Chapter 732: Heavenly Demon

Heavenly Realm.

Western Lingshan.

On this day, the Buddha light on Lingshan was peaceful, and the chanting of Zen was ethereal.

Suddenly, the earth shook violently, as if a magnitude-ten-plus earthquake had occurred; countless novice monks were caught off guard, falling and suffering broken heads and bleeding wounds, their miserable cries echoing one after another.

Before they could even react to what had happened, a terrifying Demon Qi surged into the sky from deep within the ground.

It pierced straight into the firmament, vast and mighty.

"The Heavenly Demon returns!"

A voice as resonant and powerful as metal rang out between Heaven and Earth.

Rulai Fozu, who was in seclusion cultivating in his meditation room, was instantly jolted awake; he shouted "Oh no," rushed out of the room, and prepared to suppress the Heavenly Demon, only to see that the Heavenly Demon had already escaped the seal and appeared in the void.

This half-body was severed at the waist, missing its upper torso, possessing only a pair of robust legs and hips.

Surrounded by endless Demon Qi, it let out a hearty, joyful laugh.

In front of the half-demon body were two young and beautiful women, like goddesses descended to the mortal world, stunningly beautiful beyond compare.

Rulai's pupils constricted, and he closed the door to his meditation room without looking back.

Because he recognized one of the women; she was a goddess from one of the three moons in the Heavenly Realm, with an extremely mysterious and powerful background.

……

Mortal World.

Accompanied by Dugu Xiaoxuan and Dugu Xiaoyue, the half-body of the Heavenly Demon arrived at the Du Family Profound Realm.

The terrifying Demon Qi swirling around them alarmed countless experts of the Mortal World.

The head of the Heavenly Demon was not sealed in the Du Family Profound Realm, but rather, Chen Zhan was stationed there to oversee the Du Family, so as to accumulate strength for the resurrected Chen Nan; however, things went contrary to his wishes, and the Du Family developed the heart to betray their master.

As a condition of exchange, Chen Zhan went to the Third Realm to retrieve the sealed origin power of the Heavenly Demon.

Back then, the Heavenly Demon was dismembered by Guangyuan; not only was his body sealed in various realms, but even his origin power was extracted and sealed in the Third Realm.

Now that the Heavenly Demon had reorganized his physical body, he only possessed a Heavenly Tier body.

The Du Family claimed to be the Eastern Land Imperial Clan and had always been arrogant.

Regarding the arrival of Dugu Xiaoxuan and the others, they actually harbored the delusion of detaining the two women to breed excellent descendants for their Du Family.

Consequently, the Du Family met with tragedy.

Dugu Xiaoxuan was furious and directly blood-washed the Du Family Profound Realm.

However, she was not a cold-blooded female demon who killed without blinking; she only purged the Du Family experts of the Fourth Tier and above, and did not make things difficult for cultivators below the Fourth Tier or the many ordinary members of the Du Family.

After retrieving the head of the Heavenly Demon, the two women and the Heavenly Demon traveled to various places to reorganize the Heavenly Demon's body.

The tragedy of the Du Family shocked both the Western and Eastern Continents.

The powerful Du Family Profound Realm was almost wiped out, and all cultivators of the Fourth Tier and above, including a Seventh Tier Martial God, were killed.

All factions trembled in fear, terrified that disaster would befall them.

On the other hand, the Du family members walking outside, such as the siblings Du Hao and Du Ling, were nearly driven to fainting from grief upon hearing of the Du Family tragedy, and they swore with blood-stained tears to take revenge.

……

Western Continent.

Elf Race.

After resting for a day, Chen Nan took Baby Dragon, the Purple Gold Divine Dragon, and Xiao Fenghuang to tear through the void and ascend to the Heavenly Realm.

The affairs of the Mortal World were temporarily settled; he had to go to the Immortal World to find Yuxin.

……

The next day.

Shenfeng Academy.

Bamboo Garden.

Dugu Xiaoxuan visited, bringing the Heavenly Demon and Dugu Xiaoyue.

The Heavenly Demon had a tall and sturdy physique, a resolute gaze, and emitted a captivating Divine Light, possessing a domineering aura of "I alone am supreme in Heaven and Earth." Dugu Xiaoyue's beauty was not inferior to Dugu Xiaoxuan's, but she inherited the gentleness of Situ Mingyue, appearing like a well-read noble lady, her eyes bright and pure.

Dugu Xiaoxuan smiled and introduced them: "Yin Qi, this is my sister Dugu Xiaoyue, and this is my brother Dugu Xiaotian."

Yin Qi cupped his hands and said: "Greetings to you both."

The Heavenly Demon had already learned about Yin Qi from Dugu Xiaoxuan, so he did not look down on Yin Qi for being only a God Emperor, but returned the greeting very solemnly: "Greetings, Brother Yin."

Dugu Xiaoyue's voice was sweet: "Hello."

Dugu Xiaoxuan said: "Yin Qi, that Old Undying has already sought us out, and we have agreed. It is just that my brother currently only has the body of a Heavenly Demon but lacks his origin power, so we wanted to borrow your Human Emperor Armor to restore his cultivation before leaving."

The Heavenly Demon said at the right moment: "This matter will trouble Brother Yin, and there will surely be a generous reward in the future."

Yin Qi nodded and said: "Borrowing the Human Emperor Armor to cultivate is actually no problem, but given Brother Dugu's situation, it would take at least two years to recover, which is too long. I have a Tenth-Tier Divine Pill here that can help Brother Dugu recover his Heavenly Tier cultivation."

"A Tenth-Tier Divine Pill, you actually have such a good thing!"

Dugu Xiaoxuan was first pleasantly surprised, then pouted and said: "Yin Qi, with such good things, why didn't I see you take them out for me to use before, causing me to suffer through two years of bitter cultivation."

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"Xiaoxuan!"

The Heavenly Demon frowned and gave a light reprimand.

Dugu Xiaoyue looked at Yin Qi worriedly, fearing that Yin Qi would be angry.

A Tenth-Tier Divine Pill that could restore one's cultivation was something even the Dugu Family could not produce; Yin Qi could naturally give such an important item to whomever he pleased.

Yin Qi was not angry, but smiled and said: "This Tenth-Tier Divine Pill was also refined recently. However, let's agree beforehand, this is not a free gift; I believe your Dugu Family can afford the price."

After speaking, he took out a precious orb.

In reality, this orb was the combined physical and spiritual cultivation of the layout-maker.

"Good!"

The Heavenly Demon agreed immediately and said, "Brother Yin, wait a moment; I will return home right now."

After saying this, he turned and stepped into the void.

Yin Qi had no choice but to invite Dugu Xiaoxuan and Dugu Xiaoyue to sit down, and he served the two women tea and Immortal Medicine.

Dugu Xiaoxuan handed over a Space Ring and said, "Yin Qi, there are some treasures here as a token of gratitude for your invitation to help us refine the Seven-Fold Prison. Although in terms of value, they cannot compare to the Perfect World, this is still a gesture of our sincerity. In the future, if you have any matters, our Dugu Family will certainly do our utmost to assist."

"Then I will not stand on ceremony."

Yin Qi did not decline; he took the Space Ring and probed it with his divine sense, discovering that the supplies inside were quite abundant.

Besides five peerless treasures, there were also large quantities of divine materials and Immortal Medicine.

All of them were extremely rare treasures.

As for the five peerless treasures, they were the Ancient Star Core, Origin Divine Crystal, Heavenly Heart Fragment, Ancestral Spirit Root, and Life Spring Eye, respectively.

These five treasures were all things that could be encountered by chance but not sought.

Even for an expert of the Against Heaven Realm, if they lacked the opportunity, they might not necessarily be able to find them.

Among them, the Heavenly Heart Fragment was the most useful to Yin Qi, because as long as he refined it, he could easily cultivate from the God Emperor Realm to the Heavenly Tier, saving decades of arduous practice.

The Heavenly Demon's speed was very fast; Yin Qi had just finished checking the supplies in the Space Ring when he had already returned.

"Brother Yin, counting these, I have given you my entire family treasury."

The Heavenly Demon handed a Space Ring to Yin Qi and said, "Even so, we know these are not enough to thank you. If you have any matters in the future, just say the word; I will certainly do my utmost to assist, even at the cost of my life."

"Brother Dugu is too polite."

Yin Qi took the Space Ring and simultaneously handed the cultivation orb to him, saying, "To recover your cultivation, you will likely need ten days to half a month. Let's do this: we shall meet in Byzantium in half a month."

He also needed to use this time to raise his cultivation to the peak of the God Emperor Realm.

As for the Heavenly Tier, he would talk about that after the Day of No Heaven.

"Good!"

The Heavenly Demon nodded.

Afterward, he left with Dugu Xiaoxuan and Dugu Xiaoyue. (End of chapter)