Chapter 723

Xiong Xiong!

Outside Tiangong, demonic flames raged; one by one, celestial attendants and fairy maidens had their spiritual cores dissipate, turning to ash.

The original celestial cranes and celestial monkeys were either slain or transformed into grotesque demonic beasts.

Within the innermost hall.

Gouyi Daojun clenched her hands in seals, preparing to sacrifice her body for the Dao—when her expression suddenly changed.

Her celestial awareness suddenly sensed all demonic flames vanishing; the extraterrestrial demons cried out in agony and fled from Duntian Palace.

“This…”

“Could the Demon Sovereign be sparing us?”

The Daojun exchanged glances with one another.

Their value had been fully squeezed dry over these years.

Following the Demon Path’s usual methods, they would surely use their essence and spiritual cores to forge treasures—or enslave them as demonic servants.

That’s why they had decided to sacrifice themselves for the Dao, denying the demonic tyrant any use of them.

But why had it suddenly stopped?

“All of you… beware the demonic illusions.”

Gouyi Daojun’s expression was resolute; she had just begun to summon the power of the Dao to destroy her own spiritual core—when her expression abruptly changed again.

Before her, in the center of the hall, stood a celestial immortal with swordlike brows and starlit eyes, smiling at her: “My beloved… years have passed. How have you been?”

“My beloved?!”

The nearby Daojun instantly felt they had uncovered a forbidden secret, their eyes widening in shock.

“You?!”

Gouyi Daojun instantly linked this man to Emperor Gan within the Transcendence Realm—and her jade cheeks flushed crimson with rage: “Rogue! How dare you enter? No… your cultivation?”

“Though this palace has void seals, I come and go as I please.”

Fang Xing chuckled.

With his Fifteenth Realm Eternal power, aided by the Gates of All Realms, where in this timeline could he not go?

BOOM!

As he spoke, an eternal, boundless Dao rhythm spilled forth, making every Daojun feel as if they beheld the Dao Sovereign incarnate: “Dao Sovereign? Another Immortal Sovereign has arisen? And one of our human cultivators?!”

They were stunned, yet elated.

Some Daojun even glanced slyly at Gouyi Daojun: “Gou…”

“Yi Daojun is so stingy—she had a way to turn the tide, yet let us suffer needlessly…”

“We pay homage… to the Immortal Sovereign!”

Gouyi Daojun, having trained for countless years to reach Daojun status, no longer cared for personal honor or shame.

Seeing Fang Xing reveal his Eternal Realm cultivation, she immediately stepped down from her throne and bowed gracefully: “The True Immortal Realm is on the verge of collapse—please, Immortal Sovereign, restore order and reclaim our human lands!”

“Please, Immortal Sovereign, ascend the throne and restore order.”

One by one, the Daojun knelt, their faces filled with joy.

“Enough…”

Fang Xing raised his hand, and the Daojun rose involuntarily: “I have already slain the Demon Sovereign; the Beast Sovereign won’t last much longer. When that happens, you shall rebuild the Dao Court.”

He casually pointed at Gouyi Daojun: “You shall be the new master of the Dao Court.”

As for slaying the Demon Sovereign?

It was no different from exterminating the two Eternal-level insect clans—my true self used the Gates of All Realms to strike from afar, forcing the enemy to perish in frustration, nothing remarkable at all.

Even now, my true self has begun striking remotely at the Beast Sovereign who resides in the Dao Court.

“Slayed… the Demon Sovereign?”

All Daojun looked up in shock, nearly certain this young Immortal Sovereign was joking.

Even the Dao Sovereign himself had struggled to slay the Beast and Demon Sovereigns… how could this young Immortal Sovereign speak so boldly?

But the demonic flames vanishing outside didn’t seem fake.

‘Could this man be the Demon Sovereign in disguise? No… what purpose would fooling us serve?’

All the Daojun were bewildered.

Fang Xing chuckled softly and tossed down a broken shuttle: “Do you recognize this?”

Gouyi Daojun’s eyes, like autumn waters, widened in surprise: “The Ten Directions Void Demon Shuttle? Rumor says this was the Demon Sovereign’s foundation for his Dao—found by him when he was still a True Demon, a relic rumored to be Transcendent… this artifact had unmatched speed; at his fourth step as Demon Lord, his flight speed was the greatest in the Immortal Realm… even the Dao Sovereign couldn’t catch him—how could it be… how could it be…”

Every Daojun had the same thought: ‘It seems the Demon Sovereign truly perished…’

For Fang Xing, no matter how fast the escape, could it rival the instant teleportation within the Gates of All Realms across the timeline?

Thus, the Demon Sovereign had met his match.

Once his escape was nullified, the Demon Sovereign was no different from the insect clan’s Eternal beings.

Only the ‘Dao of Demon’ held slight novelty, prompting Fang Xing to briefly contemplate it.

Otherwise, he would have perished even faster.

“Congratulations, Immortal Sovereign, for slaying the Demon Sovereign!”

The Daojun bowed again; only Gouyi Daojun spoke slowly: “Please, Immortal Sovereign, grant us your title…”

Only now did the Daojun realize they didn’t even know this young Immortal Sovereign’s Dao name.

“Me?”

Fang Xing’s lips curled slightly: “All Realms.”

“Immortal Sovereign of All Realms?”

Some Daojun racked their brains but found no trace of this Immortal Sovereign’s existence.

Even the Dao name “All Realms” meant nothing to them.

There were so few past Daojun in the True Immortal Realm—they couldn’t possibly not know him, unless… he was a True Immortal?

“You…”

“I remember now… Immortal Sovereign of All Realms—isn’t that the True Immortal once hunted by the Beast and Demon Sovereigns?”

One Daojun suddenly spoke, his expression utterly stunned.

Fang Xing had appeared as an Immortal Sovereign—who would dare link him to that long-forgotten True Immortal?

But now, with the hint, the fog lifted, and all were struck with awe: “How many tens of thousands of years have passed? That tiny True Immortal has risen to Immortal Sovereign?!”

“It was said the True Immortal was hunted because he carried a Transcendent inheritance… now it seems true.”

“The Transcendent inheritance is truly incomprehensible—each of us spent hundreds of millions of years to barely reach Daojun, yet the Immortal Sovereign achieved Immortal Sovereign status in mere tens of thousands of years?”

Each Daojun’s heart churned with fear and excitement.

Only Gouyi Daojun, her beautiful eyes fixed on Fang Xing, recalled his earlier words to the Dao Court’s master—her heart stirred softly…

Only Gouyi Daojun, her beautiful eyes fixed on Fang Xing, felt her heart stir at the memory of her beloved concubine’s words to the Dao Court’s master…

Dao Court.

“Who are you? Dare you face me in fair combat?”

The entire Dao Court had no living immortals left—only newly born demon beasts.

These demon beasts, though weakest among them were Heavenly Demons, were now all obliterated beneath a single great sun.

At the heart of the Dao Court, the Beast Sovereign roared in fury, battling a gate that seemed both within space and beyond the void.

This gate was visible to the naked eye, yet beyond the reach of any divine technique.

Worse still, relentless Eternal attacks rained down, already wounding the Beast Sovereign.

Most frustrating of all—he didn’t even know who had defeated him until it was too late.

“Ahh… Heavenly Demon Slaying God… Dao of Beasts, rise!”

The Beast Sovereign roared again and again, shaking the Dao.

The Dao of Beasts crashed down; as the progenitor of all beasts who had forged this Dao, his roar now summoned the collective power of ten thousand beasts!

In the void, spectral forms of deer demons, horse demons, ox demons, tiger demons, wolf demons appeared.

Regardless of their cultivation or rank, each contributed their demonic power, coalescing into a monstrous, ink-green dragon.

This was the position of the Beast Sovereign as progenitor of all beasts, amplified by the power of the Dao of Beasts, forcibly manifested.

At this moment, the Beast Sovereign was the sum total of all beast-kind in the True Immortal Realm!

This is the rank of Wan Yao, the Ancestor of All Demons, forcibly condensed through the power of the Demon Dao.

The massive ink-green dragon roared and surged into the Beast Sovereign’s body.

His previously slender frame exploded outward, transforming into a colossal giant, towering to the heavens, with three heads and six arms, his entire body covered in ink-green scales.

His three heads were those of a dragon, a qilin, and a phoenix; his six arms were those of various monstrous beasts.

Fierce, primordial demonic energy radiated wildly from the giant.

Merely a wisp of his aura could slaughter immortals and slay gods!

“Heavenly Demon Slaying God? Hah… bold words. Even the Demon Sovereign, in his dying breath, wasn’t this arrogant.”

From within the Gates of All Realms came Fang Xing’s mocking laugh: “Subdue!”

“Heavenly Demon Slaying the Gods? Hmph… such bold words—even the Demon Lord himself wasn’t this arrogant before he died.”

The shadow of the Gates of All Realms solidified instantly and crashed down.

The once-phantom gate now had weight.

The phantom gate of the myriad heavens solidified at once and crashed down with a thunderous roar.

That once-illusory gate suddenly gained weight.

The six-armed, three-headed demon giant roared, raising its six arms—but as if burdened by a thousand mountains, several arms shattered instantly, the earth trembled, and the giant collapsed to its knees...

Even if all the demon races of the True Immortal Realm, and indeed the entire temporal river, were combined, what could they possibly weigh against the sheer weight of the Void?

As the Gates of All Realms continued to thunder and descend, the demon giant’s flesh and blood turned to sludge.

The thin strands of ink-green energy rapidly vanished.

Each strand’s extinction meant the demon race lost a portion of its heavenly destiny, its bloodline… even the sudden death of mighty demon beings!

The Ancestral Demon and the Dao of Demons were grievously wounded—how could the demon race remain unscathed?

Not to mention they had previously lent their power and fortune to the Demon Sovereign, the Ancestral Demon!

With the Demon Sovereign’s death, all demons within this temporal river would surely suffer devastating blows!

Worse still, the Dao of Demons itself would temporarily fall silent!

“A Transcendent Artifact?!”

The three-headed, six-armed giant continued to collapse; from the forehead of its last remaining dragon head, the Demon Sovereign’s figure emerged.

Blood tears streamed from his eyes: “What immense fortune does the human race possess? It has not only birthed a new Immortal Sovereign—but also a Transcendent Artifact!”

This Transcendent Artifact was clearly far more terrifying than the Ten Directions Void Demon Shuttle of the Demon Sovereign!

The Demon Sovereign and the Demon Sovereign had long refrained from striking the human race—first, to squeeze out every last benefit, such as the Dao Sovereign’s legacy treasures and the Transcendent Sanctum.

Second, they feared driving a race to utter desperation, where its reversed fortune might give birth to a true Son of Fortune.

But the Demon Sovereign never imagined that, after centuries of devouring the human race to the bone, preparing to erase it entirely, such a being would appear!

Could it be… that Heaven itself intends to destroy the demon race?

“No! I am a demon—I do not believe in fate!”

The Demon Sovereign roared, and the giant’s shattered remains exploded.

BOOM!

The Gates of All Realms thundered, crushing down—the infinite giant now appeared as an infinitesimal black dot, finally vanishing entirely…