returning baneful aura, but my cultivation is very slow. Origins Returning baneful aura is too demanding on the body. I can barely absorb and refine it even with my Undying Body’s lifeforce. As Meng Chuan flew and probed his surroundings, he thought about other matters. This was how he stopped himself from feeling lonely. With my current cultivation speed, I will take more than a year to refine two cubes of Origins Returning baneful aura completely. However, that’s also a good thing. The stronger the Origins Returning baneful aura is, the stronger my baneful aura domain will become after I completely refine it.
Meng Chuan flew as he considered his reconnaissance route. In the past three months, I’ve mainly patrolled at a depth of 40 kilometers underground. I’ve only patrolled at a depth of 80 kilometers a handful of times. I’ve already explored over half of the Great Zhou Dynasty’s territory at a depth of 40 kilometers. I reckon that I’ll be done with my probes at a depth of 40 kilometers in half a year. I’ll switch to another depth after I’ve finished.
His definition of completion meant that he had swept more than 95% of the Great Zhou Dynasty’s territory at a depth of 40 kilometers underground. Even though Godfiends had precise control over space and could remember every single path they took, there were still some areas they wouldn’t cover. At the same depth, it was enough for one to check over 95% of the entire dynasty’s territory. If one insisted on checking 100% of the dynasty’s territory at a certain depth? It would take much more time; it wasn’t worth it.
I estimated that there would be the most demon monarchs at a depth of 40 kilometers. However, there aren’t as many demon monarchs as I expected. Do the demon monarchs in the Great Zhou Dynasty believe that we won’t carry out large-scale underground reconnaissance; thus, they don’t go this deep? I’ll patrol at a depth of 31 kilometers next.
As Meng Chuan flew and pondered, his eyes suddenly lit up.
A demon lair.
His electromagnetic domain discovered another demon lair. Inside the demon lair, the demon monarchs were either sleeping or cultivating. Meng Chuan instantly attacked and killed eight demon monarchs and more than 100 ordinary demons.
He scanned his surroundings systematically.
In the blink of an eye, it was evening. Exhausted, Meng Chuan dove to a depth of 80 kilometers underground.
According to Meng Chuan’s daily routine, he would patrol at a depth of 80 kilometers four times a day. He patrolled at this depth in search of fourth Firmament demon monarchs, but there were too few fourth Firmament demon monarchs. Meng Chuan’s efforts for the past three months hadn’t yielded results. However, he still spent
some time patiently patrolling at a depth of 80 kilometers underground every day. This was because a fourth Firmament demon monarch’s destructive capability was comparable to that of thousands of ordinary demon monarchs.
The Great Zhou Dynasty’s Yuan State, 79 kilometers underground.
The gray-robed Greater Demon Monarch Sand Thicket silently returned to his underground palace.
“Your Majesty.”
“Your Majesty.”
Inside the palace, demon monarchs fawned over him respectfully. Greater Demon Monarch Sand Thicket returned to the palace and sat on his throne. Immediately, a demoness offered him delicacies and fine wine.
Gulp. Gulp. Gulp. Sand Thicket grabbed a flask of wine and gulped half of its contents down. Only then did he put down the flask and frown.
“What’s troubling you, Your Majesty?” Another demoness snuggled up to him and fed him grapes.
Sand Thicket frowned and said, “I went out to receive a messenger. The messenger brought the Imperial Lord’s orders.”
“The Imperial Lord’s orders?” The surrounding demon monarchs felt their hearts tighten.
The three Imperial Lords of the Demon Realm were supreme. They all had long lifespans, and no demon monarch dared to disobey the orders of an Imperial Lord.“The Imperial Lord has ordered us fourth Firmament demon monarchs to hide until further notice. We are not to attack the humans,” said Sand Thicket suspiciously.
“All are to hide? Not to attack humans?” The ordinary demon monarchs were puzzled as well.
“We came to the human world to eradicate the human race and occupy this world. Why are we forbidden from attacking?”
“It’s indeed strange.” The demonesses serving him discussed softly. One of the demonesses said, “Could it be that the Imperial Lord has some grand plan?”
“Whatever the plan is, just obey the Imperial Lord’s orders. It is much safer to hide.” Sand Thicket couldn’t be bothered to think further. He finished the pear that had been fed to him in a single gulp. He hugged the demoness and planted a heavy kiss on her, causing her to moan incessantly. The other demonesses beside him became even more attentive.
Sand Thicket felt extremely happy.
Suddenly, an electromagnetic wave swept across the cave abode. Sand Thicket’s expression changed drastically as his heart instantly turned cold.
“Godfiend! Run!”
Chapter 268 - Son Is a Peerless Genius
Boom! Sand Thicket instantly transformed into a blur as he charged out.
The other demon monarchs in the cave abode revealed looks of panic as they began fleeing frantically.
Run, run, run! Sand Thicket was extremely flustered. He knew very well that Earth Net Godfiends typically wouldn’t come to a depth of 79 kilometers underground. Even if they had a tracking method, Earth Net Godfiends wouldn’t dare to conduct underground reconnaissance at such depths! Those who dared to proceed with the reconnaissance were absolutely confident of dealing with fourth Firmament demon monarchs.
I hope that these demon monarchs under my command can scatter and divert the Godfiend’s attention so that they can buy me time to escape. Sand Thicket was anxious, but before he could escape from the palace, he discovered that lightning appeared out of nowhere in the cave palace-hundreds of bolts of lightning.
The lightning swept past all the demon monarchs—that were fleeing in all directions
—and the alarmed ordinary demons, killing them.
Sand Thicket saw the two demonesses he doted on killed by the lightning with his own eyes. Lightning struck everywhere as many parts of the cave palace collapsed. More than half of the demon monarchs died instantly. Even third Firmament demon monarchs with weaker bodies were killed instantly.
What? Sand Thicket’s demonic powers isolated him from his surroundings, blocking the lightning. Horrified, he discovered that only two third Firmament demon monarchs remained alive in the entire cave palace. They were also heavily injured. The rest were all killed.
Meng Chuan hadn’t found anything in his 80-kilometer deep underground patrols over the past three months. He was used to it Thus, Meng Chuan was extremely excited when he discovered a demon lair at such depths. He had finally found something!
It was a huge harvest!
My efforts have paid off. Meng Chuan was delighted. First, he activated his electromagnetic domain. The lightning instantly killed swaths of demons, preventing the weaker demon monarchs from escaping.
Following that, Meng Chuan stared at the wrinkly Sand Thicket.
Fourth Firmament demon monarch. It’s best if I don’t expose my identity and kill it instantly. Otherwise, it will warn them that it’s a Darkstar-level threat when he requests for help.
Requests for help were divided into different levels of danger. When humans requested reinforcements, they could indicate if it was a fourth or fifth Firmament threat.
The demons also had indicators for different levels of danger when requesting for help.
If it were to indicate that it was a Marquis Godfiend that had killed them underground, it would be very difficult for me to impersonate King White Treasure.
Boom!
Meng Chuan instantly passed through countless rocks and traversed 1.5 kilometers. He caught up to Sand Thicket. The difference in speed was just too great.
Run! As Sand Thicket fled, he requested for help. He instinctively indicated that it was an Seamless-level threat. He subconsciously believed that it had to be a Regis Godfiend that had managed to find his cave abode.
Oh? Sand Thicket suddenly felt the threat. He turned to look behind him.
Behind him were countless pitch-black rocks, but Sand Thicket felt the void collapse and distort.
A crescent appeared in his eyes. It was as though it had flown over from the other end of the void. It was inconceivably fast. Sand Thicket had no time to react.
Pfft! The saber beam sliced off his head. His eyes were filled with despair. It really is a Regis Godfiend.
Perhaps only Regis Godfiends had such terrifying strength.
Following that, his consciousness dissipated.
A greater demon monarch’s vitality made it possible for them to remain alive even if their hearts were pierced. Only their heads remained a vital spot.
Phew. Meng Chuan appeared nearby. His body was covered in a layer of light, causing the surrounding void to collapse and distort. He looked at the corpse on the ground as blood surged towards Demon Slayer.
It’s indeed different after reaching the Undying Realm. My body can cause the void to distort and collapse. My Heart Intent Saber Art is even faster in the distorted void now. A fourth Firmament demon monarch didn’t even have time to react before it was killed. Meng Chuan nodded slightly. The Heart Intent Saber Art was a swift saber art. With his strength, he can send a saber beam from over 1000 feet away. However, when the void was distorted, his saber beams could travel even further. A 1000-foot distance shortened by half. His saber art naturally became unpredictable.
The fourth Firmament demon monarch could detect the saber beam, but it couldn’t move its body in time. It should be a newly-advanced fourth Firmament demon monarch. Perhaps only a peak fourth or fifth Firmament demon monarch can truly test my current strength.
The one he had just killed was indeed too weak for Meng Chuan.
Whoosh.
Sand Thicket’s lifeblood was devoured completely as his body disintegrated into powder. Only three strange bone beads remained of his body. Beside him were weapons, robes, and other items.
Meng Chuan waved his hand and put them away. Then, he returned to Sand Thicket’s lair and killed the two heavily injured third Firmament demon monarchs. He then stored all the demon monarch corpses and spoils of war into his Grotto-Heaven Magic Bead.
That felt great. I killed a fourth Firmament demon monarch and 27 ordinary demon monarchs. Meng Chuan was rather excited. I heard that in the first year of the large-scale demon invasion, King White Treasure killed five fourth Firmamen
t demon monarchs. I only killed one after three months of patrolling the underground. That isn’t much.
Continue.
Meng Chuan continued his underground reconnaissance.
28th June. Jiang State Capital, Meng Manor’s Lake Heart Pavilion.
After the stimulus, Meng You and Meng An became more diligent in their cultivation.
Swish! Swish! Swish!
Meng An practiced his spear arts under the shade of a tree alone. Meng You painted in her study. The siblings had different personalities. The sister was more reserved and liked to paint. Her painting skills were rather brilliant, but she was still far from reaching the stage where she could seek answers from her inner self. After all, art and calligraphy geniuses were rare in human history. It was rare for one to reach the level of seeking answers from oneself at a young age.
Meng Chuan had suffered a huge loss when he was a child. He painted alone. Painting could alleviate his mental fatigue. His painting also contained his longing for his mother and loneliness. Only when he painted did he truly have no worries. As such, he improved leaps and bounds with painting.
This world…
Meng An practiced his spear arts and felt a fire burning in his heart.
Every since half a month ago, he felt crushed by what he saw. However, he knew very well that he couldn’t change this world with his current strength. To change the world, he had to become an incomparably mighty Godfiend.
Shall be torn apart!
Meng An thrust out angrily, as though he wanted to create a huge hole in the world.
Amid his intense emotions, the strike became very natural. Under the formless guidance of his Quintessential Energy and body, the fusion became closer to perfection. The explosive power behind his attack was terrifying. It stirred the Heaven and Earth powers, causing the Heaven and Earth powers to gather in the spear naturally.
Boom!
He thrust the spear furiously. Flaming spear beams appeared and pierced through the dense leaves in front of him, disintegrating countless leaves.
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