Entry: I Secretly Cultivate Immortality in the Martial Arts World

218: Chapter 218 Changes in the Spirit Realm, the Heaven-Splitting Demon Emperor!After Gu Yan broke through his realm, he did not relax in the slightest. After a brief period of rest and reorganization, he once again submerged himself into secluded cultivation.

To him, the Second Level of the Immortal King realm was merely a single station on a long, arduous journey.

This session of secluded cultivation lasted for many years, but that is a story for another time.

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Meanwhile, in the Spirit Realm.

A hundred years of time is several generations in the mortal world, but for this world, it is but a fleeting moment.

However, within this fleeting moment, the situation in the Spirit Realm had become completely unrecognizable.

The lands of the Northern Plains were now entirely occupied by the Demon Race.

The Demon Race army held the Northern Plains, constructing demon cities and laying down layers of Restrictions, effectively turning it into an ironclad Foundation.

From time to time, small squads of demon soldiers would emerge from the Northern Plains to pillage everywhere, leaving no side in peace.

The Western Desolate Lands, however, presented a different scene.

In years past, the situation of the Western Desolate Yao Race was dominated by the Great Peng Demon King.

Yet within a hundred years, several Demon Kings at the Tribulation Crossing Peak had actually emerged from the depths of the Western Desolation. Each possessed profound cultivation and vast divine abilities, being no weaker than the Great Peng Demon King, and some were even stronger.

Among them was a Demon King who called himself the Sky-Splitting Demon Emperor. His true form was a Nine Nether Underworld Python that had cultivated for an unknown number of tens of thousands of years.

As soon as this Demon King appeared, he displayed terrifying strength that crushed those of the same rank.

The Great Peng Demon King fought him for only three hundred rounds before bowing his head in submission.

The other Demon Kings followed suit and joined him. From then on, the Western Desolate Yao Race was unified, all submitting to the throne of the Sky-Splitting Demon Emperor.

The Eastern Continent.

Azure Wave Sect, Back Mountain.

This was the place of quiet cultivation for Grand Elder Ming He, where few people ventured on ordinary days.

Ancient trees reached for the sky among the mountains, and a stone pavilion stood on the edge of a cliff.

Ming He sat cross-legged in the pavilion, drinking tea, wine, playing the flute, and strumming the zither, enjoying himself immensely.

Beside him, the little fat bird, the Nine Nether Ice Phoenix Ice Phoenix Bing Chen, was crouching on the stone table taking a nap.

The sound of footsteps approached from afar.

Bibo Sect Master Wu Changan walked quickly up the mountain. Upon reaching the pavilion, he bowed respectfully.

”Greetings, Grand Elder.”

Ming He gave him a flat look: ”What is it?”

Wu Changan’s expression was grave as he said in a heavy voice, ”Grand Elder, something major has happened in the Western Desolation.”

He recounted the recent changes in the Western Desolate Yao Race one by one.

The Sky-Splitting Demon Emperor had emerged out of nowhere and unified the Western Desolate Yao Race, with dozens of Demon Kings and tens of millions of demon soldiers under his command.

Now, there was no longer a place for the Human Race to stand in the Western Desolation.

Those Human Race Sects that were originally rooted in the Western Desolation had either been breached by the Yao Race, with their Disciples either dead or fled,

Or they had proactively abandoned their Sects and moved their entire organizations to the Eastern Continent or the Central Lands.

Wu Changan sighed and added, ”Grand Elder should still remember that Taibai Sword Sect.”

”In the past, this Sect was as famous as the Eastern Continent’s Tianyan Dao Sect, being one of the top-tier great Sects in the Western Desolation.”

”When the Yao Race launched their massive invasion, the Taibai Sword Sect resisted with all its might.”

”Unfortunately, there were too many Demon Kings, and the Sky-Splitting Demon Emperor even personally took action. The Taibai Sword Sect’s Tribulation Crossing Realm Old Ancestor was no match and was heavily injured. He could only lead the surviving Disciples to abandon the Sect and flee, eventually making his way to the Eastern Continent after many hardships.”

”The once-flourishing great Sword Dao Sect now has fewer than three hundred Disciples left, and its Old Ancestor is so heavily injured he cannot recover, barely clinging to life. How lamentable, how truly lamentable.”

As Ming He listened, his expression remained unchanged, but he was already calculating in his heart.

The Sky-Splitting Demon Emperor’s appearance was suspicious; he had never been heard of before, yet he appeared as a Tribulation Crossing Peak expert whose strength far exceeded established powerhouses like the Great Peng Demon King.

Such a move was definitely not something the native Spirit Realm could produce.

In all likelihood, it was another chess piece planted by some great power from the Immortal Realm.

Just as there was the shadow of an Immortal Realm Demonic Path powerhouse behind the Demon Race.

However, there was no need to explain these things in detail to Wu Changan.

It would be of no benefit to tell him; it would only add to his worries.

Ming He spoke, ”Pass down the order: all Disciples of the Azure Wave Sect are to return to the Sect starting today.”

”No one is to leave without cause. Everyone should focus on their own cultivation and not get involved in the conflicts of the outside world.”

Wu Changan was stunned upon hearing this and hesitated, ”Grand Elder, if those Western Desolate Yao Race members attack the Eastern Continent...”

”Then we will wait until they attack before saying anything else.”

Wu Changan scratched his head and asked again, ”And then? We just do nothing?”

Before he could finish speaking, the little fat bird Ice Phoenix Bing Chen, who had been napping nearby, woke up at some point. He rolled his eyes and said in a biting tone, ”And then? What ’and then’ is there?”

”I say, Sect Master Wu, have you cultivated yourself into a muddle?”

”What kind of standing does our Azure Wave Sect have? Do we even rank in the Eastern Continent?”

”Those top-tier great Sects like the Tianyan Dao Sect haven’t said a word yet, so what are you getting all worked up about?”

”When the sky falls, the tall ones will hold it up. If anyone is to step forward, it should be those great Sects. Is it not better for us, a second-rate Sect, to honestly stay behind closed doors and chant our scriptures?”

”But look at you, rushing to the front, afraid that others won’t know that the Azure Wave Sect has a warm-hearted Great Sect Master Wu?”

Ice Phoenix Bing Chen got more excited as he spoke, his chubby little body shaking.

Wu Changan was left speechless by the little fat bird’s lecture, his face turning various shades of blue and white, yet he couldn’t very well lash out.

He knew in his heart that although this little fat bird had a poisonous tongue, every word he said made sense.

Although the Azure Wave Sect’s Foundation was now far superior to what it had been in the past,

Aside from the fact that Grand Elder Ming He’s true combat strength was difficult to gauge,

The strength of the other Disciples, when calculated, was ultimately not at the top-tier level.

Insisting on stepping forward now would be nothing more than throwing their lives away for nothing.

Thinking this way, Wu Changan stole a glance at Ice Phoenix Bing Chen’s round body and muttered inwardly.

This little fat bird looked harmless, fat as a ball, but his cultivation was a genuine Tribulation Crossing Peak.

He didn’t know how the Grand Elder had managed to subdue him back then.

An existence like this, even in today’s Spirit Realm, would be ranked among the top combat powers.

But how could he dare to pry too much into the Grand Elder’s secrets?

Furthermore, as his own cultivation progressed day by day, he increasingly felt that this young Grand Elder was unfathomable.

Wu Changan took a deep breath, calmed his emotions, and said, ”I shall follow the Grand Elder’s instructions.”