The First Immortal of Destiny

Chapter 1119: Chapter 1100: Demon-corrupted Human-faced Willow, Arrival of the Heavenly Demon Realm (Part 2)

As his thoughts flowed, the increasingly complete Chaotic Yuan Dharma Phase manifested, almost perfectly resembling Shen Mo’s Three-headed Six-armed form with Cloud Thunder Wings on his back, except for missing some flesh.

Shen Mo reached out, and the Taiyi Sword fell into his hand. At the same time, the Dharma Body also held the Dao-slashing Sword;

With the strange resonance of the Dharma Phase and Dao Bone, he suddenly swung the sword towards the Demon-corrupted Human-faced Willow that showed an expression of terror!

An indescribable terrifying Sword Light instantly shattered the Demon-corrupted Human-faced Willow’s magical abilities, and before the residual power of the Sword Light dissipated, it sliced through its body, splitting it into two on the levels of form, spirit, and dao.

This Big Heavenly Demon could annihilate a Seventh Rank Demon Soul General in the blink of an eye, its cultivation level is no less than a common Earth Immortal, and the Human-faced Willow race is adept at preserving their lives, thus even though Shen Mo used the Dao-slashing Sword, he did not sweep it to extinction... Not that he couldn’t, but it wasn’t worth it.

The cost Shen Mo pays varies depending on the target of the Dao-slashing Sword.

His previous strike merely severed the ”defense” of the Demon-corrupted Human-faced Willow on a grand scale, meaning no matter the defense methods it uses, whether celestial skills or talisman treasures, it was like nothing in front of this sword.

However, he didn’t cut off the Demon-corrupted Human-faced Willow’s path to life and dao, because the cost would be extremely terrifying, at least losing decades of cultivation level!

Despite this, the Demon-corrupted Human-faced Willow was severely wounded, forcibly mending its two halves, leaving a grim terrifying sword scar on its trunk, and its Vital Qi weakened to the extreme, directly falling to the Ghost Immortal level.

Shen Mo wanted to swing the sword again, but saw the elder face on the trunk of the Demon-corrupted Human-faced Willow twitching, all the flesh lumps on the willow branches exploding, immediately forming a stinking bloody fog that enveloped it, the bloody fog then seemed to break through the space barrier, its aura instantly disappearing without a trace.

Even though Shen Mo pushed his five senses to the utmost, he couldn’t find its aura in the surroundings, obviously, it escaped far away, likely already left the Immortal Realm!

Shen Mo put away the Taiyi Sword, with a hint of doubt on his face.

In a poisoned mountain and foul waters like the Hollow Venerable’s cave relic, apart from scattered evil insects, there’s little other creature residing here, so even the Heavenly Demon are reluctant to come here to prey.

Suddenly a Seventh Rank Great Demon emerged, aiming straight at his standing body and Soul Refining Flag, there’s certainly something fishy, possibly under the will of the Heavenly Demon Ancestor, and this Human-faced Willow was likely just a probe.

While Shen Mo was pondering, he suddenly sensed a change in the Earth Yuan Array, his face abruptly changing.

He speedily retracted the Soul Refining Flag into the Sword Zone, then once again performed the skill [Reverse Yin and Yang], with a blink his real body switched back to Five Dragon Mountain, while the standing body left at the Hollow Venerable’s cave relic ignited into raging flames, dispersing into the world.

At this moment within the Red Flame Sect, and throughout the Corpse Mountain Range, the heavens and earth underwent a drastic change!

Demonic nests, forged into forbidden lands by the Heavenly Demon Realm, incessantly descended upon the Corpse Mountain Range;

On a rough count, there were more than fourteen!

Every Heavenly Demon Nest, every forbidden land forged from the Heavenly Demon Realm, was equivalent to an Immortal Mountain, descending forcibly with unmatched barbaric violence, pressing the earth down by hundreds of feet.

In a blink, the demonic nests merged entirely with the Immortal Realm, unable to detach like other forbidden lands.

”Damn demon heads!”

Shen Mo cursed, immediately controlling the array center to activate the Earth Yuan Array, utilizing its slaying power to attack the newly landed demonic nests.

”Boom!”

A terrifying aura surged from the demonic nests, carrying earth-shattering power, rising like Heaven-Lifting Jade Pillars, supporting the array’s attack, even faintly suppressing the Earth Yuan Array.

Shen Mo quickly assessed the situation, realizing that even if he completely destroyed the spirit veins of the Seventy-Two Immortal Mountains, he would only manage to demolish three or four demonic nests, so he dismissed the thought of mutual destruction.

Then, he reduced the array’s scope, concentrating it over the Seventy-Two Immortal Mountains, greatly enhancing its defensive capabilities!

As for other creatures in the Corpse Mountain Range, they were left to fend for themselves.

With Shen Mo’s adjustment, the Earth Yuan Array finally stabilized, not breaking apart under the crushing demonic might, forming a confrontation with terrifying auras.

A few breaths later, Shen Mo saw primal Heavenly Demons and mutated Heavenly Demons swarming out of fourteen demonic nests, shading the entire sky, swiftly transforming the Corpse Mountain Range into a Demon Zone...

”Wonder how many Seventh Rank Heavenly Demons are inside these nests, what level is the strongest?” Shen Mo looked at the demonic nests encircling the Earth Yuan Array, his face never more solemn.

Among the demons flying out of the nests, he hadn’t seen traces of Seventh Rank Heavenly Demons yet, but generally speaking, only those with dao cultivation akin to Earth Immortal would likely refine an entire Heavenly Demon Realm into a forbidden land, and push it toward the Immortal Realm;

In other words, among these descending forbidden lands from the Heavenly Demon Realm, at least fourteen Seventh Rank Heavenly Demons comparable to Earth Immortals exist!

The fact they could jointly withstand the power of the Earth Yuan Array also proved this.

Moreover, if each demonic nest’s scale was similar to the demonic nest descending in the western Dongjie Continent, then within these nests might exist dozens of Seventh Rank Heavenly Demons.

Once the demonic nests or enough deceased Heavenly Demons, and the primality of Heavenly Demon thoroughly corrupts the Corpse Mountain Range into a Demon Zone, the strength of Big Heavenly Demons would increase a Minor Realm, equivalent to dozens of Seventh Rank Heavenly Demons possessing strength beyond Ghost Immortal level, including fourteen top-tier Heavenly Demons comparable to God Fairyland!

”Such a grand plan, it seems the Heavenly Demon Ancestor has realized his path is blocked!”

Coincidence may occur in the world, but it couldn’t be that fourteen Heavenly Demon Realms coincidentally descended upon the Corpse Mountain Range, all fittingly surrounding the Seventy-Two Immortal Mountains, encasing Five Dragon Mountain in the center.

Moreover, there was the previous attack by Demon-corrupted Human-faced Willow!

The only one capable of ordering so many Seventh Rank Great Demons, driving fourteen Heavenly Demon Worlds to simultaneously descend upon the Immortal Realm, is none other than the Heavenly Demon Ancestor.

Once the Demon Soul General, cultivating the [No-self Demon Sutra] within the Soul Refining Flag, merged its body with the Dao, it could invisibly ”snatch” a portion of the Heavenly Demon Ancestor’s dao by imprinting its mark on the flag, preventing his path from achieving Perfection.

Naturally, with his cultivation, he couldn’t be unaware.

To perfect his path, he wants the Heavenly Demon to become Heart Demon Tribulation, controlling the heart demon tribulation of Immortal Path cultivators in the universe, only by destroying or seizing the Soul Refining Flag.

Now the Heavenly Demon Ancestor has come knocking, and with lethal intentions from the start.

”But my Immortal Tribulation has not yet descended, and the Outer Space Tribulation has arrived first, what logic is this?” Shen Mo couldn’t help but doubt, whether his initial deduction of Outer Space Tribulation through the Divination Treasure Mirror was right or wrong.

To quash the nascent tribulation concerning the Heavenly Demons, he pursued its roots, eventually tracing to the new type of heavenly demon and the [No-self Demon Sutra], and surmised the Heavenly Demon Ancestor’s path to enlightenment, prompting him to take actions that enabled the Soul Refining Flag to have the opportunity to transform into a supreme treasure.

Because of this, he and the Heavenly Demon Ancestor became enemies in pursuit of the path, hard to resolve even with countless deaths.

Of course, Shen Mo anticipated becoming adversaries with the Heavenly Demon Ancestor before these actions, even if he were to choose again, he’d still choose to ”seize” the Heavenly Demon Ancestor’s dao opportunity without hesitation, in hopes of glimpsing the wonders of the Empyrean Realm in the future.

”Fortunately, the grade of the Earth Yuan Array is high enough; after shrinking the defense scope, no immediate concern about it being broken through by the Heavenly Demons. However... fourteen demonic caves, dozens of Seventh Rank Great Demons, with just the strength of Five Dragon Mountain, can’t handle them.”

Shen Mo quietly estimated the gap between the enemies’ and his own strength, deciding to seek aid from Empyrean Fairy and Xuanyuan Alliance.