Infinite Professions

Chapter 208 - 106: Celestial Slaughter (Part 2)

"Ha!"

Shen Hex sneered, "Why should I trust you?"

"I can swear a Heart Demon Vow!"

The Celestial Slaughter Demon Monarch’s expression remained unchanged, "I am different from those mediocre people; advancing my Primordial Spirit is inevitable, and I will certainly not sabotage you. Rest assured!"

With that, he waved his sleeve, and suddenly demonic light burst forth, "Here are six Nascent Souls, even though they were converted from a Heterodox Sect, they are quite pure. Consider them as a deposit. When the matter is done, besides my Demon Dao orthodoxy, I’ll share fifty percent of both the Mystic Sect Nascent Souls and Heterodox resources with you."

"Truly worthy of being the seed of a Demon Venerable, your boldness is extraordinary."

Shen Hex’s expression remained steady, not looking at those six Nascent Souls but at the Celestial Slaughter Demon Monarch, "What if I refuse?"

"You have no reason to refuse!"

The Celestial Slaughter Demon Monarch’s expression remained calm, as he gazed at him and the Three Calamities Demon Saber, "Unless you are not a demonic cultivator."

"Ha!"

Shen Hex chuckled, noncommittal, "Does the Demon Dao truly believe there will be a way out beyond this world?"

"Mo Yun Ancestor, our previous master of the Celestial Demon Palace, fell victim to the Mystic Sect’s machinations in the great war of righteous and evil thirteen hundred years ago. Now, he has returned, seeking revenge for his death at the hands of the Mystic Sect!"

The Celestial Slaughter Demon Monarch spoke solemnly, "The Ancestor has sworn a Heart Demon Vow; for all demonic cultivators, there is a chance for life beyond the realms. That’s why we set this grand Demon Dao plan, seeking life amidst death to advance the Primordial Spirit!"

Then he glanced at the Demon Saber on Shen Hex’s lap, "You cultivate this Karmic Fire Three Calamities method, which is already unacceptable to the Orthodox Dao. Apart from the Demon Dao, who else can give you a chance at life?"

"Bound by circumstances, deceiving ourselves!"

Shen Hex shook his head, "Anything else you want to say?"

"Hmm!?"

The Celestial Slaughter Demon Monarch’s eyes flickered with a killing intent but he suppressed it, "If you don’t trust me, you need not come to Hidden Sword Mountain. In the Inland Cultivation Realm, there’s another formidable figure known as the Cyan Nether Sword Master, the mentor of the second of the two elites, hidden in Dongting Lake of the Chen Kingdom. If you can go and slay him, the same promise will hold."

"Cyan Nether Sword Master?"

"I’ll go myself."

Shen Hex laughed, his hand resting on the Demon Saber, "But I don’t trust the Demon Dao, nor the Mystic Sect. I only trust my sword; you view all beings as nourishment, then it’s best to become a whetstone for my sword!"

The Celestial Slaughter Demon Monarch kept a cold gaze on him, seemingly unsurprised, "Then let’s see if you have the skill!"

"Let’s see!"

Hearing this, Shen Hex didn’t argue further, gripping the hilt with his five fingers.

Suddenly...

"Boom!!!"

The Demon Saber swung across, leaving a mark in the void, and the person before him was reduced to Karmic Fire ashes, dispersed in the wind.

Feeble and defenseless!

Shen Hex saw this, yet wasn’t surprised, merely shaking his head, "A crafty one indeed."

He said no more, closed his eyes, and remained silent.

...

Within Hidden Sword Mountain, inside the Celestial Demon Array.

The Celestial Slaughter Demon Monarch opened his eyes, a cold gleam reflecting within.

"How went it?"

Several others nearby, all possessing Nascent Soul cultivation, asked as soon as he opened his eyes.

"Truly extraordinary!"

The Celestial Slaughter Demon Monarch shook his head, "He’s cultivated the Karmic Fire Three Calamities, no wonder those Heterodox cultivators could not stand against him."

"Karmic Fire Three Calamities?"

Several people had their eyes sharpened, "That Demon Buddha Cultivation Method?"

"Correct!"

The Celestial Slaughter Demon Monarch nodded slightly, "And it’s already taking shape, with two of the three calamities mastered. Just one step away from complete mastery. If not for the Demon Platform I set up, even this Outer Dao Nascent Soul might not have returned."

"That powerful?"

The Nascent Souls had their gazes tighten, with a bit of incredulity.

Though all originated from the orthodox Demon Dao, they understood the Celestial Slaughter Demon Monarch’s prowess well.

After Taiyuan declined, the Heaven and Earth Primordial Spirit thinned. Even in the Overseas Cultivation Realm, those who could reach Nascent Soul were exceptional talents, dragons among men.

And this Celestial Slaughter Demon Monarch, moreover, is the elite of the elites, breaking through to Nascent Soul in less than three hundred years, with stable foundations; both Nascent Soul and Golden Core of Upper Grade. He is hailed as the most outstanding successor of the ancient Celestial Demon Palace after Mo Yunzi, the previous West Sea Demon Venerable.

The Celestial Demon Palace is an ancient lineage, with Black Demon Sect’s Blood Demon Dao being known as Three Fierce of the West Sea. The former Primordial Spirit ancestor Mo Yunzi was famously known as West Sea Demon Venerable, mastering the "Ten Thousand Dao of Heaven Demon Great Technique," leading a legion of demons, unrivaled in skills.

This Ten Thousand Dao of Heaven Demon Great Technique emphasizes controlling demons with demons, subduing demons with demons, first creating one’s own deity demon, then using Outer Celestial Demons, worldly heart demons, and other demons as nourishment for cultivation. Once refined, one could transform into myriad ways, mastering all, nothing inaccessible; all demons bow, and even immortals and buddhas are astounded.

The Celestial Slaughter Demon Monarch practices this technique, demonstrating even greater prowess than Mo Yunzi’s prime, holding a latent title as the foremost Nascent Soul in the West Sea, with Primordial Spirit progression inevitable, potentially becoming the reviver of the Demon Dao, akin to the Taihua Mountain Sect Leader, Master Miaoyi Qii Yunming, who once led the Mystic Sect to defeat the Demon Dao.

Such a figure, facing an obscure demon cultivator, needs the foresight of deploying the Celestial Demon Platform to escape unscathed?

Some found it hard to believe.

The Celestial Demon Palace utilizes demons to subdue demons, regularly using Outer Celestial Demons as nourishment to devour and refine. It thus commands many unique abilities of Outer Celestial Demons, holding great advantages in void manipulation. This Celestial Demon Platform is one of its fruits.

It is a secret void technique of the Celestial Demon Palace, allowing one to shift and traverse like an Outer Celestial Demon. Once deployed ahead of time, even a Venerable of Divinity Transformation would struggle to catch one.

In that era, the old master of the Celestial Demon Palace, the former West Sea Demon Venerable Mo Yunzi, used it to roam the cosmos, unyielding.

Had it not been later for the Seven Taiyuan Cultivators cunningly setting up the "Yin Yang Dust Array," confining and slaying him, the outcome of the Great War of Righteous and Evil might still be contested.

The Yin Yang Dust Array is Taihua Mountain’s lineage’s supreme array, claiming that once formed, the Yin and Yang Realms shrink to dust, capable of refining heaven and transforming the earth; even if immortals and demons entered, they would become dust, their shapes and spirits annihilated, vanished into nothingness.

Against such a deadly array, Mo Yunzi couldn’t withstand defeat; even his Purple Mansion Primordial Spirit got shattered. But relying on the Ten Thousand Dao Forest Magic Techniques and the Outer Celestial Demon’s power, he managed to escape with a trace of Divinity, ascended to the Upper Realm, began anew with the Primordial Spirit, and eventually returned to repay the karmic debts of the past.

Reflection upon the capacities of the Demon Heaven lineage.

This Celestial Slaughter Demon Monarch stands as the most outstanding successor of the ancient Celestial Demon Palace post-Mo Yunzi, with prowess surpassing his Nascent Soul days, yet he claims that he needed the Celestial Demon Platform to escape from this person?

Exaggeration?

Or truth?

The few furrowed brows, looking again at the Celestial Slaughter Demon Monarch, "If the Demon Monarch’s true form were to act, do you have confidence in capturing him?"

Currently, the Celestial Slaughter Demon Monarch wasn’t using his true form but an Outer Dao Nascent Soul.

This Outer Dao Nascent Soul arises from Immortal Demon Technique, needing an Upper Grade core formation to cultivate. Once cultivated, it condenses an Outer Dao Golden Core aside from the Inner Core, using Heaven and Earth Treasures to refine a Fake Pill.

This Outer Dao Golden Core, upon further cultivation, could follow its master in breaking core to form a nascent state, forming an Outer Dao Nascent Soul mirroring its true form closely, potentially serving as the Second Primordial Spirit, akin to a second life, wielding myriad uses, even counteracting calamities.

The Celestial Slaughter Demon Monarch this time has his true form stationed at Hidden Sword Mountain, dispatching the Outer Dao Nascent Soul to convene with the person.

Though usually, the Outer Dao Nascent Soul’s combat strength parallels the true form, for individuals like the Celestial Slaughter Demon Monarch, the true form’s prowess is slightly superior.

Confronted with their gazes, the Celestial Slaughter Demon Monarch shook his head, "His momentum is formed; even if my true form goes, the outcome is a mere fifty-fifty, indistinguishable victory or defeat, undecided life and death."

"Then what can be done?"

They furrowed their brows deeply, "Should we join forces to eliminate him?"

"How to eliminate him?"

The Celestial Slaughter Demon Monarch’s demeanor indifferent, "Abandon this Hidden Sword Mountain?"

"This..."

They were silenced, unable to answer.

"At this point, there’s no other choice."

The Celestial Slaughter Demon Monarch shook his head, "Immediately gather all Demonic Cultivators, whether Core Formation or Foundation Establishment, back to Hidden Sword Mountain. We can no longer let him freely slaughter, refining the Demon Saber. Otherwise, nurturing a threat will be unimaginable!"

"This..."

They hesitated again, "Gathering now, the merit is incomplete, the strength insufficient."

"Incomplete merit is better than a fruitless endeavor."

The Celestial Slaughter Demon Monarch’s expression unchanged, "With this nourishment supply, within a hundred years, I will certainly complete the Primordial Spirit, and then settle accounts with him."

"This... alright!"

Though hesitant, faced with the Celestial Slaughter Demon Monarch’s gaze, their doubts were suppressed, and they could only nod in agreement.