Immortal of the Nine Realms

Mi Yu explained, ”Core Disciple Fang, the elders in my family once said that the Nine Demonic Beast Realms was a name used in ancient times. Ever since the demon race declined and the human race took control of the Three Realms, it has always been referred to as the Nine Mortal Realms.

”This woman is using an ancient term. And judging by the strange design of her Immortal Boat, she might be one of the ancestral demonic beasts who migrated elsewhere during ancient times.”

Fang Chen’s expression gradually turned serious. ”Migrated elsewhere, and then returned here...”

If the gray-robed woman was truly one of those ancestral demonic beasts who had migrated away, then it would mean that before humans arrived in the Nine Realms, the demonic beasts had already mastered the ability to explore the Qingming, forming something akin to today’s expedition teams.

If they found a place suitable for survival and reproduction out there, established themselves, and then chose to return to the Nine Realms....

If this were true, then behind this gray-robed woman might stand an ancient Demonic Beast Race that had firmly established itself elsewhere with deep foundations. Was their sudden return because they ran into trouble outside and could no longer survive there? Or had they come back to guide the remaining Demonic Beast Race away? Or had they received a message from the Demonic Beast Race within the Divine Dao Sect and rushed back specifically because of it?

”If that’s the case, and the Demonic Beast Race of the Divine Dao Sect joined forces with these Ancestral Demonic Beasts, how many levels would their overall strength increase? The situation in the Nine Mortal Realms could instantly change because of their involvement. Furthermore, there’s an even more critical point...”

Fang Chen’s gaze fell upon the woman’s Immortal Boat. Based on the many clues he had gathered, the reason the demons had once been able to descend upon the Nine Realms was most likely related to the former Heavenly Dao of this realm.

In reality, the distance between the two places was vast. Using ordinary travel methods, even a ninth-transformation immortal would find it difficult to journey from one side to the other within a lifetime. Yet now, that woman had clearly returned to the Nine Realms by riding her Immortal Boat through conventional means.

”If the place they chose to settle back then isn’t too far from the Nine Realms, and a round trip takes only one to three thousand years, that alone would be enough to bring catastrophic disaster to humanity here...”

A journey of two to three thousand years was unimaginably long for mortals. But for a decisive war that determined the ownership of the Nine Realms, a cost of that magnitude was not out of the question.

Fang Chen’s divine soul left his body and observed the gray-robed woman from all angles. Only now could he clearly sense her cultivation aura.

She’s at the Ancient Immortal Realm, but her aura... resembles both an Essence Soul Demon Immortal and the Blood Demon Immortal Path. Can these two demon cultivation paths be cultivated simultaneously?

Fang Chen was astonished. He had seen Blood Demon Immortals before, while Mi Yu herself was an Essence Soul Demon Immortal. Because of that, he was extremely familiar with the auras of these two cultivation paths. Yet he could sense both auras emanating from the gray-robed woman. Moreover, there was a third aura that was completely different from the other two.

Perhaps the cultivation path of these ancestral demonic beasts is different from that of the demonic beasts in the Nine Realms. But at first glance, their path seems stronger.

From time to time, Fang Chen could feel a destructive aura emanating from the gray-robed woman, leading him to this preliminary judgment.

At that moment, the woman, who had been observing her surroundings, murmured softly, ”Just as the legends left by the ancestors said, the transcendence of the Nine Demonic Beast Realms is fading. The world is filled only with low-grade and impure spiritual energy.”

She slowly raised her right hand. Beneath the gray robe, her hand and arm looked just like her face, made up of red crystal with green veins visible inside.

She gently grasped the air. In the next moment, all kinds of spiritual energy began to intertwine at her fingertips. There was the power of the five elements, along with many other variant energies.

”Is there really no immortal essence left at all? Perhaps I can try the realm-breaking method left behind by the ancestors.”

The woman formed hand seals, chanting under her breath. A violent wind began to swirl around her. Above her head, a formation glowing with crimson light slowly took shape. Within the formation flowed ancient, mysterious symbols. When it fully unfolded, a gap appeared at its center, and on the other side of the gap was pitch darkness.

Suddenly, a vast and turbulent surge of mixed spiritual energy burst forth from the opening!

Seeing that, the woman immediately closed the formation. After a few moments of silence, she sneered. ”So even the Immortal Realm is devoid of immortal essence. This place is dying. The conservatives’ decision to cling to this place was utterly wrong. A worthless land like this, and they still want to send messages outward to seek help? What a joke.”

Conservatives? Is she referring to the Demon Beast Race within the Divine Dao Sect? Judging by her tone, she doesn’t seem to think much of them. But one thing is certain. They were indeed the ones who sent messages to them, which is why she has arrived here. Now the question is, have all the Ancestral Demonic Beasts clans that migrated away received the message? Besides her, are there others descending upon different places?

Just then, the voices of Xianyue Guan and the others suddenly echoed from underground.

”This Corpse Mountain Forbidden Zone is truly toxic. The air itself is filled with poison. If we weren’t immortal, how could we withstand it?”

”Stop talking nonsense. We’re still some distance away from the Corpse Mountain Forbidden Zone. If we were truly inside it, we’d already be nothing but a pile of bones.”

Amid their casual conversation, a group of figures flew up from beneath. Then, they saw the immortal boat controlled by the woman. They were immediately drawn to its strange design.

Xianyue Guan said curiously, ”Is this Lord Fang’s immortal boat? As expected of him, even his boat looks different from ours.”

Ye Qingqiu and the others also intended to step forward for a closer look, but Wang Ye raised a hand to stop them.

”This isn’t Old Nine’s boat.”

Everyone was momentarily stunned. Not Fang Chen’s? Then whose was it?

At the same time, the woman had already noticed Wang Ye and the others. With a slight shift of her thoughts, dozens of red rings shot out from the boat. Like lassos, they instantly bound everyone present. Even the strongest among them—Wang Ye, Xianyue Guan, and Ye Qingqiu—were completely restrained in that instant, unable to make a move.

Xianyue Guan and the others were dumbfounded.

”Didn’t they say there was no danger here?”

As for Wang Ye, he was more concerned about one thing: where was Fang Chen?

”You... must be the human race the conservatives spoke of.”

The gray-robed woman slowly flew out of the boat, hovering above them and looking down with an air of superiority, as though examining mere ants.

Xianyue Guan asked with a grave expression, ”Who exactly are you?”

The woman glanced at him. When she noticed the gill-like features near his ears, she suddenly let out a soft laugh. ”So, a hybrid.”

Xianyue Guan secretly cursed, Damn it...

However, outwardly, he squeezed a smile and said, ”Who exactly are you, and why are you attacking us?