by Shian Jeen
Six days later, the space above the White Tiger Galaxy’s Devil Domain Mainland rippled as a figure walked out from the void. This figure was none other than Huwang Xiao, who had quietly left the Firmament Divinity Mainland.
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Huwang Xiao surveyed his surroundings. Only wisps of black energy floated around like a blanket of black fog, emitting an intense nefarious aura. Those wisps of black energy were the devil qi that shrouded the entire Devil Domain Mainland.
This devil qi was the kind of energy that devil cultivators were most fond of, a great supplement in advancing their cultivation. However, to other cultivators, this devil qi was a dangerous element. Once they were tainted by it, it was hard to expel, and prolonged exposure would cause them to be bedeviled by the devil qi inside their body and turn into a devilish creature without sanity.
Hence, on the Devil Domain Mainland, the devil cultivation sects were as many as mushrooms in the forest after rain. The devil cultivators were even more numerous, and there were also living beings that had lost their sanity after they were bedeviled.
But, Huwang Xiao cultivated the Asura Tactics, not to mention the fact that he had both the Black Tortoise and Vermilion Bird Divine Fires, this devil qi didn't pose any threat to him. In fact, he noticed that after some of this devil qi entered his body, his Asura qi actually became marginally denser. Although minuscule, Huwang Xiao distinctively detected this change.
He paused momentarily to alter his appearance again, changing into a bone-thin old man with disheveled gray hair. While circulating the Asura Tactics, his eyes seemed to glow a deep blood red, exuding a chilling cold aura from head to toe, no different from a true devil cultivator.
After changing the robe he had on to a fully black robe, Huwang Xiao quickly determined his direction and flew forward.
One hour later, he appeared not far away from a city. The first thing he noticed was this city’s thirty zhang tall walls that were made by piling together a material called Devil Stone. At the top of the city walls were vague strands of greenish black qi floating out.
The Devil Stones emitted devil qi at all times, which was greatly beneficial to devil cultivators.
“Crimson Devil City.” Huwang Xiao’s eyes looked above the city gates, the name of the city was written in three ancient characters. ‘Crimson Devil City’, these three words contained a sharp ominous force that made one dare not look at it for too long.
Obviously, those three characters were inscribed into the city walls by a powerful old devil with a cultivation of Second Order Highgod Realm, at the very least, with a deep comprehension of their own God’s Law.
‘Second Order Highgod Realm!’ Huwang Xiao felt his heart palpitate for a second.
In the four galaxies, even though First Order Highgod Realm masters were few in number, at the same time they weren't that few. Most Patriarchs of super forces were First Order Highgod Realm, but Second Order Highgod Realm masters were truly a meager few. Even Ancestors of top-ranked super forces may not be a Second Order Highgod Realm cultivator.
This was also why, when Huwang Xiao stated the condition of two hundred high divine grade spirit stones a year for Second Order Highgod Realm masters, only a handful of them came to the Huwang Clan Manor.
It wasn’t because Second Order Highgod Realm masters weren't tempted, it’s just that the four galaxies didn't have that many of them.
Huwang Xiao retrieved his gaze and was more careful than ever as he approached the city gates. However, when he was about to pass through the gates, a devil sect disciple blocked his path. The disciple courteously requested, “Senior, kindly show your identity token.”
“Identity token?” Huwang Xiao repeated, his brows locked together in a deep frown. Entering this Crimson Devil City required an identity token?
The devil sect disciple remained courteous despite Huwang Xiao’s obvious displeasure, “If Senior doesn’t have our Crimson Devil City’s identity token, Senior merely needs to state your name and pay ten thousand Baihu coins as processing fees, Senior will be given our Crimson Devil City’s identity token. Senior will then be able to enter and exit Crimson Devil City with ease.”
Huwang Xiao nodded. At the end of the day, he was only paying ten thousand Baihu coins.
A short while later, Huwang Xiao entered Crimson Devil City after paying ten thousand Baihu coins to have an identity token issued to him.
Walking inside the city, Huwang Xiao it to be bigger than he had estimated judging from outside, several times bigger than the White Tiger City on Firmament Divinity Mainland.
On the other hand, although the city was big, there were only that many people around, hence the streets seemed too wide and quiet.
When passing by a shop called Wind and Storm Big Store, Huwang Xiao went inside out of impulse. Inside this shop, he found quite a few Tenth Order God Realm demonic beasts’ corpses being displayed. There were actually two corpses of perfection stage late-Tenth Order God Realm demonic beasts. He also saw late-Tenth Order God Realm demonic beast cores for sale.
Other than these things were some weapons used by devil cultivators, divine grade pills that could enhance a devil cultivator’s strength and many other things. Huwang Xiao even spotted a few ancient devil sects’ cultivation techniques and battle skills, which surprised him.
If these items were taken out to auction, each them was a treasure that would excite the people outside, causing them to compete fists and palms to obtain them. Yet here, they were displayed so casually?
“May I know what this brother is looking to buy?” A sturdy middle-aged man stepped out from the counter, splitting into a wide smile as he asked Huwang Xiao.
Although this sturdy middle-aged man was looking all amiable, Huwang Xiao sensed a dangerous air about him. In the next second, he noticed that this sturdy middle-aged man was actually a perfection stage late-Tenth Order God Realm, furthermore, he most likely cultivated an ancient devil sect’s technique, one that was extremely overbearing. This middle-aged man was powerful, ten times more powerful than Wan Long on the Highgod Advancement List, perhaps even stronger than the average early First Order Highgod Realm master.
This unexpected finding astonished Huwang Xiao.
This was the first time he had come across someone below the Highgod Realm, besides himself, who possessed strength rivaling an early First Order Highgod Realm master. This middle-aged man was also the strongest person he had met with a cultivation below the Highgod Realm.
Huwang Xiao was astonished, but the sturdy middle-aged was even more so. He discovered that he was unable to see through Huwang Xiao’s real strength. Standing there, the impression he got from Huwang Xiao was unfathomable, just like his own Master.
But his Master was a Second Order Highgod Realm master, whereas this person in front of him was obviously like himself, a perfection stage late-Tenth Order God Realm cultivator…!
“I want to inquire about something.” Huwang Xiao paused slightly, then he threw a top divine grade spirit stone to the sturdy middle-aged man.
The sturdy middle-aged man easily caught the top divine grade spirit stone and his eyes brightened, asking with a sheepish sweet smile, “What does this brother want to know?”
Huwang Xiao asked about the general situation in the Devil Domain Mainland and Crimson Devil City. From the middle-aged man, Huwang Xiao came to know that there were at least four main forces on this Devil Domain Mainland, namely, the Flaming Devil Sect, Ghost Demon Valley, Gorb Fiend House, and Crimson Devil City.
Other than these four hegemonic powers, there were several thousand small and medium-sized devil sects and groups. Merely the first rank forces were already close to a hundred in number, but then again, these first rank forces were dependent on the four hegemonic powers.
What shocked Huwang Xiao was that all four hegemonic powers had late-Second Order Highgod Realm masters. Just from the surface, each of the four possessed strength comparable to the White Tiger Institute.
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s middle-aged man introduced himself as the Crimson Devil City Castellan Chi Mo’s eldest disciple, named Bai Ruigu.
As Huwang Xiao listened, a deep frown wrinkled his forehead for a brief moment.
One hour later, Bai Ruigu accompanied Huwang Xiao out of his shop as Huwang Xiao took his leave.
Watching Huwang Xiao’s leaving figure, Bai Ruigu summoned one of the shop’s employees over, instructing, “Inform Master about this person.”
“Yes, Eldest Senior Brother!”
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North of Crimson Devil City stood an enormous dark fortress.
In a space deep within the dark fortress, a demonic mountain hovered, at the top of which sat five people in meditation.
These five people exuded an immeasurable aura, dense devil qi surged like great waves around them. Every time they breathed out, it was akin to an army of vicious devils shrieking. All five of them were Highgod Realm masters.
Especially the crimson-haired old man in the middle, the aura from his body was terrifying despite him sitting still. Above his head, crimson devil clouds gently roiled about and merged as he breathed in and out.
A brilliant dark red light scattered down from the void above him akin to rain splattering on the great land, falling over the five people.
Slowly, the dark red light from the void dimmed and disappeared, causing the five people in meditation to open their eyes.
“Big brother, following this method of cultivation, our Five Ghosts Soul-Locked Vicious Ordinance will soon reach major completion.” One amongst the five, a slightly rounded old man said to the crimson-haired person sitting in the center.
“That’s right, after our Five Ghosts Soul-Locked Vicious Ordinance reaches major completion, let's see how those several old ghosts from the Ghost Demon Valley act arrogant in front of us next time the Devil Cave opens.” Another of the brothers echoed in laughter.
The crimson-haired old man in the center smiled faintly, nodding his head. His eyes shone with a sharp black light, “This time, when the Devil Cave opens, the Demonic Devil Bead is ours.”
Their laughter resounded in the secluded space, wretched and harsh to the ears. The crimson-haired old man’s laughter suddenly halted as he took out a jade slip, his divine sense reading the message within, causing him to frown.
“Big brother, what is it?” The rounded old man felt strange and asked.
The other three people also looked toward the crimson-haired old man.
“Just now, Ruigu had someone send a message over saying that a stranger with strength that even he couldn't see through came to Crimson Devil City.” The crimson-haired old man explained and described Huwang Xiao’s situation to his four brothers.
This crimson-haired old man was none other than Bai Ruigu’s Master, the Crimson Devil City’s Castellan. The other four people were the Crimson Devil City’s Deputy Castellans.
Listening to the crimson-haired old man’s words, the four people became interested in Huwang Xiao.
“This person casually took out a top divine grade spirit stone, no doubt he has a lot of valuable treasures on him.” One of the five, a tall gaunt old man whose pupils gave off a green light, stated while chuckling with undisguised menace.
This old man was called Gaunt Devil Shi Jiuxin, and was ranked fourth amongst the five.
“Fourth brother, as Ruigu mentioned, this person is not so simple. Even though he seemed to be a perfection stage late-Tenth Order God Realm on the surface, you mustn't be careless.” Crimson Devil Shi Jiutian reminded.
Shi Jiuxin chuckled nonchalantly, “Big brother, you’re worrying too much. It's just a perfection stage late-Tenth Order God Realm cultivator, how strong can be he? Could he be so strong that I, a late-First Order Highgod Realm master, can’t handle him?”
The crimson-haired Shi Jiutian contemplated and nodded, not saying anything further. Indeed, no matter how strong a God Realm cultivator was, it could never surpass a late-First Order Highgod Realm master.
On the other side, Huwang Xiao remained in Crimson Devil City after leaving Bai Ruigu’s shop. He found an inn and requested for an independent courtyard since this Crimson Devil City was one of the four hegemonic powers’ main cities. He planned to stay a few more days and gather some information to pinpoint the location of the Hundred Spirits Beast King’s sealed body part.
Now, his biggest problem was that he was groping blindly, without the slightest clue where the Hundred Spirits Beast King’s last body part could be sealed. As long as he knew the location, the rest was easy.
However, just as Huwang Xiao took out the Thousand Worlds Furnace inside, planning to refine some Spring Autumn Hundred Life Divine Pellets in this small window of idle time, a whelming divine might whistled through space, aimed straight at him like a powerful sharp blade from an ancient era. It was diving straight into his soul sea.
Huwang Xiao’s eyes narrowed dangerously, issuing a cold snort.
In a split second, a bright dazzling light filled his entire soul sea, instantly shattering the trespassing ancient sharp blade. Without a pause, Huwang Xiao’s palm struck onto a certain location in the void.
A booming rumble resounded from the void, so loud that every person in Crimson Devil City heard it.
A tall gaunt old man fell out from the void, right in the middle of Huwang Xiao’s courtyard.
This tall and gaunt old man was the very same one coveting the top divine grade spirit stones on Huwang Xiao, Gaunt Devil Shi Jiuxin.
Falling to the ground, Shi Jiuxin’s shock and disbelief were written all over his face. In his opinion, as a late-First Order Highgod Realm master, merely his divine might pressuring down on a God Realm cultivator like Huwang Xiao was more than enough to destroy his soul.
Hence, before he came here, he didn’t put Crimson Devil’s reminder to heart. He, who was brimming with confidence, not only had his attack shattered by Huwang Xiao in a split second, but his hidden presence was detected and locked on by the opponent’s divine sense. He was even injured by Huwang Xiao’s retaliation, forcing him out from the void. Moreover, Huwang Xiao’s vigorous palm force had given him more than a light injury.
“Who are you really?” Quickly recovering from his shock, Shi Jiuxian demanded angrily, staring suspiciously at Huwang Xiao. He even suspected Huwang Xiao was one of the devil sects’ Second Order Highgod Realm masters in disguise, sneaking into Crimson Devil City to wreak havoc.
Huwang Xiao sneered, “Who am I? It seems you aren’t clear of your own situation.” Before Huwang Xiao’s last syllable ended, he appeared in front of Shi Jiuxin in a flicker, landing another palm on him.
Huwang Xiao’s speed was too fast for Shi Jiuxin to follow. Without any time to react, he was already sent flying by that palm attack, smashing into a fake rock mountain, onward to the yard’s wall. Then, he rolled out of Huwang Xiao’s yard.
Shi Jiuxin felt as if every inch of his internal organs were jumbled up under Huwang Xiao’s palm, the sound of shattered bones rang in his own ears. He was afraid and astonished at the same time, he cultivated an ancient devil sect’s Origin Supreme Devil Technique, his devil physique's incredible defense was something even Crimson Devil, his Big brother Shi Jiutian, praised endlessly. But now, his prized devil physique’s bones shattered under Huwang Xiao’s single palm strike!
It wasn't an exaggeration to say that every piece of bone in his body was stronger than most divine artifacts in the galaxy. In the last twenty thousand years since he broke through to the Highgod Realm, he had never been wounded to this degree.
“En?” Huwang Xiao was surprised after he sent the gaunt old man flying, he had expected the other side’s body to burst after receiving his heavy palm strike. Merely breaking the gaunt old man’s bones was truly an unexpected result. It seemed like these devil cultivators were indeed stronger than the average human cultivators.
If Shi Jiuxin knew Huwang Xiao’s thoughts at this moment, he’d vomit blood due to depression.
Just as Huwang Xi
ao was about to end Shi Jiuxin’s life with another attack, a voice barked from afar: “Stop!” Though the voice wasn’t loud, it sounded like angry thunder from the ninth heaven, the sound waves surging into Huwang Xiao’s soul sea.
Huwang Xiao’s soul sea shook unstably from the sound wave attack.
A giant hand imprint that blocked the sky fell down right above his head.
Without hesitation, one thousand arms fanned out from Huwang Xiao’s back. Each of the thousand palms bent their fingers into claws, countering the giant hand imprint.
Godly Xumi Art!
Following one thousand claws were countless evil wraiths flying out, entangling the giant hand imprint. This was Huwang Xiao’s Asura Demon Claw.
Blast after blast resounded in the entire city.
The courtyard where Huwang Xiao was staying in was pulverized into dust, and the surrounding courtyards were all destroyed.
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Huwang Xiao staggered back again and again due to the collision force before regaining his balance after several li. When he did, a numbing pain coursed through his entire body. Huwang Xiao panicked, swiftly throwing a Spring Autumn Hundred Life Divine Pellet into his mouth and initiated Instant Recovery to heal. Only then did he feel a little better.
An exclamation of surprise sounded in the void as a crimson-haired old man appeared in the air, above what used to be Huwang Xiao’s yard.
Huwang Xiao’s pupils shrunk; this crimson-haired old man was the Crimson Devil City’s Castellan, Crimson Devil, no doubt. Only a late-Second Order Highgod Realm master could force him back to this extent.
Crimson Devil Shi Jiutian’s surprise was obvious in his eyes, looking at Huwang Xiao. His palm strike earlier merely made the other side stagger backward?