Chapter 337

337. Chapter 332: The Nation Deliberates on State Affairs, the Demon King Enters Another Realm

With the Great Xia Supernatural Cultivation Bureau posting an announcement on its official website calling for demon masters to come forward, countless citizens of Great Xia responded enthusiastically.

Many streamers on various live-streaming platforms appeared to ride the wave of popularity, and forums and message boards were abuzz with discussion.

On the Fish Fish live-streaming platform.

Female streamer Lily conducted a live broadcast on the topic of "How Humans Can Quickly Establish Themselves in a Hostile Nation and Seek Maximum Benefit."

"Humanity has entered the High Martial Era, and the demon masters have raised these grave concerns—out of love for the nation and its people.

He warns the citizens of Great Xia: though the cold wave has ended, the people must still maintain a sense of crisis.

Wealth and honor must not breed arrogance; might and power must not yield to oppression.

Born in hardship, one dies in ease.

Who among you is willing to go to war?"

Fans:

Huang Feihu's face: "Slaughter the armies of foreign lands, leave no door unbroken, shake the eggs apart, even earthworms must be split standing upright."

Heavy Industry for Agriculture: "I feel my dantian growing hot—one frozen chicken dashes straight into foreign lands, blade in hand."

Two Innocent Children: "Your Myriad Souls Banner is not bad—how many have you slain?"

The One Who Killed Voldemort: "Water benefits all things without contention; the teaching of silence lies in action. Enrich the people, strengthen the nation—twenty-four beginnings, governance and Dao united, marry a foreign maiden, link honor with victory over enemies, abundant resources will surely be resolved."

The Old Man of Great Health: "Restore our mighty spirit, wage war again against foreign lands, reduce the enemy forces to zero."

On Zhihu, Xiaohongshu, and Tieba, people continuously offered suggestions, even copying them with fiery enthusiasm.

The Wife Who Fell in Love with Xiao Ge: "I am willing to enter the foreign realm with my body, to play chess against heaven; to take my life as the pawn, only after death comes rebirth."

"Master Hua, the breakthrough for humanity is harsh; even if there are outstanding cultivators, they can be counted on one's fingers. Human cultivators entering the Giant Spirit Realm must certainly seek aid from the demon race, otherwise the consequences would be unimaginable."

Wan Sheng: "All people of Great Xia are like dragons—diligently cultivating, they will compete on the same stage as the myriad peoples of foreign lands."

Bai Jia Zhuan Tou: "The night patrolmen of the Great Jing have a somewhat ghostly and mysterious air about them."

The One Who Burned the Neighbor's Chicken: "If one harbors the ambition to soar to the clouds, they can surely shake Mount Kunlun alone—please, let me fight."

Du Yao: "Thirteen billion citizens of Great Xia surge forth, casting down all enemies of foreign lands."

Earth must prepare in advance, always ready to prevent disasters that future cultivators of Huanyu might inflict upon the planet.

The Donkey Riding a Rocket: "Choose the earth as the board, gather the momentum of the Azure Dragon, overturn heaven and earth."

When he finished reciting the words of the Immortal Poet Li Bai in the field, everyone present gasped in unison.

Wu Du You Ou: "Great Xia exterminates demons and upholds the Way, maintaining justice."

Bing Du: "Haha, for Great Xia I only want to win—why bother with so much? To win, I can abandon everything, hahaha."

Wei Xian Ju Tou: "Brother, I want to refine a Myriad Souls Banner—I previously asked you through connections for the quota to slay enemies."

Sha Criminal Sentence Tian Jiang: "One million."

Huo Shang Jia Zi: "My fate is in my own hands, not heaven's—I once contended with sun and moon for brilliance, never held grudges from dawn to dusk; I was originally a stone in the sand, for Great Xia I became a blood blade ennobled as a marquis."

Wan Shi Wei Wang: "Not dying means not having contracted a fatal illness; as long as one does not die, there will eventually be a chance to turn things over—join the campaign."

Ban Zi Shuo Shu: "The steward understands military tactics—he could even conceal this from you; accept my original-flavor underpants."

It is no wonder the Great Xia Supernatural Cultivation Bureau suddenly announced the demon masters' inquiry—no one expected that behind it lay a shocking great secret, concerning the foothold of human cultivators in another world.

Liang Wu Wu Cai: "Don't stop me—I want to exterminate demons and uphold the Way!"

"Ladies and gentlemen, the time for cultivation on Earth is inherently short. For the sake of humanity, we must seize the opportunity to enter the Giant Spirit Realm, so that human cultivators may develop rapidly."

Yi Gong Jiu Huo Fei Zhai: "Looking up at the rivers and mountains, I steady my mind—my body is proud bones, my waist does not bend; worldly warmth and coldness pass before my eyes like fleeting clouds, the rise and fall of the vast sea are as transient as mist and smoke; though the tiger falls to the plains, its courage remains; even in shallow waters, the dragon's claws remain sharp; though my clothes are tattered, they cannot hide my ambition for the azure clouds; I shall rise again from the east, proud above the nine heavens—Great Xia fears nothing."

Tian Bu Qi Lang: "Unafraid of the smiling ghosts of foreign lands, heroic talent will eventually have its day to rise—who fears the hardships on the path to becoming a dragon and phoenix? The sharpness of a precious blade comes from grinding; the fragrance of plum blossoms arises from bitter cold. When the time comes, heaven and earth unite in strength; when fortune arrives, all things move in concert. Heaven does not cut off man's path; man has the time to defy heaven. Even if foreign lands surround us on all sides, the battle spirit of the war soul shall not perish."

Yi Jiao Tui Si Lu: "Not to contend with the enemy is also acceptable—hah! Nowadays, who is not resisting? No matter how long one resists, one must either have life or lose it—ten thousand years of Great Xia, a single character of struggle!"

Hua Tiancheng of the Great Xia Supernatural Cultivation Bureau convened the highest emergency meeting, with all department heads filling the entire conference hall.

Hua Tiancheng stood on the podium, his face solemn.

Dao Dan Gui: "I'll look again for you—eight domains of foreign lands have already been slaughtered to the brink of endangerment."

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Wan Zhang Gao Lou Ba Di Qi: "Adversity produces the strong; fierce fire reveals the golden body—I have experienced hell, also enjoyed heaven—I can be compassionate, also ferocious; I am also righteous, also evil, also cultivating the Dao, also living, also demonic, also mortal. The water path in extremity is scenery; reaching extremity is rebirth—for Great Xia, rise to war."

Yao Hao Zi Wei Ba: "In a strange land filled with countless enemies, to stand firm is exceedingly difficult?"

Luo Fei Yu De Lei: "Still okay? Then what about yesterday?"

Chi Yu De Zhu: "Even if surrounded on all sides by Chu songs, for Great Xia, I would still wrap horsehide around my corpse."

Gei Lao Ban Chuan Xiao Xie: "The demon master has raised issues seeking opinions—we must respond proactively, cheering on the matchmaker's mother and son-in-law."

An Zhong Ku Cheng Mao: "???"

Nv You Fei Le: "Born, make oneself a hero among men; dead, become a hero among ghosts—as long as one can determine to bite off a mouthful of meat."

Tian Zong spent vast resources to establish signal towers in the solar system, causing Earth to deviate from its original orbit, bringing the cold wave, and resulting in countless casualties among Earth's personnel.

If it were not for the demon masters defying heaven to create methods to help Great Xia's people prepare early, the crisis facing Great Xia would be unimaginable.

Qi Hai of the Supernatural Cultivation Bureau spoke seriously.

"The Giant Spirit Realm is a place where the strong devour the weak—everything is governed by profit, and there are plenty of low-powered rogue cultivators. If we can make use of them, Earth's cultivators will certainly be able to find a foothold in the Giant Spirit Realm."

Zhao En pressed his fingers against his old reading glasses and spoke solemnly.

"Danger and opportunity coexist in the Giant Spirit Realm; the founding ideals of Great Xia might, in the chaotic Giant Spirit Realm, interest other cultivators."

"Earth cultivators possess two great immortal arts: alchemy and weapon forging. It is said that Huanyu cultivators of the Giant Spirit Realm also practice these, yet they have formed their own elixir school, even establishing monopolies."

"As long as rogue cultivators are willing to join our side, the materials they provide can be used for free alchemy or weapon forging."

"This is an advantage."

Wu Zhenghao's eyes gleamed with radiant light.

As a top-tier human cultivator, he fully understood the allure of elixirs; without them, relying solely on pure cultivation could stall countless cultivators at realm bottlenecks, and cultivation progress would be extremely slow.

In the Huanyu realm of the Jieling Realm, cultivators are numerous—each increment in strength brings an extra chance at survival, and those who can enter there are mostly the desperate sort.

"Master Hua, I wonder if the Immortal Poet Senior has described the gap between earth cultivators and Huanyu cultivators at the same realm."

After some thought, Song Zhe of the Science and Research Bureau asked.

"The Immortal Poet Senior said that Golden Core cultivators and Huanyu cultivators share the same realm as the Earth Origin Realm, yet possess greater strength than Earth Origin Realm cultivators.

The cultivation method established by the Demon Master remains top-tier even among Huanyu cultivators."

Hua Tiancheng spoke with admiration.

He could imagine that if earth cultivators reached the cultivation heights of Huanyu cultivators, governing a star system would be effortless for them.

"Hiss."

Everyone present inhaled sharply; Hua Tiancheng's revealed secret shocked everyone deeply.

Huanyu cultivators have practiced cultivation for ages, yet their methods fall far short of the Demon Master's, strengthening everyone's faith in the Demon Master.

"The Demon Master is the Divine Needle Stabilizing Xia; his plans are for Xia's benefit—we shall devote ourselves utterly until death."

Tang Zhengguo felt his blood boil.

Since shortly after the cold snap descended, he has taken the elixir passed down by the Demon Master; though he has not become a cultivator, his physical form now lies between mortal and cultivator, and all his former ailments have vanished completely.

The Xia Cultivation Bureau meeting lasted three days, gathering countless precious opinions, which were compiled and combined with public input from major platforms, finally yielding a set of actionable methods.

The next day.

Hua Tiancheng, accompanied by Wu Zhenhao, led the elite human cultivators into Longyuan Mountain in haste.

Inside the Longyuan Mountain conference hall, major demon kings and top human cultivators were seated in assigned positions.

"Demon Master, after discussion between the Xia Cultivation Bureau and Longyuan Immortal Sect, we have distilled several valuable methods—please review them."

Longyuan Immortal Sect Sect Leader Tianzhu Zhenren Hu Xiaocao said, handing a green ledger to Longling's avatar.

"The people of Xia are truly crouching tigers and hidden dragons—even devising ways to capture human pets. This time, we have fulfilled the Tiger King's wish."

Longling's avatar received the green ledger and smiled faintly.

"The Tower of Overturning Heaven was created by a major Huanyu sect that first entered the Jieling Realm, specializing in resolving problems that cultivation sects and loose cultivators cannot solve, with deep understanding of Huanyu cultivators.

The attendant Zheng Fei of the Tower of Overturning Heaven once said that although Huanyu hosts countless races, there are no demon races.

If various demon kings enter Longyuan Mountain, they might establish contact with powerful demon beasts.

These demon beasts lack intelligence; they are merely animals with cultivation, far inferior to demon races. Yet to other Huanyu cultivators, they are formidable foes, while to earth cultivators, they may become allies."

Li Bai spoke at length.

"What Li Bai said is reasonable, but this should be earth cultivators' trump card—each demon king entering must conceal their form, walking the Jieling Realm in beast bodies.

Otherwise, innate strangeness will inevitably provoke innocent disasters."

Longling's avatar pondered and nodded slightly.

Just as the star beasts once sensed Ye Qin's true form as the Demon Empress and regarded him as kin, following him to Earth's vicinity to jointly guard the planet.

"The Dao of Pills and the Dao of Artifacts can also be utilized.

Senior Li Bai once said that pills and treasures in the Jieling Realm are extremely costly, and heavenly essence is hard to obtain.

Earth cultivators, at their base, can attract loose cultivators through pill and artifact Dao, possessing great allure.

However, conditions can be relaxed somewhat.

If cultivators from other sects swear a heart-devil oath to keep the base secret, they may become honorary elders—provided they supply materials, they can unconditionally refine what is needed."

Longyuan Immortal Sect Sect Leader Tianzhu Zhenren Hu Xiaocao said.

She had secretly contacted Li Bai; Huanyu cultivators' major sects compete fiercely for resources—the stronger grow stronger, the weaker grow weaker.

The weak feel resentment yet are powerless; earth pill and artifact Dao will surely be what they desperately crave to enhance their strength.

"Haha, Tianzhu Zhenren truly lives up to being the Demon Master's envoy—one sentence strikes straight at the vital point of Huanyu cultivators.

The major Huanyu sects discard their weak members like worn-out sandals; we value them, use psychological tactics, and they will fully commit to our camp.

This will be a hidden blade planted deep within each Huanyu sect's interior, continuously feeding us intelligence."

Hua Tiancheng, upon hearing Hu Xiaocao's words, exclaimed excitedly.

"Hehe, isn't there a suggestion about intermarriage with Huanyu cultivators? That would be perfect to exploit.

Let our earth cultivators sharpen up—use the beauty stratagem and the handsome man stratagem, form families, have children—then fear they'll betray us?"

The Fox King's voice was clear and refreshing, evoking a spring breeze, laced with a subtle, elusive charm.

"Haha, when a pet finds its form and a beauty stratagem finds its heart, it is no bad way to quickly gain a foothold in the Jieling Realm."

The beard of Longyuan Immortal Sect's Great Elder Wu Tianxiao trembled wildly.

Xia establishes its state through ideological movements; even in the Jieling Realm, we must not lose touch with the mass line.

Pacify first, then strike hard—we must truly let Huanyu cultivators feel the benefits of joining our camp.

As long as they feel a sense of belonging, they will follow their true hearts."

Longling's avatar neither affirmed nor denied, nodding as it spoke.

"The base is the main stronghold—it must be exceptionally hidden and secure.

Otherwise, if discovered by Huanyu cultivators and made a target of universal criticism, all efforts will come to nothing."

"During this period, Xia cultivators, following the Demon Master's teachings, have combined technology with cultivation runes, already testing the power of the Coiling Dragon Grand Formation.

This can serve as the protective grand formation for the Jieling Realm."

Hua Tiancheng echoed, saying he admired the Demon Master's skill to the point of awe.

The Coiling Dragon Grand Formation even failed when the Bear King attempted it—know that the Bear King is one of Longyuan Mountain's powerful demon kings, at the peak of Golden Core Great Perfection.

The Demon Master once said that within the Jieling Realm, earth cultivators and Huanyu cultivators at the Earth Origin Realm are stronger than their peers at the same realm; even the Bear King at Golden Core Great Perfection cannot detect them, and for Huanyu cultivators at Earth Origin Realm Great Perfection to trace the base's traces is as hard as climbing to heaven.

Longling's avatar synthesized everyone's opinions and spoke directly.

Human cultivators have short cultivation periods, their strength far inferior to that of the demon race.

Upon the second entry into the Giant Spirit Realm, the demon king will accompany Li Bai to expand the base.

Humans seize time to diligently cultivate; whether elixirs, artifact forging, or formation arrays, none can be neglected.

Once the base in the Giant Spirit Realm is fully expanded, human cultivators will enter it.

The Great Xia Cultivation Bureau and the Longyuan Immortal Sect must supervise seriously.

The Northeastern Tiger King laughed excitedly: "Master, rest assured, upon entering the Giant Spirit Realm we will surely secure a splendid land for Earth cultivators."

His strength is immensely formidable, the chief demon king of Longyuan Mountain.

The first time Zu Ci, Li Bai, and Zhidun entered the Giant Spirit Realm, he had long desired to go in; now he finally has the opportunity.

"Tiger King, remember well: follow the Three Sages closely, and never lightly reveal your demon form. Once revealed, leave no survivors!"

Longling's avatar, seeing the Tiger King's vigorous appearance, earnestly gave instructions.

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Three days later.

The Tiger King, Golden Peng King, Great Sage Monkey King, and Li Bai stood side by side.

The Longling avatar activated the Nine Provinces Immortal Cauldron with divine ability; as the nine phantom cauldrons appeared around it, the three great demon kings and Li Bai felt their bodies and souls slowly separate, and a heaven-and-earth pathway emerged beneath their feet.

"How wonderful."

The Tiger King's eyes flashed with divine light.

He felt a profound and mysterious sensation; upon reaching the end of the Heavenly Ladder, the scene before his eyes suddenly shifted, and Zu Ci and Zhidun appeared before him.

"Tiger King, Great Sage Monkey King, Golden Peng King, you have actually come? Did the demon master give any orders?"

Zu Ci inquired.

"The demon master sent us to assist you in expanding the base, to construct the Coiling Dragon Grand Formation in preparation for the arrival of the third wave of Earth cultivators."

The Tiger King spoke solemnly, then turned his head to look at Li Bai.

"Let us enter the stronghold, where Li Bai will give a detailed introduction."

"Haha, good."

Zu Ci rolled up his sleeves, especially excited at the arrival of the three great demon kings, for know that the three great demon kings are at the peak of the Golden Core Realm, immensely strong.

With their joining, exploration of the primordial spiritual domain will naturally become more convenient. (End of chapter)