Chapter 212: Kamikawa Mitsu Heads to the Void Demon Realm

Mo Lingling finally understood why her father was only a low-ranking foot soldier on the battlefield — because his strength in the From the Origin Realm made him the most ordinary, lowest-tier divine demon.

At the same time she stood stunned, utterly shaken, and filled with a deep sense of loss and despair.

To know the secret of the Origin Realm's shattering, one needed at the very least a foundation of the Seventh Step of the Ninefold Divine Realm.

Seventh Step of the Ninefold Divine Realm — how the hell is anyone supposed to reach that?

One must remember that the overlords of the Void Demon Realm were only at the First Step of the Ninefold Divine Realm in this world, while the strongest, the Sacrificial Lord, was at the Second Step.

What does it mean to be a Void Demon overlord? They are the sovereigns of the Void Demon Realm, lofty and supreme, existences like the heavens themselves. Of those who reach overlord-level strength, which one is not brilliant and dazzling, which one has not endured countless trials and tribulations? Yet those who reach the overlord tier are few and far between, and every single one is absolutely a great figure etched into history.

However…

The overlords of the Void Demon Realm were only at the First Step of the Ninefold Divine Realm in this world — the starting point of the Ninefold Divine Realm.

But in the eyes of the Void Demons of the Void Demon Realm, it was an achievement of countless trials, a realm they could only dream of. To reach the overlord tier, or even the tier just below it, was already a奢求 — a lifelong dream.

Even the strength of overlords and sub-overlords was the goal of all beings, let alone the Sacrificial Lord's tier.

The Sacrificial Lord — hailed as the strongest genius in the entire history of the Void Demon Realm. Surveying the full history of the Void Demon Realm, those who reached the Sacrificial Lord's tier absolutely do not exceed the count of five fingers.

Across such vast ages of the Void Demon Realm, only five Second Step of the Ninefold Divine Realm beings were ever born — one can well imagine how impossibly difficult it is to reach the Sacrificial Lord's tier.

Utter despair.

If reaching the First Step is already so hard, reaching the Second Step is harder still — geometrically harder.

First Step and Second Step differ by only a single step, seemingly just one step away, yet to advance that one step is as hard as ascending to the heavens.

And to know the secret, one must reach the Seventh Step — a full six steps above the First Step.

Six steps!!!!!

Even staking my life I can't bridge that gap. Forget it, wash up and go to sleep.

Mo Lingling and Li Kui wore crestfallen faces, utterly listless. To them, the First Step of the Ninefold Divine Realm was already an invincible existence; the Second Step was the supreme; the Third Step? The Void Demon Realm had never even seen one. The Second Step was the bottleneck, the ceiling — let alone any talk of the Seventh Step.

Just then.

"I say, you two — now isn't the time to be pondering the secret, is it?" Kamikawa Mitsu cut in.

Right! Now wasn't the time to think about these things — the Void Demon Realm crisis was still ongoing.

Li Kui and Mo Lingling came to their senses, and Mo Lingling in particular was instantly overcome with anxiety.

"Right, right, right — we should hurry and find some great figure to help. If we go back any later, I'm afraid my father and the others will have already lost." Mo Lingling said hurriedly, gazing hopefully at Kamikawa Mitsu.

Then, before Mo Lingling could even implore Kamikawa Mitsu to call in help, Kamikawa Mitsu spoke.

"No need to find any great figure. Tomorrow I'll go with you to the Void Demon Realm. It's getting late — you two get some rest. I'll come find you here at eight tomorrow morning."

With that, Kamikawa Mitsu glanced at his phone, waved to the two of them, and flew back to the apartment, leaving a dumbfounded Li Kui and Mo Lingling behind.

If he didn't get back soon, and Kamikawa Chie happened to discover he wasn't in his room, explaining things would be a real hassle.

One guy, three of them sneaking out in the middle of the night, hiding it from his sister — and the key part was they hadn't even used the front door. Just thinking about it was bizarre; no matter how he explained it, he probably couldn't clear himself of suspicion.

While Kamikawa Chie still hadn't noticed, Kamikawa Mitsu had to hurry home.

Until Kamikawa Mitsu vanished into the night sky, neither Li Kui nor Mo Lingling had come back to their senses.

Quite a while later.

"Li Kui, did I mishear? Kamikawa said… no need to find any great figure???" Mo Lingling hesitated, afraid she hadn't been clear, then added: "Does this mean he's going to help our Void Demon Realm himself?"

"Seems that way." Li Kui held it in for a long moment before replying with one line.

After speaking, they fell silent again.

They weren't at the First Step of the Ninefold Divine Realm, but they were Void Demons of the Eighth Layer of the Living Realm. To judge a person's age from the life aura they emitted — they could do it with their eyes closed.

The life aura Kamikawa Mitsu gave off was very young — at the very most, not over twenty-two years old.

Combined with the news and online exposure when the Kamikawa family was revealed to be the Ashiya family, which also exposed information about Kamikawa Mitsu and Kamikawa Chie — Kamikawa Mitsu's age was seventeen, and in another month or so he'd only just be eighteen.

At this moment.

Li Kui and Mo Lingling's thoughts were much the same as Director Takahashi and the others — no matter how they guessed or judged, they could only feel: how strong could a seventeen-year-old kid possibly be? At the very most, the Seventh or Eighth Layer of the Living Realm.

This judgment of the Seventh or Eighth Layer of the Living Realm — if it were a seventeen-year-old Void Demon in the Void Demon Realm, they wouldn't even make such a guess.

Because in the history of the Void Demon Realm, the strongest seventeen-year-old Void Demon had only reached the Fourth Layer of the Living Realm.

Yes — the strongest seventeen-year-old Void Demon had only the strength of the Fourth Layer of the Living Realm.

The Ninth Layer of the Living Realm cannot compare to the Ninefold Divine Realm, but that doesn't mean one can simply cultivate up to it at will.

The Ninth Layer of the Living Realm — each layer is harder than the last. Not to mention the Void Demon Realm, but in every other world the Void Demon Realm has invaded, and even in that world that invaded the Void Demon Realm — absolutely no one would dare claim the Ninth Layer of the Living Realm can be cultivated casually.

Every single Living Realm cultivator spent boundless sweat and effort on their strength, especially the further one advanced, the harder it became.

And those who cultivated to the Ninth Layer of the Living Realm — not one of them failed to spend several hundred years reaching it; the shortest still required three hundred years. Many cultivated until the very limit of their lifespan at that realm, and died without ever reaching the Ninth Layer.

Their judgment that Kamikawa Mitsu was at the Seventh or Eighth Layer of the Living Realm was entirely because he was a descendant of Ashiya Douman, and because he was a being from the From the Origin Realm — that was the wildly exaggerated estimate they gave him.

Otherwise, they absolutely would not have assumed so.

But even if they guessed right, so what? At most it would prove Kamikawa Mitsu's talent was explosively strong, and that in the future he might possibly reach the Seventh or Eighth Step of the Ninefold Divine Realm — but the Seventh or Eighth Step was a matter for the future, not the present!

Right now, Kamikawa Mitsu was only at the Seventh or Eighth Layer of the Living Realm. With such strength, to help the Void Demon Realm resolve its crisis? He'd be lucky to survive.

They were dumbfounded.

"Is Kamikawa overestimating himself, or underestimating our Void Demon Realm?" Mo Lingling said, caught between laughter and tears.

"Uh… maybe Kamikawa just isn't clear on the situation in the Void Demon Realm."

When Li Kui said this, let alone Mo Lingling — even she herself didn't believe it. By all reason, since Kamikawa Mitsu knew the Sacrificial Lord's strength, how could he not know that the Void Demon Realm's strongest were at least the Second Step of the Ninefold Divine Realm, and that the world invading the Void Demon Realm must certainly have beings at the Second Step Realm at minimum?

Inevitably, they arrived at the only possible explanation.

"Could Kamikawa be very powerful? At the very least… the Second Step of the Ninefold Divine Realm?" They exchanged glances and asked in unison.

Impossible!

The instant they asked, they immediately denied it themselves. A seventeen-year-old at the Second Step Realm? You must be kidding! Even cultivating from the sperm stage in the womb couldn't reach that — yet it seemed that was the only possibility.

The next day.

Eight o'clock in the morning.

"Chie, I'm heading out for a bit to see a friend. I might not be home tonight, so make sure you lock the door before bed."

Kamikawa Mitsu gave his instructions, then set off for Higashio Dashan.