Chapter 214: External Incarnation

"Do you still have doubts about this Demon Emperor's strength?"

The Demon Emperor's External Incarnation looked coldly at Fu Ling, which made her heart turn cold. Lowering her head, she whispered in reply:

"This concubine has never doubted the strength of Lord Demon Emperor!"

After being heavily slapped across the face, how could Fu Ling dare to voice any more doubts? Her heart felt as if it were about to jump out of her chest! She was terrified that the Demon Emperor would lash out again!

The five people in the great hall did not dare to make a sound. Although the one before them was only an External Incarnation of the Demon Emperor, it was enough to prove the strength of this Lord Demon Emperor.

An External Incarnation is a divine ability that can only be cultivated once one reaches the Nascent Soul Stage. Although its strength cannot match the original body, its power is still perfectly capable of dealing with existences like them who are at the Golden Core Stage.

"How are things over at the Tianjiang Plain?"

The Demon Emperor turned his figure and looked at Wang Ji without the slightest courtesy.

"Reporting to Lord Demon Emperor, according to news sent back by our eyes and ears during this period, the Four Great Sects are preparing to forcibly take down the Five Great Demon Mountains!"

"Hmph! A group of ant-like existences! They dare to challenge this Demon Emperor! You all hold your ground for a few more days; my physical body will soon finish its reconstruction! When that time comes, no one will be able to stop me!"

A cold snort issued from his nose. Facing the joint attack on the mountains by the Four Great Sects, the Demon Emperor did not take it to heart at all. Hearing this, Wang Ji and the others felt a slight joy in their hearts; it seemed their chance to get ahead was finally coming!

Having clarified the current situation, this External Incarnation of the Demon Emperor suddenly flashed and disappeared from the hall. The next moment, he flew toward the direction of the Tianjiang Plain.

After a long while, Wu Xu finally gathered the courage to ask Wang Ji in a low voice.

"Where did Lord Demon Emperor go?"

Wang Ji shook his head slightly. He did not know what the other party wanted to do either, but after the lesson just now, even if he knew, he would not say anything more.

A streak of light cut across the sky of the Tianjiang Plain, flying straight toward the direction of the Nanxuan Sect.

Nanxuan Laozu sat quietly inside the Nanxuan Sect, his eyes slightly lowered, not knowing what he was thinking about. His long white eyebrows suddenly moved, and then he took a deep breath, his wide eyelids opening rapidly.

Within his aged eyes, a mass of misty green light flickered incessantly.

"Hehe! I wondered who it was; I didn't expect the Demon Emperor to come in person!"

With a cold, light laugh, Nanxuan Laozu did not move his body. He extended a finger and flicked it slightly toward the doorway of the room. Immediately, with a 'Boom—' sound, the door was smashed to pieces. After the dust settled, a white-robed man of about thirty years old was revealed. It was precisely that External Incarnation of the Demon Emperor.

"You are Nanxuan Laozu?"

The Demon Emperor was not the least bit polite. He stepped into the room and his gaze swept over Nanxuan Laozu. However, judging by his demeanor, he did not put Nanxuan Laozu in his eyes at all. After all, when he had achieved great success in his cultivation back then, Nanxuan Laozu had not even been born yet. In a certain sense, Nanxuan Laozu was still his junior.

"Indeed! This old man is!"

Facing the Demon Emperor's arrogance, Nanxuan Laozu was not angry. He sat motionless on his seat, and no abnormality could be seen on his face.

"A mere Nascent Soul Middle Stage cultivation, and you can actually become the ancestor of a sect? Has the Cultivation World already declined to this degree?"

Seeing Nanxuan Laozu ignore his presence, the Demon Emperor was slightly angry, and the words from his mouth were even more unkind.

"Hehe! This old man naturally cannot compare to the prestige the Demon Emperor had back then, but after ten thousand years, a dignified Spirit Severing Stage cultivator has also fallen to such a state, hasn't he?"

Seeing that the other party did not leave him any face with his words, Nanxuan Laozu was even less willing to yield, directly exposing the Demon Emperor's old secrets.

"You...!"

This time, the Demon Emperor could no longer hold back. Anger surged on his face, and Demonic Qi crisscrossed between his five fingers. However, the next moment, he seemed to restrain himself because of something, turning his anger into a laugh:

"Although I fell, I have now reconstructed my physical body. As long as you give me time to recover to my peak cultivation, it is not a problem at all! And you? Your lifespan is also coming to an end, isn't it?"

"Demon Emperor, you might be able to deceive others about reconstructing your physical body, but can you deceive me? Even if your physical body is rebuilt, it will not be like the original. Although this secret technique has its unique points, the drawbacks are still numerous!"

Once lifespan was mentioned, it truly poked at Nanxuan Laozu's heart. He had been trapped at the Nascent Soul Middle Stage for hundreds of years without a breakthrough. If he continued to waste away like this, his fall was only a matter of time.

Normally speaking, when a cultivator reaches the Foundation Establishment Stage, their lifespan increases to over two hundred years, and upon entering the Golden Core Stage, their lifespan increases to over six hundred years. Once they enter the Nascent Soul Stage, their lifespan increases to a thousand years!

A thousand years of time is unreachable for mortals, but for a cultivator like Nanxuan Laozu, a thousand years is just a snap of the fingers. Without an improvement in cultivation realm, he will die just like a mortal!

Similarly, although the Demon Emperor reconstructed his physical body, a body formed by secret techniques can never compare to the previous original body. Even if he cultivates desperately, his cultivation is very likely to stagnate.

After the two of them exposed each other's shortcomings for a long time, they finally calmed down. The Demon Emperor's expression eased slightly, and he said in a deep voice:

"I didn't come here with any other intentions! I just want to use your mouth to tell the people of the Four Great Sects that this time, as I reconstruct my physical body, I have no intention of dealing with them; I only want to return to the Demon Emperor Tomb to retrieve my own things!"

His long white eyebrows moved. How could Nanxuan Laozu believe the Demon Emperor's words? If things were that simple, he would not have agreed to the Four Great Sects joining forces to attack the Five Great Demon Mountains.

"That is easily said! Who knows what kind of ghost ideas you are harboring!"

Nanxuan Laozu did not buy the Demon Emperor's account at all.

"Hehe! Believe it or not, it's up to you! But if the Four Great Sects interfere in my affairs again, then don't blame this Demon Emperor for being ruthless! I will leave not even a chicken or dog alive on the Tianjiang Plain!"

After the Demon Emperor finished speaking, Demonic Qi erupted between his five fingers, and his face was overcast and uncertain.

"This old man's reputation was not gained for nothing!"

Facing the Demon Emperor's repeated threats, Nanxuan Laozu acted as if he saw nothing, sitting in his original place and speaking.

"Since that is the case! Then let us wait and see!"

Having said that, the Demon Emperor turned around and wanted to leave this place. Suddenly, Nanxuan Laozu let out a long, cold laugh:

"A mere External Incarnation, just stay here for this old man!"

Hearing this, the Demon Emperor was shocked. Don't look at how this External Incarnation of his had no problem dealing with Fu Ling and the others; against a true Nascent Soul Stage cultivator, it was still somewhat inadequate!

Immediately, the Demon Emperor moved his figure and wanted to leave this place quickly, but Nanxuan Laozu's speed was a few points faster than his. Without seeing him make any movements, he rushed out of the room like a gust of wind, blocking the path in front of the Demon Emperor's External Incarnation.

Suddenly, Nanxuan Laozu waved his long sleeves, and a dazzling mass of five-colored glow rolled out. After spinning around, it flew toward the Demon Emperor.

The two were very close. Nanxuan Laozu suddenly attacked, and the Demon Emperor was first startled, then his figure became blurred and disappeared on the spot. The next moment, he appeared several dozen feet away.

"Hmph! Let's see how long you can escape!"

Missing with one strike, Nanxuan Laozu snorted coldly through his nose. The five-colored glow that had been struck out earlier retracted its brilliance, revealing a circular plate.

This circular plate was the size of a palm, pure white all over, and engraved with many difficult-to-understand Fowen. The five-colored glow rolled back out, appearing extremely eerie.

"Nanxuan Laozu! Do not bully people too much!"

The Demon Emperor, dozens of feet away, had an ugly expression. Black Qi swirled around his ten fingers, making a posture as if he wanted to fight the other party to the death.

Without saying a word, Nanxuan Laozu waved his long sleeves again, and another mass of five-colored glow rolled out, slashing toward the Demon Emperor with a 'Swish—' sound. At the same time, the white circular plate that had been unleashed earlier had a flash of glow on its surface and flew high into mid-air.

Don't look at the Demon Emperor putting on a fighting stance; in fact, he knew in his heart that for an External Incarnation to fight a true Nascent Soul Stage cultivator is just seeking his own death! Especially since the Nanxuan Laozu before him was a Nascent Soul Middle Stage cultivator whose divine abilities were absolutely not to be underestimated.

Therefore, seeing the other party attack again, this External Incarnation soared into the air, wanting to escape under the cover of his escape light! However, just as his body flew up, he felt that the situation in mid-air was not right.

With a sweep of his Divine Sense, he saw the White Circular Plate that Nanxuan Laozu had sacrificed into the air emitting a gentle force, forming a five-colored light barrier within a radius of several miles. The light barrier was extremely concealed; if not for the Demon Emperor's Divine Sense, ordinary cultivators would likely never have discovered it.

"Want to leave! It's not that easy!"

He had intended to use this method to make the Demon Emperor trigger the Restriction in the sky, but he did not expect to be discovered by the opponent. Nanxuan Laozu felt somewhat disappointed, but the next moment, he slapped the crown of his head with one hand, and with a flash of white light, an infant about a foot tall flew out from his head!

The infant's skin was fair and tender, but its facial features were exactly the same as Nanxuan Laozu's. This was the carrier of the primordial spirit condensed by a Nascent Soul Stage cultivator: the Nascent Soul!

The infant floated above Nanxuan Laozu's head, its entire body radiating dense Spiritual Qi, with a White Disc held in each of its small hands, identical to the one he had sacrificed earlier.

The infant's eyes turned slightly, and its gaze fell upon that External Incarnation of the Demon Emperor. With a slightly ruthless expression, it flicked its hands and sacrificed both discs it was holding.

This time, the Demon Emperor was scared out of his wits. The moment Nanxuan Laozu made a move, he released his Nascent Soul. One must know that the Nascent Soul is the most important thing to a cultivator; as long as the Nascent Soul is destroyed, even if the cultivator's physical body is powerful, it is of no use.

However, some heaven-defying divine abilities of cultivators are contained within the Nascent Soul, and they cannot be used without being cast through the Nascent Soul.

Releasing the Nascent Soul to fight is actually a double-edged sword; used well, its power surges to annihilate the opponent, but once the Nascent Soul is destroyed, the cultivator themselves will also have their form and spirit extinguished! There won't even be a chance for reincarnation!

Facing one of the Demon Emperor's External Incarnations, Nanxuan Laozu was confident that the opponent could not destroy his Nascent Soul, which is why he boldly released it, preparing to finish the opponent off in one move!