Chapter 754: The Polluted Shen Shou Continent

Although the Soul Sect and the Soul Sovereign are vastly different, if one must force a comparison, the Soul Sect is merely a small company established by the Soul Sovereign family as an investment, sending a CEO (Hun Mie Sheng) to the continent to collect funds for the clan.

Unexpectedly, a genius employee suddenly appeared, rose to become the new CEO, split the company off as an independent entity, and most absurdly, this branch is now larger and stronger than the family conglomerate itself!

If one truly calculates based on the few individuals currently in the Great Thousand World, the Soul Sect is undoubtedly far stronger than the Soul Sovereign!

Zhu Kun, however, didn't care much—he had no ties with the Soul Sovereign—and chuckled: "Someone has to take the blame."

Xiao Yan and his group claimed to be from the Soul Sect for a simple reason: whenever they did something evil, they'd say they were from the Soul Sect, and if anything ever came to light, Hun Tian Di would take the blame.

Hehehe, after all, the Soul Sect was originally founded on Hun Tian Di's orders—no problem!

Now, what Xiao Yan and his group intend to do is far from good—they plan to manipulate the entire Ning Tian Continent covertly, plundering resources from other factions and establishing it as their base.

After all, they are outsiders from the Lower Plane; relying on brute force is risky. As the saying goes, capturing a city is inferior, winning hearts is superior.

What Xiao Yan and his group are doing now is precisely a scheme to win hearts!

Meanwhile, in a distant corner of the cosmos, a colossal ancient ship—larger even than the Heavenly Tomb—slowly glided into a harbor. Only upon closer inspection did one realize this was no harbor at all, but a towering cliff face of immense scale.

This cliff was vastly larger than the ancient ship itself, resembling a divine wall stretching across countless miles, blocking this entire cosmic expanse and dividing the universe, making passage impossible.

Shen Shou Continent (Ruins).

This was the former site of the Shen Shou Continent. Recall that the Shen Shou Continent had once been shattered into three fragments.

One fragment remained relatively intact—it was the former territory of the True Dragon, True Feng, and True Phoenix—and this land is now the new Shen Shou Continent, one of the Ten Supreme Continents at the center of the Great Thousand World.

Another fragment was the Shen Shou Plain. The Shen Shou Plain was once a Secret Realm of the Shen Shou Continent, rich with cultivation resources. Many immensely powerful Divine Beasts once dwelled here, including numerous Supreme Divine Beasts. At that time, the combat strength of this region accounted for roughly thirty percent of the entire Shen Shou Continent's power.

Early in the great war, the Domain Beyond's evil clans used Black Hole Space to swallow and seal the Shen Shou Plain. Now, it opens periodically, and qualified Spiritual Beasts and Divine Beast clans send disciples inside to seek opportunities.

The remaining fragment of the shattered Shen Shou Continent lies before us. More accurately, both the current Shen Shou Continent and the Shen Shou Plain were once part of this land behind the Divine Wall, for beyond the Divine Wall lies the ruins of the Shen Shou Continent—also known as the Polluted Shen Shou Continent.

Fifty thousand years ago, the Domain Beyond's evil clans descended. At first, the Great Thousand World had no power to resist; countless divine lands and Secret Realms were seized by them, and the Shen Shou Continent was one of them.

Only after a thousand years was the Domain Beyond's master, Tian Xie Shen, defeated—but his defeat did not mean the Domain Beyond's evil clans were eradicated. After all, defeating Tian Xie Shen had severely wounded the Great Thousand World, leaving it incapable of eliminating the remaining Domain Beyond forces.

Even now, the Domain Beyond's evil clans still exist within the Great Thousand World. Countless continents remain under their rule, and countless Lower Planes are targeted for enslavement, their peoples forged into Planetary Embryos to birth new Demon Emperors within their ranks.

The ruins of the Shen Shou Continent were only reclaimed by the Great Thousand World a thousand years ago, when it finally regained the strength to do so.

A thousand years ago, the Dragon Clan, the Phoenix Clan, and the Feng Clan joined forces. The strongest among the Supreme Divine Beasts—the True Dragon Emperor, the Phoenix King, and the Feng King—combined their strength, at great personal cost, to defeat the three Demon Emperors of the Shen Shou Continent's ruins and drive away the Domain Beyond's evil clans.

But the ruins of the Shen Shou Continent had been ruled by the Domain Beyond's evil clans for over forty thousand years and were heavily polluted. The Demon Qi cultivated by the Domain Beyond corrupts Spiritual Energy, so the Shen Shou Continent remains in a polluted state. The former Spiritual Beasts have since mutated into unidentifiable, strange creatures—neither Spiritual Beasts nor Domain Beyond monsters.

Thus, to prevent these monsters from escaping and ravaging the Great Thousand World, the Fu Tu Divine Clan—one of the Five Spirit Stone Clans—sealed the ruins with a Supreme Spirit Array: the very Divine Wall before us.

Yet the ruins of the Shen Shou Continent are not completely sealed. To accelerate its purification, the True Dragon Emperor, the Phoenix King, and the Feng King all agreed to open the Shen Shou Continent, permitting powerful figures from the Great Thousand World to enter and seek opportunities, thereby eliminating the lingering Domain Beyond forces and purifying the Demon Qi.

"The former Shen Shou Continent!"

"It rivals even a Supreme Continent. How terrifying must the complete Shen Shou Continent have been?"

"My god, I… I want to go back."

Many cultivators who arrived aboard the ancient ship gazed upon it and exchanged glances—this moment saw countless hesitations. Many were visiting the former Shen Shou Continent for the first time; before arriving, they had been filled with grand ambition, even swearing to return only after securing great fortune within the Shen Shou Continent.

But upon seeing the awe-inspiring sight of the ruins, many hearts sank instantly, their courage drained. The power capable of shattering a world like this—how terrifying it must be.

This was the closest and safest point to the ruins of the Shen Shou Continent, precisely because the Supreme Spirit Array spanning the cosmos here blocked all incoming forces. Thus, all ships bound for the Shen Shou Continent docked here.

At this moment, many stood on the deck, gazing at the ruins of the Shen Shou Continent. Through the smog, the ruins appeared dim, like a colossal, unmatched Giant Beast crouched within this cosmic expanse, stretching endlessly across the heavens.

Gazing upon the ruins of the Shen Shou Continent, though one could not see its full form, even a single glimpse was enough to shake the soul.

Here, peaks pierced the heavens—each peak immense beyond measure, awe-inspiring and overwhelming.

Yet many of these peaks had been shattered: some split in half, others severed at the waist, still others uprooted and suspended in the void, surrounded by countless shattered rocks and ruined earth—utterly awe-inspiring.

At this moment, though the massive ancient ship had already docked beside the Divine Wall, and pre-prepared Spiritual Energy Sealing Array Runes allowed anyone to disembark and enter the Polluted Shen Shou Continent,

no one had yet stepped ashore. Many passengers hesitated or prepared for landing, for the Polluted Shen Shou Continent was not only perilous beyond measure but saturated with Demon Qi—anyone whose body was invaded by it would die instantly. No one dared land lightly; one misstep could mean never returning alive.

Just as no one had yet stepped ashore and all hesitated, a group suddenly appeared—they were preparing to disembark and enter the Polluted Shen Shou Continent.

This group was the first to land on the Polluted Shen Shou Continent, immediately drawing widespread attention. The reason for such attention was not merely that they were the first to land, but more importantly, that they radiated an aura of mystery, drawing all eyes.

The group numbered only ten. All members wore enormous black robes, not only concealing their figures and faces, but also employing special methods to obscure themselves—no matter how much one used perception, one could not penetrate their concealment or see their true faces!

This ten-person group carried a wooden coffin, also covered in black cloth, its true form hidden, preventing anyone from seeing its nature.

"Who is this group?" Seeing such a mysterious group preparing to land on the Polluted Shen Shou Continent, many immediately took notice, their curiosity ignited.

These don't look like good people.

Although many were curious about this group, no one could identify its origin—no one aboard the ancient ship had ever seen them before, as if they had appeared out of thin air.

"That group…"

"Master, do you know something?" Seeing the elderly man beside him recognize something, someone quickly asked curiously.

Only after the mysterious group tore through Space, leaving the ancient ship and entering the Shen Shou Continent, did the old man suddenly realize and exclaim: "I know! They're Execution Demon Masters from the Great Thousand Palace!"

"Great Thousand Palace!"

"Execution Demon Masters?!!!"

(End of Chapter)