Chapter 918

Wu Tie (Shaman Iron)

After the ninety-eight carefully selected demon-emperor-level powerhouses had all been implanted with restrictions by the two demon ancestors, the Profound Bone Demon Ancestor waved his hand with a hint of happiness.

Mu Dalu (Mother Continent)

Strands of demonic qi sprayed from the altar, forming in the high air a huge black‑red funnel‑shaped vortex; countless demon heads from all directions screamed and shrieked, involuntarily flying toward that massive vortex.

Blood Sea Demon Ancestor

All of their essence, energy, and spirit were transformed by the altar into chunks of soul crystals and bowls of bloodline essence.

Obviously, the number of soul crystals was several times that of the bloodline essence, after all many of these demon heads were not flesh‑and‑blood bodies and could not yield any bloodline essence at all.

Even so, the demon heads filling the heavens and earth stretched out in dense ranks for tens of millions of li; the soul crystals and bloodline essence they had condensed in the altar constituted an astronomically huge number.

The altar lit up, and the refined soul crystals and bloodline essence were silently transferred out through a teleportation array inside the altar.

Strange runes on the altar lit up, and as the soul crystals and bloodline essence were transferred, the runes continually twisted, releasing waves of strange law fluctuations.

In the void, the Dao torrents formed from Mu Dalu's native world's three thousand Great Daos and eighty‑four thousand side‑paths trembled slightly; like a bone‑eating maggot, the foreign Daos entangled in the Dao torrent were stirred by these strange law fluctuations, and at once those foreign Daos gradually gathered and retracted.

Assassin Emperor

The interference of the foreign Daos vanished, and Mu Dalu's native Dao law regained complete dominion over this patch of void.

The ninety‑eight demon‑emperor‑level experts drew a deep breath in unison, feeling that some invisible shackle within their bodies had suddenly vanished; their entire essence, energy, and spirit surged, boiled, and seethed.

The Blood Sea Demon Ancestor muttered lowly: "The method left by the Holy Ancestor is indeed profound… tsk, one can attain the Great Dao through sacrifice, though the cost is great."

The Profound Bone Demon Ancestor chuckled coldly: "What's the cost? We won't even lose a single hair. Compared to humanity, we four‑direction demons, monsters, ghosts, and fiends can break through to the venerable level this way—this is the Holy Ancestor's grace!"

The Blood Sea Demon Ancestor suddenly gave a strange chuckle: "By the way, I heard that a few days ago, Old Bone‑stick, you passed the Holy Ancestor's method of building the altar to Sui Chao?"

The Profound Bone Demon Ancestor turned his head, gave the Blood Sea Demon Ancestor a deep look, and said: "That's right, I passed it on to them… Do you remember the Holy Ancestor's instructions?"

"Humans, on this land, cannot produce a venerable‑level being… but if a human is willing to use the Holy Ancestor's altar to attain venerable status, he will no longer be human; he may become a demon, a devil, a ghost, or a monster, yet he will absolutely cease to be human."

Demon Emperor Rank

"So, if they want it, I'll give it… The reason I didn't give it before was simply that no one wanted it."

Demon Ancestor

Countless demon heads howled, wailed, pleaded, and struggled, being devoured in batches by the altar; strange runes on the altar kept flashing, and the laughter of the Profound Bone Demon Ancestor and the Blood Sea Demon Ancestor spread throughout a void spanning tens of millions of li.

Bloodline Essence

Even though they were tens of millions of li away, those little demon heads could only tremble and kneel on the ground, as if a great mountain pressed upon them, utterly lacking the strength or courage to flee.

As for those great demons and gigantic demons standing near the altar, at the foot of the White Bone Mountain.

Old Bone Stick

Don't even talk about fleeing; they don't even dare to make any demands of these five Demon Venerables—haven't you seen that the Demon Emperor who dared to propose terms was directly blown apart, body and spirit destroyed, by the Profound Bone Demon Venerable?

Ninety‑eight… perhaps we could eventually have a hundred newly promoted Demon Venerables from beyond the border." Blood Sea Demon Ancestor mutters: "With that number, leveling the Blazing Dynasty is enough."

Even if we can't, just devouring them would be enough for us two old brothers to reach the utmost of the Venerable level." Profound Bone Demon Ancestor coldly says: "By then, even if we leave the Blazing Dynasty continent, we could go elsewhere and start anew."

Impatiently, he snatched and shattered a huge white bone nearby; Profound Bone Demon Ancestor, annoyed and angry, said: "I don't believe that on other human territories, a freak like the Martial King could still appear."

But, tell me, how did he achieve Venerable status?" Blood Sea Demon Ancestor ponderingly mutters: "I haven't heard that he used sacrifices of Wuguo or Blazing Dynasty citizens—how did he achieve Venerable status?"

Just as the two Demon Ancestors were muttering about Wu Tie, Wu Tie really couldn't stand being muttered about, leading a large force in great numbers to arrive outside White Bone Mountain.

Now Wu Tie's march is really not easy.

The Canghai Sea people used the Canghai Divine Pearl, stuffing all the idle miscellaneous people into it; Wu Tie led the Canghai Sea people directly breaking through space to teleport, from the depths of the northern monster country straight to White Bone Mountain, taking only a little over an hour.

Then the Canghai Divine Pearl released everyone, a mighty force of nearly a million, composed of Wu family youths, five‑element spirits, and divine‑realm colossal divine soldiers, forming an elite army that appeared outside White Bone Mountain.

Profound Bone Demon Ancestor and Blood Sea Demon Ancestor were startled.

Blood Sea Demon Ancestor's stature suddenly shrank to a radius of a thousand zhang; Profound Bone Demon Ancestor leapt up, his whole body of white bones emitting a vast white demonic light shining in all directions, with his hollow eye sockets emitting deep demonic flames, staring fixedly at Wu Tie.

Martial King! Wu Tie!" Profound Bone Demon Ancestor roared hoarsely: "You humans, claiming righteousness, innocently intruding into my demon realm's territory—what is this?"

Wu Tie opened his mouth, but for a long while could not speak.

An old demon who has slaughtered countless and is utterly ferocious actually blames Wu Tie, on moral grounds, for invading others' lands without cause?

This world...

Wu Tie straightened his face, cupped his hands toward Profound Bone Demon Ancestor in a salute: "Oh, yes, bringing troops without cause onto the demon realm's territory is indeed an unjust act of aggression… but I am the lord of a small barbaric state, I am a barbarian; you talking to me about morality is like playing music to a cow."

He gave a "hehe" laugh, then Wu Tie seriously said to Profound Bone Demon Ancestor: "I just want to beat you; I came, it's that simple—why bother with all that nonsense reasoning?"

Profound Bone Demon Ancestor gritted his teeth and coldly snorted: "Do you think I, the old ancestor, am afraid of you?"

The Assassin Emperor stepped forward with stiff steps toward Profound Bone Demon Ancestor: "Old bone stick, are you afraid of me?"

Profound Bone Demon Ancestor fiercely stared at the Assassin Emperor, incredulously hissing: "You really defected to these humans? Assassin Emperor, you… you… you are even a leader among monsters with deeper seniority than I, the old ancestor… do you still have any face?"

The Assassin Emperor gave a weird "hehe" laugh, his tone twisted and eerily saying: "Face? Where do I have any face? Heh, truly foolish!"

Around White Bone Mountain, clusters of huge cactus pillars slowly grew; when the pillars sprouted, countless poisonous spines pierced the demons in all directions, making them wail continuously.

The deadly poison caused large numbers of demons to collapse dead on the spot, infuriating Profound Bone Demon Ancestor and Blood Sea Demon Ancestor into loud shouting.

Blood Sea Demon Ancestor lunged at the Assassin Emperor: "Old bone, you deal with that old ghost Sand Lord…"

But just as Blood Sea Demon Ancestor moved, Sand Lord already turned into a sky‑covering yellow sand, lunging at that sea of blood: "Blood Sea… you can restrain the Assassin Emperor, but I, old man, am best at restraining you… come, come, come, we old acquaintances, let's have a good tussle."

Without giving Blood Sea Demon Ancestor a chance to object, the sky‑covering yellow sand already surrounded that sea of blood.

The yellow sand rapidly spread in all directions; the region within a million li around White Bone Mountain instantly turned into a desert.

The desert's range rapidly expanded in all directions—millions of li, tens of millions, hundreds of millions…

The Assassin Emperor reached out and grabbed Profound Bone Demon Venerable, dragging him, and shoved him into the yellow sand‑blood sea. The two old monsters, the two old demons, instantly became a tangled mass in the blood‑sand sea.

Their overall strength is not much different; this entanglement, without external help, is enough to wear them out.

"Six Desires Demon Venerable, Crimson Lotus Demon Venerable, go!" Wu Tie pointed at the misty river, the miasma, and the White Lotus Demon Venerable standing halfway up the slope, a bit at a loss.

Just as Wu Tie gave the order, the White Lotus Demon Venerable thudded onto his knees, bowing before Wu Tie with the standard salute of a Blazing Dynasty subject meeting the divine emperor: "As the saying goes, a fine bird chooses its tree to roost, a fine minister chooses his lord to serve… I, a humble subject, would rather remain pure, willing to smear my liver and brains on the ground for Your Majesty, dying only after that."

The Six Desires Demon Venerable and Crimson Lotus Demon Venerable swayed, nearly vomiting blood from the White Lotus Demon Venerable's maneuver.

Wu Tie clapped his hands and laughed loudly, looking at the White Lotus Devil Sovereign with delight: "Those who know the times are outstanding; White Lotus, you ought to be outstanding... Tsk, I thought that from now on you could be the headmaster of the White Lotus Palace."

The White Lotus Devil Sovereign smiled until his eyes narrowed into slits: "What you wish for is what I desire, but I dare not ask... I will certainly train the disciples of the White Lotus Palace to be perfectly obedient, making each of them your most loyal, die‑hard hounds and hunting dogs."

"I... damn!" Lao Tie stood behind Wu Tie, almost dropping the Water Fire Divine Spear in his hand.

I've seen shameless people, but never anyone this shameless.

Wu Tie turned to look at Lao Tie, sighed, and said: "Lao Tie, rest assured—while he's in our hands, he will be nothing but a blade in our grasp; used well, he'll be of great use and won't harm us ourselves."

"No, no, no, I'll be satisfied just to be a hound." The White Lotus Devil Sovereign laughed with extra humility: "Your Majesty, what qualifications do I have to be the precious blade and divine sword in your hand? None—I absolutely lack such qualifications."

Wu Tie also remained silent.

He now understood how this indifferent old gentleman had fallen into devilry back then.

The White Lotus Palace's supposed righteous vigor had long been cultivated into a deviant path, becoming utterly hypocritical; with this old gentleman's such 'integrity,' not turning demonic would be the real surprise.

With the White Lotus Devil Sovereign's cooperation, Wu Tie easily brought him under his control.

That Yin River and that patch of miasma—the two devil sovereigns were surrounded in the center by the Eight Great Devil Sovereigns of equal strength, without a clash or an argument; the Bone‑Corroding Devil Sovereign and the Soul‑Captivating Devil Sovereign obediently submitted to Wu Tie's command.

Their true forms were a Yin River for the Bone‑Corroding Devil Sovereign and a miasma for the Soul‑Captivating Devil Sovereign; each had condensed two Dao seals, their control over the Great Dao principles reaching about twenty percent of a Sovereign‑rank second‑tier existence, making their strength quite formidable.

To be precise, on the Spark Dynasty Continent, any Sovereign‑rank existence is a top‑notch great adept supreme.

Now, altogether ten Great Devil Sovereigns have defected to Wu Tie, spreading out in all directions and encircling the countless demon fiends gathered around White Bone Mountain. The immense Devil‑Sovereign‑level demonic pressure surged forth, forcing the myriad howling demon fiends to throw themselves into the altar of their own accord.

The ninety‑eight Devil Emperors standing on the mountainside were instantly caught in a dilemma.

They gazed in terror at Wu Tie and the Sovereign‑rank old ghosts behind him, their bodies trembling for a moment before they all dropped to their knees, just like the White Lotus Devil Sovereign, seeking to surrender to Wu Tie.

Wu Tie eyed those Devil Emperors coldly, sensing their overwhelming killing intent and resentment, then swept his sleeve and hurled them straight into the altar.

He snorted coldly, Wu Tie glanced at Lao Tie, then at the nearly hundred Wu Tribe elders behind him, including Wu Yu.

"Lao Tie, forefathers, these demon fiends are your chance to attain Sovereign‑rank." Wu Tie said in a deep voice: "I will use the Primordial Crown to open a cultivation world for you, letting you swiftly reach the peak of the Divine Realm, and then break through to Sovereign‑rank."

"Just as the White Lotus Devil Sovereign said, they can only be hounds; only Lao Tie and the forefathers are trustworthy enough for us to rely on."

As Wu Tie spoke, inside Spark Martial City in Spark Province, a Yin Yang Daoist walked out of a teleportation array.

He quickly found Pei Feng and Xue Yu, instructed the civil and military officials of Spark Province, then swept his sleeve to take Pei Feng and Xue Yu away, appearing silently beside Wu Tie through their inductive link with his true self.

The Vast Sea Daoist released a Vast Sea Divine Pearl, enveloping Lao Tie, Pei Feng, Xue Yu, and a host of Wu Tribe elders within it.

Wu Tie activated the Primordial Crown, beginning to wildly accelerate the flow of time inside the Vast Sea Divine Pearl.

He continually sliced the surrounding void, cube after cube tens of thousands of miles across, pouring vast amounts of heavenly and earthly primordial energy into the Vast Sea Divine Pearl, steadily increasing its energy density and thus boosting the cultivation speed of Pei Feng and the others.

In the void, the two great old monsters and the two great old demons fought fiercely.

They inflicted wounds on each other, yet in the short term neither could best the other, remaining locked in struggle; the Mystic Bone Devil Sovereign and the Blood Sea Devil Sovereign several times tried to rush at Wu Tie to fight to the death, but were held fast by the two great old monsters, unable to budge an inch.

The altar continued to frenziedly devour the surrounding demon fiends, the demon fiends blanketing the mountains and fields already reduced by more than half.

After several days, Wu Tie pointed at the Vast Sea Divine Pearl before him, and Lao Tie, Pei Feng, Xue Yu, together with nearly a hundred Wu Tribe elders, flew out simultaneously.

"Go!"

Wu Tie gently pressed out a palm, sending them all to hover above the altar.

The Heavenly Dao principles turned, and a speck of innate spiritual light burst forth within Pei Feng and the others.

In the void, demonic qi vanished rapidly; the demon fiends strewn across the mountains and fields were now few and far between.

Wu Tie sat cross‑legged in mid‑air; the merit golden light behind his head, like a large golden cake, had grown in volume by more than double, and a thread of auspicious qi trickled down, dyeing the four quarters of heaven and earth like a glazed world.