Chapter 393: Heavenly Demon Fox God? The Resurgence of Decay

The Fox-eared Old Daoist's rage quickly drew the attention of other bigwigs in the Demon Realm.

Soon, these Demon Clan bigwigs learned the news that the Demon Fruit they had planted in the Changqing Realm had been snatched away halfway.

"Such audacity!"

"Have you checked for the culprit's tracks?"

Powerful consciousnesses descended one after another beside the Fox-eared Old Daoist to make inquiries.

The Fox-eared Old Daoist nodded, then shook his head:

"The other party must have been prepared; my Avatar was slain before it could transmit any information."

"I can only vaguely sense that it resembles the methods of the Dao Alliance, yet it is not the style of those old rivals."

"Oh?"

"It seems to be an expert from outside the Dao Alliance, then?"

"Daring to slay your Avatar—perhaps it is some heaven-gifted talent emerging from a small, obscure place."

The next instant!

The many bigwigs in the Demon Realm watched as the screen, filled with lightning, suddenly vanished.

Then... both flood dragons saw a streak of sorrowful, beautiful lightning fill their field of vision.

The Green Dragon Demon Emperor moved his eyeballs to look at the Fox-eared Old Daoist and said:

"This aura..."

Both Small Starlight Fish and Large Starlight Fish at a Third Realm fishing spot have the function of absorbing light energy and converting it into Spirit Qi.

Therefore, upon discovering it was a Third Realm fishing spot, Su Ping felt joy in his heart and secretly remarked that his luck was good.

"But, how is this possible? Could there be an Avatar of some Heavenly Demon Venerable ahead!"

【Currently fishable species: Small Starlight Fish, Large Starlight Fish, Star Spirit Fish, Changqing Spirit Fish】

Su Ping discovered a Third Realm fishing spot in the lake here:

After several breaths.

Sensing this scene, the Green Dragon Demon Emperor ordered the two flood dragons to increase their speed.

For the sake of stability, Su Ping wanted to avoid the Changqing Realm suffering issues due to being caught in the crossfire of battle.

【New fishing spot activated!】

After bursting forth with full power, it wasn't long before he gradually sensed the aura of two Small Worlds appearing ahead.

"It just so happens that two of my sons are also in that Spirit Mist region; I shall have them scout the situation for you."

A massive Green Dragon descended from the sea of clouds in the high sky, revealing its towering form.

The Green Dragon Demon Emperor's two sons were both flood dragons possessing a portion of the Green Dragon clan's Bloodline.

However, Su Ping was currently fishing in the Changqing Realm.

"The realm seems the same as ours, but the essence of the aura is extremely noble... it feels even more noble than our own Demon Emperor aura!"

The Star Spirit Fish can even be contracted as a Star Spirit Body, allowing Su Ping to gain the blessing of others' Spirit Body innate abilities.

He directly summoned the phantom of the Fox God to assist in the battle.

Su Ping played his trump card the moment he struck.

Thus, as he began fishing, he learned that an abnormal aura had suddenly appeared in the outside world, and a strange beast that vaguely threatened his Changsheng was rapidly approaching.

In the largest Cave Heaven Secret Realm of the Changqing Realm, he saw a place resembling an Immortal fairyland displayed on the Fishing Compass.

A grey flood dragon widened its eyes, sniffing the aura ahead, and said:

"It is the aura of our Demon Clan!"

【Current fishing spot cumulative fishing attempts: (300/300)】

Coupled with the Fox God's innate ability, its true combat power had already exceeded that of an ordinary Seventh Realm.

At the same time, this Demon Emperor also prepared to strike from a distance to assist.

The Fox-eared Old Daoist and the other existences watching this place all knew that this was the environment of that Spirit Mist region.

The flood dragons, currently breaking through layers of Spirit Mist, suddenly sensed a crisis and hurriedly came to a halt.

Once the Fox God phantom appeared.

The clouds in the sky rolled and transformed into a screen, revealing a scene filled with mist everywhere.

The Fox-eared Old Daoist and the Green Dragon Demon Emperor both fell into an awkward silence.

After speaking, the Green Dragon opened its mouth and spat out a breath of cloud vapor.

【Current fishing spot rating: Third Realm, Middle Grade】

Because the Fox-faced Shrine Maiden had already advanced to the Sixth Realm, the realm of the Fox God phantom had also reached the Sixth Realm Great Perfection, infinitely close to the Seventh Realm.

"If I haven't sensed it wrong, that lightning came from a Noble's Fox God?"

It asked with a hint of curiosity:

Just as the two flood dragons were thinking this, the mist ahead suddenly broke apart and dissipated.

"Two Small Worlds? One is the Changqing Realm, and the other appears to be related to the perpetrator!"

"A... Great Divine Ability Venerable whose true body should be at least at the Heavenly Demon realm!"

The Fox-eared Old Daoist opened his mouth, wanting to refute.

After all, he was among the oldest of the old immortals within the Fox clan.

Whether the Fox clan had a Heavenly Demon Venerable—if other demons didn't know, how could he, this fox demon, not know?

However, facts speak louder than words.

Whoever had struck to annihilate the two flood dragons, no matter how one sensed it, was a fox demon!

And a Fox God who practiced the Divine Dao and had reached at least the Heavenly Demon realm!

A Heavenly Demon!

That is an existence equivalent to a Heavenly Immortal of the outside world!

A single Heavenly Demon is enough to elevate the status of the Demon Clan it represents within the Demon Alliance to the first tier, and from then on, it will never be suppressed again.

The Fox Clan spent so much effort trying to cultivate a Demon Fruit.

It was also so that in the next few thousand years, there would be a chance for a Fox Clan Heavenly Demon to emerge.

Yet now, it discovered that the force on the other side that ruined its good deed seems to have a great connection with a Fox Clan Heavenly Demon.

This made its brain a bit dazed.

However, it is still a Great Demon above the Dao Integration realm.

The Fox-eared Old Daoist still quickly regained their senses, and then made up their mind to investigate the situation clearly at all costs.

If possible, use every means to invite that Fox God to become a Supreme Elder of the Demon Alliance's Fox Clan!

At the same time.

The Observation Array of the Dao Alliance's Heavenly Star Sect also observed the Space Fluctuation produced the moment the Fox God's phantom took action.

This left the corresponding Elders of the Heavenly Star Sect feeling suspicious and uncertain.

After confirming multiple times that the array had not made a mistake.

They urgently reported it to the sect's high-level officials that very day.

Following that, the high-level officials of the Dao Alliance all became aware that an unrecorded Demon Clan Heavenly Demon had taken action.

They did not dare to be negligent, and one after another, they tacitly assumed in their plans targeting the Demon Alliance that the opposing camp had gained a Heavenly Demon with unknown divine abilities...

Su Ping was unaware of these things.

After he retracted the Fox God phantom that had dealt with the little bug, he continued to fish quietly.

It took a day and a half to finish the three hundred Fishing attempts.

Although he failed to obtain any specialty catch.

He did obtain two Star Spirit Fish in one go.

This gave Su Ping the opportunity to gain two more types of Spirit Body.

Su Ping thought for a moment and left one Starlight Fish to be raised in the Spirit Light Fish Pond.

Then, he used the other one on Teresa.

Allowing himself to acquire her Natural Spirit Body.

With the Natural Spirit Body bonus, planting trees and herbs would undoubtedly be easier and smoother.

Even relying on his own cultivation bonus.

Things Teresa could not accomplish, he could do himself.

The most obvious one was the Jianmu Divine Tree.

Previously, Teresa could barely help it at all.

After reaching a certain growth limit, it would even regress after using Abundant Spirit Water to accelerate its growth.

With Su Ping, who now possessed the Natural Spirit Body, taking action.

The upper limit of its growth was significantly increased.

Soon, under the irrigation of Abundant Spirit Water, it grew into a 20,000-year-old Jianmu Divine Tree.

Under the 20,000-year-old Jianmu Divine Light, the Sun Moon Star Chart was able to completely fuse and devour the various Small Worlds.

Those Small World consciousnesses also harmoniously entered into the Jianmu Divine Tree, as if returning to a mother's embrace to sleep.

At the same time, the Sun Moon Star Chart itself, relying on the world consciousness formed by the Xukong Chong, gained the bonus of the sleeping world consciousnesses.

It gradually took shape as the world consciousness of the Sun Moon Star Chart Small World.

And with that, earth veins were born within the world of the chart.

It could be considered to have completely transformed into a true, self-contained Small World.

It was no longer some Cave Heaven Secret Realm relying on a certain location.

Su Ping had not yet reached Dao Integration, but because of this, he had prematurely attained the "body merging with the world" state that only those at the Dao Integration realm possess.

It can be said that from this moment on, Su Ping's path to Dao Integration no longer had the slightest obstacle or danger.

After finishing fishing, Su Ping returned to the periphery of the Biyuan World bubble.

He looked back at the Changqing Realm.

After thinking for a while, Su Ping still softly spat out the word "Collect."

He let the Sun Moon Star Chart manifest a huge phantom and roll it up!

The Changqing Realm disappeared from its original spot, becoming a pattern within the Sun Moon Star Chart Huijuan.

Then Su Ping steered the Biyuan World and quickly left this area of Spirit Mist.

Because the waters behind the hidden fox were too deep, and his current location had clearly been exposed.

It was impossible for Su Ping to continue leaving the Changqing Realm, which had a Tier 3 fishing spot, behind.

Even for himself, Su Ping prepared to leave as the best course of action.

Two days later.

The Biyuan World, glowing with a faint white light, moved away from the Spirit Mist area and entered a Space-Time Torrent.

Then it began to continue sailing at ten times its previous speed under the support of the Space-Time Torrent.

Su Ping was full of curiosity about everything before him.

These past few days, he had been above the Biyuan World, occasionally using divine abilities to grab various strange objects from the surrounding airspace.

And because of this, during one grabbing process.

Su Ping caught a dilapidated Cruising Immortal Boat.

This is a milky-white, half-moon-shaped, fully enclosed Immortal Boat.

When Su Ping grabbed it back, the Immortal Boat's protective barrier was dim and lusterless, and there were even multiple areas of damage on its surface.

Su Ping sent out his Primordial Spirit Avatar to take two companions inside to investigate.

They only saw a scene of chaos inside, with traces of destruction everywhere.

He had originally thought there were no living people left.

Yet unexpectedly, inside a golden chest deep within the Immortal Boat,

he discovered the Bald Dwarf Daoist hiding inside.

Upon seeing the newcomers, this Dwarf Daoist immediately took the initiative to open the chest and performed a Fierce Tiger Landing Style.

Afterwards, he tearfully recounted his experiences along the way to Su Ping's Primordial Spirit Avatar.

This Dwarf Daoist was a member of a merchant association subordinate to a certain power within the Dao Alliance.

He had always relied on the protection of that power to conduct trade, exchanging goods between various Small Worlds registered with the Dao Alliance.

It was just that he hadn't expected that on this return voyage, they would first encounter a Time-Space Beast that chased them the entire way, leaving them nearly exhausted.

Then, they followed up by running into a group of Robber Cultivators piloting an Immortal Boat.

The Dwarf Daoist had managed to hold on until entering the Space-Time Torrent region by relying on this golden chest.

Only then did he save his life and manage to run into Su Ping, this great savior.

Su Ping just listened to this, but in his heart, he did not believe the other party was telling the truth.

However, the fact that the other party was familiar with the nearby Shikong Haiyu made Su Ping feel that the other party was still somewhat useful.

He promised the other party that as long as he led the way properly, he would guarantee his safety and take him to the Golden Crow World along the way.

Su Ping had not failed to consider things like directly invading his Divine Soul to perform possession.

It was just that, on one hand, Su Ping was not yet a Demon Cultivator.

On the other hand, when Su Ping looked at the Dwarf Daoist while having such thoughts, he immediately had a premonition.

That was that the other party had made preparations regarding his Divine Soul.

Forcibly invading the Divine Soul or performing possession could potentially result in losses outweighing the gains.

This premonition was mysterious and profound.

But after achieving success in cultivation, Su Ping already knew that a premonition in one's heart was highly unlikely to be wrong.

After half a day's time, the Biyuan World was sent by the Space-Time Torrent to a strange Shikong Haiyu.

Su Ping saw a greenish halo appearing deep within this Shikong Haiyu.

The curious Su Ping immediately summoned the Dwarf Daoist to ask what that was.

The Dwarf Daoist looked at the scenery over there, and his expression changed.

Afterwards, he fished out a book, and after flipping through several pages continuously,

he finally confirmed some things, bowed to Su Ping, and said:

"My Lord, that place must not be approached!"

"If this one's guess is correct, that is the place where the Decay is sealed."

"Decay?"

Su Ping remembered having heard this term, and after recalling it, he said:

"The Decay, one of the Dark Catastrophes?"

The Dwarf Daoist nodded and said:

"It is precisely that Decay..."

"That piece of Shikong Haiyu should be a place where the Decay appeared during the ancient era and was subsequently polluted by its dark power."

"No one knows the conditions for the appearance of the Decay; it is only known that when the Decay appears, it will cause the entire Shikong Haiyu to begin to wither, and all things will be unable to survive."

"Fortunately, although the Decay will spread through pollution, its speed is far inferior to catastrophes like Chaos or the Ancient Gods."

"A Shikong Haiyu polluted by the Decay cannot be saved, but one can prevent the Decay from expanding outward by cutting through space to seal the polluted area."

"By logic, that area should be trapped within the internal space of some divine object."

"But now it has reappeared..."

The Dwarf Daoist paused when he said this, but then feigned composure and said:

"However, it is not a big problem; that area was destroyed long ago, and the space seal is still there."

"Once the power from the Three Great Alliances that handled this matter back then sends people over to replace the Artifact, everything will return to how it was."

After the Dwarf Daoist said this,

outside the greenish halo in the distance, streaks of red light emerged.

Su Ping activated his Dharma Eye.

He then saw that those red lights were incredibly huge, multi-palace-shaped Immortal Boats comparable to more than half of the Biyuan World.

From one of the palaces, several thousand human Cultivators flew out.

The few people in the lead felt something and looked toward Su Ping's side.

They frowned slightly, but they did not make any other moves toward Su Ping's side.

Instead, they refocused their attention on the greenish halo.

"The Grand Uncle-Master's Artifact has fallen into the Decay area."

"This is troublesome now; I'm afraid it cannot be retrieved."

"That is the foundation of the sect; if it is lost like this, we won't be punished, but we won't be able to earn much merit either."

"Senior Brother, why not wait a moment and let Junior Brother see if there is a way to enter the Decay area to retrieve the Artifact."

After the leading Cultivators discussed in low voices for a while,

The lead senior brother thought for a moment and nodded, first having the disciples on the Immortal Boat form a formation just in case.

Then they watched as that junior brother took out a red paper figurine.

After spitting out a mouthful of golden fresh blood.

The red paper figurine suddenly became the size of a normal person.

And with a flash of red light, it transformed into a Green-robed Daoist identical to that junior brother.

Afterwards, layers upon layers of Space Barrier emerged around the Daoist transformed from the paper figurine.

Only then did it swish into the emerald green halo.

"Junior brother..."

Seeing this, the lead senior brother looked at the junior brother with concern.

"Rest assured, senior brother, this junior brother knows the gravity of the situation, so I have long since severed all connection with the paper figurine clone."

"Whether it is a curse targeting the Divine Soul or the primordial spirit, it is impossible for it to be transmitted through that paper figurine."

"Besides, the Seal is still there, and there are so many spatial Secret Technique."

"Furthermore, this place has been suppressed by our sect for so many years; perhaps it has long since returned to normal inside."

As he said this, the junior brother saw a hint of Space Fluctuation suddenly appear in the emerald green halo.

Then, the clone transformed from the paper figurine emerged.

In its hand, it happened to be holding a small three-legged tripod that appeared to be cast from bronze.

"Senior brother, look! Grandmaster-uncle's three-legged Divine Tripod has been brought back!"

"Very good, next, hurry and operate the great formation to seal off this airspace."

As he spoke, a silver-white Qiuniu tourmaline appeared beside the lead senior brother.

Once this object appeared.

It began to generate spatial ripples, covering a large area of the surrounding Shikong Haiyu.