Chapter 182

Cultivating bitterly for a thousand years, only to die in the aftermath because of an inexplicable battle between powerhouses.

"Is this the cultivation world? Truly cruel..." Lisa sighed gloomily.

"It is precisely because it is cruel that every cultivator climbs upward with all their heart."

Jiang Yan spoke slowly.

"No one wants to be the background board for a powerhouse's battle, serving as one of the countless numbers killed by the aftermath after the battle."

Ningguang was silent for a moment, then said with some luck:

"This time, it's also thanks to us choosing the Ten Thousand Demon Mountain Range, where multiple Demon King forces are at odds; otherwise, if we had really gone to other areas dominated by one force..."

"I'm afraid we would have just exited the Nine Nether Secret Realm this time."

Everyone nodded in deep agreement.

The moment the Snow Hou lifted its hand just now, they really thought they were going to stop here this time.

The opponent seemed to have really intended to solve them all in one go.

But the Fire Qilin Beast seemed to have other plans.

But no matter what, these Demon Kings couldn't have any goodwill toward them.

Each of them had lived for ten thousand years; they were all old monsters.

Who knew what they were calculating.

The Seven Kings Alliance...

Ningguang calculated the information revealed by the Fire Qilin Beast just now and always felt that this Seven Kings Alliance seemed to have some story.

But after a moment, Ningguang gave up.

The calculations of such powerhouses were not something she could handle.

Being able to escape luckily because the Fire Qilin Beast and the Snow Hou fought was already a great fortune.

Better not look for trouble for herself.

112. The calculations of the Nine Nether Demon Kings

I don't know how much time passed, but the three of Zhongli finally recovered some true essence and woke up.

Looking back, the ice and fire collision over there was still continuing, and from far away, one could still perceive a terrifying life-and-death crisis.

However, it had already moved in the opposite direction.

But even so, that area had already been destroyed beyond recognition.

Mountains, rivers, and earth were all shattered, like a scene after the end of the world.

Zhongli sighed.

"Too powerful... the battle between real cultivation powerhouses is actually so terrifying."

"If this battle were fought in Teyvat, I'm afraid it would destroy most of the Teyvat continent."

Honestly, Zhongli felt from the bottom of his heart that even if Heavenly Principles faced those two Demon Kings, it would have to be hung up and slapped a few times.

The so-called supreme powerhouses of Teyvat, if thrown into the cultivation world, were truly fragile.

"First Seat."

Seeing Zhongli wake up, Xiao leaned over and looked with concern; seeing that Zhongli had no problems, he breathed a sigh of relief.

"I am fine."

Zhongli stood up and glanced at Alice and Venti beside him; the two of them no longer wore their original playful expressions.

Sitting on the side, they were a bit silent.

It seemed that witnessing the real battle of cultivators had truly had a great psychological impact on them.

"The Snow Hou and Fire Qilin Beast side..."

As soon as the words fell, Ningguang replied:

"First Seat, no need to worry; it's likely that the Fire Qilin Beast felt it wasn't appropriate to fight the Snow Hou in its own territory."

"It has already drawn it far away."

"The Sect Master said that their battle won't have a result in a short time; as long as we avoid that area, basically, we can guarantee that we won't encounter them."

Zhongli breathed a sigh of relief, nodded slightly, and said again:

"Where is the Sect Master?"

"The Sect Master has not manifested his form."

Ningguang looked at Ganyu, who was sitting honestly beside Klee. 02 Klee, on the other hand, was not frightened by the situation just now and was still counting the bombs in her schoolbag.

Suddenly, Jiang Yan reappeared beside Ganyu and Klee, looking up at Zhongli and the others with a light smile.

"How does it feel to face a real battle of cultivators for the first time?"

"Feels..."

Zhongli gave a bitter smile and shook his head.

"Life is too fragile..."

"When fleeing just now, I saw too many living beings on the way who were turned to ashes because they didn't escape in time, swept by the aftermath of the two Demon Kings' attacks."

"Among them, there was no lack of many peak Qi Refining into Essence existences."

"Cultivating bitterly for a thousand years, only to die in the aftermath of an unwarranted battle."

"The cultivation world is too cruel."

Jiang Yan nodded slightly and said softly:

"I didn't kill Bo Ren, but Bo Ren died because of me."

"Such examples are countless in the cultivation world; no need to be too entangled."

"Survival of the fittest is the mainstream of the cultivation world; only being weak is the original sin."

Zhongli let out a long breath and didn't say anything more.

But suddenly, Zhongli remembered another somewhat strange thing.

"Sect Master, why were the attitudes of the Snow Hou and Fire Qilin Beast toward us completely different just now?"

"The Snow Hou came up wanting to destroy an area and put us to death, while the Fire Qilin Beast stopped him..."

Jiang Yan laughed dumbly.

"Do you perhaps think the Fire Qilin Beast has goodwill toward you?"

"This is naturally impossible."

Zhongli shook his head decisively.

"The Fire Qilin Beast was sealed in the Nine Nether Secret Realm by my Master; I absolutely do not believe that any demonic beast harbors goodwill toward us Shushan disciples."

"To have such realization, you have clearly grown a lot."

Jiang Yan nodded with a smile and said again:

"You thought correctly; I didn't intend to tell you myself, but who knew that you would encounter Demon Kings as soon as you entered the Nine Nether Secret Realm."

As he spoke, Jiang Yan sighed helplessly.

"Back then, Shushan was powerful; although the Seven Kings of Nine Nether had extraordinary strength, there were countless peak powerhouses of Qi Refining into Spirit among Shushan disciples."

"They were just lingering on their last breaths."

"In order to survive, they could only group together; although they occasionally still had disputes with each other, if they didn't cooperate at that time, they would only die."

"The Seven Kings Alliance: no matter who is attacked by Shushan powerhouses, the other Demon Kings must provide full support."

"If they lacked even a trace of strength, they could all be slaughtered; Shushan disciples' attitude toward demons was extremely strict."

"This is also the reason why so many of the Seven Kings of Nine Nether are in the Ten Thousand Demon Mountain Range."

"And later..."

Jiang Yan shook his head and said helplessly:

"Shushan, and even the entire cultivation world, is no longer glorious... although I can still easily suppress them, I cannot truly enter the Nine Nether Secret Realm after all."

"Perhaps in these few hundred years, the Seven Kings of Nine Nether have also had some guesses."

"Therefore, the alliance formed for self-preservation back then is now just a piece of white paper."

"The Seven Kings have their own agendas, but generally speaking, they are not much different; they all want to use those who enter again to find a way out."

"The Seven Kings of Nine Nether have been trapped in the Nine Nether Secret Realm for ten thousand years."

"The Snow Hou and Fire Qilin Beast just now, although their attitudes looked different, in reality, they were exactly the same."

"It's just that the Snow Hou was wary of the other Seven Kings and didn't want to make a big scene, wanting to strike first."

"His attack just now looked like it left no way out, but in reality, that palm would only kill existences with cultivation below Qi Refining into Spirit."