Martial Cultivator

A streak of flowing light swept across Great Liang’s Changping Prefecture in an instant, and then crossed the entirety of Xinliu Prefecture in an extremely short amount of time.

Above the northern lands, it drew out a streak of flowing light interwoven with black and white.

The cultivators raised their heads to watch, all shaken beyond measure by these terrifying fluctuations of qi.

Above the mountain peak now renamed Inviting Moon Mountain, the mountain lord Fairy Li Tang raised her head to watch, her expression complicated.

The news had already spread throughout Great Liang. The Demon Emperor had headed south, the Sword Sect’s Sect Master had taken action and been defeated. Afterward, that Great Liang’s young Lord Warden Commander had entered battle against him.

Looking at it now, this streak of flowing light was that young martial artist fiercely battling the Demon Emperor.

But at this moment, from the looks of it, it seemed that the almost invincible Demon Emperor was being driven out of Great Liang’s territory by that young Lord Warden Commander.

Something like this was far more shocking than the Demon Emperor heading south.

How old was that young Lord Warden Commander? How could he already possess the ability to battle the Demon Emperor? Having the ability to battle him would already be enough, but why did it seem as though he could even suppress the Demon Emperor while fighting?

Fairy Li Tang shook her head and withdrew her gaze, softly muttering to herself, ”Seriously, do you insist on making all the men in the world feel ashamed of their unworthiness after seeing you?”

The more outstanding Chen Chao became, the more easily he would leave an indelible impression in the hearts of certain women.

Those women did not necessarily all want to be with Chen Chao, but after seeing such an outstanding man, when they went to choose other men afterward, no matter how they looked at them, they simply could not find them appealing anymore.

This logic was very simple.

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The two streaks of flowing light very quickly arrived above the Northern Frontier Great Wall.

Although the Northern Frontier Great Wall had not discovered the Demon Emperor heading south at the time, the news from Great Liang had now grown increasingly intense. They were not deaf, so even if they had realized it late, they still came to know of it.

At this moment, as the streaks of flowing light swept past, a group of generals all climbed onto the city walls. Watching that streak of flowing light head toward the depths of the desolate north, they were shocked beyond measure.

Li Changling had the most irritable temperament. Seeing that streak of flowing light sweep past at this moment, he impatiently asked, ”Great General, should we send out troops?”

Ning Ping turned his head to look at this cavalry commander, his face full of confusion. ”Does General Li intend to pursue and kill the Demon Emperor?”

Li Changling nodded heavily. That was exactly his intention.

Ning Ping raised a hand to his forehead, truly helpless. ”General Li, at the Demon Emperor’s realm, even if this general went over right now, it would only be delivering myself to death. Even if General Li mobilized a million troops, if the Demon Emperor wanted to leave, could you really stop him?”

Great cultivators in this world had always been like this. Not to mention the Demon Emperor who had already crossed beyond Nepenthe and reached the Fuyun Realm, even for someone at the end of Nepenthe, if there were no cultivators of the same realm dragging them down and preventing them from leaving, no matter how large the army was, it would all be futile, because they were destined to be unable to keep them there.

Li Changling stopped speaking. He really had only spoken without thinking because of momentary excitement. Now that he had calmed down, he only felt his face turn red.

Gao Xuan asked more rationally, ”Great General, in your view, is the Demon Emperor retreating in defeat?”

Actually, when Gao Xuan asked this question, he already had an answer in mind, and naturally it was no. Even as a human, he had no choice but to acknowledge the Demon Emperor’s strength. That kind of strength had long since become deeply rooted in countless people’s minds. They truly could not believe that Chen Chao could defeat the Demon Emperor at his age.

Ning Ping did not speak. He could not say for certain about this sort of matter either. After all, the Demon Emperor was too powerful, and battles at that realm had long since surpassed his understanding.

In the end, he only said softly, ”As long as that brat Chen Chao can return safely, that’s enough. There is still plenty of time in the future, there is no need to rush things for now.”

While Ning Ping spoke, Gao Xuan had already looked toward the quiet woman atop the city walls. She quietly looked toward the distant heavenly dome, without any worry on her face. She looked as though she were merely looking at ordinary scenery, and not at someone she cared about currently standing at the boundary between life and death.

Perhaps this was precisely why she was different from most other women?

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The two streaks of flowing light crashed into the depths of the desolate north, finally falling beside the Onan River.

The Demon Emperor stood on one side of the Onan River, with the demon race royal city behind him, while Chen Chao stood on the other side, with the thirty thousand miles of the desolate north that had once belonged to the human race behind him.

The two stood here facing each other across the Onan River.

Once upon a time, that Great Liang Emperor had stood here as well, confronting this ruler of the myriad demons and erupting into battle.

The Demon Emperor raised his head and glanced at the distant horizon, then smiled at Chen Chao and said, ”Quite bold. You dared to enter deep into the heart of the desolate north. Are you truly not afraid you won’t be able to leave alive?”

Chen Chao smiled and said, ”You can try. Anyway, it’s just this one life. Whether it’ll be lost here or not is hard to say.”

The Demon Emperor stared at this young martial artist’s pair of eyes that resembled stars and said, ”You’re already an arrow at the end of its flight, so why keep forcing yourself? Right now, as long as We reach Our hand out, We can crush you to death.”

Chen Chao did not care, only saying, ”If you think you have that ability, feel free to make your move.”

While speaking, white mist filled the area around Chen Chao’s body, then was absorbed back into his body, before appearing once more, repeating like this over and over.

This young man was different from every cultivator beneath heaven. Facing the Demon Emperor, he never addressed him as Your Majesty, because in his eyes, there was only one Your Majesty in this world.

That person was his uncle.

The Demon Emperor looked at Chen Chao and did not speak for a very long time.

Meanwhile, Chen Chao took out a black upper garment and wrapped it around his naked upper body.

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