Chapter 496: Earth Sovereign Great Perfection

Pangu conducted a comprehensive analysis of the Great World’s spatial structure, and Chu Yang’s comprehension of spatial power required a long period of time.

For anyone else, achieving complete mastery over spatial power would likely take a lifetime—or wait until their cultivation reached the Saint Rank Heavenly Sovereign, when it would naturally become perfected.

Precisely because of this, even with Chu Yang’s talent and insight, it took nearly a year.

During this year, besides comprehending spatial power, Chu Yang also divided his attention, constantly exerting full effort to activate the Source Scripture.

The spiritual energy and demonic energy within the Sacred Abyss were both abundant; ordinary Outer Realm demons or humans could naturally absorb only one type, but Chu Yang had no such constraints.

All energy could be transformed into Source Qi through the Source Scripture.

Throughout this process, Chu Yang drifted within the Sacred Abyss, carried along by the chaotic spatial currents, fortunately without anyone disturbing him.

After all, once caught in spatial chaos, even a Heavenly Sovereign might not escape unscathed, so no one dared approach voluntarily.

Slowly opening his eyes, Chu Yang exhaled a long, turbid breath, feeling the surging power within his body, a smile spreading across his face.

Earth Sovereign Great Perfection peak!

Just half a step away from the true Heavenly Sovereign realm! For Chu Yang, there was no bottleneck—but to break through to Heavenly Sovereign, he seemed to require some medium, just as the Dou Qi Continent’s Dou Saints needed spiritual energy to break through to Dou Emperor.

Chu Yang knew this so-called medium was in fact the Great World’s recognition—or the recognition of world power.

Ordinary Great World cultivators found it easy to gain such recognition, since they were native beings of the Great World and naturally not rejected by this world.

But for Chu Yang, it was inevitably troublesome—not because world power rejected him, but because Source Qi was incompatible with this world.

Or more accurately…

Source Qi’s rank was far, far higher than spiritual energy! Chu Yang faced two options: even if he secluded himself to contemplate for three to five years, pushing his understanding of the Great World to its limit, everything would then come naturally.

But this method was time-consuming and exhausting; Chu Yang had no such patience.

The other option was to fuse with a Plane Spirit—but outsiders rarely gained a Plane Spirit’s recognition, and without recognition, fusion was impossible.

But this was no difficulty for Chu Yang—he merely needed to find a lower plane already conquered and fallen to Outer Realm demons, then “purify” it.

At that point, he would become the “savior” of that plane, and the Plane Spirit would naturally feel no rejection.

Yet this matter still required careful planning, as Chu Yang knew few lower planes; he could instead use the Great World Palace’s intelligence network to screen for suitable ones.

Notably, with Chu Yang’s cultivation now reaching Earth Sovereign Great Perfection, even without deploying his many trump cards, his overall strength was already comparable to the early stage of a Saint Rank Heavenly Sovereign!

The maximum Heavenly Demon Force the Source Martial Body could withstand had risen from eighteen marks to twenty-seven marks! Meaning, even without demonic marks enhancing it, the current Source Martial Body could now endure the burden of twenty-seven marks of Heavenly Demon Force.

With his current total of forty-five demonic marks, and by applying twelve marks to the Martial Body, the limit of Heavenly Demon Force reached thirty-three marks! Though its power still fell short of Saint Rank, it was unquestionably the strongest offensive technique below Saint Rank! If he encountered the Nine Heaven Mystic Demon Emperor again, Chu Yang was confident he could severely wound him with a single strike.

Putting aside his thoughts, Chu Yang awakened Pangu’s spiritual awareness and said softly: “Calculate the coordinates of the Outer Realm’s heartland; prepare to open a spatial passage!”

“Yes!” Pangu replied, then pushed his computational power to its limit, completing the calculation in mere moments.

A spatial fissure slowly opened before Chu Yang; he then raised his hand, clenching it, and Source Qi surged forth, instantly turning the surrounding spatial chaos into a spatial storm, forcibly gathering waves of spatial power.

With the support of spatial power, Pangu quickly established a relatively stable temporary spatial passage.

Chu Yang stepped into it, and the spatial fissure closed; the raging spatial storm rapidly spread, then split, surging outward in all directions across the Sacred Abyss.

This would once again damage the Sacred Abyss’s spatial structure, but with so many lice, one isn’t bothered by the itching—compared to the Sacred Abyss’s already riddled and perforated space, this damage was negligible.

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Outer Realm heartland, Battle Demon Domain.

Compared to other Outer Realm demon territories, this place appeared desolate; though demonic energy surged violently, not a single demon could be seen.

Only within the central Battle Demon City could a few figures be glimpsed moving through the streets.

This was a forbidden zone of the Outer Realm—even nearby demon clans dared not tread lightly into the Battle Demon Domain.

The fundamental reason, of course, was the terrifying reputation of its master.

The Battle Demon Emperor!

A powerful being whose fame surged in recent years, striking fear across the Outer Realm!

The Outer Realm demons’ demonic energy could infect Great World beings, causing mutations, influencing their thoughts, even infiltrating their souls.

Thus, in the Outer Realm, besides the major demon clans, there were also some unusual races.

But most of these races were enslaved by the major demon clans, possessing not an ounce of status.

The Battle Demon Emperor was the sole exception; from the moment he rose, some demon elites had entertained thoughts of him.

After all, a powerful slave brought more prestige and could serve as a brute.

At that time, the Battle Demon Emperor was merely at Earth Sovereign realm.

Some demon prodigies of the clans directly regarded him as prey, even organizing a “Hunt the Monkey Duel.”

But the outcome? All demon prodigies involved in that incident were annihilated! Thus, the name “Battle Demon Monkey” spread far and wide.

Afterwards, a Dark Demon Emperor, whose clan’s finest prodigy had been slain by the Battle Demon Monkey, went to seek revenge and intended to enslave him to compensate for the clan’s loss.

Yet he met the same fate as those demon prodigies—never to return! This made many demon emperors take the Battle Demon Monkey seriously; some sought to lure him with soft tactics, others to suppress and forcibly subdue him.

Some even raised the banner of “Those not of our kind must have different hearts,” aiming to eradicate him entirely.

But after over a year of turmoil, all major demon clans returned empty-handed, while the Battle Demon Monkey remained lively and even seized territory.

From then on, “Battle Demon Monkey” became “Battle Demon Emperor.” Just as the major demon clans sought to bury the hatchet and planned to avoid conflict, the Battle Demon Emperor launched his retaliation.

In just half a year, he wiped out three demon clans! One of them was even guarded by a Mystic Demon Emperor! Though newly ascended, he was a genuine Mystic Demon Emperor!

This meant the Battle Demon Emperor had not only reached Mystic Demon Emperor level, but his power was also formidable beyond measure.

Since then, the Battle Demon Domain became a forbidden zone among demons; even Mystic Demon Emperor-level cultivators dared not set foot within.

Even Mystic Demon Emperors avoided provoking this madman.

Among the Heavenly Demon Emperors, some scoffed at this, some sought to forcibly control him, others aimed to recruit him.

The Asura Demon Clan’s Asura Heavenly Demon Emperor, after exchanging interests with other Heavenly Demon Emperors, ultimately abandoned all thoughts of recruiting or eliminating the Battle Demon Emperor, handing him over to himself.

The Asura Heavenly Demon Emperor then launched repeated attempts to recruit the Battle Demon Emperor—but the Battle Demon Emperor remained unmoved, showing no respect to the Asura Heavenly Demon Emperor, repeatedly turning away his envoys.

Over time, the Asura Heavenly Demon Emperor gradually lost patience; until half a year ago, he finally abandoned recruitment and issued a final ultimatum to the Battle Demon Emperor.

Within half a year, if he did not submit, the Asura Demon Clan would level the Battle Demon Domain! In response, the Battle Demon Emperor remained deaf to it.

Now, with the half-year deadline approaching, the Asura Demon Clan had begun gathering its strongest forces, awaiting only the Asura Heavenly Demon Emperor’s command to march on the Battle Demon Domain.

It was said that to deal with the Battle Demon Emperor, the Asura Demon Clan deployed three late-stage Mystic Demon Emperor-level experts! Yet no one understood why the Asura Heavenly Demon Emperor, who could easily resolve this himself, chose not to act.

At the edge of the Battle Demon Domain, the land was barren, uninhabited, devoid even of demonic traces.

“Boom!”

A massive figure crashed heavily onto the ground, kicking up a cloud of dust.

Moments later, a gust of wind swept through, dispersing the dust; Chu Yang dismissed his Source Martial Body, his face slightly darkened.

Yet clearly visible, the demonic marks on the Source Martial Body had increased from forty-five to forty-eight.

Clearly, on his way here, Chu Yang had slain and assimilated many Outer Realm demons.

“The so-called Demon-Spirit Clan truly is impossible to guard against!”

Chu Yang sneered; had he not been in a hurry to find Sun Wukong and wished to avoid drawing too much attention beforehand, he wouldn’t have been reduced to such a state.

As it happened, the events earlier had further revealed the bizarre nature of the Outer Realm demons.

He encountered a “human” cultivator, at peak Saint Rank, being hunted by several Mystic Demon Emperors of the Outer Realm.

Chu Yang immediately thought of Qin Tian.

Had he not interfered, Qin Tian should have been the first Demon-Slaying Emperor of the Great World since ancient times, and later became the head of the Great World Palace.

In the ultimate war centuries later, he was among the handful of peak figures of the Great World.

Chu Yang, feeling he had taken Qin Tian’s title and now encountered the real man, decided to lend a hand and save him.

But the moment he appeared, the five Mystic Demon Emperors suddenly halted, then joined forces with the “human” to attack him.

In haste, Chu Yang, with Pangu’s aid, opened an unstable spatial passage—leading to what had just occurred.

At the same time, Chu Yang realized: those six were likely acting! The Saint Rank peak cultivator was not purely human—he was a new race born from cruel methods of combining human and demon essence…

The Demon-Spirit Clan! Neither human nor demon, half-human, half-demon.

Yet those five Mystic Demon Emperors were only mid-stage Saint Rank; even together, Chu Yang was confident he could fight them.

But if he unleashed Heavenly Demon Force, he might attract the attention of a Heavenly Demon Emperor.

“I wonder… was that guy just now Jiang Ya?”

Chu Yang remembered that though the Demon-Spirit Clan was treated as slaves in the Outer Realm with no status, their overall strength was formidable.

Especially their leader, Jiang Ya, who had displayed Saint Rank cultivation in the ultimate war.

Putting aside his thoughts, Chu Yang lifted his gaze toward the barren land ahead, faintly discerning a distant city.

The city was shrouded in terrifying demonic energy, resembling a demon’s nest.

“Corrupted?” Chu Yang narrowed his eyes.

Since Sun Wukong entered the Outer Realm, Pangu could still detect his data fluctuations—but they were strange, insufficient to confirm Sun Wukong’s condition.

Yet now, with the Battle Demon City’s demonic energy surging so violently, it looked unmistakably like Sun Wukong had been corrupted.

Moreover, from the memory of the Trickster Fox, Chu Yang had learned all about Sun Wukong.

On the surface, it appeared to be an inspiring rise.

But to Chu Yang, a single word—“kill”—could summarize Sun Wukong’s entire journey in the Outer Realm!

If he sought the Dao through killing, how could this demonic energy be explained?

No more speculation—he had to go and see for himself, whatever the outcome.

Chu Yang’s figure flashed and vanished from his spot.

Even Outer Realm demon cultivators dared not tread into the Battle Demon Domain, let alone intrude upon Battle Demon City—it clearly had strict defenses.

So Chu Yang did not use the city gate; instead, he used spatial teleportation to reach Battle Demon City directly, then erased all spatial traces.

His current understanding and mastery of space, even compared to a Saint Rank Heavenly Sovereign, was unquestionably equal—so achieving this was effortless.

Without formidable spatial abilities, he could never have so easily shaken off the Demon-Spirit Clan cultivator and the five Mystic Demon Emperors earlier.

But after entering the War Demon City, Chu Yang suddenly felt a moment of dizziness.

Though the city reeked of demonic energy and appeared somewhat desolate, faint figures could still be seen moving through its streets.

Humans? Chu Yang froze. Where in the Outer Realms did so many Grand World human beings come from?

Some noticed him, but paid little heed—only casting him curious glances, as if puzzled by his unfamiliarity.

Chu Yang frowned and walked toward the city’s center, where he noticed another problem…

That was: nearly everyone in the War Demon City possessed formidable strength.

The weakest he’d seen still held the Sixth Rank Supreme Realm cultivation, and among them were even Earth Supreme Great Perfection experts.

He had only walked a few streets—yet if all the city’s inhabitants were combined, their collective strength might surpass even some of the supreme forces in the Great Qing Realm.

At the city’s center stood a towering pagoda, unguarded, yet every passerby paused there, bowed deeply to the tower, their faces filled with reverence.

Only then did Chu Yang finally smile.

Everything he’d seen so far proved Sun Wukong had not fallen to darkness. If he had truly been consumed by murderous intent and lost all reason, not a single soul would remain alive in this city.

Moreover, the reverence on those people’s faces was no pretense—it was genuine.

Thinking of this, Chu Yang suddenly understood why Sun Wukong had Chichi not left, but instead seized a mountain in the Outer Realms and declared himself king… (End of Chapter)