Chapter 6: The Demon Lord Visits

Thinking of how Yuwen Tuo endured the world's insults and the pain of his mother's passing all alone, yet still acted for the sake of all living beings, Duan Fengyun felt a sense of pity for this brother of his.

Therefore, Duan Fengyun would not allow such things to happen again.

"Gale winds swirl, drifting clouds fly!"

Duan Fengyun packed his luggage, took the Xuanyuan Sword, and was humming a little tune; just as he stepped out of his room, a great black light suddenly erupted.

After the black light dissipated, he was already in another world.

This world was only endless darkness, without a shred of light.

Duan Fengyun looked around, knowing that someone was plotting against him, and he spoke up:

"What sacred entity is this? Why bother with such ghost-like trickery?

If you are sensible, come out quickly.

Otherwise, do not blame me, Qin Shuang, for being merciless with my sword."

Having said this, Duan Fengyun drew the Xuanyuan Sword and slashed a series of sword shadows toward the Void.

"Hahahaha, truly, the ignorant are fearless.

Qin Shuang, if I were to reveal my identity, I fear it would scare you to death!"

As the voice fell, a middle-aged man appeared before Duan Fengyun, with two horns on his head, wine-red hair, a furious expression, and clad in black armor.

The man exuded a terrifying and incomparably domineering black energy, a Demon Energy that surpassed even that of Chiyou, whom Duan Fengyun had encountered before.

Seeing this monstrous Demon Energy, Duan Fengyun immediately realized the identity of the person before him.

In this world, besides Ning Ke's old father, the Demon Lord, who else could possess such powerful Demon Energy?

Duan Fengyun pretended not to know and asked:

"Who are you, Your Excellency? I don't believe I know you.

Judging by this monstrous Demon Energy of yours, you must not be a person of the Righteous Path.

Our generation takes the slaying of demons and devils as our duty; please leave at once, or do not blame me for being impolite!"

Duan Fengyun pretended to be a righteous crusader who hated evil, speaking eloquently before the Demon Lord.

The Demon Lord laughed:

"Hahahaha, a man of justice!

Qin Shuang, I am the Demon Lord, the monarch of the Demon Realm within the Human Realm, Demon Realm, and God Realm.

Those evil spirits and monsters you speak of are all my subordinates.

If you wish to slay demons and defend the path, feel free to try it on me."

Duan Fengyun thought to himself: "Sure enough, this old fellow really is Ning Ke's father, the Demon Lord."

Immediately, Duan Fengyun pretended to step back, holding his Iron Sword as he looked cautiously at the Demon Lord and said:

"You are the Demon Lord!

I have heard of your affairs.

Thousands of years ago, you were defeated by the Yellow Emperor, who sealed you and your Demon Realm into the Scar of the Sky.

How have you reappeared in the Human Realm?"

The Demon Lord sneered:

"Thousands of years ago, the Yellow Emperor was only able to seal me because he was lucky.

Did he think he could seal me forever? That is impossible.

Qin Shuang, I will tell you the truth: my Demon Realm is about to descend upon the Human Realm, and when that time comes, my Demon Realm will certainly become the new master of the Three Realms once again.

If you surrender to me now and complete the preparations for the Demon Realm's arrival, I will reward you handsomely after my Demon Realm descends.

You may choose any position, second only to one and above ten thousand; use any Cultivation Method or Magic Treasure you wish; and any beauty of the Three Realms can enter your harem.

Qin Shuang, are you not even slightly tempted by these things?"

The Demon Lord wanted to test Duan Fengyun's ambition first; if he could pull Duan Fengyun into his camp without any effort, then searching for the Five Divine Artifacts and opening the Nine-Five Array would be smooth sailing.

By then, with the Demon Realm holding Yang Su, Duan Fengyun, and Yuwen Tuo as chess pieces, he, the Demon Lord, would not even need to show his face to rule this Human Realm.

As for that Earth Emperor, Jing Chou, the Demon Lord had never considered him a person of note from the beginning.

In the Demon Lord's dictionary, there was never an Earth Emperor named Jing Chou, only the useless prince of the Chen Kingdom, Jing Chou.

Duan Fengyun had not expected the Demon Lord to come today to recruit him.

It was a pity that the Demon Lord's fate was already sealed; otherwise, Duan Fengyun might have actually agreed to these generous conditions.

As for helping the Demon Lord change his ending, Duan Fengyun dismissed the thought without even considering it.

One must know that after gathering the Five Ancient Divine Generals and the Earth Emperor Jing Chou, the Luck of the Human Realm had already reached its peak; trying to help the Demon Lord change his ending was no different from a fool's dream.

As for taking the initiative to kill Yuwen Tuo, Jing Chou, and the others, that was also out of the question.

These individuals were all destined children of Luck, protected by the Luck of the Human Realm; attempting to strike at them would surely result in a backlash from the Luck of the Human Realm.

After some mental deliberation, Duan Fengyun held his sword and replied righteously:

"You demon, don't even think about it!

I, Qin Shuang, sit upright and walk straight; I will never be a lackey for your Demon Realm, so you might as well give up that idea.

I, Qin Shuang, and your Demon Realm are irreconcilable; to think you want me to be a lackey for your Demon Realm, it is truly a fool's dream."

Regarding Duan Fengyun's answer, the Demon Lord was actually prepared in his heart.

Given the methods of the backers behind Duan Fengyun, he surely had not been brainwashed any less in his daily life; it was indeed difficult to win Duan Fengyun over now.

Seeing that he could not win Duan Fengyun over, the Demon Lord wanted to extract some useful information from him.

"Qin Shuang, then can you tell me who is behind you, directing you to do these things?"

Duan Fengyun was slightly stunned upon hearing this, but he immediately reacted.

It seemed the Demon Lord had discovered something, but he could not determine the specifics, which was why he wanted to probe him and obtain information from him.

Duan Fengyun shook his head and said:

"I don't know what you are talking about; no one is directing me.

There is no one behind me either; all of this is my own spontaneous action.

I have already said just now that eliminating demons and defending the Dao is the duty of people like us; why would I need others to direct me?"

Duan Fengyun continued with that look of a defender of the Dao, sparring with the Demon Lord.

The Demon Lord snorted and said:

"Qin Shuang, do not think that this seat does not know.

When this seat performed divination on you not long ago, I discovered that your heavenly secrets had already been obscured by someone; I could not perform divination on you at all.

Ask yourself, if there is no one behind you, how could your heavenly secrets be obscured?

This seat does not believe that with your strength, you could interfere with this seat's divination.

There must be someone behind you with strength comparable to this seat; speak quickly, who is behind you?

This seat considers you a talent, which is why I have not taken action against you until now.

If you remain obsessed and refuse to repent, then do not blame this seat for being heartless."

After hearing this, Duan Fengyun was shocked in his heart; he did not expect that the Demon Lord had actually already started performing divination on him before this.

This Demon Lord was truly quick to act; he had only just exposed his Divine Fire Clone and his strength in front of Yang Su, Ning Ke, and the others, and the very next moment the Demon Lord had performed divination on him and even showed up at his door.

It must be that Ning Ke was worried about him and went to find the Demon Lord for help.

As for the person who helped, Duan Fengyun knew without thinking that it must have been his good master, Xuanyuan Huangdi, who obscured the heavenly secrets for him, which was why the Demon Lord had not been able to divine him.

However, Duan Fengyun would certainly not admit it; if the Demon Lord knew that Duan Fengyun was the disciple of his great enemy Xuanyuan Huangdi, the Demon Lord would probably destroy him even at the cost of eight hundred to himself.

Duan Fengyun laughed:

"Oh, a small character like me can actually receive the attention of you, Demon Lord.

But there really is no one behind me; could it be that you, Demon Lord, guessed wrong?

Perhaps it is because we are in troubled times now and the heavenly secrets are in chaos, which is why you couldn't divine me."

Duan Fengyun was even complaining about Xuanyuan Huangdi in his heart now.

"Since this master has already helped me obscure the heavenly secrets, why didn't he just help me confuse the heavenly secrets directly?

So that whoever else performs divination on me would only find a fake."

If Xuanyuan Huangdi knew what Duan Fengyun was thinking right now, he would probably snatch the Xuanyuan Sword and hack Duan Fengyun to death alive.

It was already considered interfering with the Heavenly Dao for Xuanyuan Huangdi to help Duan Fengyun obscure the heavenly secrets; if he were to further confuse Duan Fengyun's heavenly secrets, he would truly be dealt with by the Heavenly Dao.

At that time, Duan Fengyun would truly be a 'good' disciple of Xuanyuan Huangdi.

Who was the Demon Lord? An old monster who had lived for thousands of years; how could he possibly believe Duan Fengyun's words?

The Demon Lord laughed:

"Qin Shuang, you really are someone who won't shed tears until they see the coffin.

Since that is the case, then don't blame me for being impolite to you."

Seeing that Duan Fengyun was so tactless, the Demon Lord could only destroy this genius.

Over the past few thousand years, the number of geniuses who had died at his hands was not small; he did not mind having the life of one more genius on his hands today.

Hearing these words from the Demon Lord, Duan Fengyun also gripped the sword in his hand tightly; even if he was no match for the Demon Lord, he could not let the Demon Lord have an easy time.

The Demon Lord waved his hand, and immediately a mass of black smoke flew toward Duan Fengyun.

After Duan Fengyun swung his sword to disperse the black energy, the Demon Lord had already arrived in front of him.

The Demon Lord grabbed Duan Fengyun by the neck and laughed:

"Let's see where you can run to now?"

Duan Fengyun returned a smile to the Demon Lord, then prepared to use his Divine Fire Clone to escape the Demon Lord's restraint.

But Duan Fengyun discovered that he could not use his Divine Fire Clone at all; seeing Duan Fengyun's shocked expression, the Demon Lord laughed loudly:

"How is it? Did you discover that your Divine Fire Clone cannot be used?

Since this seat already knew you had the Divine Fire Clone, how could I possibly give you the chance to use it!

Let me tell you a secret: Yang Su's Divine Fire Clone was taught by this seat; how could this seat possibly be unable to deal with a Divine Fire Clone?

Qin Shuang, you are destined to be unable to escape death today."

Duan Fengyun did not expect that the Demon Lord would actually have a way to deal with the Divine Fire Clone, but the Demon Lord also underestimated him too much.

He, Duan Fengyun, did not only have the Divine Fire Clone as a means of escape; he laughed:

"Lord Demon Lord, aren't you underestimating me too much!"

After Duan Fengyun finished laughing, the Demon Lord watched as the Duan Fengyun in his hand transformed into a golden dragon shadow and flew away.

Seeing this scene, the Demon Lord thought of a capable general of Xuanyuan Huangdi from thousands of years ago, Yinglong.

When he fought a great battle against the Yellow Emperor thousands of years ago, it was precisely by relying on this method of transforming into a phantom at any time that Yinglong caught his Demon Realm off guard and caused heavy losses.

It could be said that if not for Yinglong, his Demon Realm would not have been defeated so quickly.

He did not expect that thousands of years later, he would see this Cultivation Method on another person.