Chapter 454: Temple God Resonance of the Qitian Strange Temple: How to Feed the Ten‑Thousand‑Demon Emperor Dao Fruit【Seeking Moon Tic

Dou Zhan Prison Lotus Demon Saint Qitian Strange Temple!

The flesh at the brow trembles.

The star‑plucked pupil shines out from within, an incomparably brilliant golden radiance, as if glimpsing the mysteries of heaven and earth.

The swirling light, faintly, seems to reveal a suppressed figure within, constantly struggling, roaring, and bellowing.

Overwhelming demonic Qi sweeps the heavens, boundless divinity surges, and a massive Dao essence flows!

All manner of wonders burst forth!

Li Che sits cross‑legged on the flying sword, his dark, vigorous hair constantly whipping and snapping like black lightning, his garments rustling, and his eyes cannot help but flash an unusual hue.

Now he is no longer the naive newcomer who just left Fēiléichéng.

The Western Queen Mother Three Pure Strange Temple in Shendu, Li Che had also witnessed, even set foot in, roamed within, obtained the ten‑thousand‑year Pián​táo, enjoyed great benefits, and transformed himself.

However, seeing a Three Pure‑rank Strange Temple with his own eyes was still his first time.

After all, the Western Queen Mother Strange Temple has been concealed by the court, its true location impossible to find, but the Qitian Strange Temple is different.

There is no concealment at all; it sits on the vast wilderness, with demonic Qi, divinity, and Dao essence constantly spreading from this ancient city.

"This is Qitian Cheng—"

The surprise on the flying sword is not limited to Li Che.

Xixi, Yun E, Zhou Peng and the other youngsters, like Li Che, are seeing this ancient city for the first time, only feeling an overwhelmingly oppressive pressure hitting them.

As if their souls have suffered an unprecedented shock.

Xixi's prison‑lotus divine pattern at her brow continues to tremble, and her eyes grow ever more glittering.

Beside them, Yun E purses her lips, and Zhou Peng, still on the flying sword, sighs softly.

Although the two have become bound spirits, Li Che does not control them, allowing the youngsters to act freely; thus, the bound‑spirit forms of Yun E and Zhou Peng are now more relaxed, freer, and more humanlike than before.

If it were earlier, this Zhou Peng would likely have been unable to control his emotions; the temple god's mood would affect him, even causing him to manifest his original form uncontrollably.

Now, the lingering influence of the temple god remains, stirring ripples within Zhou Peng's heart, but without the temple god's corruption.

"Qitian…"

Zhou Peng murmurs softly.

Lu Qiankun, Lu Taibai and Fang Hanshu, obviously, are not seeing Qitian Cheng for the first time.

They have long ago come to train in this world‑renowned city.

"The Qitian Temple, whose full name is Dou Zhan Prison Lotus Demon Saint Qitian Strange Temple, is a Three Pure Strange Temple; in its glorious heyday it even upheld the Qitian Temple sect, nearly occupying half the world…"

"At that time, Qitian Temple housed more than one Divine Tribulation, and rumors spoke of a Divine Tribulation Venerable of the Second Calamity realm seated within the Qitian Temple's strange abyss, truly a splendid era."

Lu Qiankun stroked his beard and sighed lightly; as a survivor from that era, a few complex emotions flickered in his eyes.

Back then, the Qian Yuan Divine Sect had not yet been founded, and even after its establishment, it was but a tiny shrimp compared to Qitian Temple.

Li Che couldn't help but look at Lu Qiankun and asked curiously, "Patriarch, why did Qitian Temple fall into desolation?"

"With so many strong beings seated, why would it suddenly become desolate? Logically, with a Second Calamity Divine Tribulation stationed, its lifespan could easily span several thousand years…"

Lu Qiankun shook his head: "I'm not sure, but most strong ones believe Qitian Temple's decline is linked to the strange abyss; compared to that abyss, the present world is truly too weak."

Lu Qiankun exhaled: "Within the strange abyss, deep inside, some demonic beings infected by divinity, some temple‑god protective cursed corpses, have even reached the Divine Tribulation realm, let alone the mighty temple‑god protective cursed corpse kings…"

"Even if Qitian Temple were immensely powerful, facing the strange abyss it remains weak… Qitian Temple is merely a divine sect built alongside the Dou Zhan Prison Lotus Demon Saint Qitian Strange Temple; if the strange abyss were to revolt, even the mightiest divine sect might not withstand it."

Lu Qiankun sits on the flying sword, his robe rustling in the wind.

"Therefore, many strong ones, after reaching great realms, enter the strange abyss and confront its profound terror, only then understand… strength in the present world is not true strength; only strength within the strange abyss is genuine strength."

"Of course, the will of heaven and earth in the present world is terrifying; even the Supreme Divine Tribulations of the Second and Third Calamities dare not defy it, making it the final barrier of the current world."

Li Che heard this, felt a slight stir in his heart, and raised his head: "The final barrier of the present world?"

The calamity force of the heavenly will, to many cultivators, is seen as a restriction; many great Divine Tribulation cultivators resent and fear the Three Calamities and Nine Tribulations, as one fears snakes and scorpions.

But from the Patriarch's mouth, the Three Calamities and Nine Tribulations forged by the heavenly will are described as the present world's final barrier?

Lu Qiankun nodded: "Some see clearly, some cannot see…"

"If there were no Three Calamities and Nine Tribulations… the many strange temples appearing in the present world would be unrestricted, and temple gods could roam the mortal lands at will…"

"Although temple gods are fallen deities, their unfettered wandering of the earth is immensely powerful to ordinary people, isn't it?"

"Even a Martial Saint, confronting a walking temple god, would be no better than an ant, I suppose."

Lu Qiankun shook his head.

"The will of heaven and earth protects this world; sometimes its restrictions are also a form of protection."

Veterans like Lu Qiankun, seasoned great Divine Tribulation cultivators, are among those who truly glimpse the world's mysteries; while seeking power, they also perceive the world and the heavens.

Whooo—

The flying sword stretches across the long sky.

Li Che's spirit flickers slightly; faintly, he can clearly sense an immensely massive aura continuously approaching from the Qitian Cheng area.

Obviously, some strong ones arrived at Qitian Cheng earlier than they did.

Within a hundred li of Qitian Cheng lies a small town.

It is a town under Wenling Prefecture, called Five Finger Town.

Most strong ones have gathered in Five Finger Town, but Lu Taibai, having just broken through the Divine Tribulation, his aura soaring to the heavens, directly rode the flying sword across the sky toward Qitian Cheng.

In Five Finger Town, many also sensed Lu Taibai's party's presence.

"Lu Taibai has broken through the Divine Tribulation?"

Some were shocked, some bewildered, some sighed.

Lu Taibai, head of the Qian Yuan Divine Sect, once ranked among the top in the Great Landscape Divine Register and the Heavenly Gate Dual Rankings, and now finally has taken a step ahead of them, stepping into the Divine Tribulation.

"This is interesting; the Qian Yuan Divine Sect has a dual Divine Tribulation lineage, and both Divine Tribulations are coming to this Qitian Cheng, clearly aiming for the Qitian legacy."

"That is Lu Qiankun, the Qian Yuan Patriarch, who somehow is still alive…"

Before, Ji Moli broke through the Divine Tribulation, and now...... Lu Taibai also entered the Divine Tribulation.

Ji Moli died.

In Five Finger Town, many strong warriors had gathered, most of them human experts, for Qitian Cheng is now occupied by the demon race; if people wish to enter Qitian Cheng, they must first battle the demon race and carve out a qualification to enter the city.

Thus many human heroes gathered in Five Finger Town outside Qitian Cheng; of course, there were also those like Ji Moli who sought a wilderness place to set up camp.

The news that 'Ji Moli is dead' almost immediately, upon being raised, exploded with thunderous force across the entire Five Finger Town.

Indeed, he is dead; in Jizhou City, Ji Moli's Pacification Rebellion Prince's Manor was slaughtered, Ji Liqing and Jilihong died, and the blood pool Ji Moli had secretly accumulated collapsed...

Moreover, bloody clouds gathered above Jizhou, the omen of the Divine Tribulation falling appeared across the sky...... Ji Moli is indeed dead.

Who killed him?

In an instant, everyone looked up at the flying sword that swept across the sky above Five Finger Town, rushing toward Qitian Cheng, which was Lu Taibai's sword.

They fell into silence.

Lu Taibai's wide sleeves fluttered, his robes swayed incessantly, and his silver hair whipped the air.

He stood upon the tip of the greatly enlarged Taibai Sword, sword qi surging like a tide, he alone stood at the crest of the wave.

Flinging his wide sleeves, he flung them behind his back.

Sword qi pierced the heavens for a hundred thousand feet, directly slashing through the void for millions of miles!

Lu Taibai did not enter Five Finger Town, intending to go directly to have a look at Qitian Cheng!

Of course, he also went to witness just how tyrannical the demon race that has occupied Qitian Cheng for five hundred years truly is!

Li Che sat cross-legged on the flying sword; Xixi, Yun'e and the other little companions likewise sat cross-legged, imitating Li Che's manner, inhaling and exhaling, drawing in the divinity between heaven and earth.

The location where Qitian Temple stands is precisely the junction of the Inner Gui Que and the Earth Gui Que.

Its geographical position is extremely special, moreover involving the Earth Gui Que, the concentration of divinity there is immensely grand!

Moreover, the divinity here is extremely pure, as if ground from divinity crystals, drawing it in feels even smoother than grasping divinity crystals to draw in.

"Huu——"

"Huu——"

One inhale, one exhale, swallowing the myriad miles.

Li Che is even less polite; he has just undergone the transformation of the 【Immaculate Heart】 fruition, and within his Niwan inner realm, the many divine fetuses are all in a state of extreme hunger and thirst!

Now that there is free divinity to be had, he will not refrain from swallowing it.

Boom——

Under Li Che's lack of restraint, even a vortex of divinity forms above the flying sword, continually gathering.

Lü Qiankun, Lu Taibai, and Fang Hanshu all could not help but look over.

"Elder Li, these divine fetuses...... are a bit hungry and thirsty."

"The sect has resources; we should support more, not withhold..."

Lü Qiankun said with a laugh.

Lu Taibai and Fang Hanshu both fell silent; they've withheld a hammer......

Who cultivates divine fetuses by swallowing divinity?

Even if given a Three Purities rank divinity crystal, wouldn't one still need to slowly draw it in?

Although the divinity near Qitian Cheng is somewhat similar to that in divinity crystals, one cannot simply swallow it like that...

"Elder Li is about to undergo the Fourfold Transformation...... a monstrous talent on the path of divinity!" Fang Hanshu exclaimed.

Although his heart was shocked, he did not feel it strange.

Li Che's talent, he had long grown accustomed to it; after all, the first time he saw Li Che was only two or three years ago, when Li Che was merely a greenhorn who had just entered the rank of Grand Master.

Indeed, compared to Fang Hanshu's age, in his eyes Li Che is indeed just a greenhorn.

"Qitian Cheng...... the Guiyi Miao has revived, reopened; in fact, those who have come here are most concerned about Qitian Cheng's 【Temple God Resonance】..."

Fang Hanshu looked at the cultivating Li Che and spoke.

"Temple God Resonance?"

Li Che opened his eyes.

For this term, he is naturally not unfamiliar.

Back when Xixi, in Jinguang Fu, underwent the trial of the Eight-Armed Prison Lotus Fury Third Prince Guiyi Miao, it was precisely Temple God Resonance; back then a group of children had come.

"Yes...... Temple God Resonance, this is not hard to understand; the inheritance of the Guiyi Miao's temple god is precisely passed down through Temple God Resonance."

"The Grand Supervisor said, those who hold the Random Gold Iron Divine Rod can ascend to the city tower of Qitian Cheng and obtain that Three Purities divine weapon, the Hunyuan Qitian Staff, which is inseparable from Temple God Resonance; after all, those who hold the Random Gold Iron Divine Rod are precisely the ones most suited to Qitian..."

Fang Hanshu said.

"Why did the demon race occupy Qitian Cheng? Because they are determined to obtain this inheritance; the main point is, the demon race has a great advantage..."

Upon hearing this, Li Che narrowed his eyes: "Qitian Temple has a demon sage...... so, the demon race believes they have a great advantage?"

"Yes." Fang Hanshu nodded.

"Not only that, there is also the Western Regions Buddhist Land and the Xiao Lingyin Temple; they are also extremely confident about this Temple God Resonance, because within the Demon Sage Fighting Prison Lotus Qi Tian, the Fighting...... is a Buddhist name, the Western Regions Buddhist Land thus believes that Qitian is a Buddhist temple god..."

Fang Hanshu, as a Divine Slayer of the Divine Hunter Pavilion, having read extensively, knows many secrets indeed.

Li Che, lost in thought, nodded.

"Thus, the heroes of the world have gathered here for three main reasons: one, the inheritance of Qitian from the Guiyi Miao; two, the resources of the ancient divine sect Qitian Temple; three...... the secret of the Inner Gui Que and Earth Gui Que junction involved in Qitian Cheng..."

Fang Hanshu clarified for Li Che the main points concerning this Qitian Cheng affair.

"So, Temple God Resonance?" Li Che narrowed his eyes.

【120 "It is no wonder so many people want to hold the Random Gold Iron Divine Rod; its aid to Temple God Resonance is immense."

No wonder so many people want to grasp the Suixin Golden Iron Divine Staff; its aid to temple‑god resonance is enormous.

Hoo hoo hoo hoo—

Suddenly, the flying sword stilled, no longer darting.

Li Che's eyes narrowed, and when he looked up, he saw a magnificent, sprawling city arrayed among the lands, mountains, rivers and marshes below!

The city towered incomparably, spanning the heavens and earth, grand beyond measure, like a colossal divine dragon coiled upon the ground.

Its aura was mighty and its momentum weighty beyond compare, chiefly suffused with an ancient, rustic vibe; the walls stretched left and right for countless zhang, with no end in sight.

"Qitian Cheng... arrived."

Li Che's eyes flickered.

It seemed that, faintly, countless lethal flashes of electricity interwove endlessly!

Within his chest, the 【Qi Sheng】 Dao fruit thumped incessantly!

Dong dong dong—!

The wind flowed silently, and all sounds of heaven and earth became hushed and peaceful at his ears.

The celestial chessboard spiraled outward, suddenly attempting to envelop the entire towering Qitian Cheng.

Upon the board, waves of terrifying, massive aura continuously rose.

Yet his celestial board had only expanded inward by half a city, insufficient to continue.

To know, his current celestial board can cover a radius of nearly eight hundred li at its limit.

It more than enough to shroud the whole Qitian Cheng.

But Qitian Cheng seemed to possess a power that twisted heaven and earth, as if it did not fully exist in the mortal world, causing the board to be unable to fully enshroud it.

As the flying sword hovered, Lu Taibai stood at the crest of sword qi, his own sword qi surging to the heavens; with a single step he launched the flying sword, sword qi soaring skyward as he advanced!

"Roll—!!!"

A booming roar.

A sudden silhouette appeared on Qitian Cheng's wall, a terrifying and dazzling aura constantly soaring skyward, like a divine sword intent on cutting everything!

It was an incomparably huge white crane.

With a spread of wings, its black-and-white feathers turned into a feathered robe covering a gaunt middle‑aged man, who likewise exuded razor‑sharp sword intent.

Lu Taibai furrowed his brows, snapped his five fingers, instantly forming five god‑like swords that clashed with the crane demon's blade.

The sword qi rippled like tide, causing space itself to swell and wrinkle.

The divine calamity aura raged wildly, like tide and wave; above the firmament, a disaster seemed to manifest, shaking incessantly.

"This is a demon god comparable to the Martial God realm, its flesh extremely robust—truly impressive."

After that clash, Lu Taibai, who had broken through to the Divine Calamity realm using the 'Mie Shen Feng'—one of the Three Calamities—still could not gain any advantage from this crane demon.

"A newly risen Divine Calamity? No wonder—young calves aren't afraid of tigers..."

Looking at /p>

On the city tower of Qitian Cheng, the crane demon squinted, hair fluttering, body sharp as a sword, staring at Lu Taibai and letting out a snicker.

Then his gaze swept to several figures on the flying sword.

When it saw Lu Qiankun, the crane demon's eyes narrowed, but upon seeing Fang Hanshu, Li Che and Xixi and the other youngsters...

The snicker on the crane demon's face grew even more pronounced.

"What kind of place is Qitian Cheng? Coming here with families..."

"Qitian Cheng, my demon tribe has surrounded you; wherever you came from, go back there!"

"Otherwise, kill everyone as blood food!"

"Roll!"

The crane demon let out a long howl, and instantly countless sword lights shot skyward, as sharp as transformed crane feathers.

The murderous aura surged like a torrent, eyes blood‑red, filled with a craving for blood food.

Lu Taibai furrowed his brows, sword qi rippling over his body; he had come to test Qitian Cheng's waters, and it seemed... the waters of Qitian Cheng were far deeper than he imagined.

Completely occupied by the demon tribe, just as others thought, for the human side to enter Qitian Cheng they must unite and attack together.

Otherwise, once the Guiyi Miao divine resonance begins, if they haven't even entered the city, they may lose the chance and qualification to partake.

Qitian Cheng has four gates, the east, west, south and north.

Each gate is guarded by a demon god, sealing off Dàjǐng and all humanity's hopes of entering Qitian Cheng.

Only by a strong assault, breaking open a gate, can one possibly enter Qitian Cheng.

Otherwise, they can only wait for the demon tribe to grant entry.

"These demons come from the Ten‑Thousand Great Rivers, not the Ten‑Thousand Great Rivers of the 【Gui Yao Ku】 divine camp within the mysterious palace, but the Ten‑Thousand Great Rivers of the mortal world, outside Dàjǐng's borders, adjacent to Wu Shen Mountain—a demon realm. Most demons there have mutated after being infected by the divinity of Guiyi Miao."

"It is a Ten‑Thousand Great River constructed by imitating the one of Gui Yao Ku..."

"However, since they are an organized force, these demons also know they cannot fully devour the chance that Qitian Cheng represents."

"If they truly provoke Dàjǐng, Dàlí, and the Western Buddhist Lands—three human factions already at odds—to join forces against them, it would be a loss not worth the gain."

Fang Hanshu stood on the flying sword, watching Lu Taibai's first attempt to test Qitian Cheng's waters being blocked by the crane demon.

He was explaining to Li Che, but when he turned his head, he was slightly stunned.

Because he noticed Li Che staring blankly.

Seated cross‑legged on the flying sword, his eyes flickered brightly without cease, his breathing even becoming somewhat rapid.

It was as if he had seen some coveted target.

And at this moment, Li Che's chest housed the 【Wan Yao Di】 Dao fruit, trembling incessantly, raging wildly.

The crane demon's overwhelming demonic aura nearly turned the 【Wan Yao Di】 Dao fruit into a greedy mouth.

Li Che's spirit flickered slightly.

【Dao fruit: Wan Yao Di (lv5, 50%)】

Although this Dao fruit was only the one Xixi obtained at the age of seven, its cultivation speed is extremely fast, because after slaying the Old Dragon God a great amount of demonic Qi was siphoned from its body, granting transformation and advancement.

The Crane Demon of the First Calamity Realm, however, exerted a great attraction on Li Che.

Not only the demonic Qi attraction, but also it made Li Che feel that the second evil of the Ten Evils Ink Painting has a place.

However, whether it truly fits the position of the second evil is hard to say.

"These demon races are extremely ferocious, treating humans as blood food… Apart from the human forces of Dàjǐng, Great Li, and the Western Buddhist Lands, everything else is the Hundred Thousand Great Rivers of demons, lands ravaged by demons; the humans in those places have almost been completely devoured by the demons…"

Fang Hanshu's voice was low.

Li Che's eyes narrowed slightly; demons… so hateful?

Yet one could also imagine that it is a grudge between races; even between Dàjǐng and Great Li, they have been fighting endlessly due to differences in ethnicity and territory.

Let alone the differences between humans and demons.

The great battle never resumed; Lu Taibai only came to witness the tyrannical dominance of the invading demon race over Qitian Cheng.

And seeing it with his own eyes finally made him understand the extent of that tyranny.

The Crane Demon did not pursue them outward, because beyond Qitian Cheng there is no veil of eerie mist; confronting the will of heaven and earth's calamities directly, the Crane Demon would not wish to be struck by lightning.

So it watched Lu Taibai's party depart.

Lu Taibai returned to the Flying Sword, his eyes lingering with a faint, unending glimmer.

"That Crane… has devoured many people; within its demonic Qi sword light are countless human souls, seizing hearts and souls."

"Must be killed!"

Lu Taibai's eyes flashed with a fierce hue.

Li Che also fell silent, merely gazing deeply at the Crane Demon perched above Qitian Cheng, its wings like swords.

"Let's go."

The Flying Sword turned, intending to leave Qitian Cheng and head to Five Finger Town for rest.

However.

The Flying Sword had just shifted its heading.

In Qitian Cheng, a terrifying aura suddenly erupted: a torrent of demonic Qi, gray‑black, poured into the heavens in wave after wave, causing the sky to change hue.

The countless rolling demonic Qi piled over Qitian Cheng, gradually coalescing into an enormous, ferocious black bull head.

The bull head opened its mouth, emitting a deafening roar that tore the heavens; shockwaves surged outward, wildly sweeping beyond Qitian Cheng.

The space itself seemed to crack with fine fissures under the strain.

Lu Taibai turned pale with horror; not only Lu Taibai, but Lu Qiankun and Fang Hanshu on the Flying Sword also narrowed their pupils!

"This is… the Divine Calamity Venerable of the Second Calamity Realm! The demon race's Demon God Venerable!"

Boom—

The terrifying aura surged like a raging tide; that colossal bull head, as if contesting the heavens, was filled with dreadful demonic Qi and ferocity.

"The black bull of the Hundred Thousand Great Rivers?!"

"The Demon God Venerable of the Second Calamity Realm! Indeed, Qitian Cheng truly hides a Demon God Venerable of the demon race!"

"Damn, is this meant to block every one of us from entering?"

"Do the demons truly intend to swallow and completely dominate the massive opportunity that is Qitian Cheng?"

…

At the instant the aura exploded.

Five Finger Town.

The many strongmen in Five Finger Town who had been watching Lu Taibai's party now sensed the situation, rose to the heavens and looked toward the scene.

Lu Taibai's probing of Qitian Cheng actually summoned a Demon God Venerable of the demon race at the Second Calamity level?

Just by such a probe, the demons react so violently; is this giving them no chance at all?

That's excessive!

Clack clack—!!

The heavens towered, black clouds piled, hanging like a flow!

Countless lightning bolts rolled and raged swiftly between the clouds, suddenly bursting forth, causing the world to blaze with brilliant light!

It seemed as if the will of heaven and earth, provoked, let out an angry roar!

Accompanied by rippling surges, an immensely powerful pressure instantly poured out from Qitian Cheng.

The overwhelming sense of oppression raged and intertwined.

The surging momentum crashed down with a roar, like successive waves, making space seem on the verge of exploding.

On the Flying Sword, Lu Taibai and Lu Qiankun's bodies were taut.

Li Che's eyes burned as he stared at the massive black bull head, engulfed in the endless torrent of demonic Qi, as huge as a mountain!

The Ten Thousand Demon Emperor Dao fruit in his chest was so excited it nearly spewed saliva.

However, Li Che took a deep breath.

So strong!

Is this the power of a Divine Calamity Great Cultivation at the Second Calamity level?

Yet at this moment, another name flashed in Li Che's mind.

This bull, how does it compare to the Grand Overseer?

When the Grand Overseer first appeared in Shendu, the pressure he gave Li Che felt even more terrifying.

The gigantic black bull demon god head hovered above Qitian Cheng.

The Crane Demon at the city gate had already clasped its fists, paying respectful tribute.

The black bull demon god head swept its gaze, landing on the Flying Sword, then turning toward Five Finger Mountain, where countless strongmen from Dàjǐng, Great Li, and the Western Buddhist Lands had gathered, though the time of their convergence was unknown.

In the huge scarlet pupil, the size of a house, there seemed to appear a glint of wise light.

"Heroes of the human race from all corners of the world have gathered in Qitian Cheng..."

"Although Qitian Cheng has long been occupied by my Ten Thousand Great Rivers, I, the old bull, have sensed the will of the temple deity and received guidance from the Qitian Temple Deity; therefore, I will open the entry quota for Qitian Cheng."

"Heroes from all major powers of the world, as long as you pass the rules set by the old bull, can enter Qitian Cheng..."

As soon as the words were spoken.

Instantly, like waves and tides, they surged wildly in all directions.

Heaven and earth seemed to fall silent for a moment at this instant.

Many strong ones' minds constantly surged, intertwined and collided, their hearts filled with astonishment.

Among them, many had already been in Qitian Cheng for some time.

They were merely stationed in Five Finger Town; some tried to break into Qitian Cheng, but all failed, after all the demon clan had laid out Qitian Cheng for five hundred years—originally just a demon king holding the fort, but with the anomaly in Qitian Cheng beginning, it had become a demon god holding the fort.

Even a God Tribulation Great Cultivator wanting to slaughter their way in would find it no easy task.

Hum—

Space rippled upward.

One God Tribulation Great Cultivator after another flashed their gaze, looking up at the terrifying, mountain‑like black bull demon god looming in the sky above Qitian Cheng, releasing a dreadful pressure!

The black bull demon god's enormous eyes swept over.

It burst into laughter.

"Qitian Cheng has four great gates—east, west, south, north—but the east gate faces the East Sea, which my demon clan occupies; the other three gates—north, west, and south—can serve as open entrances for you all!"

"If you wish to enter the city, simply defeat my demon clan's gatekeepers!"

"Of course, the demon clan of my Ten Thousand Great Rivers, upholding the Qitian Will and understanding human feelings, has stationed two guardians at each gate—one demon god and one demon king—to match your various cultivations, people of the human race!"

"If a God Tribulation cultivator wishes to enter, they must defeat the demon god; if a Supreme Great God wishes to enter, they must defeat the demon king."

"I have set the terms for you, demon clan; if you cannot enter the city, do not blame the demon clan for breaking the rules!"

"The demon clan that upholds the Qitian Will is the most rule‑abiding!"

The black bull demon god's voice boomed, like the ancient bell of a mountain‑top temple being struck, sending violent sound waves that disturbed people's hearts and minds.

The words having been spoken.

On the flying sword.

Li Che's eyes involuntarily flickered.

Could this black bull demon god be trying to lure human cultivators in to kill them?

However, it probably wouldn't go that far……

After all, this black bull demon god speaks in the name of Qitian.

The resonance of the temple deity of the Qitian Strange Temple is imminent; using the name of Qitian to deceive now would only hinder the temple deity's resonance……

Thinking over this, the Myriad Demon Emperor Dao Fruit in his chest began to stir again.

Li Che soothed the Myriad Demon Emperor Dao Fruit on one hand.

On the other hand, he was thinking.

Having the Myriad Demon Emperor Dao Fruit constantly jumping about is no solution.

He needed to think of a way……

Feed the Myriad Demon Emperor Dao Fruit until it is full.

(End of Chapter)